Help with regular diet
Congratulations on your giant loss! Off to a great start I see. Keep up the amaing work!
As far as what is going to sit right it is trial and error for each of us. Chicken was a hard one for me and still is but steak goes down well. And I love chicken. It sometimes makes no sense at al lbut hang in there and remember to eat slowly and turn everything to mush in your mouth before swallowing it. Gross I know but well worth not getting stuck anywhere.
I would try boneless skinless chicken thighs as opposed to chicken breasts. Chicken breasts are so easy to overcook. I tend to braise my meats quite often ( I use chicken stock and different flavor profiles) during the week. Braising helps keep meat moist enough to chew easily. I then reduce down the braising liquid for a pan sauce.
Hard boiled eggs, cheeses, pepperoni, even lunch meat like ham, turkey, or chicken may work for you. I was lucky in that I could handle ground beef and even a nice tender ribeye fairly early out, but not everyone can handle those. Eggs, especially scrambled, can also be hard for us. Pork is another food that can be iffy, but I have always had good luck with pork tenderloin-again, usually braised in chicken stock.
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Always use some kind of sauce or gravy... dry meat is the absolute worst. Every time I tried dry meat it got stuck. I could not tolerate hard boiled eggs or tuna for a long time. Chicken breast was hard for me, but a barely cooked steak was heaven. If I used some kind of sauce or gravy like bbq sauce or steak sauce, chicken was better. Just keep trying things. Some people find ham tolerable, I did not. I used yogurt, dairy, cheese for a long time. I still use protein shakes as creamer. Cottage cheese, deli meats were good for me. No raw veggies for a long while, I can only recently handle raw veggies like carrots, and only one or two. Eggface has great menu ideas ... theworldaccordingtoeggface is still bookmarked on my screen!
