How can I order my steak?

Hello, after meeting with my VSG coordinator, she informed me that after I start eating regular foods again, the only way I can eat steak is to order it rare or medium.  Yuck...too much blood. 

Have ya'll ever heard of this?  Usually, I eat mine well-done. Thanks!

I used to eat mine well-done, too, but after surgery I found medium to be more digestible---and I enjoyed it more, too!

Heh.  You say "yuck too much blood" and I think "yuck who wants to eat shoe leather."  :P  

Overcooked meats will be tough and dry, and the name of the game post-op is all about moisture.  So, yes, you might have trouble with overcooked meats.  

(And it's myoglobin, not blood.  http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/04/the-red-juic e-in-raw-red-meat-is-not-blood/)

Yep, that is a common recommendation because, as the others have mentioned, it is very difficult to chew well-done (or even medium well) meat to mush. I know you had VSG, but for RNYers who are reading this, you do NOT want to get dry, insufficiently chewed meat stuck in your stoma, because it will hurt.

I used to eat medium well also (because my father didn't like the "blood"), but it was way too much trouble to chew it post-op and then I discovered that I actually prefer medium.  More flavorful and definitely more moist. I definitely couldn't do rare, though.

Lora

I assume you can order it any way you want to.  Your VSG coordinator won't be ordering your food for you, will she?

You might find it difficult to eat if it is well done, though.  But you can certainly try it and if you can tolerate it that way, then there is no reason you shouldn't eat it that way.

Taste changes after WLS.  I love my rare to med rare good filet. Any other steak is now not only not appealing nor tasty for me.  Even medium but well aged filet are so good. 

I learned to order rare- medium rare because most restaurants tend to overcook the steaks. Since I typically order small 4-6 oz, medium steak, it is many time well - to very well done - and that is too tough for me.  

I had a lovely filet yesterday for lunch cooked medium well and it was great. I cut it into dice-sized pieces, took my time, and chewed well. No problems then or any of the other times I have done that with chicken or pork, either!

laurie

If a steak is properly rested, there shouldn't be too much blood coming out of it. Besides, the blood is good for you, as it's got a lot of vitamins in it.

But oh - please be kind to the steak - a steak should always be medium rare or rare. I, personally, prefer mine to be still mooing, if possible. 

If a steak is properly rested, there shouldn't be too much blood coming out of it. Besides, the blood is good for you, as it's got a lot of vitamins in it.

But oh - please be kind to the steak - a steak should always be medium rare or rare. I, personally, prefer mine to be still mooing, if possible. 

LOL! My dad always wanted his steak well-done. If it came too rare for him, he'd often comment "I've seen cows burned worse than this in a brush fire that lived!"

My uncle, on the other hand, always said "Wipe its butt and put it on a plate!"

OH wow! thanks everyone!  ya;ll are a great bunch of folks!  Peace