Hot food makes me barf?

I noticed that I barf more often at dinner or restaurant meals. It seems that certain hot foods seem to make me barf. Especially dense protein. I weigh my food so it's not the amount. Does this happen to anyone else?

This definitely has not happened to me. Seems very strange!

Maybe you eat warm food faster?

I very rarely am sick but when I get the foamies (a prelude to being sick) it is always after warm dense protein such as lamb or chicken. The pattern is that I am eating bigger portions per bite and usually trying for that one last mouthful cause it tastes so good.

So yes I can empathise. The key is taking smaller, slower bites and listening to your body when it has reached satisfied not full.

I feel it's not the food but the quantity. When I go to a restaurant I always!! Ask for a to go box before I start and put half away. Reason: I am cheap and would possibly try not waste a thing or when with family it would be too easy to forget and overeat . I have times when something tastes sooo good I want just one more bite but I learned years ago NO

I have never, ever, not once come close to throwing up from eating anything post-WLS. I would explore with your surgeon. It doesn't sound right that you should feel this way.

This is a really good point, Cecily. The only times I've thrown up from food post-op were when I had a weird spasm issue 3 months out, and that was fixed with diet regression and an anti-spasmodic.

Same here. Never came close to throwing up.

Dense protein can take some time to build tolerance to. Early out, things like chicken breast and ground beef of all things would not sit well. If you're having a bite or two of potatoes, well then, there's your culprit. Potatoes seem to get stuck on me if I don't eat them slow enough and wait for them to hit my stomach before eating much else.

Try for a while eating the moist and tenderest of meats, like pot roast, roasted chicken (and stick to dark meat), prime rib or filet mignon. Try to have some kind of gravy or sauce to add moisture. You'll notice a difference.

Eating out can be tricky, at least for me, mainly because you're not as focused on eating as you would be at home. Even now, 14+ years post-op, I sometimes struggle in restaurants simply because I'm so preoccupied with chatting with my dinner companions, etc., that I don't necessarily pay attention to "how" I'm eating - maybe eating a little too fast, not chewing as much as I should be, drinking too much-- you get the picture.

Just something to think about.