Eating meat 3 weeks post op? Should you?

Hi there I had my surgery on the 15th as well. Dealing with some constipation now and stalling as well. Hopefully I'll get that under control and continue smoothly on my journey.

Hello Yray! Good for you, having surgery last month. Sorry you're having some issues, but not serious ones thankfully. You'll get those under control, and we all need to keep supporting each other no matter where we are in our journeys! You got this!

Pulled pork is a good option if you're craving meat as is pulled chicken breast .... I wouldn't recommend fatty ANYTHING because you can dump.

I personally couldn't even keep egg yolks down for many months after bariatric surgery.

Also, you're going to have to get used to low-fat eating ( probably ) if you want to lose the most weight and successfully keep it off. Eating fat laden choices is what got us morbidly obese and what usually gives most posters regain.

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you 100%. My husband has been eating high fat and protein for the last two months and has lost 41lbs. Now he did not have WLS and needed to lose 55lbs per his doctor so he is almost there with only 14 more lbs to go. He is off his metformin and high blood pressure meds because of the way he is eating. His blood sugar was over 200 in the morning, now it is between 110 and 120.

I myself eat high fat and protein and have an easier time losing weight than if I were eating fat free stuff. Of course we only get grass fed full fat butter, cheese, meats, etc. We raised 15 red broiler chickens that were pasture raised and they are delicious. Looking at getting a couple of pigs this coming year.

The full fat and high protein keeps me fuller longer than if I were eating fat free stuff I've tried it several times.

Fat does not make fat.

A ton of non-wls dieters loose weight with high fat high protein diets (Atkins was really popular). A staggering percentage gain it back in relatively short time frames.

Hopefully your husband is one of the people who keeps it off.

ladygodiva1228, I know that this reply wasn't to me, but I wanted to say congrats to your husband losing the weight with his plan. I'm too new to have solid opinions yet, but good for him!

It also helps that you and hubs are farmers lol!

I was in my best shape ever when I ran a mini farm- and I didn't " exercise " a bit ...just dug holes, planted, painted, mowed, renovated .... from dawn 2 dusk lol! ( and I didn't even own animals other than a cat )

I have never before or since felt so utterly exhausted at the end of the day!

I too ended up eating more ... fast food even sometimes to join my workers ... and never gained an ounce .

But then farmers breakfasts were invented for a REASON... all day intense physical work REQUIRES calories.

Veggiewoman, I like pulled pork, so as long as it's not stringy it might be something I try in another month when I'm allowed to. Fat makes me gag anyway, so that's not a problem! Thanks for the suggestions!

most plans are low-carb, not low-fat.

If you recall, the guy who ate pork chops vomited them back up and also vomited up blood. I advised him to go to the hospital. He said he did not feel bad and did not want to find out that something was wrong.

If he broke his staples open, then digestive juice and food could have been seeping out of the pouch. That can quickly become very serious or fatal.

We did not hear from him again and hope that he survived. I hope he comes back and tells us that everything was fine.

My answer for pork chops is "No". I love pork chops, but they would make me sick thirteen years after surgery.

I had my first meat, a very tender filet, four months after surgery. I then tried a pork chop and it did not stay down. Ground beef seems like it would be fine, but it is actually ground because it is such tough meat and many people can never eat it after surgery. I am fine with most fish or chicken. If I eat beef or pork, I cook it in a pressure cooker until it falls apart and eat it with a gravy or sauce.