A year post op ..What foods can't you tolerate?

It will be a year next month since my RNY Surgery and I am curious to see what foods yearlings and beyond still can't tolerate. I myself cannot eat any pork products, bread or extra lean sandwich meats without feeling sick .  I can eat wraps and beef, chicken, and most fish. Dairy and pasta have no effects on me . No issues with any fruits . I do not drink any carbonated drinks nor do I drink regular tea only decafe. I can handle almost 8 grams of sugar per meal and roughly about the same in fat . ( I do try to keep each meal under that) Any sugar free product that has sugar alcohol I can usually have as long as it is under 12%  above that I feel light headed  

I am almost 5 years out and I still can not handle any kind of gravy,deep fried food which is a good thing because that was something I was bad for. pasta I can no as long as i have no red sauce.  I have trouble with stuff that is sugar alcohol I can take a few bites than I need to stop.  I seem to have trouble with left overs which I love. I can eat something the first day and go eat it the next and no way.  I have never tried pop since the surgery and I stay with decaf tea. I keep the sugars down. I do chicken and fist better than red meat. I can do bread but bread was never an issue for me so I really do not eat much of it now. It has been a challenge to figure out what  I could eat before my runs and with fingers cross after 4 years I think i have worked it out. It could change but keeping fingers cross it works until i do my marathon.  I live off of greek yogurt. For me it still changes on what I can and can not have

For me it is any meat that is dry. Pork chops and chicken breast do not sit very well. Steak I need to chew like crazy. I could live on greek yogurt. I do not eat pasta. I will use spaghetti squash or just have the meat sauce. I love all breads so try to stay away from it. Do not like the protein bread. I was never much for carbonated drinks and now find them an irritant so have no problem staying away from it. Sugar alcohol gives me gas and bloating  but I still have it in protein bars. I am starting to have problems with sugar. I should stay away from it anyway.

I agree any meat that is too dry makes me feel sick . I live on chicken. I use a lot of sauces to keep it from getting too dry Gravy has a lot of fatty oil in it so I do not incorporate in any of my foods. Before surgery I used to drink carbonated beverages all the time  . It was my downfall to weight gain  I will not even taste one since my pro op diet in fear I get hooked on them again

Being so far out, I can pretty much tolerate anything at all, with a few exceptions: no dry meat of any kind, limit artificial sugars as they make me feel nauseous, eggs can *still* be troublesome depending on how they're prepared, anything too greasy makes me nauseous.

I will say that I have very little experience with refined sugar, so I don't really know how it affects me. I gave up refined sugar completely in 2006 when I had surgery - did not want it, did not miss it, couldn't care less - and it is only for the past year or so that I have allowed a little back into my diet occasionally (at specialist's demand that I do so, due to my illness last year). I will also say that eggs and I had a terrible break-up for at least 5 years post-op - would throw them up anytime, UNLESS I used them to make a crustless quiche (no idea why, but it is what it is). Eggs and I have now reconciled but the whites are still a challenge at times.

K.

Edited to add: Rice - I can have (maybe) a couple of bites but then I am totally done with it. Too full, feel bloated.

5.5 months out, I can't tolerate garlic, red peppers and all spicy food.  Only bread I can tolerate is Pita.  Chicken and fish is okay, but struggling with red meat , tried veal yesterday and won't be getting that again anytime soon, as I could not get one bite down.  Red meat is okay if in a non spicy chili format.  Sugar under 5 grams, no non lactose milk products.  Greek yogurt and nuts are my best friends!!!!!!!  No issues with Sugar alcohol items but keep it under 10%.

Kelly

I'm almost 14 months post op and have a hard time eating dry foods as many have said. that is mainly meats, pork and beef mostly. The new No Sugar Added Heniz Ketchup is great but I get terrible pain recently when I've eaten it... I can't figure that one out!

I haven't tried fried foods, nor do I want to. Sugars are ok to some extent such as a bite of something but things that have a lot of sugar still taste really bad to me. It tastes almost bitter it's like a shock to my mouth.

Breads are hard to get down, which I rarely eat anyway. If I have a slice of bread I have to toast it.

I love fruit and have no issues with that. Sugar alcohol can give me a lot of gas so I am mindful of how much I eat.

Pasta has no effects on me other than it's too heavy. I don't eat breads, pastas etc... as part of my meals because it sits too heavy and doesn't feel good.

I don't drink carbonated beverages or sparkling water so I can't comment on those things. I have 1 coffee a day, sometimes 2 and I feel ok.

I eat a lot of yogurt, cottage cheese and turkey/chicken deli meats all with no issues. Full fat cheeses tend to bloat me so I stick with the lowest fat possible brands.

I have to flavour my water with something (usually crystal light) or else it feels like I'm swallowing rocks. Apparently that's common I heard from the nurse.

I will be a year in a few weeks and I can tolerate almost anything. However...I can NOT eat cereal of any kind...even small amounts of "healthier" cereals. I think it's the liquid/solid combo but it comes up 10 minutes after eating it. I can not eat apple crisp. I made a low sugar healthier version a couple of weeks ago and after 2 bites I knew it wasn't going to stay down.

I can eat pork sometimes but it's very hit and miss so I usually avoid it. No bread or wraps (I use lettuce leaves or rice paper), no pasta...rarely I might eat a bit of rice. Have been thinking about trying Bean Sprouts as a rice substitute. Of coarse sugar......can't eat it except in little bits or my heart tries to explode out of my chest, lol

SOME lactose, SOME of the time. It's a weird thing but in the hospital one day 1 they gave me a tiny cup of milk and immediately I knew bad things were about to happen......but I currently live off cheese of every kind and have no issues. Everything else seems to work fine...I live off chicken and steaks from M&M meats =)

Liquid sugar. Natural or not. Meaning, if yogurt is high in sugar, I cannot have it. I also can't tolerate Skinny Frappuchinos as they have sugar in their base (not in the syrup). I have had issues with grapes, but I've had them here and there, right after protein, and i'm ok. I dumped on a very ripe mango a few months ago. That wasn't fun. I love mangoes! I've never had a problem with fat, (like fried foods), but I get full on them fast, so I wonder if I were to pu**** I would have an issue. Not something I feel like trying out. 

It's funny to see that a lot of us have some of the same food issues but on the other hand many of us tolerate foods others cannot .  It's very strange how the human body differs for each person even though everyone has had the same surgery. Now I know why when I spoke to the dietitians they give very generic answers to the questions I have asked, Not all people react the same to the surgery