Meat Q for Post Ops

Hi everyone,

I don't have guidance from my surgery team on which meats I should and shouldn't focus on eating... so I hope you post ops can help!

I'm about 7 weeks out from RNY and have been doing well with foods. I have found that I don't tolerate chicken very well, but beef, pork, seafood are fair game. I tried sausage tonight and I was great, and I got to wondering if fatty meats like pork will slow my weight loss.

I'm fairly sure that I have insulin resistance as a result of my PCOS, so carbs are really my main concern. But how have you all fared with fatty meats like pepperettes, jerky, and sausage? Thanks!

I have had no trouble with fatty meats -- although I am not a big fan of pork, so I usually do turkey sausage which has far fewer calories.  I do tend to avoid processed meats -- but I have eaten pepperoni and salami on occasion.  My go-tos for more rapid loss are shrimp, scallops, tuna, and white fish.  I find I get the biggest bang for my protein buck with them -- they are naturally low in calories, high in protein and full of good fats.  Next is beef -- I buy great cuts since I eat so little -- or cheap cuts (like a london broil) and use good marinades.  Chicken took a bit longer to tolerate well, but I definitely do now.  Last on my list are processed meats (bacon, sausage, etc) and pork.  Be careful of jerky -- a lot of them have added sugars.

Hope this helped!

So helpful! Thanks very much for the words of wisdom.

Post-op instructions were to remove the casings around meat, like sausage, before eating.  I still remove casings, gave up jerky, and prefer leaner meat choices now.  My guess with weight loss between eating fatty meat versus eating lean meat would be determined by the calorie difference.

This is my opinion: I wish I ate more fat in first year post op. That would help my GB and liver... But I did mostly lean meats...and lean protein shakes, fat free yogurt...etc..  At the end - my GB was full of sludge and I had to have it removed... 

Limit carbs, and as long as fatty food don't give you nausea... Go for it... I wish I did... 

Now I maintain or lose weight limiting carbs, but not worrying about fat too much... 

Thanks for the opinion, something to think about! 

I'm pre- but my DR does not want to see me eat much beef or pork. They look at my food journal and call it out if they see I've been eating it. They want to see turkey, chicken, fish, seafood, veggie burger and I can have pork loin.

I found beef much easier in the beginning than chicken. Chicken thighs are a little easier to eat. I should eat more seafood because I do love it. I like the Shady Brook farms Hot Turkey sausage. Not really hot but has better flavor than the sweet.

I can still eat less chicken than anything else. Fat never bothered me, but overall I didn't have processed meat like sausage that often. I tried cooking turkey bacon once, but the smell was so horrible that I threw it out before it was even done cooking.

Early on I had leaner cuts like tenderloin, but more because of the tenderness than the lack of fat. Deli meats were the first things I ate. They are moist and easiest to chew when sliced thin. I had a lot of deli ham.

I'm in line to become the national spokesperson for ribeye next year. Fat is delicious.

Ooohhhh talk ribeye to me!!