Anyone else have trouble eating fish?

I don't know why I had the idea that it would be light, easy eating! No! That stuff fights back!

By any chance are you a revision? I couldn't handle fish with my lap-band, either, and it's the one intolerance that seems to have lingered.

Edited to add: Shrimp is actually okay with me and I have handled scallops a few times successfully too. I have had the insides of lobster rolls which I have to chew forever, and still feel a little rough. But for whatever reason, white fish and salmon are forever no-nos now.

Hi JR,

I'm not a revision. I had my RnY on June 12. I always really enjoyed shrimp and scallops both, lobster I liked as well, but only had occasionally. I haven't tried any of these thus far - I thought starting with tilapia or sole would prove easier to digest. I will try eating shrimp, etc. but will wait for a bit. So strange that white fish and salmon are so resistant!

Sorry that you are having problems. Fish has always worked well for me. I even pureed salmon and tilapia early on. I do still have occasional problems with chicken and beef, but fish is always good for me. I have also done alot of steamed shrimp and crab cakes and they did well too. I guess I am lucky that I like fish and it goes down well.

You are lucky, I think. I like fish too, always have. I just wi**** went down well. As it is, it's no fun! Still, I'm hoping that it will be easier in the months and years go come. It is possible that it would have gone down easier had I had a little something to lubricate it with, like tartar sauce. I'm always hesitant to add things like that because of the calories, but a tiny bit might help. I think I'll try again in another month or two, and add something like that in.

Fish works really well for me. It's white meat chicken and pork I can't eat. I haven't even attempted steak yet.

I can't do white meat chicken either yet (though I can definitely always have turkey deli meat). I was so pleased to find that, with a little of the pan gravy (no flour, just au jus basically) I was able to have some of Thanksgiving turkey, the dark meat, without issue. I did make myself a little filet mignon, and that was edible and good, but I had to go very, very slow with it. I haven't tried pork yet - it's not something I make much anyway and I know others who struggle with it, so I thought I'd leave that out of my menu for the time being.