weight loss/eating

Hey its been 4 1/2 month since my RNY. I started at 216 pds and now weigh 165. I still struggle with eating food it sit heavy in my chest and stomach. I have to remind myself to eat I get scared to eat cause I dont want to feel sick. I find it easy t eat and digest sweets more than protein. Can anyone give me some tips or advise? Does anyone else have issues with real food versus sweets after your RNY?

Absolutely. Those easy slide foods are terribly easy to eat, swallow, and digest. Protein (especially meats) are still very hard for me to eat one year out. My advice is to just avoid them as much as you can. Buy a good protein shake that you can tolerate. I buy Premier Protein from Costco. I like them at room temperature and I like the chocolate flavour. I still have issues with downing these evil sweets. I just had 4 Halloween chocolates. I'm not learning my lesson and regain is going to be the hard way to learn it, so yes, I do struggle and yes I have to clean up my act. Good luck!

Thank you. It helps me to know its not just me.

I did early on but I think for me it was more psychological then anything else. Just go slow take time supposedly a meal is suppose to take 30 minutes(does not for me). Small bites and no drinking with me. Your really not that far out I would avoid the sweets......easier said then done.

Thank you. I will do a reset. By trying pureed foods again to get my protei. In.

Chew your food until it is a puree... make sure your food is moist. Tiny, bites and eat slowly. The beginning is hard. If it starts to feel weird, Take a 5 minute break to let it move down the pipe and go back to the food if it has passed....

Do you take any kind of medicine for acid? Acid can make eating feel that way too.

Thank you for the advice. My doctor had me on medicine for GERD a month after do to me also having a hernia surgery as well as the RNY. But i will talk to my clinic regarding the this.

good advice from others, just wanted to say please use caution. It can be a slippery slope to introduce carbs and slider foods if it is not in your plan. Once you are further out it can get VERY hard to lose