Question:
Anyone else post-op hate meat

I am 11 weeks post-op and I totally hate the taste, smell, and texture of meat. Pre-op I was a meat eater (big time). Now I cannot stand it at all. I do not have a problem with it staying down. It settles fine. I just absolutely do not like anything about it now. NO KIND!! Has anyone else had this problem??? Will it pass or am I going to be a vegetarian. I used to hate vegetables, and now I love them..50 lbs gone and I am happy I had this done!!    — terrifogle40 (posted on May 13, 2002)

May 13, 2002
Hi Terri: ME TOO!!! Pre-op I would have left everything else on my plate and ate just meat...any kind at all...now just the smell absolutely gags me. I have a real problem when we go to dinner and someone at the table orders "rare" meat...OMG...worse than morning sickness...I too am a veggie person now or the beans and cheese kind of girl...I am now 9 mos post op and down #131....my bloods are way more than perfect so I figure that this non meat eating girl is doing something right....You're not alone..I have heard ALOT of people that can't stand the smell or taste.
   — Joi G.

May 13, 2002
I found that all my tastes changed radically after my RNY....all the things that I loved before, I now couldn't stand, and all the things that I didn't care for at all pre-op, I suddenly couldn't get enough of. I was always a "double quarter pounder with cheese" kind of girl. After surgery, I wasn't interested in any kind of meat...especially beef...and I didn't have a hamburger again until I was approximately 18 months post-op. Now, at 26 months post-op, I can honestly say that I enjoy the tastes of all meats again, but it has taken a long time. I would suggest that you not worry too much about this. Most people find that they have a return of some degree of appetite and tastes after the first year or two after surgery. Be sure to take your vitamin/mineral supplements and get the amount of protein in that your surgeon/nutritionist recommends....you'll be fine :-)
   — Diana T.

May 13, 2002
I don't care for beef, I much prefer chicken or fish :) I also used to be a big beef eater, in any way, shape, or form, lol, I have had a hard time with beef from the start though.
   — DonnaCarol

May 14, 2002
Funny how WLS affects us all so differently - I can't deal with chicken anymore, but red meat goes down fine. (Although cheese and protein bars are actually my preference!) Good luck!
   — rebeccamayhew