Question:
Anyone been able to eat chinese foods--
My husbands favorite but I'm just not sure what actually in most of the dishes. Only two weeks out so this is just for future use. — Tonya H. (posted on May 21, 2003)
May 20, 2003
I am seven months post op - and have eaten Chinese food - BUT - be careful
of the rice - If I just stick to the main meat (chicken,etc.) and some of
the mix, I am OK - but the rice bloats me and make me feel terrible.
Best of luck.
— GPoynor
May 20, 2003
I am 4 months post-op, and I have eaten Chinese with no ill effects. I've
eaten sweet and sour chicken with rice, and some Schezuan chicken with
rice. The rice fills me up very quickly, but so far has stayed down!
(Eggs, on the other hand - not so pretty a story.)
— raye
May 20, 2003
Everyone is different. I am 17 months post-op and I have tried to eat
chinese food 3 times during this period and have thrown it back up every
time. Too bad, we love going to the chinese buffet.
— bbjnay
May 20, 2003
I actually had Egg drop soup in my first week post op. It was like chicken
broth with egg whites in it, very thick, low fat and nice for the clear liq
stage. The first time I had Chinese food was at 8 mos out and I had
diarrhea for 4 hours afterward. I can eat it now w/no probs.
— Kimberly L.
May 20, 2003
Be very careful of Chinese food. I love it, too, but it is very
misleading. While there are some healthy dishes, a lot of it is very
loaded with sugar and calories. Everything I've ever read says that the
dishes with a white sauce are the best (moo goo gai pan, chicken and
snowpeas, etc.), but that the brown sauces and plum sauces are not good
choices for us. I, too, enjoyed some egg drop soup when I was about 6
weeks out. I've since tried chicken and snow peas and just ate some of the
chicken, which was quite tender and good. I do not eat rice. Good luck,
believe me, I know how hard it is to not eat at the buffets. This was one
of my favorite things pre-op. I really don't think about it or miss it
much now. My husband gets take out and I don't have a problem with it.
— Kathy S.
May 20, 2003
I love chinese food and can still eat it without any problems. I usually
have a barbeque spare rib and a tablespoon of chicken or pork fried rice
and call it a day! If you are a dumper, be careful of the barbeque sauce
or sweet and sour sauce or another personal favorite of mine, the sauce on
the honey garlic chicken. Hidden sugars in everything...<br>
Lap-RNY 1/13/03 -100 lbs & counting!
— thumpiez
May 20, 2003
Six months out from my RNY and I've had Chinese food 3-4 times. I retain
water like crazy the next day, no matter what restaurant the food comes
from or what it is. I can eat a little beef and broccoli, and I have tried
peanut chicken and some fried rice, crab rangoons, chow mei fun, etc. I
had steamed rice once - seems like it sat in my pouch for a long time, but
stayed down.
— koogy
May 20, 2003
I had lots of trouble w/chinese til about 6 months out. Before that I had
to stick with things like steamed fish, absolutely no rice or noodle dishes
or anything fried or sauces. I still stick mostly to those guidelines. I
prefer to still stay away from the rice & noodles because they fill me
up so much. I can go to a buffet now and eat a nice small plate of food
w/no problems. I usuall choose things like chicken mushroom, seafood
delight, boiled shrimp. I could not keep down wonton soup til after the 6
months either. We love chinese too and we do eat it often.
— SARose61
May 20, 2003
I'm 4 months out and have had chinese food several times. I can eat just
about anything as long as I don't eat too fast. My favorite is mooshu
shrimp but I have to be careful of both the pancake (must chew chew chew)
and the sugar in the hoisin sauce (use sparingly, but I LOVE hoisin sauce
so that's hard). So if I'm famished, something like mooshu which demands
the greatest of care while eating, is out of the question. Then I will go
for some kind of seafood and veggies mixed with a little rice.
— susanje
May 21, 2003
It was about 18 months after my RNY before I could eat Chinese food and
keep it down. I have no idea why! For that period of time I learned (the
hard way) to just order egg drop soup and have that while everyone else was
chowing down. Now I do OK with it. I limit my choices to something simple
like beef or chicken with snow peas. I eat very little rice with it as rice
seems to gum up the works for me still. hugs, Ann rny 9/10/99
260/124
— [Deactivated Member]
May 21, 2003
Tonya,
I loved Thai food pre-op, tried to eat at post op, and I find it too too
salty, with not being able to drink afterwards, it's puts a dampen on
things, so I've nixed actually eating Thai food, Occasionaly I've gone to
China Express (Little fast food place) and have eaten their Mandarin
Chicken, Now-a-days I really count everything I eat (Calories and Fat
content) so I only eat there on occasion. As it may no have any MSG, but I
find most Chinese food is laden in Calories and allot of FAT !
If you're going to eat it, I would stick with stir fried meats with no
sauce, and steamed veggies, I also don't do much rice..... It sticks when I
order it from them, I do how-ever eat sushi, and love it.. Go figure...
Hope this info helps....
— tannedtigress
May 21, 2003
I eat the Chicken Chow Mein and have no problems. BTC recomends this if
your going to eat Chinese food. Good luck and enjoy!
— Sandy M.
May 21, 2003
I love almond chicken (I pick off most of the crusty shell)without gravy,
chicken or pork chow mein, egg roll guts, shrimp fried rice (I usually
steal a spoonful off hubby's plate), and I adore the bbq'ed pork!
— [Deactivated Member]
May 21, 2003
I guess you will just have to see how you react to it. I can eat anything
EXCEPT chinese/japanese types of foods. Egg rolls are fine but the only
time I have barfed it was japanese noodles- and that was 11 months postop!.
I'm not sure why..soy sauce? MSG? Stir fry was my fav pre-op, now I'm
afraid to try it again...
— Cindy R.
May 21, 2003
I'm 18 months post-op (almost) and I eat Chinese a lot. The only thing I
don't eat is the rice. I started with Hot & Sour soup when I was about
two or three weeks out. I've had no problems with anything I've eaten in a
Chinese restaurant.
— Patty_Butler
May 21, 2003
I'm 4 1/2 mos. out and had a bad reaction to Chinese food last week. Not
really dumping, although I did vomit. It was more like a reaction,
possibly to MSG, although I've never had that before. Rash, spots, chills,
nausea - not fun. I won't be trying it again for quite a while, and only
then w/out MSG.
— barbdeane
May 21, 2003
5 weeks out here and had shrimp fried rice yesterday. I had such a taste
for it. Although it tasted just as good as ever, what a waste. I will not
bother again. What's the point when I eat about 6 bites. I'm not a fan of
many leftovers and the remainder of this meal would last a week or so
(e-v-e-r-y-d-a-y). I'll wait another couple of weeks and go back to my
favorite...pepper steak (no rice). But, I didn't have any problems with
it.
Good luck!
— Diane S.
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