Question:
What are you eating 6 months out?

I cannot, CANNOT tolerate any kind of meat that well. It sits in my stomach like a rock until I want to EXPELL it. I eat soups VERY well, and of course any kind of cookie.... All the bad food are the esiest to digest. How can I get in my protein with out eating the meats?    — Elizabeth P. (posted on January 12, 2003)

January 12, 2003
Hi, I'm five months out and I eat meat pretty well. I have to have some kind of mushy or sauce though. I can't eat just dry meat. I love chicken casserole and it sets very well (diced chicken breast, 2 cans cream of chicken soup, 8 oz. sour cream, baked 350 for 30 mins with crackers and butter on top in a 9x13 baking dish). My husband grilled steaks last night and I fixed Julienne potatoes to go with them (Betty Crocker cheese flavored) and I cut my steak up in very small bites. I would eat a bite of steak mixed with a bite of potatoes. The potatoes were mushy/wet enough to blend with the meat when I chewed. I always chew meats up very well. As long as I don't overdo the meat, I'm fine. I have eaten several shrimp or chicken or steak without anything and felt like I had a rock inside. Try casseroles or blending a food with the meats. I also supplement my protein with a protein shake about once a day. I like ProScore 100 and ProCal 100 but always in the chocolate flavor. Good luck to you!
   — mbradley35

January 12, 2003
I'm 13 months out and I eat pretty much what I want, but beef is still difficult. When I was at your stage, I got my protien from peanut butter, cheese, tuna, chicken, turkey, ham, cottage cheese. I do ok with beef jerkey, too, maybe because it has to be chewed so much. I ate a LOT of cheese and crackers!
   — Susan C.

January 12, 2003
Have you tried cooking a chicken in a crockpot with lots of liquid until it falls off the bone? Most who cannot tolerate meats find that if they have very moist meats, sometimes they can tolerate a little. Also, how about fish? Try steaming some white fish, very soft and should go down easily and is chock full of protein. You can also cover it in sauces. Or even crabmeat salad, or lobster salad or even tuna salad. As for other proteins, you can always supplement with shakes/bars/drinks. All dairy foods have protein-scrambled eggs with melted cheese is a good one, and should go down easy. Also refried beans with melted cheese or even veggie chili with melted cheese.
   — Cindy R.

January 12, 2003
At 6 1/2 months out, I am able to eat tuna and chicken, but I have to cut the chicken into little chunks and chew it well or it sits on top of my stomach and makes me nauseous. I can also eat pork chops but also must cut very small pieces and chew well. I haven't eaten beef in years. As for cookies, only if they have 10grms of sugar or less. I accidently ate too much sugar twice, once drinking orange juice and once using regular flavored creamer. I've found that sweet tends to make me a little nauseous so I stay away from it. Other than avoiding sugar, I eat pretty much whatever I want, only very small bites that I chew well. Keep trying and chew, chew, chew. Down 90 lbs, YEAH!
   — Heather P.

January 12, 2003
I eat a lot of fish, shrimp and ground meats. Chicken still chews me up inside so I stsy away from it. I munch on soy nuts, 1/2 cup gives 22gm of protein and it helps with the roughage. Mashed potatoes with a little grated cheese and a tablespoon of proteinix tastes pretty good. For a protein shake I use french vanilla and mix it with the international instant coffees, fat free carnation creamers in any flavor and blend with a lot of crushed ice. Quaker Oats also has an instant oatmeal that comes in vanilla cinnamon 6gm of protein plus 4gm from 1% low-fat milk. Nancy's makes a mini quiche and two of them makes a great breakfast for 6gm of protein. The liquid proteinix tastes nasty, but if you hold your nose and pop a sugar free mint right away it is not so bad. These are just a few of my suggestions and I am six months out as of yesterday.
   — Sue A.

January 12, 2003
P.S. I forgot to add the chopped onions (green or white) in the mashed potatoes.
   — Sue A.

January 12, 2003
I just hit my 6 month mark. 105# down and feeling great. Unfortunately, I am starting to feel some appetite come back now, and I haven't found many foods that I can't eat. I never do sugar, period. However, I find that it is hard to get "grease free" food a resteraunts, and to tell the truth, nothing that is a bit greasy has bothered me yet. So, I guess I eat what I want, though I do try to make good choices, and I can't eat anywhere -near- what I could pre-op. Seems to me the weight loss has slowed too, which is kind of a bummer, because I would still like to lose around 70 pounds more or so. Seems like I get stuck for weeks at the same weight, and then suddenly, BOOM, 10 pounds drops off and that's it for the month. Anyone else experience this at 6 months out? I know we can't keep losing 30 pounds a month forever, but sometimes it really bums you out to fluctuate 2 pounds up / down of the same weight for weeks before anything happens.
   — Greg P.

January 13, 2003
Canned meat (while not the best choice) is often the easiest to eat and digest as it is pressure cooked and very tender and juicy. Canned chicken is good mixed with a cheese sauce and a couple of noodles; canned tuna on crackers, canned or "potted" meat on crackers or rolled up in an iceburg lettuce leaf (great added roughage too), etc. Same can be said for frozen, pre-cooked meats. They also are usually pressure cooked. I can eat breaded chicken fillets (minus the breading), pot pies minus most of the crust (love that crust haha), fish fillets minus any breading (or you can by the unbreaded), cod or halibut poached in white sauce is excellent even for non-fish eating people and very easy to cook - want help, drop me an email :>) If you want to just avoid meat (and protein mixes) all together, string cheese is an excellent low-fat source of protein. 50/50 makes a no-sugar added peanut butter and it's not too spendy and tastes good. I avoid low-fat peanut butter as it sticks in my throat and encourages me to drink more. Salad - with lots of shredded cheese on it, chopped olives, your favorite dressing and some chopped nuts is wonderful! Nuts! Remember that peanuts and cashews are not nuts and are higher in carbs and lower in protein. Cream cheese on celery (if you can tolerate it) or crackers - or on a bagel sliced very thin and baked to a light crispiness, add a little sugar-free jelly and oh man - yumm ;>) Well hope this helped some and good luck!
   — [Deactivated Member]

January 14, 2003
I eat everything except fast food. I have a hard time with fried things too.
   — Valerie H.

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