Can You Eat Red Meat?

[mrs sandy r 152]

My dr said no red meat, what did your dr. say?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

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It differs from person to person. For example, I m unable to eat roast beef or hamburger at 4 months. It just comes up 20 minutes or so after eating. For this reason, I am sticking with chicken, pork and salmon. Good luck and hope it works for you. I am not sure why the doctor would say never eat it, but I know my digestive tract is not happy with it.

[ME123 39]

My doc said no meat until stage 3, then it has to be soft and moist.

[ME123 39]

It differs from person to person. For example, I m unable to eat roast beef or hamburger at 4 months. It just comes up 20 minutes or so after eating. For this reason, I am sticking with chicken, pork and salmon. Good luck and hope it works for you. I am not sure why the doctor would say never eat it, but I know my digestive tract is not happy with it.

I think I have a sleeve of steel because everything I eat so far I have had no problems. I like red meat I hope when I get to that stage, which is in 7 days, I won't have a problem.

[kyllfalcon 768]

One of the first solid foods I had was hamburger patty with melted cheese. It went down and stayed down very nicely. I ate it almost exclusively for dinner for a few weeks. Now I have filet mignon frequently. Can't eat the whole thing, but it sure tastes and feels good!!

My doctor did not take any stance on any particular foods. Guidelines and timelines were suggested, and his patients can eat what they can tolerate.

I'm one of the lucky ones - only lettuce, lots of grease and soft white breads give me any trouble.

[Susie in Lima 320]

I am almost at 2 months and was cleared to eat red meat. I actually went out to a restaurant had a delicious steak last Sunday that lasted me for almost 4 meals. It was very very tender and moist and I had to cut it into very thin and small pieces (about the size of my fingernail) but I had no issues with it whatsoever and it was literally the best thing that I have eaten since my surgery.

[CBT 450]

Red meat is hardest for me to digest. It has to be really moist and chewed well. But, I eat some! Medically, red meat is known to trigger cellular inflammation. That can be a real problem in treatment of arthritis, for example. Your surgeon must have a personal-professional belief?

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[bigsleeve56 266]

I have eaten elk, deer, antilope, and beef, milk is the only thing I can not have.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I can now but solids were very hard for me at first...my body craves animal proien sources now...and does much better with them.

When you do start to eat, thin quality sections are important, cut WITH the grain to cook, against after to chew...it is much better in my opinion, when I pay close attention to that.

[kimbernada 190]

Red meat and sometimes chicken doesn't always settle well with my sleeve. If it is a very tender steak, it's okay. Any kind of "stringy" meat that can't really be chewed down a lot causes a problem for me. Fish seems to be the best for me. Our local supper club makes a wonderful Bourbon chicken entree and that chicken is soooo tender - no knife needed. For red meat, I was ordering it at various restaurants but it just wasn't tender enough. The hubs doesn't mind though, because it is more leftovers for him.

[BKMama 179]

I eat red meat fine as long as it is moist. I can actually tolerate it better than a drier piece of chicken breast. I went to a wedding recently and ate half a filet mignon and it was awesome. One bite of the chicken breast and I got that stuck feeling.

[Banned member 320]

I've eaten ground beef and didn't have any problems.

[iggychic 1,405]

Did they mean now as in the stage you are in, or never? Never sounds like a personal issue.

Medium rare tenderloin....easy on my sleeve. Shrimp or halibut overcooked even a tad....painful.

[sramos89 260]

I think I am another sleeve of steel here, at 6 weeks I was cleared to have a regular bariatric diet. I have not found a food that I can not tolerate. I do well with all Proteins but I avoid soft bread and tortillas due to that overly full feeling.

[Eat That Frog 53]

I was told no beef or pork until 6 weeks after surgery.