What's Up With Deli Meat?

[HeatherO 7]

I am finding that I PB on this more often than not. I try it again every once in a while but I still have the same problem. I only buy lean turkey or chicken lunch meat from the deli.

I don't get it . . . it seems like it should be easier than regular meat. I eat chicken, turkey, fish and beef (even hamburger) without issue (well, occasionally chicken strikes me the wrong way but not always).

I am sticking to a low-carb, high lean Protein diet and am losing well. I cook everything at home but sometimes I just need something prepped a little faster. Deli seemed the right way to go. It is so much softer and moister than the others and it is easy to chew to nothingness. So why am I always sickkkk?

Does anyone else have the same problem with this kind of meat?

[Fran 1]

Do not feel bad. I am almost two years after banding and the other day I was dying for some ham and turkey from the deli. I chewed it well and wow-was I sick. PB and all the rest. I do not know the answer, but it is a common problem. Be well.

Fran

[make33 2]

I find that I avoid foods I don't trust myself with, i.e. any deli meats. I just feel that I'll get distracted and not chew it well enough or a piece will slip down before I can catch it

So when I feel like something fast, I buy (of all things!) Spam Light or Turkey Spam. One small piece satiates me and I trust myself with it much more.

Sometimes the "trial and error" method is so very exasperating!! :biggrin:

[OH Juli 15]

It works made into spread, but no, you can't chew it well enough, or maybe it's bites that are habitually to big.

It gets me nearly every time.

[babs0101 1]

I tend to grind it up too and use as a spread. I add alittle light mayo and eat it just like that or I can put it on a piece of melba toast, pretzel chip, any thing crunchy. No soft breads or rolls for me, they get stuck big time!

[Daisalana 33]

I find it to be a phenomenon too!

About 6 months ago I tried a piece of deli sliced turkey, and had a miserable PB. On a teeny tiny piece. My only thinking is that it is too light (weight wise) to get into the hole, so it causes the stomach to spasm trying to dispose of it. It's all a theory, I just needed to justify why this possible could happen.

I have yet to try deli meat since then :confused:(