Fried chicken, green beans with fatback, and hot cornbread with sweet tea! Sallll-ute!
Yeah, not quite.
More than any other question, the question of "What do/can you eat?" crops up when the subject of my gastric bypass surgery is on the table.
The answer is: not much.
I'm about to celebrate my 5 month surgery anniversary, and unlike other folks I have spoken with, my diet has not advanced very much past what I was eating just a few weeks post surgery.
I keep reading that re-establishing eating is hit or miss, and what you can't tolerate today you might be able to tolerate tomorrow. I am the poster child of that particular little nugget of wisdom.
These days, after many MANY experiments, I pretty much survive on Wendy's small cups of chili, cooked beans, hot tea, coffee, mini ricecakes, and diet fudgesicles.
I have a very VERY long list of foods that just don't work. For instance, I cannot tolerate meat of any sort (with the one exception of ground beef in well-cooked chili.) My old loves, rice and grits, cornbread and, well, ANY bread are a thing of the past.
Strangely, I CAN tolerate corn chips and cheese dip, which seems like the LAST thing that would agree with me. Ditto for mixed nuts, and I have been known to have a few peanut M&Ms with no complications.
The big takeaway from all of my post-surgical appointments is to eat enough protein to meet the daily requirements.
That seemed easy when I first heard it, and it's anything BUT easy.
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