too many foods are difficult to eat

I'm now about 8 weeks out, and I've felt this way for about a month. But I haven't written about it, because I couldn't find the right words. Until now:

There was a movie in 1971 titled "A Clockwork Orange". It was a futuristic story about a very violent street punk. Instead of jailing him for punishment, the psychiatrists conditioned him to be disgusted by the violence that he enjoyed so much. The result is that he still enjoys violence, but his body will not allow him to act on those desires -- he throws up and has other reactions.

I find this to be similar to my new relationship with food. I still desire food the way I used to, but my body won't let me enjoy it. I totally accept the fact that my pouch fills up quickly, and I also accept my changing taste buds. What is totally weird is that so many foods actually turn my stomach, and I can't eat more than one or two spoonfuls of them -- far less than the 6-8 ounces that I know my pouch can hold.

Does this make sense to anyone? Can anyone relate to what I'm saying?

A few weeks ago I made some scrambled eggs, which I had done really well with ever since the pureed stage. The first forkful tasted great, the second was not so good, and I almost threw up on the third, and that was the end of breakfast. I knew my tastes would change, but the speed was shocking, and I've been afraid to try them again ever since.

I'm hoping people will tell me this is normal, or that I'm over-reacting and shouldn't be afraid to keep experimenting.

In any case, thanks for listening and letting me vent.

I understand completely.  The good thing is that I think (hope) it will get easier for you.  I could not eat chicken until about 4 months out.  Now I can but make sure it is moist and try and have a sauce.  Beef the same way.  Sometimes pot roast was ok but sometimes not.  I did not try stea****il 6 months out and did okay.  But my pouch does not do well with bread, rice, pasta and I am okay with that.  Eggs are still iffy but the funny thing was they were one of my first regular foods and was fine for a while but now it i**** or miss.  Hard boiled and fried eggs are fine.  Scrambled are 50/50.

 Yeah, it is normal, but people experience different aspects.  The major thing that I experienced is that after eating so many scrambled eggs early out, I went for over a year without being able to stand even the thought of them!  Now I am fine with them, but it was weird.  I also cannot stand the smell of pancakes cooking.  Regular OR protein pancakes.

Dont fret... Things will work themselves out over time.

Lora

I did very well eating my first 4-6 weeks then noticed a sharp increase in nausea and food aversion that began to extend to foods I had previously tolerated. Turns out I had an ulcer. If your aversion increases dramatically or becomes a general nausea issue, I'd recommend you chat with your doc about it. Just to cover your bases...

 HI, I am also a Dr Coon's patient and had surgery on may 10Th, how are you doing, I am doing really good, can eat anything with out any problems, and so far have lost 100 lbs, just hit that a couple of days ago, have slowed down I think its because i only have about 20 lbs left to lose, at least that's what i would like to lose

Patty

Hi! Good to hear from you! Sounds like you are doing great! Super congratulations on making it into the century club! I,too, am doing well with my weight loss. I reached normal BMI today, my original goal (145). My weight loss is also slowing but not stopping so I'm going to see where it takes me from here. I'd be happy with about 20 more pounds gone...I think.

You going to the support group meeting on Tuesday night? I am trying to get to one, it's been awhile.

I have ongoing issues with scrambled eggs, certain yogurts & brands of cottage cheese, certain kinds of tuna, shredded meats. My cottage cheese aversion comes and goes. 

Don't be afraid to experiment. I'd suggest in the meantime, stick with what you know you can tolerate taste wise. You also might want to touch base with your nutritionist about what you're experiencing, I'm sure they've dealt with this among other WLS patients.

I personally would be hesitant to call anything about this process "normal."

But your reaction seems in line with what I experienced and what I've seen lots of others experienced.

I'd like to just point out a few things in hopes of providing some encouragement:

1. When I was 8 weeks out EVERYTHING made me sick and I was very afraid of food. At 4.5 years out I can now eat most of what I was afraid of (nothing bad for me...for instance things that were orange used to make me violently ill...sweet potatoes, oranges, carrots...). I've regained the ability to eat beef even. So time. You're still new in this process. Give it time!

2. Part of what this phase does for you is that it teaches you to investigate your food scrupulously. It was from this stage of my process that Bariatric Foodie was born. I didn't trust food not to make me sick so I had to exert some control over the process, by way of learning how food works.

3. Another thing this process does is forces you to talk about your feelings and not eat them but also, it starts exposing the factors underneath the food. Pay close attention to how you feel when you get sick. How you feel about not being able to eat the way you used to, the way everyone else does. There's valuable stuff in there that will help you in your long-term success.

Otherwise, yes, it does suck. But you are intuitive and strong. You'll be ok. I have a lot of faith in you! 

Thanks, all. The most frustrating part of this is not seeing any pattern to it. Sometimes I think that I do worse on soy protein than whey, and other times I think the only protein I can do is meat.

I guess I gotta just keep on hanging in there. Thanks again!

There are a lot of foods I used to love that I don't care for any more.  I was a huge egg eater.  They made me sick, and I could not tolerate even a few bites until year 2.  Even now I don't care for them too much.  Meat  is another one.  Shrimp too...I'll eat a few, but that is all.  Now if they were fried that would probably be different, but I'm not going there.  I could not eat cottage cheese for the longest.  Tuna salad was another.  I can eat it now, but in small quantities.  I got up from the table so many times and spit out food that my family just quit asking if something was wrong.  I've done it in restaurants too.  At 27 months I still have my days where food is just unpleasant.  This can be a strange journey. I ate 3 Otis *****meyer cookies my daughter made last night.  I am not a dumper, but I became so sick to my stomach I had to go to bed.  I've had cookies before and that never happened.  I'm glad it did.  When I woke up there were some on the counter, and in the trash they went.