I am waving the white flag to meat .. I surrender .. I just give up .. I spent 4 hours last night vomiting .. and wretching .. yes , I chewed .. yes I took my time . and still I can not get meat to stay down .. and I do realize that some people just can not tolerate meats .. well .. not me anymore .. I can never go through this again . My family is starting to worry that I am bulemic .. my poor fiance .. thinks I am dying evertime I vomit .. breaks out the thermometer... and I can not explain it to them where they understand .. they all think I am crazy .. but you all or atleast the ones that can not tolerate meat .. know .. this is for real .. I can do seafood .. tuna .. so that will be my staple from now on .. and my protein suppliments . I have to remember that I signed up for this .. and it is up to me to figure out what works .. I just needed to rant .. as I am tired .. tired of trying to find the meat of choice ... so up goes the flag meat .. No more .. No mas ! Hugs, Tink MEAT

Hey Tink Fancy meeting you here and not on the VA board I come here now and then to imagine what life will be like when I am at goal I can only eat meat if it is really tender. like pull pork or slow cooked ribs. but dry tuff meat one bite sends me to the bathroom heaving. Oh congrats on the fiance' I am really happy you have found the one. Blessings on your journey later Heather

Yes sweety .. Tink does leave the VA boards LOL .. and I love pork .. ribs especially .. but I am over it .. I swear I am .. and thanks .. about my fiance .. Alan is awesome .. a true blessing . HUgs, Tink

I'm so sorry, Tink. I'm glad you have as positive a spin on it as you do. You're right, there are just some things that we have to accept and understand that we knew what might happen when we signed on to play this game. One of my biggest fears going into this was being one of the folks that stayed sick all the time. I was 10 fold more afraid of that than I was of dying from the surgery. Hopefully you can learn 10,000 ways to prepare seafood! Have you ever visited foodnetwork.com or allrecipies.com? Becky

::::: scootchin' over close to my g/f, staring at her Filet Mignon :::::: "Sooooooooooooo, you gonna eat that? NO?!?!?! ....don't mind if I do!!" [Chomp] Hey sweet stuff, it sucks that beef, chicken and even the 'white meat' ...(lol, what, Im talking about Pork) bothers you. Thankfully, seafood sits well with you - the truth be known, if my budget could afford it, I'd be happy living off of Lobster, Scallops, Mahi-Mahi and Alaskan King Crab - daily!! I found out (just recently) that I can no longer tolerate Seaweed Salad. Yah yah, no loss, to most, but that's one of my all time favorite TREATS and it's so healthy, pretty much a "zero calorie" food, cause the act of chewing almost cancels 'em all out. Anyway, Ive eaten it with NO problems for the last 3 years, then in the last two months, both times that Ive had it for my main meal (not just a bite or two, but an actual serving of it) it's left me on my bathroom floor, balled up and crying like a baby. No lie, I'm making up all kinds of prayers and promises and plees, in hopes that the alien in my intestinal track will take flight and LEAVE. I can see a knotted up ball (ping pong size) as it's traveling down the track and I KNOW that I won't feel any type of relief till it goes just below my belly button. Sheeeeez, labor pains have NOTHING on this pain, which is pretty much why I've tossed up the white flag on Seaweed salad ...lol, for now? Hugs - Lei (still wondering about that Filet Mignon, though)

Uhg .. Here ya go .. plate moves towards Lei .. and plops it on your plate .. ewwww .. you can have it ... I am pleased to say I went to Joes Crab Shack .. ate some crab meat and it sat rather well .. it was not the best .. but it was something .. So I am left being a Seafoodist .. and that is ok by me .. as I hate the way that stuff makes me feel .. I too have been to Pukedom .. and hate it .. and try so hard to stay outa there .. so I guess to avoid a trip there , I must not eat the meat .. So it is all yours !!! Hugs , Nat

I'm with you! I gave up several months ago. I spend my post-meat eating in the bathroom, vomiting! I just cannot do it no matter how slow, or what it is! I've given in to being a vegetarian or cottage cheese eater for the rest of my life and it really is okay.