libbys vienna sausages

Has anyone eaten these post-op? If so, how long post op did you have to be before you could eat any? I am really craving one or two little links but I am kinda scared of the outcome (as I am with any food I try post op lol). BTW the blue can is a mix of beef, chicken, and pork and the red one is all chicken (the one I usually eat). Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

   Here are the facts.
For the blue can

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 3 links (48g)   Amount Per Serving   Calories from Fat 110 Calories 130   % Daily Values* Total Fat 12g 18%   Saturated Fat 5g 25%   Trans Fat 0g   Cholesterol 40mg 13% Sodium 260mg 11% Total Carbohydrate 1g 0%   Dietary Fiber 0g 0%   Sugars 0g   Protein 5g     Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 4% Iron 2% *

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

for the red can

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 oz   Amount Per Serving   Calories from Fat 50 Calories 73   % Daily Values* Total Fat 5.52g 8%   Saturated Fat 1.571g 8%   Polyunsaturated Fat 1.145g     Monounsaturated Fat 2.404g   Cholesterol 29mg 10% Sodium 388mg 16% Potassium 24mg   Total Carbohydrate 1.92g 1%   Dietary Fiber 0g 0%   Sugars 0g   Protein 3.67g     Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 3% Iron 3% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Nutrition Values are based on USDA Nutrient Database SR18 Contains these Food Groups:     Meat and Fish

I wouldn't recommend these even for people who haven't had surgery. Not good for you at all. 12 grams of fat is half of my daily allowance. You really want to make low fat choices.
Karen

I agree with the first responder - too much fat and not enough protein in vienna sausages.  But if you really have a craving for it try just one bite and see if you even like them anymore.  I found that high fat foods didn't even taste good to me anymore.  My experience with a piece of KFC (leg) was bad, bad, bad - the fat content made me sick for 5 or 6 hours when I finally (mercifully) vomited.  Unfortunately I didn't notice a problem until after I'd eaten the whole leg. 

I don't think you're really gonna want the vienna sausages as much as you think.  Try those Louis Rich turkey sausage links or something else with a lot of flavor and less fat - I think those are great and they're high in protein.

Good luck!

Hugs,
Cindy

Baby food!

Those look like the baby-weenies that come in water!

It looks like you JUST had RNY. If so, I wasn't allowed meat for months afterward.  I know all doctors are different.  If you can eat them, I suggest you chew chew chew!

I ate them during my pureed stage (week 4) and did fine. I bought the lite sausages which have less fat and usually ate about 2 or 3. They were very soft and went down well. I would totally recommend them.

Try some of the gerber's meat stix for toddlers. I ate those pureed stage.  Thet taste decent - satisfy a non-pureed meat craving.  They are packed in water and slightly better on the fat I think.  The fat calories scared me off the regular vienna sausages.

Best wishes,

Rhonda

Other than the fat content, the only issue I would see is that they have very little protein in them and you need protein first!!!! Im allowed meat at only 8 days out. But it has to be good healthy meat with atleast 7 grams of protein per an ounce at the moment. Good Luck!

Like the snow white poster, I also had the lite vienna sausages during my puree phase. I also had SPAM Lite during that time too.

BTW, the SPAM lite was listed as an ideal food on my Johns Hopkins Bariatric Center binder, so if Johns Hopkins says canned meat is not evil, hmmmm... I'll eat it any time.

I'd just make sure to stick to the Light versions, and have just a couple, to see how you digest it.

These were one of the first 'solid' foods I ate, post-op. No, they're not really 'good' for you, but where you're at, nothing's going to be realy 'bad'---'cause you can't eat enough of it to hurt you. For the first couple of months after the RNY, anything you can keep down is GOOD---and these do have protein. Lots of fat, but you're malabsorbing some of it---1 year post-op RNYers absorb about 62% of fat, compared to the 92% 'normal' people absorb.

Eat and enjoy!!!