I haven't gotten my first fill yet, that happens next week. However, I have been experimenting with different solid foods to see how/if they stay down, how my stomach/body feels after eating and if my tastes have changed at all.

....What I have to report...

FIrst off, happy to say I have not thrown-up anything!

Spicy food - love it! But I have noticed my taste buds tolerate it slightly less than used to, not heartburn like you might expect but for some reason just tastes more intense.

I have noticed eating solids I am able to eat less than I used to even without having my fill yet.

This morning I made 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices of turkey bacon and one piece of light Italian Toast w/ 1/2 tbs of light country crock margarine. Comes to calories of 250. I ate a little too fast, and about 1/2 way through my plate had intense chest pain as if the food was about to explode out of my chest. I sat up very straight took a breather, let my food digest (took about 5 minutes approximately) and I was able to finish my plate but eating at a much slower pace and making sure to chew my food very fine. Take-away from this...chew slow and take your time. Even though my eggs got cold they still tasted good. Maybe next time I will stick to 1 egg, 1 pc. of turkey bacon.

I had a similar experience of chest pain trying to eat a home-made egg white breakfast sandwich. These are delicious and low in calories however, I was walking around the kitchen trying to eat my sandwich, pack my lunch and water my garden at the same time, I was chewing well and pacing between bites, but still had intense chest pain, had to sit down, sit up straight, and wait for it to pass. Take-away here...don't multi-task while eating, sit down, don't be up and moving around.

Recipe for my homemade egg white omelet sandwich...

...In a small round glass dish, mix...

1/2 cup liquid egg whites

1 tbs. chopped frozen onion

1 tbs. chopped frozen green pepper

1 turkey sausage patty diced

(note: you can add any mix of veggies, herbs or meat to this)

Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder

drop of water (half a teaspoon)

...put the glass dish w/ mixture in the microwave on high for 2 minutes...

...meanwhile, pop 2 pcs. of light Italian bread (healthy life brand) 70 calories for 2 pcs, in the toaster...

...spread 1 wedge of laughing cow light cheese (35 calories) on the toast...

...When your eggs are ready, you will have a egg omelet patty to put between your 2 pcs of cheesy toast...

And there you have it...one very tasty egg white breakfast sandwich = 230 calories

I also experienced the chest pain eating dinner the other night, consisted of chopped chicken, lamb and beef (mediterranean restaurant) and rice with a side of pita bread. Again, I think had I eaten slower and chewed my meat more, I would have saved myself the pain.

Eating slow and chewing is very important, as we've all heard from the pre-surgery info given out, but when you experience the effects of eating too fast and not chewing enough - its a whole new experience, almost like aversion therapy. So I'm taking it as a good life lesson learned and I'm adjusting so that when I do get a fill, it isn't worse than I feel now.