hey,
dont be too discouraged about the no bread or pasta thing. My dad was banded 2 yrs ago and he has lost over 150lbs.He says its not that you cant eat bread and pasta its the starch in those kinds of foods that is the real killer. If you choose a really nutty high grain bread or pasta then you should be ok. the reason people say no bread is because white bread tends to clump up and not want to go through the band causing you to up chuck it..
plus take in mind that you will find things that you just cant eat, but in a while you wont even want too because of how it makes you feal after.
