going down a little easier

Newlife4me · January 5, 2006

Thought I would share this with you incase you were having the same problems I was having.

Most of the times when it was time to eat and I would be having some chicken or some other kind of meat, it would immediatly get stuck. Not sure if it was b/c I would not chew it enough or what. The other day I was having some chicken and I decided to take my food chopper (pampered chef - manual one) and chop up the food into little itty bitty pieces. When I started eating it, it went down SOOO much easier.

It even helped my "picky" kids eat all the meat on their plates as well. An added bonus!! Just thought I would share with everyone!

A third bonus... can release stress by pounding the chicken!! What a feeling!!

Jachut · January 5, 2006

Good thinking. I'll probably do stuff like this, I dont want to change what my family eats too much to accommodate me. They enjoy a roast lamb or chicken dinner etc. So do I actually. And we usually make a great shepherds pie for the next night from the leftovers. If I have to occasionally mash up a family meal (or a part of it) then I will. Other nights they can eat band friendly food but it's not fair to deprive them totally of favourites because I cant eat them - and I've survived 3 kids without resorting to cooking two different sets of meals at night, I'm not about to start now, lol.

Jessiebear · January 6, 2006

I'll have to remember this. Sometimes it hurts to swallow liquids because my band is so tight. And then other times I could eat a horse. This is good info. Especially for the newbies. Thanks