what foods restrict you the most

[lauslin 0]

thank you dfor your quick reply; keep up the good work!!

[lauslin 0]

thank you for your reply. I too now know what it feels like to get things stuck from eating bread.< /p>

[Nessa38 0]

Yeah! Don't ever try a new food with your band as you are driving. First time I PB was on chicken nuggets driving I freaked out.

It's takes only 2 nuggets or 1/2 of a strip I think I am going to DIE! I guess this is a good thing since I shouldn't be eating ANYTHING from there anyway.

[mrwall 0]

Do you have too eat solid food? ? i was thinking of doing a lot of slim fast shakes and maybe some blended food? ?

[BgB9 9]

Do you have too eat solid food?? i was thinking of doing a lot of slim fast shakes and maybe some blended food? ?

My doc told me no more shakes except 24 hours after a fill, once progressed to solids. The shakes and blended foods go right through the band and are not that filling. Also, Slim Fast isn't the best option. Fairly high in calories while lower in Protein than most others. As he said, why pay $28,000 for surgery just to be on the Slim Fast Diet.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I think it's funny how different the docs are, especially when we're all trying to "do the right thing"

My doc forbids snacking but says we can have shakes for a meal if we want, as long as we realize they don't utilize the band and that satiated feeling we're supposed to be aiming for!

[jillrenee15 0]

I have trouble with spaghetti. I made it for dinner a couple of weeks ago and it was horrible. I will probably never eat it again. Also, lettuce, even just a bit on a burger. I've learned to pick it off. Scrambled eggs are also a no no for me. Sandwiches and bread are fine, it i chew well and take my time.

Why do people waste their money and calories on Protein shakes?? They don't make me full, and that's 150 calories per shake I don't get to "eat"!!! If you want Protein, cheap, have a half cup of cottage cheese. 14gr protein, 60calories, if you get the large curd kind, you actually HAVE to chew it. Make some tuna/chicken salad, keep it kind of dry(less mayo than you are used to) and have it on whole grain/high Fiber crackers, or cucumber slices. Low cal, high protein and you get to satisfy that chewing urge that makes you think, ahh...i've eaten some real food. 6 crackers with a good amount of salad on it and i'm pretty darn full and it lasts 3 hours or more. Good luck and eat!!

[neveragain 9]

It's kind of weird for me, honestly, because my band is very moody. haha. Sometimes I can eat anything and sometimes I can't. It definitely gets tighter with stress, though.

[woteacher 0]

Pasta is probably the worst - also bread - cold cereals like shredded wheat (predictable b/c of how it expands when soaked in milk), beef. Turkey is better - my family uses ground turkey instead of ground beef now.

Does anyone's Fiber supplements restrict you? Does it matter which supplement you take?

[Jachut 487]

I can down a bread roll one day and pb yogurt the next.

In general I'm very very lucky, I can eat anything. But sometimes, for short periods of time my band gets very moody and doesnt like things.

At the moment, for the past couple of weeks, I cant eat salad. Ugh. Instant pain, guaranteed pb if I perservere. Given its summer here its a pain in the neck, but to be honest, I've never liked basic garden salad before anyway, the kids dont eat it so i may as well just cook the darn vegies. Pasta salad, potato salad, anything like that is fine, although of course there's minimal green vegetable and maximum fatty Mayonnaise so those arent healthy foods.

But if we go to a barbecue at the moment, I eat the potato salad and leave the lettuce!

[658 0]

bread, dry turkey, chicken strips. First fill on the 1/8, I get hungry between meals right now but if I eat a meal I get full. I will be glad when no christmas Cookies or left. Strangely it seems that I could eat all the cookies I want. I hope that changes after the first fill, Haven't done bad though 41 lbs. since start of liquids in November. Good Luck everyone.

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[gingin 0]

STEAK!!!!!!! I have tried steak 4 times in the last 6 months and every single time i have gotten stuck & PB'd...this is with chewing until its annoying. It's a shame because i really like steak on occasion, but it is a small sacrifice to say goodbye to obesity!

Also, I struggle with chicken alot, any way I cook it. The only way I can eat it successfully is boiled/shredded in my homemade chicken Soup. And bread...bread is a *%$#@!

[yvettej4123 0]

I cannot eat bread or boiled eggs. I am able to eat about a cup of food at the most of anything.

[gentylwind 1]

The only thing I have found I can't eat are french fries and tortillas (wraps). I have not had bread since my surgery and don't intend to try it.

[revswife 0]

I haven't had any sort of bread or Pasta since surgery...and don't plan to try!! I get stuck on chicken, no matter how it's cooked unless it's in Soup. I live on fish and seafood, it has really changed my taste. I like roasted shrimp and steamed broccoli for supper, makes me feel full, more full than I imagined it would.