Does salad go down well for everyone? I'm thinking of all foods to get stuck, salad would be it.

Thanks

I was so afraid of trying salad, but I'm so glad I did, I've never pb'd on salad, it's my friendliest band food. I had the same fear, that it would be the most likely to get stuck, in my case, not. Take small bites and chew, chew, chew. Remember, lettuce is mostly water.

Salad works good for me too!

Still on liquids but I will be very upset if I cant eat salad. Its would be very frustrating to not be able to eat foods that are good for me and still be able to eat crap. Never eating white bread again doesnt bother me but I actually love salads.

Funny, I had salad 2x and it went down fine. The next 2 times I could not eat it. Just recently the 5th time around I had shredded lettuce and it went down perfectly. I actually like the shredded lettuce better it was easier to chew.

I was worried about salad too, but I don't have any problem with it. I didn't eat much of it pre-banding but now I crave it with grilled chicken.

Salad is perfect for me! No problems at all...

I love salad, and it has always been fine for me. Cindy

I had a problem with Salad at first but tried again about 4 months into this thing and it has been fine ever since. I love to go eat Salad at Olive Garden it is the best salad ever...LOL

Hello,

This is my first post - just found this site. I was banded 1/23/03. weighed 392. I now weigh 240. I can share that salad has ALWAYS been very difficult to eat - except when I had no fill. Now, the lettuce is killer, even shredded. I can eat the veggies with LOTS of dressing. Hardly ever eat it, and I crave it all the time. One of my few disappointments with the band.

Salad is great, but sometimes I have fruit issues.

to go eat salad at Olive Garden it is the best salad ever...LOL

I am soooo right there with you!! I love Olive Garden Salad - it is the absolute bestttttttttt!!!!!!

I don't have any problems with salad but can usually only choke down 1 breadstick with a plate of salad - if I dip the breadstick in some dressing and take tiny bites of it I can get it down. Sometimes I miss being able to get full on breadsticks and salad but this is the only time I wish I didn't have the band cuz just one breadstick doesn't seem to do it justice - but I am thankful in the same respect because pre-banding I would have 4-5 breadsticks and 2 big plates of salad - now I have 1 med salad since it goes down pretty easy and 1 breadstick if I'm lucky. But Olive Garden is my favorite band friendly restaurant since its so easy to choose dinner.

I agree with you the dinner choices at Olive Garden are very lapband friendly I used to eat the Chicken alfredo pasta but since I can no longer eat pasta I get the chicken parmigana and instead of marinara sauce I have them put alfredo sauce on it. It is very good that way. Of course sometimes getting the waiter/waitress to understand what I want is the hard part...LOL

Oh yes the waiters/waitress's sometimes don't understand even little things like a side of dressing! They NEVER remember and I always have to ask for it twice, if I DO get a waiter to remember the first time I'm more likely to give a very generous tip.

I have to confess that I can actually eat an entire Wendy's taco salad. I have no idea why? It must weigh 5lbs and I looked on line and it has 600 calories! I have a lot of food issues and have a hard time with most things. Can't eat bread. Live on mostly Soups and salads. Chili, some tuna, some chicken (sometimes) it is hard. I can never eat before noon. Protein shakes are a regular. Whilest I am in confession.....I can also eat McFlurries and chocolate with great ease. Also nachos. Weird.

Salad is wonderful for me. Never gets stuck.

P.S I am having major anxiety lately regarding my band due to all the horror stories on here. Its like I dont want to read but I cant help myself.

Salads = no problem for me (yet) and I'm so glad b/c I love salads. Subway's club salad w/spinach...pour on Ken's Steakhouse Lite Caesar dressing and it's heaven in a bowl. :Bunny

Jacilyn, I cut up my greens real fine.