I've been on my preop diet since last Thursday. Was cooking dinner for my husband tonight which happened to be tacos. It was very hard to handle this. I told him he might have to go back cooking for himself again. But anyways, my question is can you eat a taco shell after surgery? Sure hope so since its hard. Hope this isn't a stupid question since I'm preop. Thank you for your responses.

Yes you can. I eat tacos sometimes. The crunchy ones go down better, but I can eat the soft shelled ones sometimes. I love tacos!

If you get like me after you get banded, food just won't taste the same. It's weird. Good luck on your journey.

We routinely eat "tacos" at our house... generally every other week or so. I put tacos in quotations because we do do them a little differently now. Instead of eating the shells, we buy the baked tortilla scoops (Tostitos) and then put the meat/shredded cheese/taco sauce/lettuce/etc in a bowl, mix it all up, and then spoon it into the scoops. you can take MUCH smaller bites doing it this way, without a mess. I don't quite have restriction yet, and trying to be cautious with portion sizes, and I find I eat a lot less, and have fewer carbs, and am still satisfied.

I love tacos! 1 taco shell 11 carbs!!

Cheri

I love tacos/tex mex. I go to qudoba about once a week and get the naked buritto childrens meal..if you go to qudoba.com you can build your own meal and see the calories carbs and ptotein....i love it!

HI there all, I'm new to this site and I was banded in June of 2009. I've been out for about 1 and a 1/2 years and have been as high as #277 lbs in my life at 5'11" (large frame I'm told) Am down as low as 196#, now maintaining at about #200 lbs. I guess I should say that I'm stuck there for like a couple of months. Would like to get to 180# if possible. My problem is like all other weight loss programs I hate the nutritional watch dogging of food and tend to stick with what I call safe foods. You know the foods that don't send me to the restrooms. They might not be the best foods but I've learned what works and what dosen't. I will say that every Tues the wife and I go to our little dive place and you guessed it, it's" Taco Tuesday". Two normal sized tacos for $1.50. I'm addicted to them,lol. Like I said I hate counting calories and such but from dealing with diebettes for like about 8 years ( which it totally gone, yea!) I was shocked when I saw that there were 11 carbs per shell. Well maybe I'll eat the fillings and nibble on the shell from now on. Sorry for the long winded reply I just get so excited talking about]all the positive thing this surgery has done for my life. I think there is a photo of my new hobby instead of eating, restoring old coolers and cars. Doug

yes I still eat tacos- the crunchy shells are easier to go down. Flour tacos sometimes are a bit rough. Most of the time I make a taco salad and skip the shells.

I eat Tacos ALL THE TIME! It was my favourite food before surgery.... so it is perfect! The hard shells are amazing!

I love tacos(!!!) and we have them every couple months. Because I try to eat low carb, I allow myself 1 tostada shell (55 cals and 6 carbs) and I'm usually satisfied. But, if I'm still hungry I'll have a small taco salad.

Life without Mexican food just wouldn't be worth living.

I love,love,love tacos, we have them at least a couple times a month!

I'm a bad girl, but for my dinner I fry flour torts in lard! Of course I allot for the calories, and I walk an hour a day.

I don't think I could live if I couldn't eat tacos.

Oh yeah, If I have one for lunch I eat it soft, and I use the small size torts!

OLE' You've made my day. Thank you everyone for all the replies. I'm so glad I will be able to still get my crunch on. Right now I'm on day 6 of my pre op diet. Its been a struggle at times but at this time I can say I haven't cheated. Scheduled for surgery on the 23rd of December. Wish me luck cuz I still don't have approval. I'm sure I will. Could use a prayer though. Thanks again for your replies.

Good luck, you'll do great!

Omg I cant wait to eat a taco! Ahaha

When my surgeon told me chips and salsa go down real well I knew I was going to be just fine. I have made the taco shells with cheese before and thoough they aren't the same it was still amazing! Now that I'm banded I doubt I can eat more than one taco...making tacos this week.

Yeah, I love taco's. I'm hopeing that I'll still be able to eat my favs Tasty Taco's (any one from Des Moines will know what I'm talking about) once and awhile. They are to die for by they are a little doughy.

I love tacos(!!!) and we have them every couple months. Because I try to eat low carb, I allow myself 1 tostada shell (55 cals and 6 carbs) and I'm usually satisfied. But, if I'm still hungry I'll have a small taco salad.

Life without Mexican food just wouldn't be worth living.

Ohhhh I agree!! I think those Tostada shells are delicious! Nice and crunchy... low cal... low carb... just so satisfying!