I love pine apple what if i puree it? What about the others, and help?

Fibrous foods - fibrous foods (such as asparagus, celery, corn, dried fruit, oranges, pineapples, sweet potatoes, nuts, popcorn, skins and seeds of fruits and vegetables, and tough meats such as steak, pork chops, and hamburger.

for me, it's all been trial and error. i try the food to see if my band will accept it. if it does, i continue to eat it. if it doesn't, i just know i cannot eat it again.

most fruits are fine... as are veggies except for cauliflower. no matter how much its cooked, it just won't stay down. potatoes are fine except for french fries (which is probably a good thing!!)

i can't eat hamburger at ALL. it doesn't matter if it's well done, medium rare, dipped in mustard, with cheese, low fat ground meat, higher fat ground meat... i just throw it right back up. i've tried every way possible!

i do okay with chicken... prepared in any way. the same with pork. sauces usually help if the meat is dry.

i can't eat hardly any bread... including pizza. i can eat the crust off one piece and the toppings off two pieces.

everyone is different on what their band will handle. it IS better to be safe than sorry... i know this from experience!

I can eat all of that stuff. For me it is more the size, speed and chew of the food I put in my mouth. To big or to fast, it comes back up. Bread is my difficult item.

Okay thank you for your very helpful insight. I know it seems silly but i am a huge fruit feind. =) So the smaller the better.

Asparagus I can do-had some for dinner actually. Potatoes are kind of a hard one for me, i usually can only do them if mashed, and only then in a small amount. French fries are a no go for meat least from white potatoes. I do a little better with sweet potatoes. Corn and peas are big NO's for me. Makes me sad, lol. I tend to do ok with apple chips, oranges are eh, pineapple is a touch and go one for me. Meat wise, i CAN NOT do ground hamburger. In any way. I switched to ground turkey, and had no problems with it. Other than the ground beef, I don't really have issues with meat, unless it's really dry.

Fruit, I just couldnt do with fill in my band. A peeled apple maybe but that was about it. I did puree it a lot into a smoothie. Now I have no fill I am absolutely loving being able to eat fruit again.

Everything else on your list I had absolutely no trouble with AND I could eat bread easily.

Well I think this agian is one of those issue you just have to sort out for yourself. I did not try anything at first that might get sick, but over time I have started cautiously trying. Also I have found that it seems my band fills change everything! Once agian some days I am really tight and I know to take it easy on what I try. I really do not have anything that I can not eat. But there are times I can and times I can not eat things.

Pineapple we just chew really well then spit out the fibrous residue, same with tough meats, although that is a toughie when eating in a restaurant lol. Asparagus we take a knife and start at the seed end and barely push the knife in bit by bit til we meet resistance, and eat that portion of the stalk and throw the rest away. Its a bit expensive so we dont do it often. Popcorn we have no problems with, well on my 4th fill I don't eat NEAR as much as I use to but still enjoy it every now and then