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Yeah, I just dont like Tomato anymore, the skins are just too hard, I love tomato flavour - Pasta sauch, ketchup, cooked tomato, no problem but I dont put tomato in my salads.

I need lube with a salad now. I usually just use olive oil, salt and pepper.

When we eat salad with dinner - we dont do it the way you guys do, salad isnt served first and then you eat your main, we serve salad with the main course - a tossed garden salad would replace hot vegetables in the summer, with a barbecue or whatever. I used to be a person who ate everything on my plate separately, now I eat my salad with a bite of my meat and use the gravy, or the relish or whatever condiment. Sounds disgusting, lol, but I really like the cold crunch of the salad with the hot flavour of whatever Protein we're having.

I do like salad for lunch - with a can of tuna or something but truth is, while it fills and satisfies me, I will have a sugar binge at 4pm. It simply is not enough food to get me through, I do way way better to load my salad and Protein onto a piece of bread or toast or even make a sandwich with two slices of bread. I know that's not the norm for a bandster but it works for me. Better to eat two slices of wholegrain bread than seven oreos at 4pm!

as to being hard to digest, I suspect you mean hard to get past your band, but it is in fact quite hard for your body to break down - whilst I had my ileostomy I had three bowel obstructions for which I had to be hospitalised and have bowel rest, each time was after eating salad. And even when it didnt block me up, I would um, recognize most of what I'd eaten when it came out in my bag. Chew chew chew indeed.

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I eat salads quite a bit. I was afraid after my first 5cc fill they would be a no go for me. But i had one yesterday with no problems. I chewed well.

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I never know how the day is going to go... Some days it's fine others there is no chance.

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I did eat a mixed greens salad and it went well! I have even ate small tomatoes and it was ok. Chewed the heck out of them and I was good. I am a tomatoe girl, my mama had to hide them when I was a baby or I would cry for them. The only problem I have had is reheated food. It got stuck and I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital!! Learned my lesson.

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You have to find what works good for you, chew allot, and enjoy.

Just be careful on the Dressings... Sometime you can put down allot

of calories in the Dressing, So watch for hidden calories.

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I have salads all the time with no problems. Then again, im about 2mos post op and have no problems with anything. Hopefully that'll change with more fils but I hope to always be able to handle salads.

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I have no issues with or baby spinach salads.

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