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Do you ever feel like the band never lacks for a dull moment? :). I discovered last night that I cannot eat corn on the cob. WOW! That was bad! What can you NOT eat?

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Steak and pork chops. I used to have problems with corn early on too but now it goes down just fine.

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Strangely, hummus. I thought it would be a slider food but it wasn't! If I didn't have the band I would have thought I was having a heart attack!

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Any kind of meat except fish or chicken really juicy and cut really small. No fruit or Cereal.< /p>

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Steak, hamburger, corn, bread, noodles

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Steak, hamburger, corn, bread, noodles

We are in the same boat. I should be a size 4 by now since there is soooo much I can't eat. I guess I find a lot of good substitutes.......lol

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Oh I hear ya I should be withered to nothing by now but no still a chunk! ive lost 150 pounds and still have 80 to lose to be happy and by a doctors chart I probably need to lose another 140 but I keep pluggin away ill get there someday if I stop havin so many complications :s

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I am unable to eat pulled pork, bread, corn & any type of dry meat. Since I have a culinary background I manage with other food very well try using a slow cooker add Water for moister foods.

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Steak, fish if it's not super moist and fresh(no leftovers), sometimes eggs, pork, chicken if it's not very small chunks and very moist, bread, deli meats(cuz I eat them too fast).

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I have stayed away from bread, drier meats (barbecue) and all beef.

The only thing post op that I am newly intolerant of is anything which contains mayonnaise; quite a surprise, as I used to have it often with tuna salad before.

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Up until this last fill, I was able to eat pretty much anything. Now I can't eat any bread without getting stuck. Most cuts of steak are too tough, except Filet Minon and Bob Evans Breakfast sirloin. I eat alot of salmon and other types of fish and chicken as long as it's really tender. Corn so far has not been an issue, thank goodness. I can also eat rice and Pasta where alot of people can not, so I guess over all I am pretty lucky. but I really do have to plan and portion my meals out or I will over eat at times. If the summer stays hot like it was last week though, that shouldn't be a problem. Seems as if the heat swells my band more, so I tend to slow down more and eat alot less, which for the most part is a good thing. Good luck to you:)

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My NO LIST.

soda

breads no dry or doughy items

salads

pineapple

porkchops

steaks

bacon

Dry chicken

These things i tend to stay away from not worth the pain from a stuck episode!!

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I can never eat bread, steak, chicken are tough, salads take a lot of chewing. If I really need to eat something I puree it in the magic bullet , looks bad but I get the taste and i can swallow it. But y ou know I am fine with that. I dream of a Rare Cheeseburger with Tomato and mayo but IT JUST WILL NOT GO DOWN. Never again will I darken the door of a Subway. But I can shop in any store I want and it fits. So I"ll take that trade off..

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dry pork chops or dry chicken , no way but moist is fine. Hash browns and other potatoes and thick potato chips all swell after a couple of bites, so i limit them to 2-3 tiny bites. thin potatoe chips, no problems.After my 5th fill i had a horrible "stuck and up chuck" incident with raw broccoli (It was'nt pretty) . I just had my 6th fill 3 days ago, we shall see.......................... As another poster said , she could walk into any store and find cute clothes, and yes , the tradeoff is so worth it ! Good bye potatos, hello skinny jeans !!!!

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