I thought it would be interesting to know the types of foods that give others problems. For me personally I can not eat any type of sandwich, the odd part is I can eat bread just fine but put something between it and it doesn't go down. Other foods that my doc said may cause problems I can eat without issue. I also find the order that I eat my food plays a part in digestion. If I eat my protein first I don't seem to have problems but if I start with something else and go back to the meat it doesn't go down as well.

I don't have any food that gives me any problem but then again I am only 6 weeks post op. I just had my first fill yesterday and the surgeon put in 5 cc in my 10 cc band. I guess I am going to find out in a few days what I can eat and how to eat food the right way. I am kinda getting nervous about this since I don't want a stuck episode or vomiting.

Follow the guidelines and you'll do well.

When u guys get "stuck" how do u clear it? Can u wash it down with small sips or just keep dry swallowing? thanks

When I get stuck and I take sips it hurts more and it comes back up. When I have that stuck feeling I excuse myself and go to the restroom and cough up what is stuck.

Yeah, my family says I'm being belemic, but not in a hurtful way. Having some experience with firearms through my work in the Canadian Army, when a round gets stuck in the chamber an armourer normally has to do a "hard extraction" with a hammer or other tools.. In this case its my fingers down my throat...This is the term I've started to use to macho-ify the situation....

Occasionally a hot liquid will work......

If you have to do a "Hard Extraction" often, that's a sign that you are eating to fast or taking bites that are to big or your band is to tight.

Not very often this happens.... Normally when distracted or being a Hammerhead

I have triouble eating Steak can not seem to get it small enough, Orange and apples are difficult can tolerate a small amount of grapes.

upon reflection of this question, I believe 1) we all go through phases, which finds unpredictable changes in those troublesome foods;

2) for my own Band it seems that various 'errors of eating' are more readily identifiable than particular foods;

3) 'too dry/too fast/too hungry/too large (gulping)/ etc.

Mostly I can eat any thing, just not 'any time'....especially if I'm not really 'hungry'.

I retain some of the old "first bite syndrome"...and if I don't heed that warning, put down my eating trowel (down from my preBand 'eating shovel') and wait a bit, there will be trouble.

It continues to amaze how easily the Old Bad Habit of Browsing and related Carb Mindlessness try to reestablish themselves.

If I really do the 'protein first' and don't engage in 'sport eating' then I have few troubles.

I agree with all the Jack has posted.

My main issue is eating too fast. Talking while eating is hard work.

White bread is a no no. Pretty much everything else is OK. Chinese food can cause accidents but rice and popcorn no problem.

I now rely like fish. It's a delight to eat