I have 5cc in a 10cc band and I can eat Soups, oysters, some meats, and veggies.

I CANNOT eat breads, rice, some granola bars or chicken breast otherwise I get stuck and have to vomit because the pain in my chest won't go away.

I know some people can't eat breads or rice and dry meats. Is this normal? Am I too tight? Or are these things I just have to give up.

I'm ok either way.

Hi everyone, I'm the original poster. Remember me?

Can I ask that this virus of a thread stop?

I'm sorry I asked

Did you legit just pull the "race card". Get over yourself... If that's not ignorance I have NO idea what is...

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Exactly! Most people DO eat a variety of food and don't vomit because their bands are not too tight, if you have difficulty eating most foods, this indicate you are too tight, if you are chewing your food well. My point was some foods are difficult to eat when you reach a certain restriction level, if you can no longer eat the foods that you WANT to EAT, MY POINT WAS remove saline for you to eat them, bread, rice and dry chicken is a NO NO with most people in the green zone, and should be eaten with caution. But most can eat these same foods if they get creative even in the green zone, for example, if I toast bread I can still eat a little in the green zone, if I eat very moist chicken I can still eat in the green zone, if I eat a very little rice with lots of sauce I can eat it in the green zone...THAT is what I meant by being creative and learning to eat the foods you like that will NOT cause vomiting in the green zone. Ideally if you want to see the scale move, you should focus on eliminating white carbs, like rice, sugar, bread, flour.. Of course many people eat all foods, I do when I've gotten to my goal weight and maintained, I eat anything I want and balance it out with exercise. The goal here IS TO PREVENT VOMITING every day with your band which WILL cause complications if you throw up every single day. I could have avoided your post, but it may be educational for others who care about their band, some here may say that what you are experiencing IS NORMAL, but it's NOT, AND THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT OVER 6 YEARS POST OP, problems don't start to happen until about 5-6 years out. I am 8 years post op and have seen it all, I just HATE to see newbies eventually lose their bands, I've seen too many lose their bands over the years, from trying to eat too much on a too tight band that causes vomiting, I am here to help, sometimes, it's not what many want to hear.

Well said & to the truthful point!!