Just got banded a couple of days ago, so I know I'm a -long- way away from trying it out for myself, was under the impression that sticky rice is going to be a big no, but have seen a couple of people post that they eat sushi. Would love to hear if you are a sushi lover if you can or cannot eat it now, and if you can, are there things you find easier than others, or do you use certain strategies to make it work better for you? or?

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Leila

I dont have any trouble with it. Its a go slow food for sure and very filling because of the rice.

I love sushi. Since banding I opt for sashimi - I don't have the cajones to try rice yet.

I waited several months before I tried sushi but have no problems with it. Whenever possible, I do ask for 1/3 of the usual amount of rice for the rolls though.

This is one of my concerns, I love sushi and am hoping I can still eat some when banded. DH can, as long as he is careful to eat slowly and no overdo it.

i never had a problem with sushi. it was strange chewing so much with sushi the first time i did

Love it!

I do avoid the rice and seaweed (unless it's paper seaweed) but I only manage to get about 5 pieces down.

It's a ritual...always warm tea first.

I love sushi and it goes pretty well. My favorite way to have it now is to have the pieces of fished over a bowl of rice (sushi bowl). Then I can eat the fish, and nibble on the rice if I want.

all of a sudden i'm able to eat sushi again, rice, seaweed and all. all i can say is like everyone else. GO SLOW. CHEW. i think the bad experience i had before was because i was doing the half chewing i used to do pre band. but then again, my restriction has loosened up considerably since i got this last fill.

Me and DH still go out for sushi once every couple of months. I eat half of what I used to be able to, but I can eat it. Hint: think well-lubed with soy sauce, shrimp sauce, etc.

Sashimi is one of the great bandster foods: it's pure protein and very soft. It's the rest of the stuff that comes with sushi that's problematic, especially the seaweed. Rice is just filling, if you eat too much you won't be able to eat anything else. But the seaweed wrap or salad can be very difficult to chew well enough, so proceed with caution! My very worst experience was with a bit of seaweed salad. Never again.

Sashimi girl here. Good stuff. After my last fill I gave up on rice, but have always preferred the flavors one or two at a time anyhoo.

I have a little trouble with sushi or sashimi. It's not the rice, but the fish. It's very tender and tends to go down easily, but if the pieces are too big, they WILL come back up (lol). I have the same problem with shrimp and lobster, cooked. I think that I don't chew it enough, and once it gets in the stomach, it's like rubber, and won't disolve.

I still love sushi, but - Beware the seaweed wrapper. One of the worst pb's ever!

:hungry: I love sushi and haven't had any problems. I haven't tried oysters on the half shell yet. Anyone try those? Since I don't typically chew the oysters first, I'm thinking that they will get stuck. That could be a really bad PB!

Funny you should mention that, I was wondering about this the other day. I was reading the menu for a formal do we're going to next month and oysters kilpatrick are the entree. You surely couldnt just swallow an oyster whole banded? Yet chewing it up would be like chewing well on a big glob of snot, eeeeeeeeew. I dont think I fancy taking tiny bites of oyster and chewing thoroughly. Might just eat the bacon and drink the juice out of the shell.