Anyone have trouble eating macaroni and cheese? I am just about 3 weeks out and I was just about to try a mouthful, but I chickened out not knowing if it might "stick".

Any feedback?

PS, I know it's a high calorie, fatty food...I'm only hoping for a teensy helping...

unfortunately mac n cheese goes down like manna from heaven for me. i have to watch out for the stuff. it's almost too easy...

I have a problem with pasta, but not small amounts of mac-n-cheese. I get the kind with the cheese sauce not the powder or I make it from scratch. I have been know to sneak in a bit of unflavored protein powder too (shhhh, my family is clueless) ~Mandy

Mac n' cheese was one of my first semi-solid foods. I over did the noodles so they were nice n' soft and added a little extra milk to the cheese so it was extra saucy. mmmm

Now-a-days, Pasta for me is kind of touch and go, so I don't have it much, but I can still have it sometimes.

I guess i am the one that had a problem. And i am not really having difficulty with anything. I had two bites of mac and cheese (just your normal kraft cheese and macaroni) and It got a bit of a golf ball feeling. I ate slow, and didn't think the bites were a bad size. It must have just tunred into a ball of nothing. I took a few sips of hot water and it cleared up some. I was eating refried beans with it. nothing else. total meal was approx 1/2 cup.

I had a bite of some last night. My hubby makes the BEST homemade kind with sooo much cheese. It went down fine.

The problem that some bandsters have with high starch products is that they tend to sorta "clump" back togehter. I have problems with fries, pasta and rice. My doc says that those foods form a ball of dough like starch and that is why we have problems with them. I can eat a bowl of cream of chicken and rice soup and half an hour later a ball of rice will come back up. My mother says I am like a hawk, I eat, my body takes what it needs and spits the rest back out. (hawks regurgitate the bones) It's weird it goes down but almost always comes back up, you would think I would learn, but I guess I am slow like that. ~Mandy

I had pasta issues in the beginning (first few months post op), but then it was much easier. But fills me up FAST so I don't eat much of it.

i had a little pasta yesterday. it was fine.but then again, i chew most of my food a minimum of 30 times.

I usually have a hard time with it..

its weird cuz I can get othet things down that I would think would be worse.

my band just dont like it.. I LOVE EASY MAC.!

Noodles go down way to easy for me... don't know if thats good or bad LOL

THANKS.

I appreciate the feedback. I went ahead and tried it...and like alot of you said it seemed ok...had to chew VERY well...and it filled me up really quick.

(Which is a good thing, cuz my food gets so cold by the time I take my third bite because the whole chewing experience takes so long!):hungry:

Thanks again!

Sunshine

I was banded July 3, 2006.

This week I able to work up to more solid foods, oh yummy too. I was craving salmon. Outback has the best salmon. And I was able to get 3 meals out of my one salmon dinner from there. What a strange feeling that is too. But it will be worth it.

As far as the mac-n-cheese, I've tried KFC's mac-n-cheese and it did okay. They overcook it and it has a cheesy sauce now powder. I added a little bit more milk to it just to be safe. A lunch of a SMALL KFC's mac-n-cheese and a SMALL mashed pots make a full meal for me. I'm not used to that but am happy to get used to it. (I know it's not the healthest choice but when I'm in a rush to get something quick--without eating quick though--I picked that up).

Here's to all us who made that decision to become healthier....HIP-LESS HORRAY!!