Hi, i'm not even really on full mushies yes, but i am dreaming of a salad!

I just love a big green salad, romaine lettuce with spinach, red onion, green onion, cucumber, olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, radish, with italian dressing.

Do you think post band I will be able to eat all that? I'm dreaming of a big salad.

anyone have problems with that?

I can eat salads with out any trouble- problem is its not protein. If I get chicken or tuna I try to focus on it first and eat some salad as I go.

sweethot, I know what you mean. I'm not banded yet, but I LOVE SALADS. I worry that I won't be able to eat them, but I've read where some can and some can't. So I guess when that time comes, I'll have to test the waters. I guess giving up salad is a small price to pay for getting my life back.

I had a big salad for lunch today....yum.

I have been able to eat salads the entire time. I prefer to keep looser restriction, but even the times post-fill that I have been fairly restricted I have never had a problem with salad. I like to dump a small can of tuna on it to make it a meal. I dont do chicken breast well all the time, and thigh meat just doesnt seem right for a salad! Just make sure you wait until you are firmly on solids before you have yours, lol!!!

I can not eat salad. :bananapartyhat: Oh how I miss them.

if you make the thigh meat of chicken w/teryaki sauce and add some manderin oranges to the salad, you will not even need dressing--my mouth is watering just thinking about it!! and yes you will be able to eat salad--you just won't be using it as a filler so as not to eat higher calorie foods!! you will run out of space and not be able to eat the protien you need!!

I love salads now and it is one of the few things i know will not give me a problem...I have my salads with a little seafood salad or artichoke chicken salad with 1000 island dressing. Not the best but compared with the crap I ate preband not too bad. That and the walking has helped me go from 197 to 175 in the last 3 months and i was banded in 2003.

Ana

Salads are good for me too. I do add tuna or chicken for Protein. I tend to throw some cheese and chick peas for added protein as well. Can't do cucumbers, raw carrots, and the like anymore though, they get stuck.

My salads now consist of a protein (tuna, chicken, shrimp, egg) cheese, chick peas, spring mix salad, grape tomatoes and maybe an olive or two. That's pretty much it though.

I eat salads fine. I just concentrate on the protein first then the greens. Good luck.

Unfortunately I can't eat leafy salads! it just keeps on getting stuck! soft potato salad I love... and have no troubles with

I hope you have a better time with salads.

:bananapartyhat: becky

great! sounds like the odds are in my favor. I'm not a big meat eater, i'll have to work on adding some to a salad.

I like most meats, but I would much rather have the salads or pastas or seafood.

I like expensive meat, Porterhouse STeaks, fillet mignon, lobster, crab legs. Being a military family, those are not on the menu often! But how I love them!

I could eat salads with no problem until my last fill. I have awesome restriction now and salads just aren't happenin'. It's sucks! I love salad!!

I have great restriction and luckily I am able to eat salads. I get stuck on some things often, but salad, thankfully, goes down just fine. I add garbanzo beans for some protein or some cheese. The only thing is, I still make giant salads forgetting that there is no way I will be able to eat the whole thiing. I still am learning how to downsize what I put in my plate.

I've always enjoyed a good salad but now I LOVE them. There's so much going on with the different flavors and textures that it's a party in your mouth!

One of my favorite dinners is a chicken chopped salad. I do lettuce, tomato, chicken, avocado, cucumber, onion, and a wee bit of blue cheese. Chop it up really well and toss it in a bowl with a homemade dijon vinaigrette and it's such a treat. Because the chicken is chopped up so fine, it's never been a problem.

Speaking of problems, the only thing that's gotten me stuck was a piece of steamed cauliflower that I had a on Christmas Eve... salads are A Ok!

Dani,

I am so going to copy your salad recipe, it sounds great. I love salads now. I taste buds have changed so much in the last 3 years. I love seafood too.

Ana

i cant do salads. when i went home for Christmas i was craving one from one of my fave restaurants. i took one bite and knew it would be problematic ...