I finally have restriction in my band but don't understand why even if i chew chicken breast it will not stay down.....yet can eat bread ...

Any thoughts

I used to eat more chicken than anything else. Since surgery, I rarely eat it anymore. Unless a chicken breast has some sort of sauce on it, it's way too dry. If you like dark meat, you may have better luck with that.

Regarding bread, I've never had any issues with it since surgery. I don't eat much of it anymore, because it takes up too much space in an already limited capacity. Since there isn't much nutritional value, I just stay away from it.

Most of my stuck episodes have been on chicken. Now I put my chicken in a chopper to make chicken salad and it works for me. I generally avoid the breast meat cuz it's too dry

I eat a lot o chicken salad, but chicken breast by itself is way to dry. I eat very little bread, if i do, it is mostly toasted.

chicken is stringy and dry even the dark meat is stringy. Try making chicken salad or something like that and maybe you will be able to eat it.

This is where sliders are actually used in a positive manner. I typically eat dry or thick meats with some kind of low cal sauce that gives the meat just enough moisture that it doesn't coagulate into a solid mass when sitting in the pouch. Examples are chicken cacciatore (tomato sauce, onion and peppers), tuna/chicken/egg/turky salads and hamburger bolognese, I deduct the calories but rarely does that pose an issue. I never have issues with meats when I prepare them this way.

I can rarely eat chicken I don't have problems with the canned chicken so I use it a lot in Soups and stews. the harder the bread(toast ,crackers, french etc,) the easy to get down in very small pieces.

I cannot eat white meat of any kind, it is too dry but dark meat seems to be fine. I think everyone is different. I cannot eat bread at all unless it is toasted very well, but since I have not eaten bread in a long time, the first time I tried it, the taste just wan't what I remembered.

Thanks everyone . I thought T was odd but seems like a common problem. I'll try making some chicken salad or get the dark meat.. I like better anyway

If you can, try Free range chicken.....night and day!

I gave up meat after being banded, and now seldom eat chicken, except maybe in Chinese food......more for health reasons than the band, although it can give my band problems.....

But Free range...it's hard to believe it's chicken...