Pre-band I liked to snack on pretzel rods. Does anyone have a problem with them because they are so dry?

I'm still on full liquids...but was wonderin...

Thanks,

Virginia

I have pretzels for a snack. If you chew, chew, chew they are like nothing going down. I wouldn't try it so early in the journey, but a few months out now and then should be OK. You won't want very many.

With anything like that I find that they're easy to eat becuae they're easy to chew to mush. But the problem is I tend to shovel them in, lol. Who eats pretzels or chips slowly? I just grab handfuls and THAT does cause me problems.

So I have to really stop and remind myself to SLOW DOWN.

I had my first pretzels today,,and I eat them veryyyyyyyyyy carefully. I'm beginning to think somethingis wrong with me,,as NO foods have caused me any prolbems(so far). I'm 2 months post op. My next visit it April 12th and i KNOW it's time for my first fill. And yes,,I too have a problem with grabbing a handful of anything "snacky" so I have to be really conscience about just how many I am supposed to eat. I bought a small bag and divied them up into small portions and out them into snack sized zip-lock bags. If I eat any carbs that day,,I skip the pretzels. I havnet weighed in a week and dont plan on weighing until I go back on teh 12th. I was getting kinda obsessive-compulsive about weighing and that's NOT good for me!

"I aint perfect, but I'm trying"

Banded 1/29/07

Dr Ken Cleveland-CMMC-Jackson, MS

331/298/150

I go for my post-op followup on Thursday and my god I hope he puts me on soft foods. I have had the most peculiar cravings these past couple weeks. hotdogs, bologna, pickles, and green olives...LOL

At this point it would be nice to chew ANYTHING...

I just added them to my food list at 8 mos.

I added the big hard sourdough ones. Yum.

edie

I can eat pretzels fine. Its okay to have them once you hit the solids stage. Enjoy. Julie

I like the occasional snack-pack of small pretzels - satisfies my crunch and salt cravings. I used to love bread - but it gums up and I PB (or really want to!), unless I soak it in in soup. Dry foods go down so much easier for me than moist ones. 8