I'm wondering if there are any foods out there that you have found to be just too gross when chewed up enough to get through the band? I figure there must be some and I would like to have an idea of what they are so I can decide if I want to try it for my self once I'm banded. Thanks!

Yes! ANything from McDonalds! ewww you just taste the nastyness (is thats even a word, if not they should make it for Mcdonalds!), once you chew it up that much it just taste like fat in your mouth

meat. liquid chicken just isn't for me.

I used to be vegetarian and I think I want to go back to that. With a rare exception the only dead critter I eat anymore is fish.

I'm pre-banded so I've been practicing the chew-chew-chew to get me disciplined enough to eat that way. RICE was once my weakness food....not anymore :-P

chicken gum.

Slim Jim

(I don't actually have good restriction yet, but I just happen to know that a Slim Jim is really gross if you chew it for a long time. LOL)

Most fast food.. you can actually start tasting the fat and preservatives. It is just a greasy, weird feeling in your mouth.

As above in many cases, I'm having trouble with chicken or any "roast" type food...I think it's just that they're so solid I have to check for all of eternity and by the time it gets ready to swallow...bleh.