I am a huge fan of sushi...don't like the raw stuff...I like shellfish and veggie sushi....

Am I going to give that up after banding???

hi jowjow,

it's hard to tell.

the rice MAY be a problem, it varies person to person - even with me day by day (hour/hour sometimes).

my advice - try it .. take your time with it. small bites, chew well (like a good bandster always does ) if it works, great ... repeat the above steps ...

good luck!

I was able the other day to eat the ones you like (I like them too, no I love them) the only problem was the nori. was afraid to eat that ate some but not most. I am able to eat most things. the only problems so far (3 months post surgery) is most white over processed rice. sushi rice was fine. good luck each person is different.

I make nori all the time, have no real trouble eating it - its filling very quickly.

But my kids LOVE it, so its often a weekend lunch treat, wasabi and all. Sure beats hot dogs, meat pies or fresh white bread which we always used to eat as Saturday or Sunday lunches.

I have a hard time with the nori, too.

Most sushi places have a bean/soy paper alternative to the nori. Ask for it next time and see if they have it. It pretty much just melts in your mouth - very thin. You can also ask them to go light on the rice... or get the inside-out sushi (rice on the outside) and scrape it off.

I can do sushi, but I've opted to forego rice. Not that there's really great sushi in the midwest. *sigh* If you're concerned about the rice, or just can't do it, go with sashimi (that's what I do). I've even seen cooked "sashimi" lately - mostly at grocery stores.

huh, cooked sashimi ... now THATs the kind of sashimi i can handle.

DH eats just about everything ... including squid which i can do cooked, but not raw... **shiver**

I love the rolls, I don't know the name.. has the nori seaweed wrapped around rice and xx. I like the california rolls. Since banding, there was a month when too tight I couldn't get it down.

Other then that, as long as I bite it (which is a task) instead of eating it whole, it goes down fine. Rice never gives me a problem, but the seaweed can if I don't chew it up as much as possible (it doesn't break it up, but makes it a little clump).

I practically live on sashimi right now. I only order the rolls if I am taking it home because they way I eat them is really messy and unattractive -- I poke out the center and eat the fish and veg, leave behind the rice and the nori. That probably defeats the purpose of ordering the roll, but sometimes one needs a change from sashimi

I can eat sushi, just not much of it.

I had sushi this weekend.. Instead of getting all you can eat I ordered it alacarte, I got one roll and it went down great!

tHANK GOODNESS! I love sushi! I was afrade I would have to give it up forever. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Thanks for the info....what exactly is Sashimi???

I just tried sush for the second time since my fill on 11/16 - extremely painful. This has been virtually the only food I absolutely cannot eat - the sticky rice is just too sticky. I had to try it again though because it is my absolute favorite food. This is a sad day. I am sure I will try again! (stubborn)

Sashimi is sliced raw fish. Very high and protein and good for you too.

Yeah, I do that too, just get a california roll, and the first time I ate sushi after being banded, I went really slow and it was fine. I tried to remove as much as the outer rice as possible and besides I don't eat it that often, maybe 1 time per month.