My doc said after 4 weeks I should be able to resume eating "normal" foods again? While I know pre band normal is a far cry from post band I am wondering exactly what normal is considered to be?? Will I be able to sit down and have an actual dinner? Overtime will I be able to indulge in a slice of pepperoni pizza? Or will my dinners consist of bites of mushy type foods? At this point scrambled are eggs are looking as good as a ribeye to me lol. Two more days and I can have them! I know my future holds eating healthy foods at small portions but can us bandsters ever indulge and have fettucine alfredo again?

Normal refers to the actual foods, not the portions. So "eating normal" basically means yu're no longer on the graduated post-op diet. When my surgeon provided "eating normal" what he really meant was - foods at your discretion, as tolerated.

In other words, welcome to bandster trial-and-error. :rolleyes2:

What you're able to indulge in depends 100% on what you find you can tolerate.

I agree with Weetsin, normal means what you can tolerate. No more mushie or liquids only.

But that doesn't mean if you find candy is tolerated to eat tons of it! :rolleyes2:

20 pounds lost? Way to go!

I am still in the dark on that one! Listen to your body and the cues it gives you.

can us bandsters ever indulge and have fettucine alfredo again?

You probably won't have any problems with fettucine or most other Pasta until you are filled. I don't, even now, but I avoid it because it's not particularly conducive to weight loss.

Watch out for those eggs! They might go down fine, but a lot of bandsters have trouble with scrambled eggs. A little salsa helps, I've found. :tongue_smilie:

pizza? SOmetimes I can eat it (thin crispy crust type) but the doughy thick kind.... um NOPE...

But even then the thin style I can only eat 2 pieces... anymore than that and I'd be in terible pain... so the BAND is doing its JOB!!!

Pasta, I eat more meat sauce now and much less of the pasta, I only cook the WHOLE WHEAT kind and only eat 3/4 cup of it... Chew really well, but sometimes it even gets a bit stuck.. depends on the day.

But, I had a steak tonight (4oz) on the BBQ and some Ceasar salad 3/4 cup. It was to die for and nothing got stuck, I chew well now and eat slowly... I usually finish after my DH... and I eat a bout 1/3 of what he eats... but then he is still woofing down his food LOL:confused_smile:

I agree with Weetsin, normal means what you can tolerate. No more mushie or liquids only.

But that doesn't mean if you find candy is tolerated to eat tons of it! :tongue_smilie:

20 pounds lost? Way to go!

Thanks! Only 9 of it has been post band. That is a place to start thought.

Thanks for all the input..i'm excited to see where I can go with the help of this band.