I'm hoping to have Lap Band surgery sometime this summer and I'm wondering what I will be able to eat out after surgery. After reading your experience Bob, now I'm really concerned. I go to several conferences each year where we are at a location not close to anything and you must eat what they offer. Will I need to take protein shakes with me for the whole weekend? Thanks for any info.

One thing I've definitely learned from this site is that every doctor is different. For 6 weeks after surgery, I was on liquids (and that seems pretty normal). That included low fat/sodium soups (tomato soup, cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, etc.), sugar fee pudding, sugar free jello, protein drinks. Once through the 6 weeks of liquids, the doctor had me food process (to consistency of cole slaw) lean chicken and fish, vegetables, and certain fruits. After those two weeks, I eat lean protein (fish, chicken, lean beef/pork), certain fruits, certain vegetables. Alot of people on this site say they eat just about everything they eat before...just smaller portions. I also have a lot of work events that I go to, and I can almost always find something that will work for me. I do carry protein supplement with me that I can add to water in case nothing works. I hope this helped!

Banded on Wednesday, I went to a Grad Party today with tons of food and I thought it was REALLY going to be hard - BUT GUESS WHAT - I had a protein shake before we left the house and I was totally full and nothing bothered me. I was proud of myself.

I'm on cream soups, protein shakes, jello, pudding, even cream of wheat and grits for 2 weeks then I get to go to mushie food for 2 weeks then start small amounts of regular food.

Thanks so much. This gives me some idea of what to expect.