After your banding what foods were the hardest to eat again? What foods gave you problems and how did they affect you?

It all depends on your fill level, with little or no fill, like right now for me, I can eat anything with no difficulty but when I was filled to 2.5 I could not do bread, pasta or rice. Even with no fill I have still a small level of restriction, but not like it was when I was filled

Each person finds what works best for them, trial and error I guess

I haven't had bread, and potatoes of any kind is a no no, my band does not like potoatoes period.

meat has given me the most problems. Any meat i eat have to be a really good cut, and cut in to hella small pieces. What i'll go threw for a piece of steak..lol...

and any white bread..owie!

iamcanadian25

Pork chops, pork ribs, hot dogs....but I can do bacon

Broccoli. Cooked or raw.

Sourdough bread

Rice unless it's covered in sauce

pasta

pickles

orange juice (or anything really acidic)

egg rolls or just about anything chinese

french fries

chicken breasts

grapes with skin (you try skinnin' grapes...the little suckers get away from you)

soft tortillas.

Other whites I eat with caution, but soft tortillias are a definate NO-NO!

oh, and beer!

I can eat anything, no problems. I try to stay away from bread, rice etc. just because of the carbs. I do eat potatoes once in a while.

bread and meat like steak, ribs, etc. always get stuck

Bread - definately bread - i just can't eat it. Unfortunately, I love a nice big roast beef sandwich. Now I just have roast beef - no bread!

Real rice or brown rice (but I can eat rice a roni- I hate this dh loves it! go figure)

2 spaghetti noodles is all I can do on Pasta with my meat sauce! but I can't do flat noodles (wonton- the noodle thing)

bread - all shapes styles and counties (occasioanlly I can do the thinest slice of heel of french- almost melba toast hard)

lettuce- waste of time after I chew it (waiting for the day when I get to goal and have a little restriction removed

grapefruit (after yeArs of dieting- I still love it)

onions (unless minced - I did not use to be that big of a chopper- but I am now- cause I love them, but if the get about the size of a pinkie fnail- I can't do them)

hotdogs, bratwurst and other sausage

anything grilled outside - to medium well or higher (but not if inside or a restaurant- I think dh needs some bbq lessons)

tortilla chips - NO! potato chips - Yes!!! (go figure)

sometimes I have problems with peanuts

BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FOLLOWING: corn on the cob (thank the lord); beef, chicken, ham, fish, shrimp (i can only eat 3 or 4 though before full); cheese,

OF COURSE THE FOLLOWING FIT DOWN- wish they didn't - BUT IN FAR LESS QUANTITIES: ice cream, potato chips; whole milk; cheetos, choclate chip cookie dough (I make Cookies for my kids once a week- they are for the whole week);POPCORN!!!!!- the movie kind- if not why bother; any type of choclate

After your banding what foods were the hardest to eat again? What foods gave you problems and how did they affect you?

Before first fill: Nothing.

After first fill: raw carrots by themself.

After second fill: chicken unless really cut up well.

bread and rice are fine.

jayme

Ground meat and any kind of sausage. I can't chew them up well enough. Haven't even atttemped rice or pasta. I had a half a biscuit tonight and I did okay, although bread is really not my thing.

I can't do breads (get stuck), but dry biscuits are fine.

meat like steak and lamb are a no-no for me (get stuck), chicken varies, sometimes it is OK, sometimes it isn't.

Anything too spicy or acid is no good, so oranges, lemons, grapefruit I don't like too much as these things give me reflux.

Hot chips no good (I miss fish and chips) , but mashed potato is just fine.

Smoked salmon gets stuck, but salmon steaks are just fine and other fish seems OK.

Porridge gets stuck so I stick to Hot drinks in the morning before lunch.

eggs (scrambled, boiled, in omlettes) I find are unpredictable - sometimes OK, sometimes far from OK.

Veggies that aren't cooked real well and salads that are lettuce based aren't great.

Stringy type fruits and veggies I find no good eg pineapple, asparagus, rhubarb, celery, snow pea sprouts.

So that's my list . As you can probably tell, I am quite restricted at the moment.

I can't do hamburger at all. I've only had one fill so everything else goes ok if I eat slow. I can eat toast and alittle bit of bun with a chicken or fish sandwich.

I have problems with:

Broccoli(Even cooked really soft it gives me problems)

Bread/rolls( BIG NO NO)

chicken/turkey (if it is to dry)

some french fries(if they are hard)

Cake( ate 3 bites and thought I'd die)

Brownie(ate 1 bite thought I'd die(too gooey)

So far thats what bothers me. These are foods that will make me get the stuck feeling or BP.

Its funny cause I have no problems with steak/salad/vegtables as long as they are soft. I can even eat those bad soft tortilla shells. I think I'm going to get a slight fill in a couple weeks . I need to add some more foods to my can't eat list!!! LOL!!!!