I love crisp, juicy granny smith apples. I have not been able to enjoy one since being banded. It really sucks. Hardly anything gets stuck or bothers me but one of my favorite, healthy things is the ONE thing that bothers me! This band is so bizarre.

have you tried to peel the skin?

DH has to do that w/apples - me i'm ok with them.

Yes, but still no go. *sigh*

I have had to say goodbye to some favourites too.. some obvious ones..

Bread.. (I can eat very crunchy toast though.. 'sometimes'

eggs , all forms. I get stuck very quickly with them

Ham all thicknesses.. turkey and chicken slices too..

Mushrooms unless they are diced

yoghurt.. just produces too much slime and I throw up!!..

Pasta but that is not really too hard to say goodbye to! I gained a lot because of pasta!!..

Since my second fill last week I am having problems with meat like steak and chicken without any sauce. So I got fat free gravy and add just a few spoonfuls and cut the meat up really really small and I can eat it.

I don't have a problem with bread but I just don't eat it. Sometimes pita bread for a sandwich.

I had two slime and frothing incidents since my second fill, scared the cr## out of me I must say. Being very very careful now.

Next appt. and fill in December if I need it.

I didn't lose this week, so I will be more careful what I eat this coming week.

Glad to say I haven't met a food I can't eat! I may not choose to eat some, but I certainly CAN eat everything...

Glad to say I haven't met a food I can't eat! I may not choose to eat some, but I certainly CAN eat everything...

same here.

i do have to go slow with chicken & sushi rolls. the sticky rice likes to take it's sweet time, and chicken needs to be very moist & w/some type of sauce.

My relationship with my favorite foods has changed dramatically. Before banding, I loved pizza and this soybeef lasanga I make. After being banded for a few months, I was craving the lasanga, so I made a batch. In the past, my fiance and I would eat the whole thing between a two day period! But I took a small piece and it tasted entirely different, got stuck and I hated it. Same thing with pizza, I had pizza a few times over the summer, took a few bites and it was awful. Now when anyone mentions pizza or my fiance wants me to make lasanga I groan and refuse. Obviously these aren't the foods anyone should be eating with the band, and I haven't touched these in months, but I made some mistakes and now I've learned from then. I know what I'm missing and I don't want it!

I have had to say goodbye to some favourites too.. some obvious ones..

Bread.. (I can eat very crunchy toast though.. 'sometimes'

eggs , all forms. I get stuck very quickly with them

Ham all thicknesses.. turkey and chicken slices too..

Mushrooms unless they are diced

yoghurt.. just produces too much slime and I throw up!!..

Pasta but that is not really too hard to say goodbye to! I gained a lot because of pasta!!..

I had to give up all those same foods too, but I guess it's a sacrifice!

Donna: The funny thing about the band is foods that you are not able to eat right now in another month or so if you try them again you may be able to eat them. Some times one day to the other makes a difference. If it is something healthy like your apple I would try it again in a couple of weeks, and you may be able to eat them. Now with foods that aren't so good for you just keep the assumption that your not able to eat them, it makes it easier. I know that after a couple of weeks after a fill it loosens up quite a bit and things go down alot easier. Good Luck and don't give up on your delicous, healthy granny smith apples, they are one of my favorite also.

I have trouble with the usual suspects.....steak or chicken. meat needs to ground (I eat alot of ground turkey in things) or else I have to had sauce or a dip it in something.

I seem to have trouble eating any type of eggs that are not hardboiled. Does this happen to others? It seems to me that scrambled eggs or sunny side up eggs would be easy to eat?

I have to beat my eggs with milk or cream and soft scramble them. Just tossing them around a pan, they come out sticky and they are a bit harder to deal with. I had hard boiled eggs on my salad last night and didn't have a problem with them, but then again, the salad dressing helps stuff go down. Deviled eggs do great. I love them with a little curry..... Yum. I LOVE egg drop soup.

Since my last fill ( third fill) i am very restricted on many foods. Chicken, beef, even tuna. I love tuna salad and have a very hard time with it. Any bread is not good. I guess that is a good thing. Does anyone have problems with drinking sometimes 2 hours after eatting. I still have to eat real soft foods. I eat alot of cottage cheese, beans, veggies. you know the healthy stuff ... LOL

It funny because everyone is so different. I can eat anything. But at our support group there are people that are now vegitarians(not by choice) because they can't eat any type of meat at all. The band is very finacky.

It funny because everyone is so different. I can eat anything. But at our support group there are people that are now vegitarians(not by choice) because they can't eat any type of meat at all. The band is very finacky.

Me too. I can't understand why they are like that. Maybe they have a stomach problem.

I have trouble with meats, bread, and tortillas. I can totally get why someone would turn vegetarian. When I fix my plate, I eat the meat first because I am "supposed to" and chew chew chew. It still gets stuck sometimes. By the time I get to the other food, it is usually cold.

Some friends of mine think i'm fibbing when I say I can't eat bread but can eat toast or I can't eat tortillas but can eat a tortilla chip.