Ok.. i just got my first fill 3 weeks ago since my surgery. Just 1cc which I feel I have great restriction, for now. I now cant eat bread, pasta and rice with out it coming up. Learned the hard way. Sliming and puky equals yucky! Anyway one thing I have noticed is the discomfort I get for eatting foods that I should eat. Like protien. I eat anything from chicken to steak and it is so uncomfortable.. no matter how well I chew it.. that I just dont want to eat it anymore. It doesnt get stuck and it doesnt make me wanna puke it up, it just hurts going through the hole to my bigger stomach. Now what is the easist to eat, besides the soft stuff is, soups, saleds and fruit. Which is all great for you, but can get boring after awhile. Now for the junk which is evil in my book LOL is chocolate and potato chips i can eat with no probs... I just have to use will power for that. Anyway, any advise to lower the discomfort of the meats? Any tricks anyone else experience this? Let me know thanks!

Edited February 3, 200917 yr by Mariposa

Cut the meat in small pieces. Like the size of a pencil eraser and chew, chew, chew! Stay away from slider foods such as chips cookies etc. The bread, pasta and rice a lot of banders have trouble with. I can eat bread but no longer like it. I can't eat rice unless it is just a little cooked in something. I can't sit down and eat lets say a bowl of rice. I can no longer do spagettii, but i can do wide noodles and maccaroni. I can't do the Ramon noodles. Every one's band is different. I used to be able to eat eggs till a few weeks ago. Now I can no longer do scrambled or omlets or fried. I can do boiled eggs fixed any ol way I want them. You will find out that our bands are like cats.....FINICKY!

I hope this helps you some. Good luck with your journey. Please keep us posted.

Im like u Mariposa i cant eat a lot of foods i used 2! I eat a lot of salmon (stuffed with lobster or crab meat), WW bread is easy for me to get down because its thin and not heavy...i do ok with lunch meats but when it comes to meat and chicken i have to have the smallest bite and chew chew chew and take breaks while i eat...im on my 3rd fill and i feel like i dont need another right now...stick with soft foods and if there tough blend it a little til its soft with mashed potatoes or rice..good luck

l too have all the same issues as Marisopa...Food often hurts and just sits in my stomach until l vomit..then l feel great...Most all the proteins bother me..l chew until l can no longer stand chewing. Eggs are completely out..as are yogurt, mashed potatoes, rice, pasta, bread...l do ok with soups...most days...and yes junk foods go down very well...my band is like a 2 yr old...never know when it will act up....

I used to love baked chicken. I can't eat it very well any more. 3 tiny bites and I'm done. BUT if I make like BBQ chicken with the sauce, it seems to moisten it a bit and helps a LOT. Same with steak. If I dunk the bit in some teriyaki or something, I do much better. Shrimp with cocktail sauce. Fish with tartar or bernaise sauce. Not a lot, but just enough so it's not a dry wad of yuck when I swallow it. It works for me.

Sauce is ALWAYS a good thing. Marinades, Ketchup... always makes it better. But some things, no matter how marinaded they are just don't work.

It seems I can eat anything - when I eat with someone else. Alone, I get stuck and sick on everything!