hi guys,

i am done with mushies next tuesday. what do i eat next? what is forbidden? can i eat fibrous foods now? and if so, are fibrous foods just certain fruits & vegetables?

does anyone know of any rules? the only one i've heard of is no steak for 4 to 6 months.

thanks !!!!

Hi,

I was banded on March 9th. After mushies I pretty much ate what I wanted but was very careful to take my time and chew chew chew! I had lean hamburger with steak sauce or anything that would make it moister, chicken breast with barbeque sauce, etc. The key is to eat chicken, etc with kind of a sauce on it to help it go down. Vegetables, I've tried about all of them. Like I said I chew my food so much it's liquid substance. But I also feel it's how much restriction you have. I'm at the end of my 5th week and I'm hungry and can eat whatever I want. Which is not good because I'm maintaining a 30lb loss not losing anymore. But I go for a fill tomorrow. I would watch fibrious foods just in case. And I found out a lot of information online and from talking to other people. Hope I helped somewhat and good luck!!! :sneaky:

My doctor and nutritionist didn't have a mushies stage. Well not one like described around here. I went from 2 weeks of liquids straight to solids. Though they said to start with soft solids like fish, eggs, etc. I am not allowed any fruits, veggies or carbs until 6 weeks out though (2 1/2 more weeks to go).

I have had no problem with hamburger meat and chicken. I do not like fish (I'm working on it!) and I am not brave enough to do pork or steak.

My nutritionist did say to always have a sauce for meat though. I have made cheeseburgers without the bun, mexican style chicken with cheeses, and a jalapeno sauce and salsa, etc.

I've done a million things with chicken. I've used italian dressing, alfredo sauce, salsa, taco seasoning, etc.

I travel a lot and have found that chick-fil-a chicken nuggets are great. They are minimally breaded and 4-6 fill me up and last me 4-5 hours. I am not supposed to have anything fried but my doctor was fine with nuggets from chick-fil-a.

I also always have cheese sticks and yogurt smoothies at work. The sugar is a little higher than I'd like on those but they keep me full in the mornings when I'm too tight to get anything solid down (I don't drink a Protein shake unless I have to. I'm so sick of them!).

I've found a bunch of low-carb recipe stuff online. You just have to pick and choose for what you're allowed to have.

I basically sat down and wrote out my favourite dishes. Chicken fet. alfredo is one of them. And then I took out what I couldn't have. The noodles. Oddly, it's just as good without them. I have been doing that when a food tempts me and I find that my craving is cured, and I am satisfied.

thanks guys, those sound great