On monday it will be 3 weeks since I've had the band put in place. like every one im getting tired of the Soups, refried beens, scrambled eggs and the rest of the mushies.

My problem is that I will be in Vegas next week for a week and dont know what to eat there; since i wont be able to cook.

From the posts that i've read on here, every ones doctor seems to have different protocols for eating after banding. Some on the liquid stage for weeks and some can go directly to solids when they can.

What have your doctors allowed you to eat after 3 weeks other than mushies?

Thanks for your help!

Basically soft food, well cooked pasta with sauces, cooked potatoes, or potatoe salads, pasta salads if not aldente, cooked chicken with sauces, cooked turkey with gravy or sauce, omlets, well cooked veggies that can be mashed (ie avoid broccali and items that dont sofen) avoid beef and red meats, veggies like corn and celery or asparagus that are stringy and hard to digest, but otherwise if you look at the menus, I have found that I found workable dishes wherever I go. I also use the computer to check calories and nutritional information before I go to a specific restaurant if available. Good luck.

My doctor has me on 1st week liquid, 2nd week pureed, 3rd week is the soft/mushies, and the 4th week is solid food as tolerated. Soo I guess you'll just have to experiment and make sure to chew chew chew :biggrin:

Mine is the same almost like Saraes,but I started regular solids a few days ago...i'm on regular foods (Surgery date May 26,09) and they are going down fine. Haven't done steak,pork yet. Chicken and fish are great and even made some whole wheat pasta salad for a BBQ last night and after 2 oz. of chicken and 1/4 cup salad I was full the rest of the night! Have fun in Vegas!