For those of you that have difficult eating certain foods e.g bread I am interested at what stage of the process they started.

Was it before you got any fills, after your first fill or only after you had had a number of fills?

Thanks

I am 2.5 weeks post-op. Supposed to be on mushies....but I am eating what the family eats....just chosing the softer foods at dinner and chewing them well. I am drinking protein shakes as well. So far I haven't had trouble with what I have tried...but I am not pushing it either. I am staying clear of breads, heavy meats, anything course in texture. I feel like I could eat a cow actually....but I am not going to do it. Maybe a little hamburger....but not the whole thing! LOL!

Yes I'm 4 weeks post op, have had 1 small fill and don't seem to be having problems which is why I was wondering. I haven't tried bread but I can eat toast - with nice soft poached egg on top.

I think I would be afraid to try bread. That seems to be one of the biggest problem foods. I am not a bread nut anyway. Of course now that I can't have it...it's just human nature to want it! I guess corn bread would probably be okay since it's crumbly and not doughy.

some corn bread and beans sounds pretty good as a matter of fact!

I'm several months out...but I've never had a problem with bread (once I passed the mushy stage, of course). Ever since the surgery, I cant stomach milk. Not a big deal for me since I was never a huge dairy person...but now I use Silk.

My food intolerances did not start until about 6 or 7 months after I got the lapband. When I finally reached proper restriction.

I have great restriction (think I'm at my sweet spot) and there is not one single food I've found that I cannot eat. Nor has there been. This is what my doc told me was his "goal" for me, and it is as he hoped. I can eat anything. For weight loss, I choose certain things over others, but can, if I'm careful, eat anything.

There isnt anything I really "cant" eat but certain things got more difficult after about a year - which I think was four or five fills for me. However, I'd lost well over half my excess wieght by then.

My intolerance seems to vary from day to day. Some things will go down great one day and the next - No Way!

I have found that I don't do red meat any more, I have convinced myself that I will keel over and die if I eat bread (huge weakness for me!) If I start eating it again I am afraid that I would not be able to stop! I have added small amounts of Pasta - but have to chew really well. I think that chewing your food until it is mush is the key to being able to eat anything you want.

I found that with each fill as I progressively got more restriction, more foods wouldn't go down easily and I haven't always had the inclination to try something again if it caused me discomfort when eating it.

I suspect that some of the foods I keep away from would go down on some days but not on others but I have a nice wide range of healthy foods that go down easily with no discomfort so tend to stick to them.

My main forbidden foods are bread, Pasta, tomatoes unless skinned and celery. Some foods can be tolerated if eaten in a certain way, for example Grapes have to be peeeled, apples have to be peeled and chopped, carrots have to either be cooked or grated.

Mine come and go. I go through a period where I can't eat something, and a few months later, I do just fine with it. My "problem" foods are white meat chicken, sometimes strawberries, dense doughy breads, popcorn and plums. Other times I can eat them just fine. I just have to see. I was stunned the other day when I had trouble with salad and shrimp. I've been banded 20 months now, and that was a first. It changes all the time.

My food tolerance varies with the day- my band is very fickle - and one day I can eat everything -and the next everything gets stuck - my main foods I avoid are bread as in sandwiches or just bread- so sub sandwiches are out -and I do miss those -white chicken - unless really lubed up with a bunch of sauce- and salads - they used to be a never, no way food - which believe it or not I missed them -but lately I can have them if the lettuce is shredded and I use a lot of dressing...and eggs - scrambled or anyway - had a very bad stuck episode with eggs...foods I can almost always eat - steak, hamburger, crackers, anything soft or mushie, chicken nuggets that are processed - tortilla chips -

I have had trouble with bread from day one. chicken is a big no-no for me, it will just not go down. Sometimes meat in general will not go down. I can't eat anykind of cake,muffins,pancakes, waffles or bread. Toast maybe, but usually just don't try it because I'm afraid it won't go down. Tuna, I can't eat tuna, would love eat it but even in lots of mayo it still won't go down. Oranges don't go down eithers, but other fruit is ok.

So now I avoid lots of foods.