I'm having a hard time with meats. Seems like everything gets stuck except fine ground beef in like spaggetti sauce. chicken always gets stuck.

What kind of meats do you eat????

Barbie Girl,

I think you're right. I think I can only have fine ground beef or turkey. I think we're very close in our fill levels. keep it up! Sounds like you're doing great!!!

I am having trouble with all meats since my last fill. I'm very tight, but it is easing, so I don't want to ask for an unfill just yet. The only thing I have been able to eat that has meat is chili. I was trying to think of other meats I could eat and try something in the crock pot. I remembered a great recipe and thought I would share. This recipe comes from the little cookbooks that came with crock pots in the 1970's. I think they have since replaced it with other recipies. I tried to find it on other crock pot/slow cooker site to get the nutritional info, but can not find it. The first time I remember having this was as a kid in 1974 and the entire family loved it (serve with bread and butter for the kids...yum!)

I know it has quite a lot of Protein and can be modified to make it healthier, but would suggest the original recipe be tried first to understand the unique taste and how all the ingredients play an important part. I have made this many times over the years and get raves at pot-lucks and such. Quite a large recipe when you can only eat 1/2 cup, but if u have a family it works great.

Fills a regular size (3 1/2 qt.) crock pot.

ONE POT dinner

1 lb. ground beef browned/drained

1/2 lb. bacon cooked/cut up small pcs.

2 31oz. cans pork and Beans

1 16oz can kidney beans, drained

1 16oz can butter beans, drained

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup catsup

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon liquid smoke

3 tablespoons white vinagar

1 teaspoon salt

dash of pepper

Stir ingredients together well in crock-pot cover and cook on low 5 to 9 hours / high 3 hours

Question for you all who have problems with certain foods.. wondering if I have no problem now (no fills yet) does that mean I may have a problem later? I'm thinking the answer is yes???

hmarco,

I can only speak from my own experience, but the tighter my fills get, the more trouble I have with eating meat. I have tried eggs twice since being banded and had so much trouble I will not try them again anytime in the near future.

I'm scared to even start the mushy stage - I'm 5 days post op and on my 4th day, I did something quite stupid and ate 2 teaspoons of eggplant dip (it was mushy). Well, it got stuck for roughly 10 hours (staid up all night and waited breathlessly until the clinic opened). I got unfilled and finally, relief. The band was too tight to begin with since I wasn't even getting Clear Liquids down with ease but I thought that was normal at the time.

But the whole ordeal has seriously left me scarred to the point that I'm happy to remain on liquids if that means avoiding getting stuck again. I have poor pain tolerance I guess and the whole thing scared me to death.

hmarco,

I can only speak from my own experience, but the tighter my fills get, the more trouble I have with eating meat. I have tried eggs twice since being banded and had so much trouble I will not try them again anytime in the near future.

I figured that was the answer - I am having wishful thinking! What form of eggs? Scrambled giving you trouble too?

I'm scared to even start the mushy stage - I'm 5 days post op and on my 4th day, I did something quite stupid and ate 2 teaspoons of eggplant dip (it was mushy). Well, it got stuck for roughly 10 hours (staid up all night and waited breathlessly until the clinic opened). I got unfilled and finally, relief. The band was too tight to begin with since I wasn't even getting clear liquids down with ease but I thought that was normal at the time.

But the whole ordeal has seriously left me scarred to the point that I'm happy to remain on liquids if that means avoiding getting stuck again. I have poor pain tolerance I guess and the whole thing scared me to death.

You probably shouldn't be eating mushies yet should you? I had to wait 10 days. You are likely swollen and with time that will get down and you can have the mushies no problems. Did the eggplant have seeds and skin? Give it time. Trust me I am at 4 weeks post op and 2 weeks post op the restriction you feel is much more than 4 weeks post op!! I am getting a fill in a few days.

i have not tried meat yet, because i am only 6 days post-op but he recomended Adolph's Meat Tenderizer to dissolve foods that get stuck ( 1/8th teaspoon in 1 tablespoon of water)

i dont know its true, but i hope it works

Be sure to get the meat tenderizer with NO MSG. Meat tenderizer contains papaya and/or pineapple enzymes.

Question for you all who have problems with certain foods.. wondering if I have no problem now (no fills yet) does that mean I may have a problem later? I'm thinking the answer is yes???

Unfortunately, the answer is yes. And more bad news, what you can eat can change with each fill. One the brighter side, you will learn your body's signals for problems, and stop eating before getting stuck.

I figured that was the answer - I am having wishful thinking! What form of eggs? Scrambled giving you trouble too?

First I tried scrambled .... much pain after 2 bites

second time was hard boiled ..... so much pain I thought I wasn't going to live (exagerating a bit) thought I was going to have to throw up, but managed past it.

Keep in mind that you may be too tight too eat any meat or eggs immediately following a fill, but if you continue to have that problem after a few weeks you should get a slight unfill. We should be able to eat most foods without a problem even though some of us never can eat foods like chicken, pasta, or bread. Keeping a band too tight leads to problems with the band and eventual removal. It also slows and stops weight loss in the long run.