My Problem & My UH OH foods- Another Continuous Update Blog

Oct 26, 2009

This blog is going to be a little reminder to me of things I don't do well with since being banded.  Please keep in mind that some might read this and think she is eating THAT?!?!?!   Well yeah. I stick to my guns and say I had this surgery to be able to eat more normally and not as much in excess...doesn't mean I am not going to still like, still try and still eat many of the foods that got me in trouble, I just won't eat for a family of 4!


Problem Foods
These foods might be something that I just know I can't ever eat since they always get stuck or make me slime or ones that I have tried and just didn't go down so well.  Many of these I could eat pre-fill but not anymore.

*Protein shakes  - I get nauseous at the though of them, I know they are good for extra protein but I just can't do it.  They make me physically sick
*Thin Sliced Lunch Meat - Thin turkey or ham always makes me slime not sure why- chewing maybe but I have done better with a thicker cut.
*Uncooked Vegetables or RAW - Any crunchy vegetable that has not been steamed to mush, can't do it.  I manage to eat coleslaw mostly because it's wet.  Broccoli I will puree to be safe or steam until it's so limp and filled with water.
*Tuna Fish - I have a problem with most Tuna because it is too dry.  Even if its made with mayo generally for the amount I use it's still too dry.
*Bread - I have tried bread and different times and some times were better than others.  It literally has to be eaten beyond slow, so no sandwiches of course.  I bet if it were the bread soaked in olive oil from Macaraoni Grill it would slide down...damn, I just need to stay away from there.
* Hardboiled Egg Yolks - WAY TOO DRY! Egg salad ok but just eating a boiled egg, heck no!
*Fresh Pineapple - it has to be super ripe and not cut too close to the rind - even if the pineapple park anything slightly hard will get so stuck.
*Fried Mozzarella Sticks   I know I know I shouldn't being eat these but I got it out of my system. Seriously I could eat a plate of these and just shovel them in.  I think I had about two and they went down ok..dipped in red sauce of course BUT a few minutes later. SAT and sat and sat for about an hour or two.  I think I will move onto something different and check these off the list for now.
*Chicken - I just can't eat it.  I tried many times in many ways and most time I always end up sliming and pb-ing.  It's just not worth it.  There has only been one type of chicken I can eat and that is very thin sauteed on god knows what.  So chicken is almost never my choice.

more to come....

UH OH Foods
Uh oh meaning damn I wish I could NOT eat this $#!t! Stuff I have to be mindful of when consuming or consume on special occassions.  This is the downfall of having the band because you get NO adverse reactions to these foods just that you may not be able to eat as much as you used to, you still can eat it! So these types of slider foods you still have to have self discipline and control.  GREAT....

Chocolate Pudding - I live off this - sugar free but still I could eat it and eat it - it just slides down.
Cake - I've had 1 piece so far and it was cold so it went down, had it been dry, no way.
Cookies - easy  but I am trying to stay with the 100 calorie pack kinds just to get my fix.  Goodbye to my 2 rows of oreos for dinner while guzzling milk.
Ice Cream, milkshakes - I've been careful here but I know the FF no sugar added  ice cream goes down so the regular stuff will too...grr.
Chocolate - I had 2 pieces of a soft chocolate truffle.  Weakness. Not sure how a hard candy with nuts would do but I'm NOT trying to think about it.
Brownie - This is pre-surgery trigger food.  I had 2 bite size pieces at a work function did well and was ok with the spall portion. Can't bring these into my house or make a pan.  Before I could eat the whole box when it was cooked.
Peanut Butter - this one would be on both list.  Pre-surgery I would eat this right out of the jar and I'm sure that would not go so well anymore but regardless even to use in recipes or protein shakes, this stuff is better kept far far away from me.  It's like drugs.  I have PB2 and I use that for recipes and it gives the taste I miss but just not the texture or the good brain waves after I am done eating a huge PB&J sandwhich.

I'm sure this list will stay rather consistent while the above will grow but you never know.  I will update accordingly. 

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