Macaroni & Cheese

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Anyone have trouble eating macaroni and cheese? I am just about 3 weeks out and I was just about to try a mouthful, but I chickened out not knowing if it might "stick".

Any feedback?

PS, I know it's a high calorie, fatty food...I'm only hoping for a teensy helping...:p

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5'7"
Alberta born and raised
Got my band July 5th,2006 in Mississauga, Ontario with Dr. Cobourn

www.LavishPetBoutique.com (and this is what I do for a living)

unfortunately mac n cheese goes down like manna from heaven for me. i have to watch out for the stuff. it's almost too easy...

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band date 11/14/2005
dr. christine ren, nyu hospital
1st fill: 12/13/05 - 1.5cc
2nd fill: 1/10/06 - 2.4cc
3rd fill: 2/7/06 - 3cc
4th fill: 3/14/06 - 3.6cc
unfill: 3/15/06 - 3.4cc
5th fill: 8/22/06 - 3.8
228/175/150

I have a problem with pasta, but not small amounts of mac-n-cheese. I get the kind with the cheese sauce not the powder or I make it from scratch. I have been know to sneak in a bit of unflavored protein powder too (shhhh, my family is clueless) ~Mandy

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~Mandy
www.myspace.com/piercedqt78
weight: 242/160/145
Started in a size 22/24 now in a 11jr....woohoo!

Bandland, it's almost as great as Disney, only with no rides or characters.

Mac n' cheese was one of my first semi-solid foods. I over did the noodles so they were nice n' soft and added a little extra milk to the cheese so it was extra saucy. mmmm

Now-a-days, pasta for me is kind of touch and go, so I don't have it much, but I can still have it sometimes.

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Mini goals: [250 REACHED] [230 (50 lbs lost) REACHED] [210 (half way) REACHED]
{195 REACHED WOOO!!!} Current Mini Goal 180 (100 lbs lost)
165 (the weight I remember most form jr. high)
140 (FINAL GOAL)

I guess i am the one that had a problem. And i am not really having difficulty with anything. I had two bites of mac and cheese (just your normal kraft cheese and macaroni) and It got a bit of a golf ball feeling. I ate slow, and didn't think the bites were a bad size. It must have just tunred into a ball of nothing. I took a few sips of hot water and it cleared up some. I was eating refried beans with it. nothing else. total meal was approx 1/2 cup.

I had a bite of some last night. My hubby makes the BEST homemade kind with sooo much cheese. It went down fine.

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Age 34
Starting Weight 240
Current Weight 195
Goal Hmmm, not sure. Maybe 165?
Height 5"7
Surgery Date 06/26/06 starting weight 235 VG 10 cc Band
1st Fill 07-21-06 - 1.5CC - 221
2nd Fill 08-15-06 - 2 cc - 222
3rd Fill 09-07-06 - 3 cc - 224
4th Fill 09-21-06 -1cc - 220
5th Fill 11/30/06 - 1 cc - 218
Current weight as of 01/20/07 - 195
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The problem that some bandsters have with high starch products is that they tend to sorta "clump" back togehter. I have problems with fries, pasta and rice. My doc says that those foods form a ball of dough like starch and that is why we have problems with them. I can eat a bowl of cream of chicken and rice soup and half an hour later a ball of rice will come back up. My mother says I am like a hawk, I eat, my body takes what it needs and spits the rest back out. (hawks regurgitate the bones) It's weird it goes down but almost always comes back up, you would think I would learn, but I guess I am slow like that. ~Mandy

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~Mandy
www.myspace.com/piercedqt78
weight: 242/160/145
Started in a size 22/24 now in a 11jr....woohoo!

Bandland, it's almost as great as Disney, only with no rides or characters.

I had pasta issues in the beginning (first few months post op), but then it was much easier. But fills me up FAST so I don't eat much of it.

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JENNA

Surgery date: March 23, 2005, Dr. Ortiz TJ
235 highest/175 now/145 goal
Height: 5'9" Age: 33
Starting size: 18/20 Now size: 12

i had a little pasta yesterday. it was fine.but then again, i chew most of my food a minimum of 30 times.

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Banded 6/29/06
Molding Clinic, Tijuana, MX
Beginning Weight=188
Goal Weight=140

Christmas Challenge=J:188, C:146 G:140

I usually have a hard time with it..
its weird cuz I can get othet things down that I would think would be worse.
my band just dont like it.. I LOVE EASY MAC.!

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Fills and unfills:

Noodles go down way to easy for me... don't know if thats good or bad LOL

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THANKS.
I appreciate the feedback. I went ahead and tried it...and like alot of you said it seemed ok...had to chew VERY well...and it filled me up really quick.
(Which is a good thing, cuz my food gets so cold by the time I take my third bite because the whole chewing experience takes so long!):hungry:


Thanks again!
Sunshine

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5'7"
Alberta born and raised
Got my band July 5th,2006 in Mississauga, Ontario with Dr. Cobourn

www.LavishPetBoutique.com (and this is what I do for a living)

I was banded July 3, 2006.
This week I able to work up to more solid foods, oh yummy too. I was craving salmon. Outback has the best salmon. And I was able to get 3 meals out of my one salmon dinner from there. What a strange feeling that is too. But it will be worth it.

As far as the mac-n-cheese, I've tried KFC's mac-n-cheese and it did okay. They overcook it and it has a cheesy sauce now powder. I added a little bit more milk to it just to be safe. A lunch of a SMALL KFC's mac-n-cheese and a SMALL mashed pots make a full meal for me. I'm not used to that but am happy to get used to it. (I know it's not the healthest choice but when I'm in a rush to get something quick--without eating quick though--I picked that up).

Here's to all us who made that decision to become healthier....HIP-LESS HORRAY!!