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im a vegitarian who has recently had my lap band tightened to perfection ...great i thought till week 2 where i found i still was unable to tollerate most of the foods i should be eating to ensure a healthy diet.. mushrooms are out ..spinnach is out everything has to verry wet.

thus i was wondering if there is any advice recipies or alike that you could share te help me stay nutritionaly ballanced

xoxo

oh and buy the way ..if anything is a liquid meal it overites the lapband system

k thanx

I have a lap band as well.

The dietician that I was sent to made me think that you need to eat meat regularly.

Did you discus this with a dietician before you got the band?

yeah i did she was quite confidant that with eating lots of leafy greans and lentils mushrooms ect that i could maintain a healthy diet...

unfortunately she never had a lapband so she didnt realise that most of those things she told me to eat i have become intollerant of

i was trying to take vitimins ect but i found they were giving me reflux.:/

I was under the impression that quality protein was the issue.

I can take quite large tablets without any hassle as long as I don’t eat straight after.

i find it hard to take even a panadol at the moment

i was looking into liquid vitimins but i have found there too pricy 

not to mention as a vegitarian allot of multivits have animal products in them 

tegan:

i was looking into liquid vitimins but i have found there too pricy 

How much it is worth to you to remain a vegetarian is a personal thing.

What benefit you get from being a vegetarian is a subjective thing.

Assuming you have a moderate diet you may get away with only having a multivitamin once or twice a week.

Or just crush up the regular pills they may not taste to good.

If you are having a lot of reflux as well may you have too much fill?

I have had my band 10 months and have never had reflux that lasted more than 20 minutes.

for starters i dont eat meat or animal products as they make me ill not because im an animal liberationist or anything

im thinking i may have the band to full but im happy with the food restriction 

maby its just something i will have to cope with :)

i had my band put in in febuary so im still iorning out all the kinks:)

Certainly the band forces you to make adjustments to how much and how quickly you eat.

From my experience hard crunchy foods such as raw carrots need to be chewed very well.

Or alternatively cook them well and make them soft.

I have no problems taking pills as long as I only have a small amount of liquid with them and then leave them for at least 15 minutes to dissolve before eating and drinking anything.