Going to a mexican joint tonight...what should I order?

Just a word of warning! Until you get used to regular foods, be very careful of spicy foods and of shrimps! Many people find them difficult! And it is a good idea, until you are very confident with your band, never to try a new food in publi****il you have tried it at home!

On your first resturant outing, I would be more concerned about having an eating issue than I would about calories!

Guacamole and refried beans are easy to eat foods.

Yes Kate I agree...Im more worried about something I can eat okay....I mean I would like to keep it healthy too of course but dont want a stuck episode:) Im thinking ceviche...this place cuts its all up so small with a little guacamole on top....I think I will be okay and its not really spicy. Do you think I could do a few chips? 

No chips girl... your band is too few fresh to be risky things like this.. you really need to stick to the mushy stage as your doctor perscribed.

There is no reason to test your band so early in your journey.

I really do agree with Hermosa! And i don't know what ceviche is!

Chips may be a slider food,  for most people they are. But the trouble is that when you are eating on a social occasion, you chat. And even now, at almost 5 years out, i am taking part in a conversation, someone says something, i want to jump in and reply and - wham! I swallow what is in my mouth without thinking!

Kate

I think that the SAFEST food is Chicken Tortillia soup --- not always very filling, but if I am just going for the atmosphere/company and don't want to risk getting stuck, it is safe and I eat more protein at home if I need to.

These days, Mexican food is usually my 'one night a week treat'---and I order ground beef nachos and eat a few of them with all of the fixins I love and leave the rest behind.

have fun!!

I know its so hard going to these types of places socially and not eating all that crap! I would love a cheese enchiladas or a bean and cheese burrito or a salad but I know none of those are gonna slide....I will be very cautious:) You guys are all great! 

You can eat the bean and cheese burro just open it up and eat the insides.

I'm not sure when I ate solid food.. I'm two years out.. I'm assuming 3-4 weeks.. liquids for a week then mushy for 2 weeks or so..

I was lucky that I felt restriction with the placement alone. It best you learn from now to eat with a fork and not the tortilla or the chip or the cracker.. it makes it easier to let those things go. I too wrap a ton of things in lettuce or use cucumber as a scoop.

Some chips, crackers are sliders but some are dense and get stuck .. (depending on the thickness)

Ceviche is not mushy food.. it takes quite a bit of chewing.. mushy would be black refried beans .. You might not get full on soup but I agree a chicken tortilla soup maybe 1 chicken taco just the insides.

I cant eat enchiladas or tamales anymore and I'm mexican and it's hard but you get past it. I can eat corn tortillas but only if I cook them at home and they are crunchy (but I can't eat taco sheels or toasadas) but when they are soggy with sauce they get stuck.. Most places are so great just ask can I have the insides of a enchilada with the sauce on top but no tortilla and they will make it.. they just pile it on a plate.

You need to remember you are in a very different place than we are because you just had surgery you really need to proceed with caution. You want to make sure you don't cause a stuck eposide that will cause you to vomit

Hermosa...Thanks:) when did you start reg foods? Im not a big chips person at all..I can totally do without I was just thinking of something I could put the ceviche on:) 

your early out - but for future meals, i get romaine leafs & will roll up my ceviche or plop on top of cucumber slices for crunch.

have fun!

I would watch the shrimp..I got stuck with shrimp and I cut them up and chewed. I tried with lobster sauce it was a little better..but way too much chewing on 1 shrimp...get a buritto or fahita. much better...enjoy.