I was thinking it would be cool to do a "then" and "now" about the portions of food we eat to see the progress all of us have made in changing our eating patterns. I'll start it off.

Then: 4-course meal at a restaurant (salad, appetizer, main course, dessert)

Now: I'm doing good if I make it through the salad.

Then: ate out for lunch EVERY day

Now: carry a healthy lunch from home

Then: fast food 4-5 times per week

Now: Mc Who?

Then: 12" Subway with all the fixin's, huge bag of chips, 1 liter Coke

Now: I won't even touch bread or chips or soda

then- cup of Soup, whole salad, 3-4 hard rolls, baked potato, 12 oz steak

now - 1/3 c of soup, 3-4 bites of salad, 1 piece garlic toast, 1/3 of 10 oz steak

then - 2 to 3 plates of food at chinese restaurant

now - example 1 inner part (veggies) of egg roll, 3/4 c chicken and broccoli

now - example 2 inner part (veggies) of egg roll, inside of egg foo young, inside of 1 piece of sesame chicken

these were all 3 meals I had this week and I think I need a little fill.

Then: a big mac AND two cheesburgers AND a extra large fries AND a large soda

Now: I'm lucky if I can even choke down one cheeseburger...and then it feels gross so I don't even eat that anymore.....

Then: 4 pieces of a large pizza, pop, and on a really bad day maybe even an entire pint of ice cream for dessert an hour later

Now: 1 small piece of pizza without the crust and a little sip of Water

Then - Triple cheese burger combo at Wendy's super sized.

Now - Small Chili with cheese.

Then: 2 mcchicken sandwiches, 1 filet-o-fish, Super Size fries, Super size Diet Coke, medium or large choco shake...... then a few hours later - repeat.

Then: Half of a large pizza (8-10 pcs total) and 4 garlic twists,huge diet coke or rootbeer - wow. thats like 10,000 calories.

now: had 2 tbsp of egg beaters for Breakfast and it filled me up for about 5 hrs

lol - of course im still on mushies too...

Then: 1/3rd of a slice of brie with tons of crackers, 2-3 dark beers, crab with butter, several hunks of sour dough bread, huge salad with blue cheese dressing, piece of cheese cake and coffee.

Now: 2 small pieces of brie with 4 crackers, 1/4 glass red wine, 3 bites of salad, 3 slices pieces tempura sweet potatoe and one bite of fish.

then: a whole pizza only for me.. 8 pcs

now: one piece if im lucky

then: 2 cheeseburgers + 1 big fried potatos + 1 big coca cola (and i was still hungry)

now: not even one whole cheeseburger

then: 2 ...souvlaki (you know with the pie) + potatos + cocacola

now: 1/2 souvlaki

Ok, I can eat 2 peices of pizza and about 1 1/2 cup food at a time - I guess I need a fill as soon as I can get one!

Banded 9/26...............swollen for a bit but now can eat almost as if I never was banded. TIme for a fill!!!