Greetings fellow bandsters and bandland visitors,

I have been keeping a daily log of my food intake and found that it has been very helpful to me. Also, after reading so many questions from would be bandsters, I have decided to share my daily food intake for 30 days. Hopefully this diary will be beneficial to others as it will surely help keep me accountable. I am carefully measuring my food on a digital scale and the ammount of calories burned at the gym is based on my F12 Polar HR monitor. I was banded in May of '05 and have had three fills.

Thanks!

I am a 26 year old male, weighing 240 lbs.

November 14, 2005

12:00 Split pea Soup, 16 oz. 240 cals & 16g Protein

1:30 coffee, 2 creamers. 40 cals & 0 protein

5:00 Subway tuna deli with cheese, 1 sandwhich. 370 cals & 15 protein

8:30 Quesadilla: cheese (2 oz.), walnuts (1/2 oz.), avocado (35 grams), salsa 2.5 oz.), sourcream (1 oz.). 570 cals & 21 protein

9:30 Protein shake: powder (1 scoop), skim milk (8 oz.), bananna (1 fruit), benefiber. 350 cals & 32 protein

10:00 V8, 5.5 oz. 30 cals, 1 protein

Exercised; 35 minutes on an eliptical machine, Average BPM 155. -650 cals

Totals:

Caloric Intake - 1571

Protein - 84

Novemeber 15, 2005

2:30 Black bean soup, 2 oz.: peperjack cheese (1 oz.), sour cream (1/2 oz.). 300 cals & 19 Protein

3:30 Skim milk, 8 oz. 90 cals & 8 protein

7:30 Gardenburger patty with 1/2 bun. 190 cals & 10 protein

9:00 Cheese, 1/2 oz. 55 cals & 3 protein

10:30 Lentil soup with cheese (2 1/2 oz). 445 cals & 28 protein

11:00 V8, 5.5 oz. 30 cals & 1 protein

Exercised; 20 minutes on elliptical and 15 on treadmil, average BPM 155. -650 cals

Totals:

Caloric intake: 1110

Protein: 69

Good Idea - thanks for sharing!

This is a great idea, thank you.

November 16, 2005

12:00 cheese and Broccoli soup, 8 oz. 200 cals & 6 Protein

3:00 Cottage cheese, 6 oz. 150 cals & 20 protein Spinach with bleu cheese 200 cals & 4 protein

5:30 Veggie pizza, 1 slice. 450 cals & 19 protein

8:30 Half a cheese quesada and refried Beans, 8 oz. 400 cals & 20 protein

Exercise: None.

Caloric intake: 1400

Protein: 69

Review of the day: I ate too much today. This had a lot to do with my meeting with several clients and eating with them; however, the decision to eat was my own. I am not getting enough protein and need to focus on drinking down my shake.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I have decided that I am not going to post my food diary in this forum. I found an online diary at myfooddiary.com. For $9 a month I am recieving nutritional support and information which I am finding very helpful. I would encourage all of you to check it out and see if you think it would help you.

Because I would like to be helpful to those who have questions about the band and want to know what we bandsters are eating, please feel free to send me a message and I will copy and paste you a few days of my food diary. Good luck to you!

P.S. I will try to delete this thread but am not sure I know how. If anyone else can do it, that would be fine with me.

Thanks!

There is a site I know several people use...it's fitday.com and I find it very helpful for me. It's also free to use or you buy it load on your pc. Just a thought now sure what all you are getting from your current web site... Good Luck, you are doing an awsome job!

i like using kraft.com - underneath their healthy living part - you just delete the meals they recommend off of the food journal and then input your own from their database and it calculates everything for you. I'm going to start doing this regularly as I'm coming up on my 6 month anniversary and only have 11lbs to show for the weight loss - can't figure it out so I got to start doing something!