Wednesday

Breakfast

Life cereal

Hot Chocolate sm

Lunch

Life cereal

Dinner

turkey lasagna

pumpkin pie

mini marshmellows

Snack

peanuts few

grape soda (watered down a little)

4/4/06

B: unjury protein shake

S: hard boiled egg & slices of honey roasted chicken

L: lemon pepper salmon w/garden salad

S: pork rinds

D: 1 1/2 egg foo young pattie w/rice & egg roll

water: all day long

exercise: does shopping in walmart count?:rolleyes

Teresa

How much total fill do you have now? Sometimes I wonder what good restriction is supposed to be. I can eat about a cup but I'm getting somewhat stuck (not really a PB) every other day. Makes me think my pouch is stretched :ban:

Yesterday (4/3/06)

B: Metagenics shake

L: Chicken enchilada

S: SF Yogurt

D: Grandma's dinner of biscuits, 1 pc fried chicken, 1/2 c clam chowder

S: Donut!

Today (4/4/06)

B: Metagenics shake - 25g protein, 200 calories

L: WW Turkey & Green Beans, 18g protein, 200 calories

S: 1/2 oatmeal cookie - guessing 200 calories, 1g protein

D: Taco meatloaf and veggies - abt 22g protein, 328 calories

Water: 8 cups

Content: 66g protein, 928 calories

Protien shake 1/2 a bananna Breakfast 170 cal 15 grams of protein

10 oz of chicken salad ( no celery) 280 Cals 60 grams of Protein

Yogert 5 oz 70 Cals

clam chowder

Puddin you had a donut....he he he

I have 1.8 cc's restriction varies from person to person from day to day from hour to hour. It's tight sometimes and sometimes it's just right. Are you stuffing your pouch? If not your pouch is not stretched.

Yesterday was a bad day. I ate to fast and I was trying to eat 2 eggs instead of 1. I was probably eating fast because I'm tighter in the morning and knew I should not have been eating it.

Wednesday

B:Water ( Can water start my metabolism? I really don't want to eat anything yet.)

S:Slimfast/almonds

L:jello/corn chips

D:Big Beautiful Salad (hopefully)

S:Protein Bar

4/5/06

B: unjury protein shake

S: sliced honey roasted chicken & hard boiled egg

L: lemon pepper salmon w/side garden salad

D: scrambled egg w/cheese, salmon muffins & turkey italian sausage

water: all day long

exercise: 3 mi. @ da point

Today

B- Oatmeal

S- Atkins Shake

L - Cream of Chicken Soup

S - SF Vanilla Pudding

D - I think I will have some Mashed Potatoes

4/5/06

Another friggin PB today! I even ate slow. I know I'm not overfilled - It was that darn piece of bread! It's embarassing to do this in front of your friends.

B: Metagenics protein shake (200 calories)

L: A big 'ol PB on 1/2 turkey sandwich on wheat (guessing 400 calories)

S: 1/2 coconut oatmeal bar (guessing 400 calories, but I have no idea)

S: 1/2 C Unjury (after workout) (45 calories)

D: Lo-carb chicken spaghetti (abt 350 calories)

Totals: 1,395 calories

Here's the thing: I always PB at the END of a meal. Maybe my "full" sensor doesn't work. Could it be that I'm eating past what I should and it's making me throw up? If that's the case, I need to start measuring my food again. Any thoughts?

Puddinpie it may not have been the amout but what.....you said that bread in your first post. Try not eating the typical band unfriendly foods and see if you still pb. Bread, rice, dry chicken etc.

For me I am tight in the morning and anything can get stuck and make me slime or pb. I'm stuck now from eating a boiled egg white, the yolk is too dry.

Appreciate the warning signs ....a burp, hiccup, feeling like the food is still in the lower part of your esphogus. Are you drinking while eating?

Thursday

B:Boiled egg, orange 100

S:cereal bar 130

L: corn chips 140

D: salad, steak umm, would not stop there 2 pieces of rye toast w/spaghetti sauce and cheese- at real slow

Then I went walking and was stuffed.

D:Plain McD Sundae 200

4/6/06

B: coffee w/unjury & black bottom muffin (had a dream about starbucks, so I...:rolleyes )

S: hard boiled egg & turkey sausage

L: 4 Cookies & soft pretzel

D: turkey sub sandwich

water: all day longgggg

exercise: none. bad bad bad:nervous

Teresa, you may be right. But I have also been PBing on band friendly food. But always at the end of the meal. Does overfilling make you PB? I don't FEEL stuffed, but maybe I am???

I've heard people talk about the warning signs of fullness, but I seriously get none of them. No burp, no hiccup, no pressure. I only feel full 10-20 minutes after I've finished eating. Maybe that's the modification I have to make. Perhaps I should eat 3/4 C food and then wait 10 minutes to see if I'm still hungry. I'm such an impatient person - this will be tough!

4/6/06

B: Metagenics Protein shake

L: Taco meatloaf and veggies

D: Lo-carb chicken spaghetti

Yes overeating will make me pb. This band is a trip but it works. It sounds like you should eat a little and wait, that has to sound crazy coming out of a fat person. LOL

I'm am new here. I expect to have the surgery in May 06.

I was reading what you all have been eating and I am a little surprised. Most of it is junk or not really nutritious. I thought you had to change your life style/ eating habits for the better after you had the surgery. Isn't there danger of gaining the weight back if you continue to eat the wrong foods? It just seems a little counterproductive to me. Sorry to be getting on your "bad side" so soon, don't kill me. But I just need to understand how this thing works before I go into surgery. I am excited!

Today:

B - Atkins Choc shake

L - Scrambled eggs - Two bites Pbed, drank some Water

L - Finished Scrambled Eggs - took smaller bite and chewed chewed chewed chewed chewed chewed then swallow...no PB

S - pudding

D - Soup....boring!

I'm am new here. I expect to have the surgery in May 06.

I was reading what you all have been eating and I am a little surprised. Most of it is junk or not really nutritious. I thought you had to change your life style/ eating habits for the better after you had the surgery. Isn't there danger of gaining the weight back if you continue to eat the wrong foods? It just seems a little counterproductive to me. Sorry to be getting on your "bad side" so soon, don't kill me. But I just need to understand how this thing works before I go into surgery. I am excited!

Whoa, well that is a quick way to get on our bad sides. Ecspecially when we've been working so hard at eating well. What you have to realize is that veryone has their vices. I wouldn't put everyone in the junk food category. We tend to go in "trends" around here. I wouldn't call what I eat not nutritious or junk food. But there have been one or two days where I may have eaten something sweet or junky. We all try and yes, it is very important to eat the right foods after you get banded. But that doesn't mean we're all on Weight Watchers or Atkins. Personally, I'm on a low GI diet, eating my Protein first. Everyone's got their strategy.

The point of this board, for me at least, is to keep myself in check because I know I'll have to post it. I usually keep between 1,200-1,300 calories a day and cut out most sweets. But I know myself. I know that if I say "no more sugar" then it's going to bite me back later. I have to allow myself that half cookie, but still get my nutrition in for the day.

I probably sound defensive because I am. I work hard at this! Damn hard! And you will have to as well. But the band requires a lifestyle change and I doubt anyone can maintain a perfect diet for the rest of their lives. But we work with it and do the best we can.