What does your typical days food intake look like? Do you have trouble with certain meals? How much can you eat?

From a curious about to be bander:blush:

My typical day is some variation of the following:

breakfast: 2-4 ounces of Protein (today it was a warm Protein shake made with almond milk)

lunch: 2-4 ounces protein + nonstarchy veggie (today it was a 2.6 ounce pouch of tuna with Dijon, a teaspoon of mayo, and Mrs. Dash plus 1/2 cup broccoli slaw with Ken's Light Asian Sesame dressing

dinner: 2-4 ounces protein + nonstarchy veggie and/or fruit (tonight I'm making Pasta e fagioli Soup for my family; I'll yank a half cup or so of the Beans and meat with just a little broth for myself before I add the pasta; I'll round out the protein with a sprinkle of Parmesan)

evening: protein shake

If I'm starving in the afternoon (uncommon), I add another veggie, or a cheese stick, or something of that nature.

I take in about 800-ish calories/day.

I don't have specific foods that give me trouble--really, I am more likely to have trouble at specific times: when I am stressed, when I have PMS, and so on.

chicken can be difficult for me--it's probably the most problematic. Most lean Proteins work pretty well for me. When I'm tight due to stress or PMS, I tend to lean toward legumes for protein; they go down easily.

Well, typical can be like this for me:

Breakfast - Protein shake (I normally never ate breakfast)

lunch - Meat/cheese sandwich (the thin-type buns toasted), or 3 oz cottage cheese with roast chicken (about 3-4 oz)

Afternoon snack - 80 cal yogurt with homemade granola (total about 200-225 calories)

dinner - 3-4 oz of chicken, hamburger, steak or 4 oz of baked fish. Add some cottage cheese sometimes or fruit.

I also add a portion of unflavored protein into my afternoon drink for added protein. I'm rarely hungry.

Usually my caloric intake is somewhere around 1300-1500 calories a day and with exercising, it keeps me at a slow loss at this point or steady. I don't eat alot of carbs other than the toasted bread which is whole grain and has alot of Fiber as does the granola. I used to be die hard Atkins dieter, now it's just carbs in moderation...with a minimal amount from "white" foods (sugar, flour, rice, Pasta, snacks).

If I feel the need to snack, it is usually on cottage cheese with pita chips, or flavored rice cakes instead of my pre-band days of junk food.

A typical day for me is:

Breakfast- protien shake- low carb

Lunch- Tuna with light mayo on a serving of thin wholegrain crackers (10 carbs in the crackers)

Snack- cottage cheese and berries (berries are low in carbs relative to other fruits)

Dinner- 4 oz of lean meat (chicken, fish, lean porkloin) and a non-starchy veggie

Snack- 1/4c almonds and a lowfat cheese stick

I'm maintaining now, and my restriction has eased a little over the past year or two so the main difference is I eat a bit more than I did whilst losing.

Breakfast: small serve oatmeal/organic granola or an egg on half a slice of wholegrain toast

Mornign tea: cut up raw vegies - cucumber, snow peas, carrots, sugar snap peas, red capsicum. I have this every single day, about a cups worth.

Lunch: small serve of soup or tuna on crackers, maybe a small salad with a Protein source, sometimes a very small salad sandwich, occasionally dinner leftover, no more than a cup's worth.

Dinner: nearly always cooked from scratch, very often a basic meat and 3 veg meal like lamb loin chops, mashed potatoes and steamed vegies or a roast, substitute chicken or fish for the meat other nights, or a casserole of some description, usually with veg also. I try to avoid the Pasta meals or anything not commonly served with vegies, becuase we need our vegies!

My typical day is some variation of the following:

breakfast: 2-4 ounces of Protein (today it was a warm protein shake made with almond milk)

lunch: 2-4 ounces protein + nonstarchy veggie (today it was a 2.6 ounce pouch of tuna with Dijon, a teaspoon of mayo, and Mrs. Dash plus 1/2 cup broccoli slaw with Ken's Light Asian Sesame dressing

dinner: 2-4 ounces protein + nonstarchy veggie and/or fruit (tonight I'm making Pasta e fagioli soup for my family; I'll yank a half cup or so of the Beans and meat with just a little broth for myself before I add the pasta; I'll round out the protein with a sprinkle of Parmesan)

evening: protein shake

If I'm starving in the afternoon (uncommon), I add another veggie, or a cheese stick, or something of that nature.

I take in about 800-ish calories/day.

I don't have specific foods that give me trouble--really, I am more likely to have trouble at specific times: when I am stressed, when I have PMS, and so on.

chicken can be difficult for me--it's probably the most problematic. Most lean Proteins work pretty well for me. When I'm tight due to stress or PMS, I tend to lean toward legumes for protein; they go down easily.

Oh my goodness! How do you have the strength to get through your day on so few calories? Are you exercising also? If you are I think you are amazing!!

Oh my goodness! How do you have the strength to get through your day on so few calories? Are you exercising also? If you are I think you are amazing!!

Once you are banded and at tight restriction for weight loss, the very few calories really don't bother you or you may not notice because you are not hungry. I believe she exercises daily as well.

I eat several times a day to maintain blood sugar but it can often be nibbles compared to meals.

Breakfast:

Protein shake (Jillian powder, banana, 8 oz soy milk)

Lunch:

Maybe a serving of deli meat and a cheese stick(usually takes me a minute to eat it so I don't slime and a few wholegrain chips or crackers(very few)

Dinner:

A little of whatever we cook(meat and green)

Sometimes a low sugar or low carb icecream of some sort since its summer. I am tighter in the morning so I usually stick with yogurt or Protein shakes because as much as I love eggs, they stick every time. Today I had a piece of smoked sausage for breakfast (I know fatty but yummy) but couldn't get the egg in no matter how much I mush it around.

I am also a teacher and since it is summer I love to sleep in. If I eat breakfast too early I'm really tight but if I wait till mid morning 10ish I can eat something small like the sausage I ate this morning.

bR: Small smoked sausage link with a spoon of grits(cooked for hubby)

Lunch: 4 oz of vegetarian chili(I got some nutrisystem meal at Big Lots, suprisingly good an a couple of crackers but it took me a minute to work it down

Snack: sugar free icecream serving

Dinner: 4 chicken wingettes(the drum only)

Wow, all you guys are amazing!!! I cannot even imagine eating so little and not being obsessed with when I was going to eat next!

A typical day for me is:

Lunch- Tuna with light mayo on a serving of thin wholegrain crackers (10 carbs in the crackers)

What crackers are you using? How many do you get? Right now I can have 5 multigrains crackers.

Thanks for sharing! I am getting banded on the 27th (!) and I have been wondering this as well.