Toward the end of each LapBandTalk.com newsletter, we’ll be suggesting a Bandster Challenge for you to try before the next food, change up your exercise routine or lend someone a helping hand. There’s no pass-fail on this, and we encourage you to try again and again until you are confident that you’ve met the challenge.

Current Challenge: New Recipe!

Within the next two weeks, your challenge is to try a new recipe that you have never tried before. It needs to be healthy, of course, and fit into your meal plan. A good way to start is to look at our recipes, try a new ingredient or use a different combination of spices. Good luck, and tell us how it goes by posting a response to this topic! The forum is a good place to help out anyone else who needs ideas for a new recipe.

I made my own Tandoori Chicken Salad, including the Tazitzki dressing. Just finished eating it for lunch and it was delicious! I'm still enjoying the spicy taste in my mouth and on my tongue. And only 166 calories per serve. Actually, less because the recipe made four serves at 166 calories and I wasn't able to eat a full serve.

If Im craving something sweet.............I grab 2 tablespoons of Breyers Carb smart vanilla ice cream made w/splenda.............and a teaspoon of all natural sugar free PB................stir it up and I get plenty of protein and the sweet I was craving

I just tried making cream cheese pancakes that I found on pinterest. So yummy, and just what I needed to break my food rut.

2oz cream cheese

2 eggs

I packet splenda/truvia

Cinnamon if wanted

Mix up everything in a bullet/mini chop and let settle for a bit. Then cook 1/4 of the mix at a time in a hot pan (I used med heat) with a little butter or Pam. Top with sugar free syrup or preserves or fresh fruit. Yummy!

weight at start of pre surgery diet - 304/current weight 280/surgery 4/10, Follow up 5/1

I have been looking for a good forum, i think this is it, Lap- band year ago. have had many trials and errors.only lost 46 lbs. im back on track hope to loose more.

Veggie no noddle lazana i got this one last night

2 large summer squase

2 large zucccci

2 cups of spinsh

2 cup of roctia fat free cheese

1 egg

1 tsp of itanin sesoning

Cheese saus

3 cups of fat free milk

1 cup of fat free cheeder

1 /4 cup of promice

2 cloves of garlic minced

2 tbs of flour

1. Mix raccctia and egg and itian seaning toghter make sure they are well mixed

in a 9X14 dish - spary dish with cooking sprary

1. cut summer squash in thin round slices - put in dish

2. add racccita mixteure then add spinsh and zuccceni

3. repeat untill filled the pan

4. bake at 350 for 45 min - in pre heated overn

Chesse sauses - made on stove top

1. add promice and let melt

2. mix in garlic sauta for about 30 second

4. add flower to butter and garlic mix well should form a paste

5. slowly add milk keep wisking so you do not burn bottome of pan 1 cup is about 5 mins

6. add cheese and black pepper let cheese melt and top the veggie lazanina

Make alot bandster size is one cup

I am on my way to Lapband in September. I exercise 5 days a week at Fitness First gym. I do a Spin class and bodypump, I have found this exercise plan to be effective. I change my exercise per monthly.

I am here to get back on track, I like the thought of Challenges. For the next two weeks I plan to

make only low fat/ low calorie meals.

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