So I posted this somewhere else and no one responded and I am sorry to be a nuisance but I was really excited about it so I thought I would try one more time...I hope you all don't mind

So I thought it might be fun (and very, very helpful for myself and others) to try to generate some menu ideas. I do not do well without a plan and it takes me FOREVER! to write up menus for myself. I know we cannot all eat the same things sometimes but who better to know what a good lapband day should look like than my fellow lapbanders. So if you could tell me what you would eat for a whole day while following the lapband rules and even how you prepare the food (if you like) I would be so very appreciative!

First, you need to be more specific? What do bandsters in their 3rd week eat, or what do bandsters in the green zone eat? Or in-between post op and green zone?

BTW-If you click on the forums tab at the top left and scroll down to "food and nutrition". You can find anything you want regarding diets, foods etc.

tmf

Here's a thread with lots of ideas and many replies.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/35614-share-ideas-what-did-you-eat-today/

tmf

I try to follow a low carb diet

i usually have my first meal at 11:00am. I usually start with a egg white omelet.

6 Tbs egg whites

1/4 cup frozen pepper/onion blend ( i cook theses first with the sausage before adding it to the omelet)

1 jimmy dean turkey sausage patty chopped

1/2 oz cheese

1 tsp bacon bits

lunch 2:00pm

grilled chicken spinach salad or a Protein drink

1 cup spinach, 3oz grilled chicken, small amount of carrots, onion, apple, gorganzola cheese, almonds

I make a dressing using 1oz vanilla carbmaster yogurt and 1Tbsfrozen apple juice concentrate.

dinner 6:00pm

Veries a lot.....

Usually 3oz of beef, pork, or chicken

followed by either green beens, or roasted squash

Some quick meals that I like to have on hand

Oscar Meyer turkey weiners ---only 40 calories each!!

Johnsonville Turkey and cheese sausage---120 calories each

Carbmaster yogurt !! only 60 calories and 4 carbs

I recommend getting The Bandwagon Cookbook and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery

I try to follow a low carb diet

i usually have my first meal at 11:00am. I usually start with a egg white omelet.

6 Tbs egg whites

1/4 cup frozen pepper/onion blend ( i cook theses first with the sausage before adding it to the omelet)

1 jimmy dean turkey sausage patty chopped

1/2 oz cheese

1 tsp bacon bits

lunch 2:00pm

grilled chicken spinach salad or a Protein drink

1 cup spinach, 3oz grilled chicken, small amount of carrots, onion, apple, gorganzola cheese, almonds

I make a dressing using 1oz vanilla carbmaster yogurt and 1Tbsfrozen apple juice concentrate.

dinner 6:00pm

Veries a lot.....

Usually 3oz of beef, pork, or chicken

followed by either green beens, or roasted squash

Some quick meals that I like to have on hand

Oscar Meyer turkey weiners ---only 40 calories each!!

Johnsonville Turkey and cheese sausage---120 calories each

Carbmaster yogurt !! only 60 calories and 4 carbs

We have the same Breakfast. It's hard to find breakfast foods the band likes. Have you seen the jimmy dean turkey sausage crumbles? Already cooked and ready to add to your omelette. I figure the calorie count for this omelette is around 180 wouldn't you think. And it's filling!

I try to have tuna or chicken salad around for lunch or a quick snack. Load it up with red and yellow peppers, jalapenos, dill pickle relish, celery. Still around 200 calories.

Dinner is a crap shoot(not literally). But, I have to cook for me and my wife so lots of salads, hamburger steaks, meatloaf, seafood, vegetables, some fruit thrown in.

tmf

First' date=' you need to be more specific? What do bandsters in their 3rd week eat, or what do bandsters in the green zone eat? Or in-between post op and green zone?

BTW-If you click on the forums tab at the top left and scroll down to "food and nutrition". You can find anything you want regarding diets, foods etc.

tmf[/quote']

I am looking for what people eat when they are near or in the green zone I am trying to plan ahead as much as possible by compiling a big list of menu ideas because that is when I do best with self control. I wil go through the nutrition tab. Thanks

I recommend getting The Bandwagon Cookbook and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks' date=' Months and Years After Surgery[/quote']

Oooo I will order these today for sure! Thanks so helpful

Sorry, I'm new, what's the "green zone"?

Sorry, I'm new, what's the "green zone"?

It's when you are at proper restriction with the band. Aka sweet spot.

I also eat 2 egg whites with 2 to 3 turkey sausage links for breakfast. I eat greek yogurt if i dont feel like making breakfast.

I have discovered morningstar veggie patties which taste amazing and they are only 150 calories! I make shrimp and broccoli all the time. It's less than 100 calories for a cup! I'm still in between surgery and my first fill but have a pretty good restriction already! I have tried to eat everything except carbs like rice, pasta, potatoes, breads, cereals, I've had none of that stuff yet. Someone suggested to me that when I feel I want to "cheat" to have a weight watchers or lean cuisine meal...... I'm dying for pizza!!!! Lol

I also eat 2 egg whites with 2 to 3 turkey sausage links for breakfast. I eat greek yogurt if i dont feel like making breakfast.

I have discovered morningstar veggie patties which taste amazing and they are only 150 calories! I make shrimp and broccoli all the time. It's less than 100 calories for a cup! I'm still in between surgery and my first fill but have a pretty good restriction already! I have tried to eat everything except carbs like rice, Pasta, potatoes, breads, cereals, I've had none of that stuff yet. Someone suggested to me that when I feel I want to "cheat" to have a weight watchers or lean cuisine meal...... I'm dying for pizza!!!! Lol

I don't usually crave any particular foods but Friday's seem to be tough on me. The wife and I have this tradition where I go to Chipotle's and get us two giant fajita burritos. Can't do that anymore but I still go and get her one. I'm having a salad and a fish dish tonight instead.

Pizza! I work from home and I'm on the computer all day. I get so many pizza offers from Pizza Hut, DD's sourgough Pizza, Papa Johns, Papa Murphy's. And yes, I'd love a pizza. Maybe once I get to my first big goal of 175 lbs I might take a shot at it.

tmf

It's hard when your used to eating a certain way and then suddenly stop. When my husband snd I spend all day out with the kids, we would always get take out before we came home. Now they get take out and I come home and eat something else. The first time there was a Dominos pie in my house I cried cause I couldnt eat it but I'm a little more focused now!!

I have a HARD time when I shop at the store as I am by myself and so I don't like to cook hardly at all for just me. I find it extremely hard to find anything to quidk fix other than tuna or chicken in a can as all things ares mixed with rice or noodles or some other pasta..I was told to not have that even in Lean Cuisine or Weight Watcher meals.....makes it harder....

I usually eat two Turkey sausage patties for breakfast (730ish) then around 10 a cheese stick or Protein bar, lunch is usually chicken salad with just mustard & low fat Mayo. dinner is basically a salad.

My nurse told me if I wanted to I could eat TV dinners (not every night) but that its easier to count the calories since its already calculated on the box for the total meal.

I've gone to chipolte's, I just get the meat and veggies with no wrap or rice. If it is actually pretty low in calories and fat as long as you eat appropriately.