Hi everyone

So I really need to find some cookbooks or healthy eating guides to make food a little more interesting for me, even though I can barely eat anything. After almost 4 months of being banded I am getting to the point where I do not even want to eat because I am so bored/ dont know what else to try regarding food. ANY suggestions will help and be very appreciated.

Thanks :-)

I eat a paleo diet (or did until deciding to do the band) and got a cookbook called everyday paleo and it was SO helpful - helped me eat the way I wanted (high protein, low carb, low fat, mostly everything fresh fresh fresh) and gave me pictures, shopping lists, etc. So there's one suggestion - it opened a whole new world of "gourmet" food I never would've thought I liked. Have you figured out what kind of foods you want to eat and then looked for something specific? I bet Amazon.com or your library has lots of choices too and probably even lap band specific ones...

Fericito,

Thanks alot. How have you found this type of eating helps with the band?

One of the ladies on this site has a cookbook out http://jeanslapbandjourney.blogspot.com/

That is her blog and has some info on it. But you can find her on the Magazine articles/blog and general posts.

I love to cook and am CONSTANTLY surfing recipes. Before I got my band adjustment I went on a 3 week vegan diet. I did lose 20 pounds, but after 2 weeks, it got really boring. LOL. My friend is on an 80% 20% paleo. He doesn't need to lose, he is just a workout exercise nut. The 20% being that he likes to go out on weekends and gets carbs from alcohol :/. LOL. I like the paleo idea, and now that I am back to a decent fill level, am going to be focusing on protein recipes, so will pick up everyday paleo. I also have the challenge of I cook for my elderly father and trying to keep weight on him, and keep it off of me. sheesh.

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/cookbooks.asp?cookbook=47556

This is one of my favorite sites to get recipes from for FREE. It has all the nutritional info on it and you can also use the recipe calculator and do your own recipes. I LOVE THIS SITE. Hope this helps.

What is a "Paleo"? Is it the name of a diet? I've seen it on here before but never knew what it was.

There are published diets associated with it, but I believe it is more of a protein-centric type of eating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet .

Paleo (and please, correct me if I'm wrong, my chiropractor advised me on this!) is basically the "caveman" diet. You eat foods that come from the ground, trees, or animal...basically anything that was available to the cavemen and women before Safeway existed I like the philosophy because everything you eat would be more "pure"....not altered by chemicals. I've thought about trying it strictly, but have just been doing protein/fruit/veggies with each meal and it's working great so far.