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Ok i was banded July 18 th so i will nbe able to eat solid foods 2 days after my feel tomorrow, im tired of eating the same thing everyday mostly fish, brocolli, thin sliced turkey meat, eggs and mash potatoes....so what r u all eating i need ideas...and thnks

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I'm going to assume you mean June 18, being as July 18 isn't even here yet ;)

Are you looking for solid foods? Really, you can eat whatever you want so long as it's withing the guidelines your nutritionist or surgeon gave you.

If you haven't met with a nutritionist I highly recommend doing so. This way you will have clear guidelines to follow making food choices a lot easier to make.

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I was so happy to be able to have a small, yet real salad again...and I've discovered a very low cal and low fat dressing which is made with yogurt. I use the darker romaine lettuce leaves and always include some lean Protein, usually tuna or turkey and a sliced hard boiled egg. I do measure my food by volume, after cooking.

Now that I am nearly 5 months since banding, I will allow myself to have a hamburger patty (it's important to not overcook it), with a little Mayonnaise and mustard; for my carbs with that meal I include the lettuce and Tomato I would have had if I had a bun, which I never do now...sometimes I make ground turkey meatballs and have a bit of home made marinara sauce on them and grated Parmesan cheese, and a cooked vegetable.

Everyone has different tastes...and I guess that I prefer to keep things fresh and simple. I have yet to get tired of the basics...Consulting with a dietitian would be helpful, and they have much insight and recipes to keep the boredom away!

Best wishes...

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thnks lady and yes had surgery June 18 :)...thnks for the tips, i really want a salad cant wait when im able to eat one!"

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I really hope I can eat salad once I am banded, its really something I enjoy eating.

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I think I ate vegiatrian refried Beans and cottage cheese and mashed potatoes everyday for the first six months. :) I can hardly eat any of that stuff now.

I miss salads a lot. For some reason that is about the only thing I don't eat since my surgery. salad, cabbage and red meat. Salads just didn't fill me up and cabbage gave me really bad gas pains. I chose to give up the red meat.

I eat a lot of tuna Fish, chicken, turkey and mexican dishes. I love to make dishes with black beans, turkey burger and other veggies. I have a turkey meatloaf receipe that is amazing. Lots of veggies in it.

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Misty, your weight loss is amazing! congratulations on such an accomplishment. Another success like this gives me such great hopes for myself :)

Thanks for posting,

-Patty

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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