So I realize that like many of my fellow bandsters, I tend to eat a TON of food at night! I'm a total "grazer" and basically HAVE to be eating something the whole time I'm watching tv... I know, I know, that's bad. But still, I'd VERY much appreciate any quick and easy:

dinner Ideas??

Snack Ideas??

well that's a big problem for probably most of us, or we wouldn't need the band.... but if you're snacking, i would make sure it's nothing really soft, cause, it will go down easy, and would not satisfy you... maybe you're ready for a fill..... so dinner will stay longer, or your snack would be harder to finish.

:phanvan

Quickest & easiest dinner idea I can think of is a frozen dinner. Doesn't get much quicker or easier than that.

Quick & easy Snacks -- nuts, pepperoni, other hard Protein.

how about a Boca burger and a small salad

I used to have this prob.as well but

I find if i eat a HUGE lunch i am still full at dinner and can eat only a little portion then i can harly eat at all at night.It's great.If we are settling in for tv time i get crispy minis or apples(peeled) and cheese and set it up in a pretty plate so it's more of an 'experience' fat free fudge pops,popsickles,hummus and whole wheat pita,cut up vegs with fat free sour cream mixed with powdered country herb salad mix.

Good luck this was one of the hardest vices to give up(harder than quitting smoking but if I queen of chips and chocolate and ice cream can do anyone can!!:confused:

Thanks everyone -- C, what is a crispy mini?

Also, I do try to eat the frozen dinners, but they have a lot of carbs that don't really fill me up. I really think it's just psychological though! I feel like I NEED to eat chocolate and cheese (my two biggest vices by FAR) every single night!! Help!!!!!!

You might not be eating enough during the day, so you veg out at night.

Good treats:

SF chocolate pudding

2% cheese stick/low fat cheese

yogurt mixed w/coolwhip on graham cracker

strawberries or any kind of berries

salsa w/wheat thins

You can have these things, just try to keep cout of your calories.

Thank you Private Skinner!

Crispy minis are rice cakes.They come in all the regular chip flavors and if you stop eating chips, you kinda forget the taste difference. i actually enjoy the rice cakes now.Even my hubby likes them!

Try eating a bigger lunch,even if it's adding a salad.

I ate a lean cuisine frozen dinner for lunch and a huge salad.I am still full 3 hours later and the hunger demons are quiet...

Good luck!

again,,, do you think you may need a fill.... cause even if you had snacks, you wouldn't need that many.....

Hi Xann77,

I'm a BIG fan of the sugar free, fat free chocolate pudding to curb those ol' gotta-have-chocolate-or-die blues! Make sure to use fat free milk. Mmmmmmm.

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I like to buy fully cooked whole chickens from Sam's Club. When I get home from the store I wrap them in foil and put them in the oven (breast side down) on a low setting till my husband gets home from work. Usually, when I pull the chicken out the oven it's sooooooo tender it literally falls off the bones. It's very moist when done that way and I don't have any problem getting it to go through my stoma - no golfball syndrome! Even better, the part we don't eat right away makes for great leftovers and additions to Soups. My favorite is a brand called Cugino's - their Chicken Enchilada Soup mix. It's sold in the aisle with the dried Lipton soups and flavored potatoe mixes. I add a can of Rotelle tomatos so it's good and SPICY!

Hi RoRo, I'm not really sure if I need a fill. I had a pretty bad PB this past weekend and still definitely get the "golfballs" once in a while. Doesn't that mean I'm restricted enough?? I really don't know... there's no science to this stuff, that's for sure!