I was banded in Feb. of 2010, starting weight of 308 and I'm currently at 218. I haven't lost any weight really in about 8 months. I want to try low carb and get the last 40 pounds off. Please offer me suggestions, recipes or a few days of menus to get me jumpstarted. I've come too far to settle at this point, life has just been crazy and I haven't paid attention to what I have been taking in every day. Thanks for any helpd and suggestions:)

Breakfast

Egg Beater omelet filled with turkey sausage, veggies and low fat cheese.

Scrambled eggs with green chilis and onions. Sprinkle with cheese(low fat and only 1oz)

lunch

Salads with olive oil dressing, chicken or seafood chunks.

Or/Turkey deli meat with cheese sticks

dinner

Any type of meat, vegetables like broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, bell peppers, salads. No carrots or potatoes.

If you eliminate rice, you can make a mean stuffed pepper with low fat hamburger, mushrooms, veggies.

Breakfast-

1 packet natural oatmeal, 10g almond slices, 10g dried fruit, cinnamon (or add artificial sweetener)

or

1 egg, 2 slices turkey bacon and cheese slice (or shredded melted into egg)

Lunch-

1 can turkey breast, 1 TB mayo, and 1 greek/fruit yogurt

or

1 can progresso lite Soups (this can be broken down to 1/2 can with sides of fruit, lunch meat, or cheese if preferred)

or

chef salad (just keep an eyeball on calories to not overindulge) ideas: boiled egg, sliced meat, cheese, kidney Beans & veggies

or

good ol' bandster chili ahhahah

dinner

grilled chicken with veggies (or go kabob style)

or

fish with a Quinoa and veggie mixture (finely chopped veggies, or simply garlic/mushroom, or ??? whatever you like) as a side

or

veggie burger (no bun) with veggie sticks and/or fruit

Just some examples. I am very low cal. My target cals for each meal is Breakfast: 200 cal, Lunch: 250 cal and Dinner: 350-400 cal. I get at least 60g of Protein in daily and eat my heavy protein foods first with each meal.

I try to keep my carbs for the morning or afternoon

If I have cravings, I satiate them at lunch time so that it doesnt carry over into late night snacking

Get back to drinking LOTS of Water or crystal lite or icetea etc

Try to wean back on Snacks and get back to 3 meals per day. Takes a few weeks to adjust but just take a away a snack a day until you get there

hope this helps

Are you exercising at all? I don't really monitor what I eat, which I am NOT recommending, I just eat way less. However, I do exercise and am 5 weeks into the C25k program and the scale is still trending downward!

I was banded in Feb. of 2010, starting weight of 308 and I'm currently at 218. I haven't lost any weight really in about 8 months. I want to try low carb and get the last 40 pounds off. Please offer me suggestions, recipes or a few days of menus to get me jumpstarted. I've come too far to settle at this point, life has just been crazy and I haven't paid attention to what I have been taking in every day. Thanks for any helpd and suggestions:)

My best suggestion is track all you eat, if you bite it write it! Also a good workout routine will help as well, and most of all mix it up! Both food wise and working out, our bodies are funny if you give it the same thing everyday it knows to expect it and will not burn as well as when you mix up your routine. Keep your body guessing is a very good thing. It has worked for me, I lost 176 pre banding and 24 pounds the first month of having my band, I do not weigh between doctors visits so I won't know for another week how I have done this month. Good luck to you!!