Curious!

I am preband and I love carbs for Breakfast, toast, Cereal etc, and I know I may have to change that after banding.......

A Protein Shake or a Slim Fast bar

I can't eat most solids in the morning. I used to eat thinned-out oatmeal, but I had a tendency of adding too much sugar and it wasn't keeping me full for very long.

I now have my chocolate Protein shake, blended with ice which makes like a malt shake. YUM!! And it goes down beautifully and keeps me full for a long time AND is packed full of protein... But I usually have coffee first thing, then my shake about 2 hours later.

I'm never actually hungry in the mornign but I still eat. However I like my carbs and I havent found it necessary to give them up. I used to be really bad at just banging two bits of white bread in the toaster and lathering them up with some butter and jam, but toast does give me a lump in the pit of my stomach now, so I dont eat it often unless we've got really good bread.

I'm conscious of not eating low GI carbs so I tend to do muesli in the morning, it sticks to your ribs. I just whizz it in the microwave once I've put the milk on so its nice and warm.

I can't eat in the morning either. Just can't do it. I am trying to have a protein shake when I wake up, but I'm usually late to work and don't get around to it. A couple hours after I wake up I have a light Yoplait yogurt, and then lunch a couple hours after that.

Nothings wrong with it....I just physically can not do that anymore. Sorry if you felt I was coming off rude.

i hear it. when i first had surgery i could not eat breakfast...i found that i had to try and hydrate myself first. now i drink a glass of water as soon as i get up and usually by the time i get to work i can eat breakfast

I can't eat until 10am. Usually I have a Med decaf ice coffee lite with equal. Then at 10am I have a one egg omelet made with about 1/4 cup shredded cheese. That's during the work week cause DH makes me the omelet to take with me. On weekends I have one egg sunny side up with turkey sausage. Sometimes my band will let me get a small amount of wheat toast in.

I almost always have a protein shake. Every now and then I will eat oatmeal or Cream of Wheat. I'm usually pretty tight when I wake up regardless of how late I eat the night before. I guess that just proves that every band reacts differently.

It varies, the last few mornings its been cottage cheese, but for several days before that it was a bowl of fresh fruit. I also enjoy my protein shakes or if I tight a bowl of soup is great.

Kim

I try to have a protein shake, because I usually am not hungry in the morning but I go the gym at 9, so I need "something". I do not have great restriction right now, and today I had a piece of WW whole grain toast with peanut butter with no problem. I can still eat cereal, or I might have yogurt. I don't like to cook in the morning, so I rarely have eggs or anything, but I have had a few bites of chicken salad, just so its something with protein!

Though the nutritionist at my doc's office doesn't believe that you should force yourself to eat breakfast if you don't want it, I do eat it even though I'm not hungry per se in the morning. I eat it because if I don't, I always come in under 1000 cals for the day, and I need to stay above that because I have so much weight to lose. Also, i'm vegetarian and if I don't have 3 meals, I can't get in the 50+ g Protein my doc recommends for my height.

So, I usually eat either (1) 80 cals of FF Total Yogurt with 1 c Kashi (total of 220 cals and 26 grams of protein, which always sets me up to meet my caloric/protein goals), (2) 1 morningstar veggie sausage patty (80 cals) or (3) 2 wedges of laughing cow cheese sandwiched between 2 pieces of Kavali crackers (140 cals).

lunch is usually my biggest meal.

I like to eat a high-fiber cereal for breakfast (one-half cup of All-Bran provides 15 g fiber) with a half-cup each of milk (Simply Smart 1%) and plain yogurt (Fage 0%). Plus a piece of fruit sliced in. That way I get one serving each of milk, fruit and high-quality carbs.

I am like most as to my stomach can't tolerate breakfast in the morning so I force down a mini carb control yogurt or a handful of already peeled sunflower seeds. My coffee is all that I really want until about noon or 1:00 pm but realizing breakfast is the most important meal and jumpstarts the metabolism.

Saul,

I understand what you mean about the no breakfast thing in the morning. I FORCE myself to a low-sugar pack of oatmeal when I wake up because I know it is good to jump start my metabolism but I am always so darn tight in the morning and am NEVER hungry. I would probably prefer to wait until noon to eat but I know it isn't good for me. I have found on days that I skipped breakfast I either stall or gain weight. On days that I sleep in and have a late breakfast I will have high fiber/protein cereal or egg beaters with reduced fat cheese and veggies. The Protein fills me up for a long time...

~Liz~

banded 03/10/06

Dr.Ortiz

241/198/150

5'7''

My tummy growls in the morning like a vicious lion. My favorite breakfast is a bagel w/onion cream cheese and a big fat slice of tomato on top. Yep !!

If I can't have that (which I rarely do anymore) I love eggs, omlets ooozing with veggies, turkey bacon, sausage and cheeeeeesse.

Gosh I'm hungry LOL

Breakfast is usually one of the following choices:

grits with low-fat cheese

McDonald's sausage, egg and cheese McMuffin without the cheese and muffin....and no hashbrown!!

Oatmeal

Special K bar

banana or some type of fruit.

eggs over easy (2)

Bowl of cereal

coffee - always!

Just depends on what I am in the mood for! I am a breakfast person so I never go without breakfast even if it takes me half an hour to eat one egg! It's the only way I can function the rest of the day.

Slimfast Optima Cappuccino Delight. I have a hard time with solids before 2 or 3pm. I would get an unfill, but by 6pm I am WIDE open and bedtime isn't until 11pm. Whew.