Curious!

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

Start with coffee and then a low-carb slim (2 grams carbs--20 grams protein)

About 10:00 a.m it's l/4 C nonfat refried Beans on a microwave crisped corn tortilla (if I have time)

I need 1000 - 1200 cals a day or I don't lose. I prefer adding them in the am

Thankfully, I am addicted to healthy food--a big departure from pre-band days. Guess I don't want to waste effort on eating junk!

MaryB--The only change in my sleeping pattern is that I sleep more soundly. I'm rarely tired during the day, another pleasant byproduct of the band.

Half a Luna bar if I am hungry at all. And that's often like 10:00 am.

I do oatmeal, is that good?

I do oatmeal, is that good?

Of course it is good..and good for you...all that fiber. I eat oatmeal every morning.

Protein shake, protein coffee (mainly in colder weather), SBD bars, cottage cheese with fruit or Kashi Go Lean Crunch and fruit, yogurt with Kashi GLC and fruit, and Egg Beater's with ham and cheese (when I have time!). Oh I forgot sf CIB!!! Another favorite!

Can someone tell me why a banded person can eat toast and not bread?

tia

It's drier and not so gummy and chewy!

OK then, just learned that no scrambled eggs for me.

Damn, I guess that leaves, cheese, yogurt or nothing.

I can't eat scrambled eggs, but I can eat Egg Beaters easily!

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.

Sheryl...I also drink a shake and I found out that if I use vanilla Protein powder I can do a lot more with it. I add cocoa powder (like the baking kind) to make a chocolate. I add strawberries to make a strawberry shake. I love adding the vanilla powder to orange or grapefruit Crystal Light. Lots of things to do with vanilla...(like adding chocolate Cookies, sf candy ... Reese's, etc.). Love the stuff!!!

coffee with cream

Depending on my restriction level (as usual, it's time for a fill, I think)

• With more restriction:

A Protein Drink made kind of thick (I often add a spoonful of peanut butter or a spoonful of Cream of Wheat to thicken it up a bit)

• With less restriction:

A 'fried' egg (in Pam or nonstick cooking spray) Or EggBeaters works. I like them with salsa and a sprinkle of shredded cheese

And to answer the newbie question above: As I get more restricted, than I rarely eat bread now. I can eat some, but if it's doughy (like biscuits, sourdough or soft rolls & breads, dumplings, tortilla, croissants, doughnuts, sweet rolls) than it's too filling. Even a little gives my pouch an overfilled stuffed feeling. But I can eat anything crunchy - so I prefer crunchy things. Anything that has to be chewed a lot works better. So I don't eat toast unless it's toasted twice (it has to be hard and crunchy) and I can only eat one slice. Usually I don't bother.

One-half cup each of All-Bran Extra Fiber, 1% milk, nonfat yogurt, fruit (banana or berries).

I eat sugarfree oatmeal. I am trying to get better with the protein instead of the carbs but they are easier to get down.Brendab

1 scrambled egg (real egg, not beaters)

a bunch of mushrooms

1 slice of swiss cheese melted on top

mmmmmmmmmmmm

coffee!! i never eat bfast... just never hungry!

I usually eat a couple of slices of very crispy bacon and a scrambled egg for breakfast, but I've noticed that it doesn't go down very well until after 10 a.m. So if I'm having trouble I drink a protein drink and go on. I get hungry about 3 p.m. and have to have a snack and then eat dinner at about 6-7 p.m. Scrambled eggs seem to work in the morning for me and I like to eat bacon with them, but I have to eat a bite of egg and then a bite of bacon and mix them together so it will all go down. For lunch at work, I eat a granola bar and that usually works for awhile though they are very small. Still I have bowel problems and so I've started adding an oatmeal cookie with raisins once a day and that takes care of the constipationl. I suspect I'm not eating right, but I just don't like a bunch of the stuff they tell you to eat. I have a lot of chicken and pork chops, cooked really soft and that usually works. I find that stress messes up my esophagus and I have more PBs than if I'm not stressed.