Healthy eating and restriction

I thought it would be helpful to start a thread to help when you are tightly restricted. I'm still a very baby bandster, and I'm lucky, I have quite good restriction with no fill.

Reading through the what did you eat today, I've been quite concerned that it is so easy to resort to eating junk instead of good stuff....

If you can snack on crisps or chocolate then you should also be able to snack on:

Crackerbread, danish rounds, breadsticks, oatcakes or cream crackers

Smooth Brussels, tuna or salmon pate or spread/sandwich fillers

Cream cheese like philli, boursin or brie and maybe hard cheeses

Smoked salmon with cream cheese - they sell them as little appetisers in the supermarket very yummy!

Homemade veg Soup of any description whizzed up

Oat-so-simple

Marmite (if you’re a lover) or Peanut Butter

Nuts and/or seeds (very good for you too)

Mashed banana?

Slimfast (or similar) shakes

Cuppa soup (maybe croutons?)

Yoghurt

Fromage Frais

If you are stuck for fruit & veg choices then:

Carrot and swede mash

Well roasted parsnips

Broccoli or Cauli florets without the stems with cheese sauce

Sweet potato

Mashed potato

Mashed banana

Try raspberries they should go down ok

Better still make a lovely smoothie – nice and thick with fruits, oats & nuts

Healthy evening meals whilst very small, if you add a sauce will go down easier. Eat very slowly with a teaspoon so that it can't be eaten in in huge mouthfuls.... a lessson I'm still learning!

Fish is the bandster’s friend

Steamed or poached salmon in dill/lemon sauce

Corned beef hash

Plaice Florentine

Crustless Quiche

Lemon sole goujons with tartare sauce

Fish pie

Oat-so-simple

Salmon fishcakes with a buerre blanc sauce

Creamy mash & gravy

Cod in butter sauce

Shakes

Soup

Quorn cottage pie

Semolina/custard/mousse type things

Soft baked potato with butter and cheese (no skin

I hope that if you're really tight that this post helps you.... it's not my original work, I've read it somewhere else and thought it might be helpful.