Share ideas, What did you eat today ?

[lisafitz 18]

Breakfast: one slice 12 grain with cheese

Snack: Choc/banana Protein shake

Lunch: tofu with rice and veggies 1 cup 1/2

Snack: cheese (string cheese stick)

Dinner: steak, mashed potato and veggies (but couldn't swallow this meal I brought it back up...too hard to swallow)

so I am having a Protein Shake instead.

since my fill certain things will not go down.

down 22lbs banded Aug 5th

[lisafitz 18]

Breakfast: one slice 12 grain with cheese

Snack: Choc/banana Protein shake

Lunch: tofu with rice and veggies 1 cup 1/2

Snack: cheese (string cheese stick)

Dinner: steak, mashed potato and veggies (but couldn't swallow this meal I brought it back up...too hard to swallow)

so I am having a Protein Shake instead.

since my fill certain things will not go down.

down 22lbs banded Aug 5th

[thatDEgirl 1]

B - Dannon Light & Fit 0%+ strawberry yogurt

L - Del Monte Harvest Selections chicken Cacciatore only about 1/3 of it

S - strawberries and cool whip free

D - chipotle bbq snack wrap from McD's

S - McD's ice cream cone (2 bites before I discovered it wasn't a good idea)

Edited October 23, 2008 by thatDEgirl

[jackiebee 1]

:eek:Rough Day:eek:

Today

Breakfast-Starbucks Grande Tazo Black Tea Latte

Lunch- 1 frozen meatball (wouldn't go down)

1 Cup Campbell's Chunky Chili with Beans (Roadhouse) with 6 Saltine Crackers

Dinner--had issues so about 1/4 of a cup of Taco Bell Pintos & cheese

Snack--Sargento Chipolte Cheddar String Cheese & 1 oz (3) Archer Flatbread Crackers

Additonal Bad Snack--3 snack Size of Skittles:confused:

Totals

Calories=986

Carbs=139

Fat=33

Protein=37

Exercise=2.5 miles on Treadmill jog/walk

[littlefroggy 0]

I had a kind of crummy food day!

B- 1/2 banana

S- 2 redvines (from someone at work)

L- (It was a potluck day!)

6 rice crackers w/ smoked salmon on top

1 bite of carrot dipped in hummus

1 rice cracker dipped in hummus

the inside of a small sliver of pumpkin pie

1/4 cup of tuna curry Pasta salad (it was super good!)

1 slice of persimmon (It's good! I never had it before!)

Afternoon snack- 22 pieces of candy corn (yes, I know!)

D- 1 slice cheese and 1 serving of reduced guilt pita chips

My total calories for the day was 975, so that was pretty good, but you never know how accurate those things are!

[tapshoes 2]

Yesterday

B: bowl of oatmeal with berries

S: apple

L: ff yogurt; 1 oz cheddar; apple

D: Greek style chicken thigh, 1/2c mashed cauliflower with cheese; ff pudding

S: ff yogurt

[luluc 6]

ate in reverse order it seems...LOL

yesterday -

b- crab cake w/spicey sauce

s- half cucumber w/1/4c hummus & 1oz of feta

l- morning star corndog

d- choc/banana Protein Drink

[Bozzj 0]

b: grande starbucks ban/choc vianno with shot of espresso made w/ skim. *This was my first time getting this and it's actually very good. not sweet. has lots of Protein and Fiber and around 200ish cals if made with skim. i'll get this again.

l: (will be) sm. chicken ala king Soup. yum. (cream based).

d: gosh i have no idea. i have frozen beef/veg wontons at home that i can stir fry with a little sesame oil, light soy & hoisen. then put this chili garlic sauce i have from a house of thai. i might make that. but who knows lol.

workout: i'll head to the gym again today with my friend. we usually do 30 min, mon-thurs on the ellipical (wow i can't spell) and i burn around 380/390 cal. and i almost die each time lol lol.

[Renee74 0]

Yesterday~

meal 1- choc Protein drink

meal 2- cheese stick

meal 3- 3 boneless buffalo wings

meal 4- 1/3 c lucky bean stew

meal 5- 3 boneless buffalo wings

[jmegirl 2]

Yesterday~

meal 1- choc Protein drink

meal 2- cheese stick

meal 3- 3 boneless buffalo wings

meal 4- 1/3 c lucky bean stew

meal 5- 3 boneless buffalo wings

I'm just curious...Did your surgeon/nutritionist recommend 5 meals a day? I asked about this and my nutritionist was vehement - for the band to do it's job, I need to stick to 3 meals a day. Of course, she was also vehement that snacking was bad, and it's obvious in this thread that Snacks are a part of almost everyone's day. Just trying to find out what works best for everyone!

[Renee74 0]

At the beginning I was doing 3 meals a day, no Snacks. It was not working for me. I was not getting enough calories. Now my band is at its sweet spot (I hope). I had to increase my calories to lose weight plus I work out 1 hour/5 days a week. Right now this is working for me!

[BlooEyez 13]

Breakfast ~ 1 Scrambled Egg, 3 Slices Turkey Bacon

Snack ~ 3 Fun Size Hershey's :eek:

Lunch ~ 2oz Shredded Grilled chicken Breast mixed w/ 1/2 C No Fat Refried Beans, topped w/ 2 T Light Sour Cream & 2 T Green Taco Sauce

Dinner ~ 1 Camp's Butter Beef Steak, 1/4 C Ricotta Cheese

[jmegirl 2]

At the beginning I was doing 3 meals a day, no Snacks. It was not working for me. I was not getting enough calories. Now my band is at its sweet spot (I hope). I had to increase my calories to lose weight plus I work out 1 hour/5 days a week. Right now this is working for me!

That's awesome! I'm glad you've found your sweet spot and have got a plan that works for you.

Personally I think you should eat 5 small meals a day, to keep your metabolism up. It makes the most sense. But I guess a nutritionist is weary that we'll all start overeating again if allowed 5 meals a day, so she wants us to have fewer meals. Oh well. I'll adhere to her "3 meals a day" rule, but once I've been banded a few months, if I don't like the weightloss I'm seeing then I may switch to smaller portions 5 times a day.

Of course, I've not even got a band yet. I'm practically counting the hours til I get mine! :eek:

[luluc 6]

At the beginning I was doing 3 meals a day, no Snacks. It was not working for me. I was not getting enough calories. Now my band is at its sweet spot (I hope). I had to increase my calories to lose weight plus I work out 1 hour/5 days a week. Right now this is working for me!

same here - i didn't lose but 24lbs in the first 5months or so; and my meals were 3 and under 1000calories per day. wasn't working for me; once i upped the cals and changed up my meal plans - the weight suddenly started to fly off (well not literally - i had to do a bit of work).

i think your activity level really should determine your meals & calories as well - i workout out 5days a wk; 3 meals just doesn't cut it in nurishing myself properly....

it's a LOT of trial / error to figure out what works for weight loss; and the same for one, isn't for another...

[Bozzj 0]

same here - i didn't lose but 24lbs in the first 5months or so; and my meals were 3 and under 1000calories per day. wasn't working for me; once i upped the cals and changed up my meal plans - the weight suddenly started to fly off (well not literally - i had to do a bit of work).

i think your activity level really should determine your meals & calories as well - i workout out 5days a wk; 3 meals just doesn't cut it in nurishing myself properly....

it's a LOT of trial / error to figure out what works for weight loss; and the same for one, isn't for another...

just to chime in here...i also think it depends on what you're eating. i tend to still eat higher fat foods...so if i ate 5x of that i'd be in trouble. so i usually drink my Breakfast (chai tea anyone lol) and i usually have cream based Soup for lunch aka fattening..but i never over eat...and then dinner. if i snack (and lately i do) i have a 100 cal. pack of something...so that i can still feel like i'm cheating, but it's a small quantity.

my method isn't for everyone, but it keeps my sane. i think you'll find what works for you as well.