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Yesterday:

B - Slim Fast Carb Control

S - 100 cal fudge stripe Cookies

L - 1/2 cup chicken penne alfredo

S - 1/2 piece birthday cake at the office:eek:

D - 1/3 of WW Santa Fae Beans and rice with sour cream

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Just a quick question, I see some of you guys have been banded for a while now....do you guys still measure out your food to be 4oz as it looks like your eating some regular food!

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Just a quick question, I see some of you guys have been banded for a while now....do you guys still measure out your food to be 4oz as it looks like your eating some regular food!

I have a little one cup bowl that I eat out of along with my sandwich plates - I don't use grown up plates or bowls anymore.. After a year I am pretty good at knowing what 4 oz looks like. But I did weigh and measure for the first 6 months or so. Will still weigh things like Pasta as I don't eat it often so I don't know what 2 oz looks like..

The goal of the band is to eat healthy food - to make the change in what you eat - I don't like the whole normal food title - normal food for most of us was high fat - high sugar.. For me my normal food got me fat...

So now I eat healthy - I don't diet I eat healthy and I eat what is considered now a normal portion size not a fat chick's idea of a portion .

Yestdays food - Fish - Pork Rib - Okra & Rice - popcorn - Watermelon - SF fudgecicle - Pt Bar - Banana.. About 1300 calories (which is on the lowside for me as I am suppose to eat 1500 minimum) and 58 grms pt

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dacoz21: I'm allowed 8oz (after the 6 week point). I measure when i'm home, but if i'm out i know what 8oz feels like now..took me a while, but i can tell when i need to stop.

b: slimfast w Peanut Butter, blended

l: ordering a sm. spilt pea Soup

d: if the hubby and i go out--i'll get something grilled...if not i'll make a frittata or something quick.

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Breakfast ~ EAS Carb Control chocolate Fudge Shake

Snack ~ 1oz Sunflower Kernels

Lunch ~ 1 C LowCarb Enchilada Bake topped w/ 2 T Reduced Fat Sour Cream

Snack ~ 2 T Skippy Roasted Honey Nut Peanut Butter

Dinner ~ 1/2 of an Italian Stuffed chicken Breast & 1/4 C Sour Cream & Chive Mashed Potatoes

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Yesterday

b-sugar free carnation instant breakfast shake

s-sugar free Jello and whipped cream

l-sloppy joe over 1/2 of baked new potato, low fat cheese, ff sour cream

s-south beach Protein Bar

d-1/3 cup creamy spinach chicken salad with 1 ww wasa crisp

exercise--did tybo ultimate boot camp video:thumbup:

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Today

B- coffee, 1 rice cake w/ 1 tsp. pb and 2 oz yogurt w/ nuts

S- small bag of ruffles:redface:

L- Homel chicken Breast w/ mashed potatoes (ate 1/2 potatoes)

D- probably rest of boiled chicken and 1/2 baked sweet potato

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Just a quick question, I see some of you guys have been banded for a while now....do you guys still measure out your food to be 4oz as it looks like your eating some regular food!

i still check myself. i don't weigh every day; now knowing what 4oz is vs 2, 3 or 6. my serving spoons are my measuring cups - 1.4c/1.2c/1.3c...so forth. hard to guess when dinning out - but you "know" after a period of time what a meal should consists of; salad plate your best marker to gauge by.

when i feel i'm eating too much - i break out my scale & measuring cups to check myself, not a bad habit to form.

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B: 1 large coffee w/ 3 creams from McD's

L: 1 slice pepperoni pizza, 1/4 cup Greek salad, 8 oz. Coke

Snack: 10 cheesy Whale crackers (Stauffer's)

D: 1 packet Peaches 'n Cream oatmeal made w/ water

Snack: 1 Kozy Shack tapioca pudding cup

Ugh. Didn't realize how many carbs I had today. That is not usual for me. LOL

I was told Cokes were history.

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b: slim fast blended with peanut butter

l: egg salad (5oz)-but i probably won't finish it with 4 whole grain crackers

d: hubby and i going to get some grilled chicken from this take out place

s: i will probably have a skinny cow chocolate dipped bar (80 cals)

ps: the black eye pea cakes i made last night were SO good. i'll post the recipe.:thumbup:

Where did you post the recipe! Sounds great.

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B- nothing, I had an early allergy skin test

L- 4oz canned chicken w/ 2 tbs spinach dip

S- 2oz hiney roasted cashews

D- 1 cheese enchilada, 1/3c refried Beans, 1/4c Spanish rice

S- 2tbs pb

1075 calories

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Breakfast ~ Atkins Vanilla Shake

Snack ~ 1 Scrambled Egg topped w/ Ketchup

Lunch ~ 1/2 of an Italian Stuffed chicken Breast

Snack ~ 2 T Skippy Roasted Honey Nut Peanut Butter

Dinner ~ 3/4 C Ground Beef mixed w/ 1/2 C FF Refried Beans & topped w/ 2 T Reduced Fat Sour Cream & 1 T Green Taco Sauce :thumbup:

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