Just curious what you ate today ? Maybe those who are getting banded would also find it interesting to see examples of what we are eating to be sucessful . I will start

Banded June 5th Lost 11 Lbs

Br- Protein shake

Lunch- Applebees Broccoli cheese Soup

Snack- Peach

Dinner-Sweet Patato , tuna from a can to get protein

Protein Shake before bed

Thanks for sharing, I think it would be fun to hear what others are having at different stages to give us ideas.

Kim:)

My weight less has stalled so I'm trying new things/ways of eating. My doctor tells me at every appointment, no protein shakes, no protein bars, no liquid calories what so ever....however, looking at alot of what people are logging, they are having great success including the shakes and bars. So needless to say, I'm very confused at this point. I'm also told that I might not be getting in enough calories per day and putting my body into metabolic shutdown. Has anyone else experienced this??

My weight less has stalled so I'm trying new things/ways of eating. My doctor tells me at every appointment, no protein shakes, nIo protein bars, no liquid calories what so ever....however, looking at alot of what people are logging, they are having great success including the shakes and bars. So needless to say, I'm very confused at this point. I'm also told that I might not be getting in enough calories per day and putting my body into metabolic shutdown. Has anyone else experienced this??

Im, not sure where you are in your journey but I go through periods, where I stall. I'm basically losing and gaining the same 3-5 pounds, for, several Weeks and, then bam, I start going down again. Keep it up and,I think it will eventually fall off.

My weight less has stalled so I'm trying new things/ways of eating. My doctor tells me at every appointment, no protein shakes, no protein bars, no liquid calories what so ever....however, looking at alot of what people are logging, they are having great success including the shakes and bars. So needless to say, I'm very confused at this point. I'm also told that I might not be getting in enough calories per day and putting my body into metabolic shutdown. Has anyone else experienced this??

Hi there. Your doctor is right, it is better to eat protein than to drink it. I know a lot of people have trouble with their band being tighter in the mornings, so a protein shake is a good way for them to protein in. If I have a protein shake, it's usually first thing in the morning simply because I am not a big breakfast eater. Some people also have a lot of trouble eating meat, so that's probably why they choose to eat protein bars. I sometimes have a protein bar as a snack.

How many calories are you consuming on a daily basis? Are you exercising? The best advice I can give you is to shake things up a bit. If you are not eating enough calories, try bumping it up for while and try changing up your workout routine. Sometimes all you need is a little change to get those numbers going down again.

Plateaus are pretty common, so don't stress over it too much. It may take some tweaking, but it will pass. Best of luck to you!

Today:

B'fast~ coffee, then protein shake

Lunch~ grilled chicken nuggets, small chicken tortilla soup (Chick-Fil-A)

Dinner~ bowl of vegetable beef soup and grilled cheese

Calories~ 1,052

Not the best food choices today....my son had his birthday party tonight. I kept the portions really small, so all in all...not too bad.

B'fast~ protein shake

Lunch~ cottage cheese mixed with light yogurt

Dinner~ 1 slice pizza, 1 cupcake (with all the icing scraped off), few m&m's, few chips

02/28/12

Breakfast~ 6in Turkey sub No cheese and No Mayo (work night shift FYI thats why this is my breakfast hehe)

Lunch~ Egg Beaters with Cheese, Light Lemonade after eating

Dinner~ 1/2 of a Flat Out Pizza and Sweet Potato Fries

Total~ 950

Good grief, my cravings have been off the charts for the past couple of days. I am going to do liquids (mostly protein shakes) for a couple of days to see if I can break the cravings.

B'fast~ coffee

Lunch~ protein shake

Snack~ protein shake

Dinner~ tomato OR broccoli cheese soup

Snack~ If I have one, it will be a protein shake

B: soy protein drink

pouched egg/ 1/3 hash brown

L: 5 potstickers /2 slices of tomato

S; 2 pieces of slices mangos, (ended up spitting alot out, too fibery was still hard)

D: 1/2 boneless thigh (watered down bbq sauce) how I miss my buffalo sauce

1/2 baked potato with a round of the laughing cow cheese melted on top

snack: fatfree pudding

and just trying to drink as much water and whatever other liquid I can consider water as I can...

and just trying to drink as much water and whatever other liquid I can consider water as I can...

I hear ya. I have to drink mine as crystal light or I won't get it in. I can't drink plain water all day.

Yesterday

Snack~ SF Fudge Pop

Breakfast~ 90 cal Fiber one bar

Lunch~ Chick-Fil A 6count Grilled nuggets with BBQ, Small Chicken noodle Soup

Dinner~ 3 homemade chicken tenders and 1/2 c Mashed Potato

Calories~950

Exercise~ 3 mile run

Today 03/01/12

Breakfast~ 1c PB Cheerios 1/2c Milk

Snack~ SF Fudge Pop

Lunch/dinner~ 6in turkey sub no cheese lt mayo, Broc and Cheese soup

Snack~ chips and French Dip and a donut :-(

Total~ 1135

No exercise today

Yesterday:

B'fast~ protein shake

Lunch~ 1 cup crab linguini alfredo

Dinner~ slice of pot roast, 1/4 c mashed potatoes, 1/4 c cooked carrots, 1/4 c cooked mushrooms

Today:

B'fast~ Coffee

Lunch~ Black forest ham salad with FF italian dressing (Subway)

Snack~ Ritz Crackerful

Dinner~ will be a Healthy Choice frozen entree (bbq steak)

Snack~ if I have one....a fruit smoothie

Missy0224 - where do you get the Snackwells Protein bars? I looked on the Nabisco Snackwells website and I saw cereal bars but not protien bars. Where do you buy them?

I get them at Walmart. I guess they are technically considered "cereal bars" but they do have 8 grams of protein.

Have been off the wagon.....recently had a good fill..

3/5/12

coffee fat free milk

3oz chicken salad, fresh spinach, 1tsp. mayo

fiber one bar, couple animal crackers, 3 strawberries

sm bag lays chips 10 gram fat

ground turkey taco salad, spinach, tomatoes,