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:)

3/20/2012

B'fast~ Fruit Smoothie

Snack~ Ritz crackerful

Lunch~ 1/2 c. edamame, 1 tomato (cut in half, drizzled with balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and mozzarella cheese, baked until cheese melted)

Snack~ 12 wheatables nut crisps (toasted pecan), 1 tbsp. peanut butter

Dinner~ 6" sweet onion chicken teriyaki on flatbread from Subway (ate about 3/4 of it)

Calories~ 1,083

3/21/2012

B'fast~ coffee, then a green smoothie

Lunch~ 1/2 c fresh green beans, 1 c cucumbers, 1/4 c homemade ranch dip (1/4 c greek yogurt, 2 tsp ranch dip seasoning), Ritz crackerful

Snack~ Protein smoothie

Dinner~ bowl of black bean and turkey soup, and later a peanut butter banana smoothie

Got in an awesome workout (Bob Harper's Beginner's Weight Loss Transformation DVD)!

Calories~ 1,386

Wow, some of you look like you are having too few cals/day. How many cals are you eating? I eat 1200/day & exercise for 1-2.25 hrs/day.

1 latte

2 protein shakes

1 oh year protein bar

Egg

Spinach

Cheese

Meatloaf

Beans

Protein pudding

I never eat more than 1/2 to 1 C of food

Total 1287 cals burned 700 cals working out

Good luck all!

Wow, some of you look like you are having too few cals/day. How many cals are you eating? I eat 1200/day & exercise for 1-2.25 hrs/day.

Mine varies from day to day. Most days I end up around 1100 calories. But like yesterday for instance, I burned over 700 calories during my workout, so my calorie intake was a little higher (1,386). I don't work out every day (usually 4 or 5 times a week), so my calories vary. I get what you are saying though. In my opinion, some people do not get enough calories in. I have seen people on here only have 600-700 calories a day and I don't think it's enough. I don't ever drop below 1,000 calories a day unless I'm sick.

I need to have my cals at a min of 1200 or I am weak and almost pass out. Last night I went for a walk after dinner and I had to come home as I felt weak and almost passed out and needed protein. The same happened last month when I went for blood tests after only eating 600 cals.

Good luck all!

K

So...11 days post op and venturing into soft real foods. I am somewhat nervous about the calorie intake. Of course it will be higher than my liquid diet was but, I'm concerned about gaining weight. Did anyone have a setback once you added real food? Also, I have been reading the daily meals and wonder...does anyone track how many grams of carbs, fat & protein in a day. What suggestions for numbers does anyone have or am I worrying too much?

Does anyone use lapband.com to record their food intake?

I use "loseit" it's an app for ur phone and is available on line as well. U can track whatever u want, call, protein, carbs and also exercise tho I don't because it adds those Cals back into your budget. My email is cricketandoak@yahoo.com if anyone wants to add me. I find that if I skimp on Cals (like 6-800) I don't lose n feel crappy but that's just me. I have also found when I am tempted to cheat, I put it into the app and when those Cals show up, I just can't do it! Great tool

Go to myfitnesspal.com its free, and a lot of bandsters are over there.

You can track your calories, plan ahead of time by looking foods up, and finding out if you want to eat this or not.

Everything is kept in memory, and totaled out for the end of the day. You can also keep track of exercise on here like walking brisk pace or Cardio how many minutes, and the computer will figure it out for you.

You can view other peoples diary, and see what they are doing, and get ideas for yourself, and chat.

this will also predict "if you stay at a certain calorie per day" how much you should lose in 5 weeks.

All in all, its a very good site.

Look me up, and I'll friend you in if you want.

I'm Losingintime on that site, hope to see you there.

Shirley.

I use myfitnesspal.com too! I love it! I have tried several websites and this one is by far my favorite.

3/26/2012

B'fast~ coffee, then a bowl of broccoli cheese Soup

Lunch~ 1/2 c. lowfat cottage cheese, 6 oz yogurt, 1 oz. almonds

Snack~ Protein smoothie (chocolate Peanut Butter banana)

Dinner~ Mushroom and cheese stuffed chicken breast, 3/4 c. edamame

Calories~ 1,319

Calories burned from workout~ 711

I started Medifast yesterday. Here's what I ate:

Breakfast-Banana Creme Protein Shake

Snack-Cinnamon Raisin Bar

Lunch-Chicken Noodle Soup

Snack-Medifast Brownie

Dinner-5 oz chicken breast on romaine lettuce and 1 cup of squash

Snack-Fruit and Nut Crunch Bar

Another snack-Banana Creme Protein Shake

Calories-851

Fat-17

Carbs-57

Protein-104

Why are you on Medifast? Have you had surgery yet? I thought the point was to stop "Dieting" and start living healthy???

_{Newly banded here, My doc said to eat at least 1200 cal/day but not getting that in and 60-80g protein struggling with that too. How many in cups are we supposed have in food? 1/2 cup/1cup, etc. I do not have no problems with pasta or bread, I try to avoid them. hungry every 3 hr but eat minimal amt like kids subway sand with bottom bread only and then I'm full is this normal? no fill yet.Great meal ideas keep it up. Thanks}

I am not yet banded, just waiting for clearance from my doctor, so about the end of april. This thread is great, I've been wondering about the foods ill be able to have/not be able to. mixed reviews about breads though...