I would love to know what a day in the life of 'you' is like! What's generally on your plate? Are you snacking between meals, or do you try 3 meals and then that's it? I also need to know tips for boredom eating - I need to STOP thinking about food when my mind begins to wander and I also need to resist snacking after dinner. So far I am going quite well and avoiding this boredom eating, but other times I find my hand reaching for the fridge (grrr).

So far, at 7 weeks out, I tend to do:

Breakfast - half a piece of Soy and Linseed toast with a poached egg (I used to try a shake but for some reason my sleeve dumps anything liquidy or 'slider' foods for breakfast).

Snack - I go for a Greek yoghurt or nibble on a Protein bar

lunch - generally I go for a high protein meal or leftovers from dinner, but never eat a lot. Sometimes it's chicken and salad, or bolognese mince with cheese.

Snack - usually I'll finish my snack from the morning!

Dinner - chicken etc with a small side of salad.

My day has been -

Breakfast- low fat low carb zucchini slice or yoghurt

Snack - low fat cottage cheese with a few chunks of fruit or curried egg on cracker

lunch - something meaty - mince, mince slice, chicken breast, turkey meat

Snack - humus with cracker

dinner - up to trying some steak, pork and chicken skewers. Also tried steamed fish, mince and veggies and some steamed greens.

Trying very hard not to eat after dinner. Opting of a decaf coffee with a little milk if I fee like must have something

Colouring in helps distract me if I get a bit munchy later at night

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Thanks for the input @@missdeeAus and I like your ideas for after dinner/boredom! I usually have a tea sometimes with Stevia to get that 'sweet' escape. Curried egg sounds yummy too. I can't seem to stomach boiled eggs well so some curried egg sounds great.

Ten months out.

Yesterday was a workday as is today.

Breakfast: Premier Protein banana shake + two servings of mozzarella string cheese

Lunch: A serving of chicken salad from our cafeteria

Dinner: Two golfball sized meatballs that I'd grilled on Friday. A couple spoonfuls of marina sauce over them.

Snacks: I don't do Snacks. I don't need them and they only contribute to thinking about food. I'd rather just space out my meals and call it good. I still have a good deal of body fat to burn. Staying low carb is keeping that going. Once I hit my maintenance level.....then I'll start including snacks if needed (nuts, cheese, fruit and crunchy fresh vegetables ).

Lots of Water (120+ ounces) and 4 cups of coffee throughout the day, too.

6 months post op.

Breakast: 1 weetabix with skimmed milk, flaxseed and dried Raisins

Morning snack: small apple and low fat rice pudding

Lunch: usually leftover Chinese e.g. beef curry with rice (less than 1/2 cup)

Afternoon snack: 100g high Protein yoghurt

Dinner: 2oz meat of some description with veg

Supper: 25g of pretzels with 30g cheese

This week I have cut out the morning and afternoon Snacks. As I've reached 6 months my surgeon has told me things will slow down

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Edited August 28, 201610 yr by madadams

If I need a snack at night because we eat very early like between 4-5pm most days then I get a frozen low fat yogurt. It's good that way, I do have to stick it in microwave for 18 sec so I can at least get a spoon in it lol.

Breakfast: one egg cup (cheese,egg,lean turner Breakfast sausage) sometimes I top with homemade salsa.

Snack: Protein shake

Lunch: homemade turkey burger with mozzarella & cherry tomatoes

Dinner: chicken, maybe with homemade pesto. Sometimes a veggie but protein first

Snack: hot tea, maybe some cheese, maybe a few bites of leftover

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Oh, 5 weeks post op

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11 months out today.

Breakfast: one egg, small turkey sausage link, sprinkle of 2% cheese.

Morning snack: light baby bell cheese, cup air popped popcorn.

Lunch: 2.5 ounces Protein, normally chicken. Tablespoon shredded Parmesan, sugar free Jello.

Afternoon snack: 80 calorie Greek yogurt.

Dinner: 3 ounces protein (chicken or fish normally, sometimes steak), zucchini pancake, sometimes small piece of bread.

That's my typical eating every day. I have to do the Snacks or else I'd never get enough protein or calories each day. I stay really low carb. I exercise most days but nothing drastic usually walking or a light weights routine that I do at home. I have lost 151.6 so far since surgery.

9 months post op 90 pounds lost , 12 till goal.

My typical day:

Breakfast: Monday-Saturday Premaire Protein shake

Sunday only, 1 egg 1 bacon

Mid morning: yogurt

Lunch: tuna or chicken salad or couple slices of turkey wrapped in romaine

Mid afternoon: hard boiled egg or Protein Bar before I hit the gym. Sometimes a handful of peanuts

Dinner: 3-4 oz chicken 5 days a wk , beef 1 day a wk or pork 1 day a wk. side of green vegetable with every meal.

Never eat after dinner, if my family is eating dessert I will have a sugar free ice pop.

I keep myself busy at night, my house is always spotless now lol, I've also taken up gardening, or I will go for a walk. I only watch tv for about an hour if that at night before I go to bed. I used to late night snack watching tv prior to surgery so now I stay away from it.

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I'm 7 1/2 months out, have lost over 155lbs. My day looks like this...

Breakfast; premier Protein shake

Lunch; 3-4oz of protein

Supper; 3-4oz protein

I drink 84oz of Water a day.

I don't have a snack unless I've done a really hard workout that day like going to bootcamp, or hot yoga. On those days I will have a protein bar or some other form of protein.

I'm just not hungry to eat more than that.

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3 1/2 months

Breakfast: 3 crackers with some cottage cheese

Lunch: 1,2 pcs of chicken with some veggies

Snack 2 tea spoons of peanut butter + 1 banana(when I m really peckish)

Dinner depends tuna, or a salad with 1mozzarella ball, 1 tomato+1/2 avocado.

6 months out MGB

Breakfast: greek yogurt

Am snack: banana or some fruit

Lunch: balance break pack or 3oz tuna

Pm snack: premier Protein shake

Dinner: 3oz protein such as fish, chicken, turkey burger, shrimp with some green veggie.

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Thanks guys - some great ideas there. I am really noticing my sweet tooth emerging after dinner, so it's something I am struggling with this week. Ugh! But I really do need to up my protein. So hard!!

I'm 7 weeks out as well.

This is my usual routine if I don't eat out:

Breakfast: 1 fage greek yogurt or a Protein shake made w/ fairlife milk

Mid morning snack: a small piece of cheese

Lunch: 2-3 oz of grilled chicken breast or more cheese

Afternoon snack: usually another small piece of cheese If I have more chicken I'll have another 2 oz or so

Dinner: often 2-3 slices of boars head turkey rolled up with cheese

When I eat out, which is at least 3-4x a week I stick with protein. eggs for Breakfast, sometimes an omelet with turkey bacon baked into the eggs (and cheese), grilled octopus, salmon or tuna, sometimes lamb for lunch and dinner.

If I need a late night treat I have a sugar free popsicle...or a piece of cheese.

I normally use half and half but the grocery store around the corner was out so I got heavy whipping cream. I have been way under on calories for days so this was a day I was trying to hit my calorie goal. If I don't eat enough calories, I don't lose. This was over the weekend.

Thanks again!!

I try to log calories but because I sometimes can't finish food, or my restriction is more/less some days, I find that I don't think the calories I log are very accurate! I know I will get used to it all as time goes on.