I was wondering if anyone who has been banded would mind giving me their menu on any given day? I'm just kind of curious what everyone is eating in a days time. Also if there's any food that you cannot tolerate at all and what works the best with the band. Sorry for all the questions. Just trying to gather as much information before being banded!!

Thanks!

Yesterday I had

breakfast: a smoothie made with vanilla optifast(my DH is doing at the moment and I actually quite like it!),skim milk, 1/2 banana and mixed berries

morning snack: a fruit and nut muesli bar

lunch: a salad with 2 hard boiled eggs and low fat caesar dressing (lettuce, mushroom, tomato, bean sprouts, carrot and cucumber)

afternoon: a hot milo (like activite or similar)

dinner: a small piece of chicken breast (pan fried) and about a cup of steamed broccoli, carrot, cucumber and Beans

after dinner: 3 squares of chocolate

I'm 5 weeks post-op, no fill, but I have some restriction (though I'm obviously not as restricted as others.) I can barely eat the 3-4 oz Protein and 1/2 cup veggies my doc's office recommends at one sitting and yet I think I eat WAY more than most who post menus here.

I track my calories and most days I have to work to get up to 1,000 calories. (I was at a weight loss standstill at 800 calories, so I've made efforts to increase calories and started losing again.)

Today--

B: 3/4 cup Kashi Cereal, 1/4 cup strawberries, small amount of milk.

S: 16 oz nonfat latte to get in milk.

L: 3.5 oz chicken thigh, 1/2 cup roasted cauliflower

D: 3/4 cup Silverado Chili, 1 Tbsp light sour cream

S: Kashi crackers, laughing cow cheese, 1/2 cup grapes.

Total--933 Calories

Most days I have cereal for breakfast with a little fruit, a latte (12 oz milk), 1/2 cup LF yogurt with some fruit, then lunch and dinner are as close to 3-4 oz meat and 1/2 cup veggies as I can eat comfortably.

Edited May 29, 200818 yr by Pnw_Red

Breakfast: 4 oz snack cup of cottage cheese or high Protein oatmeal or 2 scrambled eggs. 3 grapefruit sections or 3 strawberries. 2 cups coffee with vanilla slim fast in it.

Lunch: 3 oz of tuna, or a left over chicken leg, steamed veggie from the night before (ie: squash, asparagus, green Beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, grilled eggplant, avocado) and some fresh fruit (berries, peach, apricot, plum, apple) I try to mix it up daily so I don't get bored. Occasionally I'll have chicken salad with a few low fat trisquits.

Dinner: Whatever the family is having. All kinds of fish and shellfish, steak, grilled pork chops, baked chicken, (dark meat only....white breast meat gets me stuck) etc. about 3-4 oz. A fresh steamed vegetable about 1/3 cup, or a small salad. About 3 times a week I add a carb. Sweet potato, brown rice or wild rice, corn on the cob, cornbread dressing, multigrain Pasta. About 1/4 cup.

bedtime: 1/2 cup of skim or soy milk or a small serving of fruit.

If I'm tight, just filled, or not feeling well I stick to the oatmeal. Avocado and applesauce or slim fast for lunch and cream soup for dinner with unflavored Protein powder.

I've had 2 fills and am 6 months out. I've always eaten very healthy, but ate to much and added sweets, beer and bad carbs. Lethal combination. I can turn it down with little trouble now. My only trigger????? CHIPS!!! God I crave crunchy......