Hi there

Can anybody suggest any quick and easy meals for bandsters, I'm in the UK and tend to stick with, yogurt and banana for brekkie, salad and protein for lunch and dinner and yogurt or fruit in between meals.

I am now 14weeks post op and have lost 43IBS, I had my first fill at 11 weeks any advice would be very much appreciated.

thanks

Gaynor

Wow, Gaynor, is that 43 pounds, as in US pounds? Well done!! That's 3 pounds a week! I wouldn't change a thing with those results!!!

I'm only 4 weeks post-op and still on mushies, so I'm kind of opinionless on the food choices you might have. Just wanted to point out your good results and wonder what in the heck you'd want to change anything for! LOL Really, congrats and hope you get some better answers than mine!

Yeah I agree with Kathy, looks like your on the right track.. Im still on liquids.. so Im not much help on food ideas yet... I cant wait to start mushies!

Spaghetti squash is one of my favorite easiets meals, it's like eating spaghetti but no carbs

the I top it with a meat sauce and parmessan cheese. YUM YUM! My family loves it now, they'd rather have that then spaghetti.

Spaghetti squash once it is cooked comes out of the skin looking like spaghetti, I just cut in half and bake it in the oven remove from skin, top with meat sauce and parmessan cheese, so easy, so yummy and so good for you

Serve it with a romaine sald with balsamic red wine vinegar dressing with roma tomatoes and feta cheese greek olives & purple onions

Great satisfying healthy meal.

Hi there

can you explain to me what Spaghetti squash is. I live in England and I'm not sure I can get it here. We do have Butternut Squash which is a veg.

thanks

Gaynor

Spaghetti squash is kind of like a courgette (that's zucchini to Yanks) but bigger. I'm not sure it's grown in England.

I agree that you're doing great with your weight loss! But I can see why you're getting bored with your routine. I'm stuck in a yogurt rut too. When I don't feel like cooking (which is most of the time) I just heat up a frozen diet dinner or whip up some simple pasta: a few ravioli in a tomato sauce usually are enough to fill me up. Indian take-away is also good -- stick with the meat-based stuff like rogan josh and go light on the rice. I used to love chicken tandoori, but these days it makes me pb. As for vegetables, I'd rather have a salad than most cooked stuff. You might want to check the food forum here (see "Forum Jump" at lower right) for ideas.

Thanks for the advice Zoe much appreciated.

Gaynor

I use this more and more. I can throw 3-4 chicken breast in and flavor wit seasonings of choice.

When done I can make chk. calad., BBQ, Alfredo, whatever! Use pork too.

Also running to krogers for those small salmon filets weekly with mashed tators on hand!

I still dont eat bread/

I can eat most anything carefully and in moderation!

For Breakfast, I like to have solid things: so I often will have a piece of string cheese and 1-2 slices of ham.

dinner is chicken alot:

Baked with a marinade that you can get in the grocery store -- mesquite, fat free italian salad dressing, teriyaki, or whatever.

Grilled alot with a side of BBQ sauce.

I also love salads - my fav thing of late is to put some feta cheese in my salad -- yummy!!!

You might find this informative about spagetti squash... http://www.fabulousfoods.com/features/featuring/spagsquash.html

Thanks for the info it was really usefull

Gaynor