Hi all,

As I'm trying to limit my intake (pre-fill and post-vacation-with-overeating), I was curious what the typical August bander is eating these days. Most of us are in regular foods now, I think. Would you share a typical day of eating?

Me today:

Breakfast - Yogurt 4oz., cheese stick, Mott's pomegranate sauce (little container)

lunch - Vegetarian chili, 1 cup; sugar-free Jello pudding cup

Snack - SF Jello pudding cup, 5 cashews

dinner - Tuna casserole, 1 cup

Total calories today: 950 or so

I know I'm still eating too much at a sitting (like at lunch). Some of this is definitely not hunger eating!

I am having a bit of a hard time figuring out what to eat! I need to find a really good cookbook to help me out.

This is what I had yesterday:

1/4 cup egg beaters

1 oz low fat cheese

3 oz sea bass, 1/4 c veggies

1/4 - 1/2 cup pudding that I made with milk (helps increase protein)

1/4 cup vegetarian baked Beans, 1/4 cup canned chicken with LF miracle whip

1/4 cup hummus with cukes

I think this works out to be less than 1000 calories.

I also did work out as well and based on my monitor, I burned about 500 calories, so I did pretty well!

Gilta

My Typical Day -

breakfast: chocolate whey shake 100cal.

snack: yogurt 60cal.

lunch: salad w/ tuna & chicken/ no dressing

snack: Spec K protein bar 110cal.

dinner: 10-12 oz protein/ veggie/ sm potato

snack: frozen tofutti chocolate bar 60 cal.

This is what I ate yesterday:

breakfast - 1 hard boiled egg, cut up and mixed with mayo

lunch - 1/3 c pork (was cooked in slow cooker)

dinner - 1/3 cup ground beef

My program doesn't allow Snacks or Protein drinks. They would like us to eat 1/4 - 1/3 cup of protein per meal, but 1/4 doesn't cut it for me.

Gary

How are you eating the 10-12 oz of Protein at dinner?

My MD limits me to less than 4oz at a time. I don't think I could tolerate it that much.

Gilta

I dont have much restriction yet. I work graves so my eating is in reverse.

morning: 6 oz chicken and 1 cup mixed veggies cooked

Lunch: same as breakfast again

Dinner: 1 yogurt and 1 cup of kashie cerial mixed up

for a snack: nugo meal bar.

I am around 1100-1200 calories at day...finally going in for 2nd fill in couple days. Hoping for some restriction.

Hi Gilta - unfortunately my restriction allows me to eat more, although I am only allowed 4-5 oz protien... I do very well during the day but in the evenings I can eat more at home. This is still true after my 1.5c fill last Thursday. I will need another fill Nov 12 at my next appointment. I do get full much easier. I am still eating much less than before band....but have to work at it.

Hi all,

As I'm trying to limit my intake (pre-fill and post-vacation-with-overeating), I was curious what the typical August bander is eating these days. Most of us are in regular foods now, I think. Would you share a typical day of eating?

Me today:

Breakfast - Yogurt 4oz., cheese stick, Mott's pomegranate sauce (little container)

lunch - Vegetarian chili, 1 cup; sugar-free Jello pudding cup

Snack - SF Jello pudding cup, 5 cashews

dinner - Tuna casserole, 1 cup

Total calories today: 950 or so

I know I'm still eating too much at a sitting (like at lunch). Some of this is definitely not hunger eating!

I am 6 weeks post-op as of today and no fill. My program says no Snacks just 3 meals with Protein shakes in between (that says snack to me). They want me to eat protein first then veggies/fruit and then carbs. The big problem is that I am limited to 500 cal a day. I have tried and tried but I cannot do it. Even with only protein, I am still at 650-750 (or more)cal a day. The only liquid Protein I can get in is Isopure cause it is zero cal. I am starving. I have an appt next Wed, hopefully I'll get a fill. I didn't sign up for 500 cal a day with no fill, ya know what I mean? :cursing:

Gary,

I have to agree that I can eat more in the evening than during the day. I just don't think I could do that much. I guess I should be happy about that!

I have not had a fill yet, but just scheduled one. I go on the 10th. They refused doing it back in Sept since I was losing 2lbs/week. Now I am lucky if it is 1/2 lb.

I am sure we will figure this thing out!

Gilta

Breakfast: Protein shake with Peanut Butter and blueberries: 290C/22gr. protein

Snack: fresh blackberries 40C

Lunch: eggs w/cottage cheese and bacon bits: 175C/30P

Snack: turkey 65C/13P

Dinner: probably green salad (150C/6P) and salmon or chicken (110C/21P) and sm. tortilla 60C/5P

Snack: fudgcicle 40C/2P

Total: 930C/99

That's actually a little low for me in calories, way high in protein, but if I could have scrambled eggs every day I probably would - high protein keeps me satisfied and away from the kitchen and Snacks.

b: 3/4 cup oatmeal, 1 tsp honey

l: chicken veg Soup, 1/2 cup romaine, 6 bite mini-tomatoes, 1 tsp parmesan, 1 tbs lite ceasar dressing

s: 5 stone ground crackers, 3 tbs cream cheese w/chive

d: 3 oz chicken, 1/4 cup potato/mac salad

870 cal/60 g Protein

Today.

6am. Protein shake, on my way to work.

9.30am 3 tbs raw oats mixed with 3 tbs yogurt, and 5 fresh raspberries

1pm. 120g grilled salmon, mix or eggplant, potato and mushroom, made into a curry. total 1 cup.

5.30pm. 2 ryvita crackers spread with, 2tbs cottage cheese, sliced tomato, cucumber, baby spinach, smoked trout, jalapenos, and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

That is it for the day, it is now 7.30pm, and i have a rule, that i never break and that is, i do not eat after 7pm. good luck to you all.

Hi all, I was banded on Aug 22 and haven't had a fill yet and can eat way too much. I get my first fill Oct 13th, I hope I get some restriction, Im ready for my band to start working for me, instead of me doing all the work. I am self pay and Its costing me like crazy to not feel full when I eat. Guess Im feeling a little discouraged right now. I dont want to weight because I dont want to be more discouraged. Although my clothes are fitting more loose on me, that is encouraging. Maybe my first fill will help me get to that place I need to be right now. Good luck to you all..........:tt1:

I'm right in there with Time! I've gotten my first fill, which gave me nada in the way of restriction. As is typical with every other diet I've ever been on...I'm off the wagon completely. I'm eating poorly. I have made a conscious effort to load in the protein, since I'm desperately seeking fullness. I haven't gone crazy on sweets or carbs, but I'm definitely eating them. C'mon 2nd (and 3rd, or 4th...) fill! I know that this will work, I've just passed my time limit on the "diet". If dieting worked, I wouldn't have needed the band, you know?

Hi, Banded 19.08 and had first fill 6 weeks later (total 4ml) first week after that not much restriction, but now have 1 600ml bottle water with Berocca Multivitamin on way to work (early start) then until lunch time another bottle of water and probably 1 good mug full of tea. Lunch - not really hungry - but eating fish with Salad, or Scrambled Eggs and salad, Evening meal ground meat - either port, beef or chicken with salad or vegies - sometimes some sugar free jelly but usually that's it, sometimes a glass of warm sweetened milk to go to bed with - the weight stopped for about 3 weeks, and started dropping again 1 week after the first fill... as it it needed that time to sort itself out... very happy with it all though. Trish

Breakfast: Lite Yogurt (80c/7p), Scrambled Egg (70c/6p), low-fat shredded cheese (13c/1.6p)

Lunch: 1/2 cup Tuna or chicken salad made with Tostitos Spinach Dip and sugar-free sweet pickle relish (tuna 137c/22p, chicken 177c/24p) 15 All-Bran Crackers (108c/1.65p)

Dinner: 3 oz of ground beef, chicken, fish or pork (140-160c/22-26p); 1/2 cup of vegetables or potato or refried Beans.

Snacks: string cheese, Protein drink, etc. if my calorie/protein count allows...and sometimes if it doesn't

Even before my first fill, I was only able to eat about 1 cup of food at a time. When I reach a cup, I really start to feel it - like a stitch in my side, but at the position of the band. The food does seem to pass on through afterwards pretty quickly, because I start feeling hungry again after about 2 hours.

Plus, occasionally, I've gone out to eat and have had no problems. At a pizza buffet I had one slice of pizza and a salad. At a mexican restaurant I split a fajita dinner with a friend (didn't eat the tortillas or rice, but did have several chips and salsa) and another time had my favorite burrito but only ate half, plus had my first post-surgery margarita (took about 3 hours to drink it lol). When I found myself out and about at lunch time, I got chik-fil-a nuggets. And you know what? When I started giving myself some leeway (within reason and wisely) I started losing more weight!

And I feel like I am actually having times where I think like a thin person regarding food! Not all the time, of course, but more and more often. And I'm excited about that!!:wink2: