I really didn't want to title this "struggling"...but on the main April Avengers thread a few of us have found we have something in common. We are in a rut. Things we used to do habitually: Journaling, remembering and following the bandster rules, exercising, Water intake, etc.; are slowly being dropped. Six months has passed and we are satisfied with our progress so far, but something is missing. Is it the drive? The newness is gone? Why have we stopped doing things that five months ago were priority?...

So we decided to start a journal of sorts:

Date:

What Did You Eat Today?:

Protein:

Water Intake:

Exercise:

Anything to add:

Bea...I'm a Margarita nut! I love 'em! We aren't big drinkers, but once in awhile it's fun to let loose!

Why can't we just have a separate thread for each catagory? I know it's lot of threads, but it sure would be nice to have them separated. I just hate reading pages and pages looking for a particular recipe! I wonder if we could talk to Alex about setting up something that would help us keep that kind of thing organized better?

Brandy...good to see you back!

~C

Yeah, I thought of that and maybe I'll send him a message. What I wanted to do was start a thread for recipes and then have a post for chicken, Desserts, etc; however, that would have to be done on a major thread and not just inside April 2008 Bandsters. That's not a problem, I don't mind sharing, but there is already a recipe thread. My other thought was to do it completely off site like on yahoo groups or something. Does anyone else have any thoughts?

Why don't we ask Alex to setup an Avenger's Recipe Book Group...We had him set up a Bagnato Bandits group (my doctor's office bandsters) and he did. The Big Recipe thread is just so intimidating and hard to follow. Whatcha think?

The main recipe box is way too hard to follow. I get tired of trying to weed through all of it.

Yeah, I hate the recipe thread too. I never even go on there and I don't want our thread to turn into that. I don't know what the other thing is, but lets go for it.

Do you want me to PM Alex? I can't right now - but I'll do it from the house tonight. K?

sounds great! thanks!!

Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum - April Avengers - Our Cookbook

Okay ya'll - above is a link to our "Cookbook" Group I created this morning. I'm going to make a few food groups. Now we can have this open to the public or have invite only (which could only be viewed by us)...Go check it out and see if this is something we may like!

I've sent an invite to those of us actively posting. Please go in and "Join" our group...we can then start a forum.

Date: 10/15/08

What Did You Eat Today?

Breakfast: coffee

Lunch: school lasagna

Snack:Luna Bar

Dinner: Frozen lasagna (yes again!), salad, 1/2 piece turtle cheesecake

Snack: f/f, s/f peach yogurt, 1 T almonds, 1/2 c blueberries, 1/2 oz bran flakes

Protein: 52g (approx 1200 cals)

Water Intake: 1 liters

Exercise: Nada

Anything to add: Didn't eat well today, had to eat out of the house twice and it was the same meal!

Date: 10/16/08

What Did You Eat Today?

Breakfast: coffee, whole grain Protein pancakes (1/2 c dry oatmeal, 2 T oat bran, 2 T flax seed, 1/2 c peach applesauce, 1 egg white, 1/4 c 1% - mix in blender and cook in non stick skillet until golden), 1 c blueberries, egg omlette (1 whole egg, 1 egg white, 1 slice 2% provolone), 2 slices of tomato

Snack: Blueberry sunrise luna bar

Lunch: Melba toast, 1 wedge lite laughing cow, Dreyers fruit bar

Dinner: chicken stuffed shells with two sauces (very good! I'll post this recipe when I get a minute), 1 c brocolli, lots of marinated cucumbers

Protein: 61 g (1333 cals)

Water Intake: Maybe 1.5 L

Exercise: None

Anything to add:

Edited October 17, 200817 yr by Bea1128
update

Ya'll I'm not going to be posting for a few days...probably until Monday. Depends on how late we get back Sunday night. Ya'll have a great weekend! I'm going to journal starting Monday - every little morsel....

Leslie-

Have a great trip!!! Enjoy yourself and don't stress about your food. Just eat! Relax and just be. We'll miss you!

~C

Have a safe trip and have a great time!!!!

Aww were gonna miss Leslie :wink2: Have fun though and be safe!

Thanks ya'll! I love you gals!!!!! Have a great weekend - talk to you next week ((((hugs)))).

What Did You Eat Today?

Breakfast: hard boiled egg 1 slice of cheese. 1 hour later 8 oz glass of skim milk

Lunch: 6 pieces of turkey lunch meat, 1 slice provolone, 1 tomato slice

Snack: handful of Trail Mix

Dinner: 1/2 cup ham soup and 2 oz of tri tip

Snack: 1 SF jello pudding cup, 1/2 cookie and 8 of milk (all of it over 1 hour period)

Water Intake: 72oz

Exercise: 30 Minute walk :smile:

Anything to add: I ate like crap :frown: