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I know there is a topic like this in the main forum but our diet is slightly different to the average American. I've never even heard of some of the things they eat; for example what are refried Beans?

It would be great to log our progress by posting in what we ate that day and also stating how long we've had the band for. It'll help those of us who aren't doing so well to get motivated and also compare what we're eating to those at a similar stage to us.

I'm 2 months post op with a fill of 3cc. I don't feel any restriction yet. I will post what I had yesterday:

Breakfast: boiled egg, 3 low calorie crackers

Lunch: 5 low cal crackers with 5 thin slices of double gloucter cheese, apple, ski yoghurt

Snack: Apple, 5 dates, 4 cadbury hereos chocolates

Dinner: Medium sized steak with boiled potatoes

Snack: 3 low cal crackers with 3 thin slices of cheese

Liquids: 1 litre Water

That's a lot I know!

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Good idea. Yesterday I had:

Breakfast: Porridge and a cup of tea

Lunch: Tin of chicken Soup

Dinner: Small amount of stir fry - tiny (really tiny) amount of oil, loads of vegetables.

During the day: 2 cups of coffee, 2 bananas, 2 apples, glasses of Water, sugar free squash.

That is a pretty typical day. Always the same Breakfast, variety of Soups for lunch and whatever the family is having for dinner, just a small amount. For me the thing to remember is Portion Control.

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That's really good maincat. I wish I could have more will power. I wanted to ask you about Soups if you don't mind. Don't they pass through the band easily and so in theory don't keep you full for long and therefore it's best to avoid them?

As it's a sunday, had a lie in till 11 so all my meals were all shifted forward. Had Breakfast at 11, skipped lunch and then had dinner at 5pm.

Breakfast: Fried egg (with a very small amount of olive oil) with a slice of toasted wholemeal bread.< /p>

Snack: Apple & 5 dates.

Dinner: Rice, half a medium sized boiled potato and a peice of chicken in a spicy chicken sauce.

Evening: Very small slice of birthday cake and a pack of skips crisps. Then felt a bit peckish at 9pm and had a drumstick with a little bit of leftover rice.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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