Hello everybody,

I've asked my doctor's office and the nutritionist for a sample week long menu of what real lap band patients are eating. Amazingly, nobody has this. They told me to look at WW or South Beach. Of course, I know what a band patient can eat is not the same.

Could you please send me, either on here, or by PM, or PM me and I will send you my email, a sample of what you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, if any? I will put together in a word document and send to anybody who wants it. As a relatively newbie to the band, this would help me a lot. If you want to include the recipe of what you eat, that's fine too.

Thank you!!! :biggrin:

I'll give you my list since Sat.

SATURDAY:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup eggbeaters with mushroom, onion and swiss cheese

Mid-Morning: Protein shake

Lunch: South Beach frozen dinner (Kung Pao Chicken)

Dinner: small bowl of Venison Chili

SUNDAY:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal cooked in skim milk with blueberries

Mid-Morning: Worldwide Protein Shake

Lunch: 1/2 cup tuna salad on a bed of fresh spinach and three prunes

Dinner: Homemade personal sized pizza-1/2 (lowfat mozzarella, sauce, onion & diced chicken on whole wheat carb countdown wrap bread)

MONDAY:

Breakfast: 1/2c eggbeaters with 2 tbs shredded cheese and diced ham

Mid-morning: Worldwide protein shake

Lunch: 1/2 c chicken salad, a spoonfull of stewed tomatoes and 2 prunes

Dinner: the other half of last nights pizza

Edited October 20, 200817 yr by Jodi_620

Here is what I eat:

Breakfast @ 11:00am:

- 1 egg scrambled with 1 ounce of cheddar cheese & some chopped black forest ham

- 1 packet instant oatmeal (flavoured, or natural + 1 tsp honey) with skim milk, 1 ½ tbsp raisins, 1 tbsp toasted wheat germ, & 1 ½ tbsp ground almonds or walnuts

Snack @ 12:30pm:

- 1 cup plastic juice box of apple or orange juice

- a small can of original V8

lunch @ 2:00 or 3:00pm:

- a High Protein vanilla Boost

dinner @ 6:00 or 7:00pm:

One pot meals frozen in 1 cup containers:

- chilli, made with ground turkey

- spaghetti sauce, made with ground turkey, & a bit of macaroni

- sheppard’s pie, made with ground turkey

- beef stew

- Canadian bacon & potato stew

- chicken dishes made with a little rice or Pasta & light cream of broccoli or chicken Soup

- Kraft dish made with chicken, corn, salsa & cheese

Evening Snack @ 10:00pm:

- 1 cup Silhouette cherry yogurt

- 1/3 container of fat free cottage cheese with tuna salad & sunflower seeds, 1 cup total

- 1/3 container of fat free cottage cheese with fresh or canned fruit & pine nuts, 1 cup total

- 2 rye crisps with 2 tbsp hummus

- 2 rye crisps with 2 tbsp almond butter

- 2 rye crisps with 2 tbsp guacamole

- 2 tbsp Peanut Butter

- a hard boiled egg

- ½ cup almonds or walnuts

- a ‘baked’ apple - cored apple stuffed with 1 tbsp raisins & lemon juice- 1 oz light cream cheese wrapped in 1 oz smoked salmon

- 2 oz cheddar cheese

Add, walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds & pumpkin seeds to amp up the protein in any meal or snack.

I take a B12 & Zinc before breakfast, a liquid or chewable Calcium / magnesium after breakfast, a chewable Centrum or Flinstone’s multi-vitamin after dinner & a chewable Vitamin C after my evening snack. (These also help remove the food taste from my mouth.)

I try to get 4-8 oz. Water in first thing in the morning, on the drive to & from work, & before bed. I am only getting in about half of what I'd guzzle pre-band.

I try to get in as much water, fruits & vegies, as I can in between meals. I am not the best at this part, so I drink juice.

I eat what I want... I'm just very mindful of proteins and portions.... I don't want to be different from everyone else. I make meals using good common sense during preparation and lots of healthy ingredients. My husband is not overweight by anymeans, but the healthy is good for him, too. This is the plan that makes me think I can do this forever. I don't want to be on a "diet" as that is what hasn't worked for me all these years.... The band stops me from eating too much and my brain stops me from eating the wrong things. I think everyone has to come up with their own plan and it depends on what your home circumstances are. When my husband was in Iraq in 2004, I lost a lot of weight because I didn't have to cook for anyone else. I used lots of the "Lean Quisine" type meals. The portions were good and they were so easy... That doesn't work for me now and of course that is why I put the weight back on again. Now I have the tool (LB) that I need to meld the two things.... I hope you find the way that is right for you.. Julie

Under "Food & Nutrition" is a topic that people list what they eat everyday. Some are very religious about logging in their foods so you can get ideas there.