This is my first banded Thanksgiving. This year, I'm cooking dinner for my sister, a close friend and my little nephew, which should be a lot of fun. I'll finally be on real food (4+ weeks post-op!) by Thanksgiving, so I'm planning to have a little bit of everything & am hoping that will work out with my band. My first fill is 2 weeks later.

What is everyone else doing about food this Thanksgiving? Other than gobble-gobbling, of course! :thumbdown:

Catherine

Banded: 10/23/08

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I'm gonna have some turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, maybe a biscuit. I'm gonna try to eat like a normal person who doesnt overstuff herself. Its gonna be really hard, cause you know as well as I that eating normally is not what we do. I just had my band on Oct 16th and I will be 5 weeks out on Thanksgiving and I havent had a fill yet, so I can eat anything and not get sick yet. I have lost 15 lbs since surgery and dont want to gain anything back. I'm really scared of the holidays. Good luck to usl

I will be 4 weeks post-op the week of Thanksgiving. I am having the whole family over and will be doing a lot cooking. I thought about having maybe a small teaspoon of everything just to get a taste. I am not worried about the Desserts as I am not a big sweet eater but I think I will do fine with the other foods.

I will be due for my first fill two weeks later on December 10th.

I will just be starting my mushie stage so I will be eating anything that can be pureed! :thumbdown:

I am cooking a big meal for my husband, daughter and fiance, the baby and my Mother's best friend who still comes to Thanksgiving dinner even though Mom has been gone for 3 years.

I won't have all the pies I used to have, most of my family likes cakes not pies. But I will have an apple pie.

Turkey, Mom's famous stuffing, butternut squash, mashed potatoes, gravy (I got a new gravy separator to take out the fat). Baked yams, fresh peas and boiled onions, cranberry sauce, and whole cranberry sauce. Rolls and "light" butter. Oh fruit cup with serbert for the first course.

I will have my 3 oz. of turkey breast. And a spoonful of everything else. Just a spoonful. One small roll, no butter

And a tiny tiny piece of apple pie no ice cream on it.

I will be good. I finally have some good restriction so I know I can't eat a lot.

This also will be my first Thanksgiving since I got band I had mine done in August of this year. My husband, and our 4 kids are travling up North (West Virginia) for the Holidays. I am a little scared of this big Holiday, but I know not only I will get through it, but, all of us will make it.

My primary goal is not to overstuff myself. I plan on having a small piece of turkey, a few tablespoons of stuffing, a little bit of cranberry sauce, and whatever I may think I want. I have pretty much learned when I begin to get full and when to stop. So, if I end up putting to much on my plate, I will just save some for later. I have had the thought of not eating anything until time for Thanksgiving dinner that day, but I'm not to sure how that will work out.

A Medifast shake for me!! My surgery is 12/18 and I'll be on my pre-op.

YEAH

Funny this was brought up. A couple weeks ago, fresh out of the mushies stage, I made a complete thanksgiving dinner. I found the stuffing difficult to go down, without tons of gravy. The potatoes just slide down. The meat, the way I cook turkey is nice and moist, so that went well too. The veggies, well I'm doing fine in that area too. Pies, well the crust got gummed up and hurt going down at first.

Since then I've had one, going on two fills, and am a little more nervous about it. But I'll have a small amount of stuffing, and potatoes. Maybe some veggies, not sure yet. For sure I'll get my 3 ounces of meat. I work real hard not to skimp on my Protein.

Teri

I will have some turkey(white meat), squash and cranberries:smile:

My Mom just asked me last night if I had any special requests. I said I would have the turkey with gravy to not make it so dry, a little stuffing, and some veggies. I will have recently had my first fill so I'm sure I won't be able to eat too much.

mother in law is cooking - and i plan on having a little bit of everything. last yr was difficult just a few wks post op & i didn't get to enjoy all the good food.

she makes this ritz cracker pie that is heavenly.....can't wait!:tongue2:

Its going to be hard for me too this is my first thanksgiving being banned but im on solids and don't get a fill till the 3rd so i just have to not eat so much... the bad thing is i have 4 houses to go to and they all except you to eat something...

Banded on 10/24 and no restriction. First fill on Dec. 1st.

Turkey for sure

a 1/3 cup of mashed potatoes

1/3 cup of stuffing

veggie

one roll, not a butter fan, so all good there.

I'm sure later I'll have one piece of SF chocolate pudding pie.

Wow -- Luluc, looking at your stats gives me a lot of inspiration to get through this Thanksgiving without overdoing it! To think that you lost 77 lbs between last Thanksgiving and this one makes me wonder where I will be at this time next year. Very exciting stuff!

Well, I see my doctor two weeks post op the day before Thanksgiving, so I am hoping I can eat mushies by then. If there doctor approves me to move forward to the stage two diet, I will be able to eat mushies.

I will cook a small turkey and blend it. I will mash potatoes with gravie in a blender. At least I hope so.

I don't get my first fill until early Dec. either but I'll pretty much be sticking to turkey and gravy. :tongue2:

I've thought about trying to go somewhere else that can do my fill sooner actually. The past two nights have been pretty rough, I can't imagine what Thanksgiving's going to be like!