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I've been banded for about 2.5 months. I'm learning alot more about the band post-op recently, and mainly learning about slider foods and things that will help me feel full the longest.

What are you favorite meals now that you've had the surgery?

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Grilled veggies are my fave!!! That with whatever meat I make whether it's chicken or turkey tenderloin.

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Pork really fills me up, seriously I can eat a pork chop and not need to eat again for 10 hours, also steamed veggies fill me up and keep me satisfied as well. For Breakfast I try to have a Protein Drink or oatmeal with Protein Powder. lunch this week was half a pita filled with a mix of feta, cucumber,red pepper,cilantro, lemon juice and chicken, and dinner was my almost fried chicken and almost fried green tomatoes made in the oven. I love to cook!

The things you want to watch are ice cream, chips, crackers, chocolate, puddings and Cookies, these will not keep you satisfied and you'll probably be able to eat an endless amount of them because they will not stay in the pouch.

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I've been on a serious salmon kick. I'll have salmon and spinach or broccoli for lunch and dinner every time I have the opportunity. Another favorite for lunch is a pita filled with a chopped salad of romaine, raw cabbage, cajun turkey, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, and a splash of fat free italian dressing.

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I dont have real 'favourite' meals but I notice a lot of meals that I dont want to eat as much.

any dinner that consists of a piece of meat and vegetables is much less appealing to me. I used to love lamb loin chops, and we ate those a lot, and a piece of steak on the barbecue. I just look at that now and cant be bothered eating it, too hard, too dry, just not enjoyable any more. Even a roast dinner with all the trimmings, meh, cant really be bothered.

Stir fries, ugh, dont want them.

I'm much more partial to my meat and veges being cooked together in some sort of curry, casserole or stew and served on something nice and moist like mashed sweet potato.

Unfortunately Pasta goes down really well, the creamier the sauce the yummier, lol, but I do eat that sort of thing in strict moderation.

I love Soup too, I can spend entire afternoons making lovely Soups. My fave is a moroccan lamb shank soup that's flavoured with cinnamon, and has loads of vegies, lentils, chick peas in it. You serve it with a dollop of natural yogurt and a squeeze of lemon juice - divine!

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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. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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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