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today b-water l-cookies and cream muscle milk d-1/2 cup hi-lo low carb cereal with 1% milk exercise---danced all day at the picnic

I've missed my bandster family! Hi everyone, I think I've finally hit my sweet spot! Got another fill 8-18-09 .4 ccs, think this is it. I haven't had much of an appetite, but I was still craving sweets and having a few cookies here and there. Well no more, after this feel, not only has any trace of an appetite disappeared, but I finally have a fill that doesn't allow me to eat cookies! YES! Finally! I bought some cookies yesterday and after eating 2, my chest got so tight, and well you know the rest, up came the cookies. I have learned my lesson. No more cookies for me! Today, I actually felt hungry 1 time, around 1 pm. I am full off of a few sips of anything other than water. Today I had water for breakfast, felt hungry and made some sf hot chocolate (just because I was cold and planned on eating some cioppino afterwards), but the cocoa filled me up again. The hunger went away. Here it is 7 pm and I haven't had 1 bite of food (and by the way the cookies are still sitting on the table, I haven't even been tempted). I know I have to eat something so I'm making some "rice" and eggs (made with tvp) and green onions. Hopefully this will do it for me and I can finally lose these last 70 pounds (although now I'm not so sure that I want to lose 70 pounds, at my current weight I can wear a size 12/14 and I'm 5'7, I'm afraid of what I might look like at 175 pounds). I'll just take it 1 pound at a time. I will definetly keep you posted. Until next time. * Hope this helps someone along their journey:thumbup:

I've missed my bandster family! Hi everyone, I think I've finally hit my sweet spot! Got another fill 8-18-09 .4 ccs, think this is it. I haven't had much of an appetite, but I was still craving sweets and having a few cookies here and there. Well no more, after this feel, not only has any trace of an appetite disappeared, but I finally have a fill that doesn't allow me to eat cookies! YES! Finally! I bought some cookies yesterday and after eating 2, my chest got so tight, and well you know the rest, up came the cookies. I have learned my lesson. No more cookies for me! Today, I actually felt hungry 1 time, around 1 pm. I am full off of a few sips of anything other than water. Today I had water for breakfast, felt hungry and made some sf hot chocolate (just because I was cold and planned on eating some cioppino afterwards), but the cocoa filled me up again. The hunger went away. Here it is 7 pm and I haven't had 1 bite of food (and by the way the cookies are still sitting on the table, I haven't even been tempted). I know I have to eat something so I'm making some "rice" and eggs (made with tvp) and green onions. Hopefully this will do it for me and I can finally lose these last 70 pounds (although now I'm not so sure that I want to lose 70 pounds, at my current weight I can wear a size 12/14 and I'm 5'7, I'm afraid of what I might look like at 175 pounds). I'll just take it 1 pound at a time. I will definetly keep you posted. Until next time. * Hope this helps someone along their journey:thumbup:

I think I've finally hit my "sweet spot". Got a fill 8-18-09 and my appetite has disappeared. I am getting that full feeling after having a few sips of anything other than water. This is what I've been waiting for. Maybe now I can drop these remaining 70 pounds (although not sure now if I want to drop 70, I am able to wear a 14 now, don't know what I would look like at 5'7 and 175 pounds) today b-water l-homemade sf hot chocolate (yummie) d-1/2 cup "rice" and eggs (made with tvp) and green onion not hungry, but I know I have to eat something

Originally Posted by vicki's band Wow I look at what some of you guys are eating, and I'm blown away by all the carbs! However, you are all doing so well, so what gives. Maybe I should eat skittles and cheesecake lol......vicki I'm also not sure about what carbs you're speaking of! Most people are doing very low carbs. Most of the recipes on here are the low-carb versions.. For me, I am very low-carb. My cheesecake is made with splenda and a almond crust. This thread is definetly amazing, it is a trip to see what people are eating. today b-banana creme muscle milk (could only get half down) l-1/2 cup cioppino d- cookies and creme muscle milk

today liquids only b-hot chocolate s-cookies and cream muscle milk l-1/2 cup chili with chopped onions d-1/2 cup cioppino

stay away from the tapas bar! Got another fill yesterday, i'm excited! .5 cc's

today b-strawberry muscle milk (not the best flavor) l- 1/2 pot pie d-slice of low carb cheesecake

today b-cookies and cream muscle milk l-1/2 cup shrimp alfredo with no carb noodles d-2 tortillia less tacos (tortillias made with melted cheese), ff sour cream, lf cheese and salsa exercise--1 hr at the gym

You are so right! Need to correct what I had for dinner yesterday, instead of the muscle milk I had 1 turkey "taco", no shell with ff sour cream, sf ketchup, green onion, lf cheese

today b-south beach living "tide me over" l-3/4 cup turkey,pepperoni, mushoroom pizza casserole d-strawberry muscle milk **not hungry at all today** I love this thread, I trully miss what everyone is doing when I don't post for a few days.

today b-hot chocolate l-1/2 cup turkey chili d-1/2 chili cheese turkey burger (no bun) 1 hr at the gym

sounds like it I've been really tight the last couple of days myself. Not much is staying down unless it is really pureed. today b-cookie and cream protein shake l=1/2 turkey chili (no beans) topped with lf sour cream, and lf cheese and green onions d-smoked salmon spread 1 hr at the gym

I got in in Ralphs on the isle with stuff for baking. Tried whole foods they didn't have it

TVP is texturized vegetable protein (in the granular form it looks like brown rice or bulgur, it also comes in strips as a meat substitute). I bought the granular form, I've found several recipes for it (oatmeal, fried "rice", things like that). I made it (reconstituted it with chicken broth), used it as rice and topped it with chili, lf sour cream, lf cheese and green onions...it has about 80 calories per 1/2 cup and 1 g carbs. yesterday bad food day, nothing would stay down dinner-low carb chili over 1/4 cup tvp topped with lf sour cream, lf cheese and green onion lots of water

today l-1/2 cup turkey pastrami with grilled onions and lf cheese d-greek yogurt and sunflower seeds exercise-- burned 800 calories at the gym

Hey Luluc, ever tried TVP or TSP?

today bowl of captain crunch (it was too good) l- Cookies and cream Protein shake d- 5 fish sticks exercise... burned 800 calories at the gym

becacloud, great job. Keep on walking pass the candy aisle... today b-chocolate protein shake (not so great, someone at work wanted me to try it) l-1/2 turkey spaghetti made with shiritaki noodles, topped with fresh romano d- 1/2 cup crab salad, guacamole, lf sour cream on half of a wasa s- strawberry and cool whip parfait exercise--burned 900 calories at the gym

It's been a while, but I'm back. So, I've often wondered what it would be like (after banding) to be around food that I have always enjoyed, but can no longer eat. I'm not talking about food I choose not to eat, I'm talking about food that i've always loved and would probably eat in moderation if I could. Well, today was the day. I went to Shakey's to celebrate my nephew's 13th birthday (that should say it all). I was sorrounded by individual pizza's made to order, mojo potatoes and fried chicken (are you serious, don't they know I'm banded, WTF). I brought in with me, a protein shake and SBL tide me over protein water. My mom also bought me a side salad (their salad bar sucks, it's not worth the $3). As they ate and pulled gooey mozzarella from their mouths, I found my self utterly content with not being able to eat this stuff. I knew that 1 small bite of pizza (sausage and mushroom of course) or chicken would have sent me straight to the Laboratory, heving like no tomorrow. As they ate, I sipped and talked, and ate a few bites of salad, and we talked somemore. I guess I've finally arrived, food no longer holds me prisoner. This is a happy day for me. Pre-band, if I were on a diet and decided I wanted something I knew I shouldn't have, I would just eat it anyway, to hell with the diet. However, true restriction is like no other. There are some mornings when cold water takes a minute to pass. I'm loving it... My dear ol' band is worth it's weight in gold, or diamonds, or rubies, or platinum (am I going on and on), you get the point. Until next time bandster family Hope this helps someone along their journey

today b-cookies and cream muscle milk l-5 fried zucchini d-sbl tide me over protein water, few bites of salad

It's been a while, but I'm back. So, I've often wondered what it would be like (after banding) to be around food that I have always enjoyed, but can no longer eat. I'm not talking about food I choose not to eat, I'm talking about food that i've always loved and would probably eat in moderation if I could. Well, today was the day. I went to Shakey's to celebrate my nephew's 13th birthday (that should say it all). I was sorrounded by individual pizza's made to order, mojo potatoes and fried chicken (are you serious, don't they know I'm banded, WTF). I brought in with me, a protein shake and SBL tide me over protein water. My mom also bought me a side salad (their salad bar sucks, it's not worth the $3). As they ate and pulled gooey mozzarella from their mouths, I found my self utterly content with not being able to eat this stuff. I knew that 1 small bite of pizza (sausage and mushroom of course) or chicken would have sent me straight to the Laboratory, heving like no tomorrow. As they ate, I sipped and talked, and ate a few bites of salad, and we talked somemore. I guess I've finally arrived, food no longer holds me prisoner. This is a happy day for me. Pre-band, if I were on a diet and decided I wanted something I knew I shouldn't have, I would just eat it anyway, to hell with the diet. However, true restriction is like no other. There are some mornings when cold water takes a minute to pass. I'm loving it... My dear ol' band is worth it's weight in gold, or diamonds, or rubies, or platinum (am I going on and on), you get the point. Until next time bandster family Hope this helps someone along their journey

yesterday b-vanilla creme muscle milk lite l-1/4 bbq burger (no bun) d-1/2 meatloaf and asparagus smart one s-homemade cool whip, bare naked granola and strawberry parfait

you've lost quite a bit of weight, so cleary the trainer was wrong... I find that people who don't agree with weight loss surgery (usually people already fit to some degree) tend to be very negative. Alot of people on here eat around 1000 calories a day

Thanks slim/August.. Yesterday b-south beach living time me over l-seafood tostada d-1/4 of bbq bacon cheeseburger (no bun) and few spoons of fettuccine alfredo (shirataki noodles)---weird craving 1 hr at the gym