I'm being banded on July 1st and my nutritionist has my diet to include 3 meals and 1 snack (with a total of 77-84g of protein).
5am
coffee or projoe coffee drink (20g protein)
Breakfast 7am
greek yogurt w/protein powder (40g+)
or Protein smoothie (40g+)
or scrambled egg whites (i don't like yolks) with protein powder and cottage cheese (40g+)
lunch 11:30/dinner 5:30 (15g+)
1oz. turkey or chicken breast (sliced deli meat)
1oz. cheese (mozz., provol., pepper jack, etc.)
Soy chips
or black bean tostada w/cheese
or turkey chili w/beans and cheese
or 2oz. salmon/chicken, 1tbs. starch (potato, Pasta, etc.)
or hummus w/1oz. grilled chicken
or 3oz. tuna/chicken salad w/walnuts
or 1oz. turkey/chicken/tuna and 1/4 cup cottage cheese with salsa
or layered dip with shredded chicken, oaxaca cheese, black Beans and salsa w/a few baked tortilla chips
Snack 3:00 (7g+)
28 dry roasted almonds
or 2 tbs. pb, 3 saltine crackers or a sliver of mult-grain toast
or 1/4 cup cottage cheese/SF Jello
or 1oz. string cheese and SF jello
I know I have YET to be banded...but this was kinda a run down of the choices we discussed last week based on what and when I currently eat.
GOOD LUCK!