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Hi guys,

I had my band June 6th (in the UK, where I live), and have had two fills. Everything is going very well. I've lost about 20 pounds.

I get discomfort if I don't chew properly, so I'm working on that.

Which foods do you guys find keep you full and not hungry for a long time? I'm finding I generally eat less now, but am not sure what the best solid fibrous foods are... I still get hungry quite quickly I think.

Thanks!

John

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Hi guys,

I had my band June 6th (in the UK, where I live), and have had two fills. Everything is going very well. I've lost about 20 pounds.

I get discomfort if I don't chew properly, so I'm working on that.

Which foods do you guys find keep you full and not hungry for a long time? I'm finding I generally eat less now, but am not sure what the best solid fibrous foods are... I still get hungry quite quickly I think.

Thanks!

John

Hi John, i'm not banded yet but am getting ever closer to the conclusion thats its the way i want to go. However, i have had a very keen interest in nutritious foods and eating for many years and thought "if no one else has written in his thread..."

I would have to say firstly, that if you want to make a good investment food wise then get yourself a pressure cooker, they are superb for cooking nutritious foods (especially pulses) in half the time!!!

I would say something as a filling side dish in whatever meal is a nice pulse salad. aduki, haricot and mung Beans (cooked in a pressure cooker for just 10 minutes!! with a low salt stock cube). Make yourself a dressing to pour over the top too (one part balsamic premixed with tsp of mustard to one part olive oil, spices - cumin seeds, coriander powder, ginger), perhaps some finely sliced green pepper and some goats cheese feta cubes...maybe even some finely chopped red onion?....NICE!

Mix this up with some salad leaves and serve with whatever else you are having, meat? jacket potato? and you are away!

But i always find a salad with pulses and Beans in fills me up a treat, and thats without the band.

As for fibre, may i recommend Flax tea. Simmer 1 tsp of flax seeds in 1 ltr of Water for 45 minutes (4 minutes in a pressure cooker) and dilute 1:1 with normal Water once done. Can be drank hot as tea, or cold in a refill bottle. It keeps in the fridge for about 3 days. Simmering the flax seeds infuses the water with lignans, making it oily and fibrous which means that your body can absorb the water far more easily keeping it better hydrated, but also, lignans are a soluble Fiber which can absorb toxic waste in the digestive system. Fibrous and detoxifying!!! You cant go wrong!!!

Hope this helps, and if nothing else, its at least popped your threads cherry! :(

Best wishes,

Dune

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