Canadian Bandster Bash

[Woodys 0]

Argon......I started to lose weight 5 weeks before surgery...and lots of it during the post / pre-op diet. I do not eat sweets, not even a taste....and I don't do the shakes.

After a hot cup of tea I am now able to tolerate some food in the a.m. As an example this is what I eat in a day.....Breakfast - 1/2 cup egg beaters nuked with a 1/2 slice of low fat cheese melted in...kinda like a cheese omelette...some FF yogurt or some fruit like canteloupe. lunch....two small pieces of Dempsters light rye bread well toasted with a small amount of FF turkey, chicken, or lean roast beef slices....diet mayo or mustard, no butter. On the side I usually have a small amount of salad, all home made. I crave salt so I usually have a salty dill pickle...small. dinner....well....my husband is a chef and he cooks all the time....I'll have just a small amount of what he has cooked.....last night it was one small slice of leg of lamb, 1/4 of a potato, and a few tbls of pureed acorn squash. Tonight....I'm still full from my sandwich at lunch so I think it'll just be a bit of leftover garlic broccoli.

During the day I snack on SF Jello, Christie's Crunchers (little baked crackers that have only 3-1/2 calories each).....I'm not really much of a snacker....believe it or not my schedule just doesn't allow it.

But now you all can feel sorry for me because guess what my day has been like today? Our restaurant is presenting a 5 course theme dinner this saturday night titled Forest, Field and Stream.....even though I'm "front of the house"...the dessert is always my job. Hubby wants everything to look like it came from, or still belongs to the earth. The dessert will be a chocolate branch.....a few chocolate moulded maple leaves, a phyllo pastry basket to look like a birds nest sitting on the chocolate branch.....in the basket will be a small scoop of maple ice cream with two raspberry chocolate truffles.....Arrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh.....I made it all today right down to the ice cream...and couldn't have any. I had to keep asking hubby...."does this taste okay?"

[Lila 0]

You are strong Carol. I would have inhaled all those yummy sounding dessert items. Amazing. Wow. In awe.

[argon 3]

Wow... thanks Carol. Man, that dessert sounds GOOD!!! What self control you have, not trying it at all. I think I won't be making it to 153 in 4 months I couldn't do what you do. I do like the odd sweet !

[Yoda 0]

Yeah Carol...you are doing INCREDIBLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm envious but I'm also very happy for you!!!

oh..and for the record I don't actually live at Casino Rama!! heheehe....but apparently Cloe lives pretty much on top of it!

[loriely 0]

Lets all go to Woody's this sat.The meal and dessert sounds great.Mr Yoda is a chef too.

[Woodys 0]

No way I could even taste that stuff....even though I don't desire sweets, once in the mouth its hard to resist more.

Yoda.....what I really meant was a trip to Orillia.....Rama was just an enticer.

A friend and I are planning a trip to Rama in November, probably in the middle somewhere for an overnighter on a Sunday night...we should get together sometime over the Sunday/Monday.

Carol

[Yoda 0]

Hey Carol...I just read your post about that dessert (I don't know how I missed it earlier!). YOWZERS!!!! I'm not too much of a sweet person either but that does sound yummy.....it would look too nice to take a bit of though!

Thank you for sharing your food intake with us. Christie Crunchers, eh? I have to look for those; never head of 'em. Are they in the cracker aisle? My downfall (& yes I'm quite well aware of the badness of it!) is chips. That is what I prefer to snack on (no, not all the time...but too often). You have motivated me (shamed me!! lol) to start reaching more often for the pudding or fruit or whatever instead of the chippies.

October is another month!

[Yoda 0]

Carol: I see you are 8 ccs. I am at 7; not so sure yet I need another one (fear of the pb).

My question for you: have you had (or do you regularly have) any PBs or golfballs or pain etc???

[loriely 0]

Yoda &Carol what kind of bands do you have? I have the swedish band and have 3.5 in . I go for another fill oct 6

[Woodys 0]

loriely: I have the 10cc swedish band

Yoda: I had a real problem with PBing with my last fill for about a week, there is no problem now unless I eat too fast. I feel like I eat too much at lunch.....I might go for another .5 fill in 2 weeks.

Christie Chrunchers (be sure not to get Chrunchies...LOL) are in the cracker isle, they have Thai Spice, Sour Cream and Onion, BBQ, and Cheddar cheese.....you can eat 24 crackers for 90 calories. The BBQ are the lowest and are HOT!

I've never been much of a snacker but I CRAVE salt...these crackers help me get over the salt craving.....sour dills do too.

I like to have a little something on the side of plate with my sandwich at lunch.....if I do I end up eating only 1/2 of the sandwich and thats okay. Today I made a little bit of low cal potato salad using the Hellman's Ultra Low Fat Mayo....I put raddish, green onion, and celery in it....tasted kinda bland and I didn't want to add anything that would add more calories so I mixed in a bit of Rimmer (for making Caesar drinks)....it makes it passable for a low cal side dish.

Carol

[Yoda 0]

Yoda &Carol what kind of bands do you have? I have the swedish band and have 3.5 in . I go for another fill oct 6

I have the "midband" (I think that is the Swedish one but not sure). It holds 10 ccs

[Yoda 0]

Carol...I looked for those Christie Crunchers on the way home today and couldn't find them. What sort of packaging are they in? (bag/box?)...it is so hard to find stuff like that amidst the myriad of choices; especially when I don't know the packaging/colour to try and spot.

My downfall is the salt/crunch thing...perhaps I'll try the sour dills too.

[Woodys 0]

Yoda: they are in a bag that looks just like the Christie's Crispers....and the cracker is the same shape as the Crispers as well....the only difference is that they are higher in calories and little dencer compared to the others.

I found mine at the end of the cracker section at Sobeys.

I find that the BBQ and the Thai Spice pack so much flavour that about 8 crackers (28 calories) as a snack does the trick for me.

Good luck!

Carol

[CLOE 0]

Hey Carol, I actually do live almost on top of Casino Rama, much to my downfall!! I wish it would go away, too tempting. lol. Actually I live about 7-8 minutes from it. Is your friend that your going with also banded?

[Yoda 0]

Tks Carol...I"ll look next time!