Snack, Stagnet and other Issues

[SHESHEGIRL 0]

Hey there SHE and WAS.

I want to be the voice of the middle ground....:eek: 600 calories would have me falling over, passing out!

My best days are about 1100, but my average is around 1400. SHE, look at my stats. I'm losing...but like WAS I track every bite of food on FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal. It helped me before the band reduce my calories from 3500 to 2400 to 1700 to now around 1400...You really can assess what you put into your mouth. Like granola in yogurt, a personal favorite of mine. But I ruduced the granola by half, saved 100 calories and still got the crunch I wanted. I would have never thought about that without seeing the stats on the screen in front of my face.

I am a lunch meat eater. The lean stuff only. You can get some lean chili, (turkey chili) in cans too, if you look. But be weary of squishy, liquidy food. See the note below about liquid calories.

I am a three meals and two snack eater.

My take on Protein drinks is you should NEVER drink a calorie, unless you've just been filled and you have to be on liquids. You should be chewing your fruit that goes in the smoothies. Part of how the band works is having mass in the stomach, not liquid.

And for exercise, take it slow, but be consistant and try to add to it weekly.

WAS, I feel you about writing "directly". I hope I wasn't offensive.

no you werent offensive and thank you! i appreciate the help from everyone!!! but why cant i blend my fruit up in a smoothie:biggrin1: aw man...i just like to taste it mixed in things. to be honest i probably wont get it in me if i have to eat it straight.

i do have turkey chilli. campbells makes it. thats not a problem at all. i do know its hard to find and actually only super Walmart carries it, that i know of. everywhere i look, they just have beef.

i'll take a look at fit day and check it out. thanks so much!!!

[SHESHEGIRL 0]

If I could chime in here for a sec....on your Asian chicken salad....you put down the nutrition information for that. If I could just point out something to you about this. The label reads 18 servings....no matter if you think it is 18 or not, that is what it is. It has 180 calories a serving. That makes this whole container 3,240 calories. THAT IS A LOT OF CALORIES!!! Let alone the 9 g carbs per serving....if you are trying to watch your carbs. I think that is where people get messed up with their calorie counting. They don't look at the NUMBER OF SERVINGS and figure out the correct amount of calories!! I don't know if this is part of the problem or not, but thought I would point this out. If you eat half of the salad one day and half the other day, then you would be getting 1,620 calories a day JUST from eating this salad. Hope that helped, if not, just ignore me....I am used to that anyways...LOL...Deanna

thanks and good point but thats why i said i wouldnt eat the whole thing. my dh probably will. i had a cup of salad and i didnt dump the dressing on it. i did notice it said 18 servings:eek:.

off the topic but can we have aleve? i remember that we cant have certain pain relievers but i can not remember what we can have. THANKS!!

[OH Juli 15]

no you werent offensive and thank you! i appreciate the help from everyone!!!:eek: but why cant i blend my fruit up in a smoothie:biggrin1: aw man...i just like to taste it mixed in things. to be honest i probably wont get it in me if i have to eat it straight.

i do have turkey chilli. campbells makes it. thats not a problem at all. i do know its hard to find and actually only super Walmart carries it, that i know of. everywhere i look, they just have beef.

i'll take a look at fit day and check it out. thanks so much!!!

You don't NEED to eat fruit. Veggies you need. If you are blending veggies in a smoothie you are more hard core than me!

Remember, chewy Protein first, then veggies, then carbs. For real, fruit is more carb than anything..its a wonderful, fantastic carb, and better than white flour anything, but don't drink your friut just because you feel the need to get some in everyday.

[SHESHEGIRL 0]

You don't NEED to eat fruit. Veggies you need. If you are blending veggies in a smoothie you are more hard core than me!

Remember, chewy Protein first, then veggies, then carbs. For real, fruit is more carb than anything..its a wonderful, fantastic carb, and better than white flour anything, but don't drink your friut just because you feel the need to get some in everyday.

lol..no i dont blend my veggies. now juicing is another story...lol. i havent done that since way before my surgery anyway:biggrin1:

any knowledge about aleve anyone?

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

any knowledge about aleve anyone?

This is why:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/aleve-advil-do-not-try-home-37287/

[SHESHEGIRL 0]

This is why:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/aleve-advil-do-not-try-home-37287/

oh wow thank!! i'm at work and couldnt remember what we can and can not take. i hardly take pills anyway(pain pills) but i'm sore too.