Share ideas, What did you eat today ?

[Jachut 487]

Its important to understand that maintenance is every bit as important, and I hate to say it but actually harder, than weight loss.

Your relationship with your band doctor is FOREVER. You need to continue to attend, you will need fills periodically (over much longer periods of time) and you will have to work that band each and every single day of the rest of your life.

Every day you get up, you have to invest the same mental energy and determination that you do to lose. It never gets truly "easy". You continue to exercise - I mean I run an hour most days and do 3 hour long strength training sessions a week even though I'm just maintaining now. You can never stop exercising and you cant really relax your food routines.

The band absolutely comes into its own when it comes to maintenance. Most of us can and have lost significant weight without a band. But to keep those behaviours going forever, you need your band to support you.

It sounds so depressing. It is, I guess. Boy, I'd just love my band unfilled for a few days to really EAT with abandon again. But this is our lifeline and we need it every bit as much when we've lost weight as when we're losing weight.

[luluc 6]

jachut, i like your response better.

i'm just new to maintenance & am trying to strike balance w/out being too tight....i've just been way hungry lately.

[LINRO123 0]

so sorry to hear about your foot hope it heals fast

[LINRO123 0]

wtg on the 80lbs. very very nice keep up the good work

[allielee 263]

B: Dannon Activia 4 oz light strawberry yogurt

L: 1/2 banquet salisbury steak dinner ( surprisingly the entire tv dinner is only 290 calories! and it was .85 cents)

s: 100 calorie pack m&m's

d: 3 oz chicken picatta with NO Pasta

s: the guts of a small piece of lemon meringue pie

s: 1/2 english muffin toasted to death with 1 tbls Peanut Butter and 1 tablespoon boysenberry jelly..

elliptical 1 hour 623 calories burned.

[luluc 6]

thanks linro!

yesterday -

b- half english muffin w/butter & honey

l- chocolate & banana vivanno

d- potato & leek Soup

kc -here is the recp for the soup along w/2 others i saw on food porn this wk that i want to try:

the sloppy joe i don't see using the bun, but i likeed the flavor change up for ground turkey vs taco meat/meatloaf, et.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robert-irvine/potato-leek-soup-recipe/index.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/sloppy-buffalo-joes-recipe/index.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/babganoush-hummus-pasta-recipe/index.html

[china 1]

hi everybody,

i just came from getting a much needed fill. thought i would have gotten at least 2cc but, only got 1cc so now i have 4cc's in a 10cc band. i have changed my meal plan and my excerise plan and hope that works for me.

hey luluc got any good snack recipes.< /span>

also i noticed that i have a little pressure in the throat do this go away in time. this is my seconde fill and this didn't happen before.

Edited March 31, 2009 by china

[nursejess 0]

Typical day for me...banded 06/08/08..3 cc's in band currently...I lost 70lbs in 7 months but have been on a plateau for about 3 months, next fill 04/21/09

Breakfast...coffee with Creamer and splenda, yogurt

Mid morning snack...Sugar free CIB/Nonfat milk powder/skim milk 1 cup

Lunch...chicken salad about 1 cup

Snack...almonds or sugar free pudding

Dinner...3-4 oz roasted chicken....vegetable

Nursejess 5 ft 8 in

Starting weight 280 lbs

Current weight 210 lbs

Goal weight 188 lbs or lower

[Bozzj 0]

today is a hard day...had to be at work at 6:30am for a meeting..so i got a huge latte this morning and then need to go out to lunch for a meeting...i'm finding myself hungry all day long.

b: venti 4 shot skim caramel macchiato, 300 cal

s: 100 cal almonds

l: (went out) chicken parm. very thin chicken..i only ate one cutlet when i wanted both (they weren't huge). No Pasta.

d: probably the other piece of chicken from lunch.

Gym: cardio today. i'm very tired--since i started early and will need to work a little late--but i will do a half on the elliptical and i'll try for a half on the treadmill.

[bambam 0]

My scale isn't moving. Have done a lot of walking lately (ridiculous amount while in the Twin Cities in the skywalk and downtown) and not a pound lost. Talked with the dietician and she thinks I'm eating too few calories, so now I'm supposed to add Snacks to get my calories closer to 1200. My calorie intake was 700-900 but in the past week has been right at 1000 a day. Never been told I'm eating too little in my life.... anyway here goes:

B: 5 oz meatballs (too lazy to hunt up a fruit)

S: 1-1/2 oz milk

L: 5 oz chicken

S: low-fat yogurt with fresh blueberries

D: 3 oz turkey, 1 oz cheese, trying 1 slice diet multigrain bread for the first time since banding

S: SF pudding

It's hard to get 1200 calories when you only eat 6 ounces at a meal. That amount satisfies me so I hate to increase my meal size. Will try the snack thing and see what happens. It's a learning experience!

Edited March 31, 2009 by bambam

[tlambright1986 0]

b- Atkins shake 160 cal

l- 1 buffalo chicken tender probably 150 cal??

s- 100 cal snack

d- im making some grilled chicken tenders.. and some collard greens.. probably 300 cal??? and right now im drinking another shake 160 cal,,

around 870 cal

worked out this morning... tomorrow im doing yoga and a long workout!!

Edited March 31, 2009 by tlambright1986

[*slim* 2]

B-coffee w/splenda (forgot my yogurt)

L-lean cuisine linguine carbonara

D-4 potstickers, .5 c steamed green Beans

s-cupcake size cheese cake

[tlambright1986 0]

what are potstickers?

[*slim* 2]

what are potstickers?

It's a Chinese dumpling. It has similar filling to an eggroll (or at least the kind that I buy does).

[golfgirllv 1]

Today

B_8oz Protein Shake

L-8oz Protein shake

D-1 beef taco,1/4c mashed potatoes

Workout-played golf