Curious: An example of a days worth of food-after being banded?

[princesstracey 1]

I was banded 5 months ago today. I recently had a fill, and it was overfilled, so I am not eating as much as usual.

Breakfast:

Cup of coffee and Glass of Water (I dont like eating in the am)

Snack:

5 pretzels

Lunch:

1/2 of a Weight Watchers Frozen dinner

(Most common example)

Thai chicken with Noodles and Carrots

145 Calories

Snacks

Remainder of the Weight Watchers dinner

Dinner

1/2 C. Refried Beans with Salsa and cheese

5 Tortilla chips

Snack:

1/2 C. popcorn

[Jachut 487]

Yesterday I had

breakfast: a smoothie made with vanilla optifast(my DH is doing at the moment and I actually quite like it!),skim milk, 1/2 banana and mixed berries

morning snack: a fruit and nut muesli bar

lunch: a salad with 2 hard boiled eggs and low fat caesar dressing (lettuce, mushroom, Tomato, bean sprouts, carrot and cucumber)

afternoon: a hot milo (like activite or similar)

dinner: a small piece of chicken breast (pan fried) and about a cup of steamed broccoli, carrot, cucumber and Beans

after dinner: 3 squares of chocolate

[Pnw_Red 2]

I'm 5 weeks post-op, no fill, but I have some restriction (though I'm obviously not as restricted as others.) I can barely eat the 3-4 oz Protein and 1/2 cup veggies my doc's office recommends at one sitting and yet I think I eat WAY more than most who post menus here.

I track my calories and most days I have to work to get up to 1,000 calories. (I was at a weight loss standstill at 800 calories, so I've made efforts to increase calories and started losing again.)

Today--

B: 3/4 cup Kashi Cereal, 1/4 cup strawberries, small amount of milk.

S: 16 oz nonfat latte to get in milk.

L: 3.5 oz chicken thigh, 1/2 cup roasted cauliflower

D: 3/4 cup Silverado Chili, 1 Tbsp light sour cream

S: Kashi crackers, laughing cow cheese, 1/2 cup grapes.

Total--933 Calories

Most days I have cereal for Breakfast with a little fruit, a latte (12 oz milk), 1/2 cup LF yogurt with some fruit, then lunch and dinner are as close to 3-4 oz meat and 1/2 cup veggies as I can eat comfortably.

Edited May 29, 2008 by Pnw_Red

[aubrie 6]

Breakfast: 4 oz snack cup of cottage cheese or high Protein oatmeal or 2 scrambled eggs. 3 grapefruit sections or 3 strawberries. 2 cups coffee with vanilla slim fast in it.

Lunch: 3 oz of tuna, or a left over chicken leg, steamed veggie from the night before (ie: squash, asparagus, green Beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, grilled eggplant, avocado) and some fresh fruit (berries, peach, apricot, plum, apple) I try to mix it up daily so I don't get bored. Occasionally I'll have chicken salad with a few low fat trisquits.

Dinner: Whatever the family is having. All kinds of fish and shellfish, steak, grilled pork chops, baked chicken, (dark meat only....white breast meat gets me stuck) etc. about 3-4 oz. A fresh steamed vegetable about 1/3 cup, or a small salad. About 3 times a week I add a carb. Sweet potato, brown rice or wild rice, corn on the cob, cornbread dressing, multigrain Pasta. About 1/4 cup.

bedtime: 1/2 cup of skim or soy milk or a small serving of fruit.

If I'm tight, just filled, or not feeling well I stick to the oatmeal. Avocado and applesauce or slim fast for lunch and cream Soup for dinner with unflavored Protein powder.

I've had 2 fills and am 6 months out. I've always eaten very healthy, but ate to much and added sweets, beer and bad carbs. Lethal combination. I can turn it down with little trouble now. My only trigger????? CHIPS!!! God I crave crunchy......