Hello Fabulous Fourties!!!

ja9va · 05-13-2009, 07:21 AM

Great news lose2regainme!!!!

ColoradoChick · 05-13-2009, 03:28 PM

Hi Fabulous Forties!
I have not posted for awhile! I thought I would say hello and see how everyone is doing. I am doing great! I am down 93 pounds and have started taking horseback riding lessons again! I am so flippin happy I have my band!

Bandana · 05-17-2009, 11:45 PM

I'm also toying with the idea of another fil. I'm hungary it seems all day long. I am able to control it mostly during the day but the night time gets me eating. I don't know if I eat because I ate minimal during the day or because of head hunger. Do you find this that you eat more at night when you don't eat much durig the day. I eat at night and somehow feel I;m entitled to eat because of the less eating during the day.

Fanny Adams · 05-18-2009, 01:05 AM

I try to eat so that I'm not hungry all day long. I know that I don't have much willpower (hence the need for the band!), so if I've let myself be hungry all day, I will overeat and/or make bad choices at night. If I eat a good breakfast and lunch, so that I'm NOT fighting hunger all day, I find I can make much better choices at each meal and can resist the urge to snack again at night.

My typical day's meals are:

* Breakfast: 1 poached egg, 100g baked beans, 50-100g tinned mushrooms in butter sauce (total 185 calories, note - I thought the "butter sauce" would mean the mushrooms were way high in calories and fat, but it turns out they don't really use a lot of real butter and they are VERY low - YAY!)

* Lunch: As many salad veges as I can fit in (cucumber, celery, carrots, sweet peppers, beetroot, pineapple pieces, etc), usually at least a cup, and a slice of very lean ham and low fat cheese (around 300-400 cal, depending on how much cheese I add).

* Dinner: Whatever's on the menu, serving on a small sandwich plate, no piling up allowed (300-400 cal)

* Late night snack: Low calorie dessert treat of some type, eg stewed apples or berries with custard (215 - 415, to a max total of 1200 for day).

EbonyRose · 05-18-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Bandana

I'm also toying with the idea of another fil. I'm hungary it seems all day long. I am able to control it mostly during the day but the night time gets me eating. I don't know if I eat because I ate minimal during the day or because of head hunger. Do you find this that you eat more at night when you don't eat much durig the day. I eat at night and somehow feel I;m entitled to eat because of the less eating during the day.

Hi Bandana,
I'm much the same way - if I eat well during the day, it's easier to fight off the night hungries. I also have the same kind of thought process - it helps me to have small portions of fruit or something else low-cal around so when I feel like I'm "entitled" to eat, there's something quick and safe around.

I think it's a holdover from my pre-banded life - I remember doing the same kind of thing - eating little or nothing during the day and getting fast food at night. I have found that having a snack before my afternoon commute (or during the commute - fruit or a small amount of protein) helps me to arrive home in a non-ravenous state and not try to eat everything in the house.

Let us know how you're doing and what adjustments you make...

nazzy · 05-18-2009, 12:31 PM

hey all,my dr says if im hungry at night,to eat a hard boil egg and a piece chz,because its protien and will help me stay full,

kimaly · 05-25-2009, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by nazzy

hey all,my dr says if im hungry at night to eat a hard boil egg and a piece chz,because its protien and will help me stay full,

Thats what I do, but I go for the string cheese(less cals) It's what I take to lunch often also.

emjay · 05-29-2009, 02:12 PM

I'm new to for 40's forum...banded 04/10/09 and have lost 31 lbs so far since my initial consult. Feel great! Saying a big HI to all the 40 somethings out there.

Fanny Adams · 05-29-2009, 06:59 PM

Hi and welcome Emjay! Good luck with your journey!

mamanmidwife · 05-29-2009, 07:17 PM

Just checking in with the fabulous forties, hope everyone's doing well on their journey

Bandana · 05-29-2009, 11:08 PM

Thanks girls
Guess what. I'm hungary. But after reading your recent replies, I'm going to get myself a cheese stick. Thanks