MONTH Five - I NEED A SAMPLE MENU

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Hello everyone, I was banded about 5 months ago (I guess)...
anywhoo, wanted to ask what some of your sample menus were - SUNRISE TO SUNSET...bring them on me. And, give me some good little bandster recipes if you wanna. I love the eggbeater egg cups that you make in the mini muffin tins. :hungry:

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Banded: October 12th, 2006
Dr. Richard Benavides, Richardson, TX

First Fill: November 20th, 1.2 cc
Second Fill: December 7th, .6 cc
Third Fill: January 17th, .6 cc
TOTAL FILL AMOUNT: 2.4 in a 4.00 cc band!

256/208/135


October Bandster's Valentine Challenge: 15 pounds by February 14th, 2007....I opted for 17 pounds so it would put me under 200...:clap2: (AS OF JANUARY 29th, I am only 9 pounds shy from my goal!)

Gottaluv ,
At six months I eat anything , just small amounts. I love the frozen stoffers meals. I love the oatmeal with raisin and walnuts. I love soups. I don't eat crackers or bread still.
edie

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surgery July 06 @ 265 lbs tight size 26 jeans
reached goal Mar 07 / 21 months food sober !
CURRENTLY 155 lbs 11/28/08 size 10 jeans

I am in your same predictament. I cant find menus anywhere. I have no idea what I am supposed to be eating. I know Im eating too much, but hello......If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

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"When they said this wasn't gonna be easy, I wished I had been listening."
Banded: October 12, 2006
10/30/06 1st fill .2cc* 12/29/06 2nd fill .6cc
2/7/07 3rd fill .5cc* 4/4/07 4th fill .3cc
9/27/07 5th fill .4 cc
10/1/08 1/2cc fill after being unfilled for 6 mos; 11/19/08 fill ?

here's my menus for the last few days - if you have trouble counting calories do tv dinners like lean cuisine, etc for lunch and dinner...

b: 2 scrambled eggs with one slice cheese
L: 2 cups butternut squash soup
D: 2 oz chicken parmigane + 1/2 c mixed veges

B: goldfish (bad choice and barfed -lol)
Brunch: 1 lean cusine ravioli
D: 1/2 hot dog + 1/2 c beans + small salad
Snack: 2 cheese sticks

B: protein shake (EAS myoplex lite)
Snack: 55 goldfish eaten so slowly (you can see my weakness ha)
L: south beach tv dinner
D: 2 bites of steak, 1/2 cup veges

i am always starving in the morning and love breakfast and it goes down maybe one-two times a week. I like protein shakes but they don't satisfy me at all and i always try to eat - most of the time, like just now, it doesn't work -

I also eat/snack on hardboiled egg whites with mustard - most of the time they go down and are low in calories. I can almost always eat salad and if I start my dinner with that, I'm usually full and can only eat 1-5 bites of dinner.
I try to keep my calories around 1200 a day which maintains my weight.

The only time I lose weight is if I pb and go on liquids for 24 hours or eat one meal a day.

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1st fill 1/14/06 2.3cc
2nd fill 6/27/06 total in 2.2 filled to 2.6
Unfill on 7/13/06 to 1.8cc
3rd fill 8/23/06 2.0cc - 4th fill 9/11/06 2.2cc
5th fill w/OUT fluro 11/21/06 2.4cc
Unfill w/fluro 2/9/07 was 2.1cc to 1.7cc
6th fill 3/27/07 2.3cc (full circle)
Unfill in June 07 - Mexico
2 fills in July 2007 1.7 and up to 1.9
Surgery November 18, 2005 (Dr. Ortiz)

Yesterday
Breakfast Weight Control Oatmeal
Lunch Salad with Turkey and Cheese FF Dressing
Dinner 1/2 Stuffed Pepper, 1/4 Cottage Cheese, 1/4 C Beets

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Surgery Date 6/27/06
Dr. Longhi

Here's another day
B: oatmeal with 10 dried cranberries
L: can of tomato soup with 1 oz cheese melted in it
S: 1 container applesace (about 1/2 cup) and sf jello
d: 1/4 pork chop (thick but good) 4 tbls rice, 3tbls applesauce

B: 3 hard boiled egg whites with mustard
L: 4 slices of deli thin sliced ham with melted chedder cheese on top
d: a few bites of steak and mixed veges (didn't go too well)

i'm on my period week and am always really tight so i eat a lot less then i could normally.

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1st fill 1/14/06 2.3cc
2nd fill 6/27/06 total in 2.2 filled to 2.6
Unfill on 7/13/06 to 1.8cc
3rd fill 8/23/06 2.0cc - 4th fill 9/11/06 2.2cc
5th fill w/OUT fluro 11/21/06 2.4cc
Unfill w/fluro 2/9/07 was 2.1cc to 1.7cc
6th fill 3/27/07 2.3cc (full circle)
Unfill in June 07 - Mexico
2 fills in July 2007 1.7 and up to 1.9
Surgery November 18, 2005 (Dr. Ortiz)

I ususally have a protien shake in the morning I have 2 scoops in it so I start off my day with 40 gms.
L-few slices of deli think turkey, 3-4 triscuits, string cheese, PB or the cow cheese I can't think of the name, 2-3 pickles for my sweet tooth
S-almonds or string cheese
D-chicken of some type, some veggies
bad night time snack, popcorn or cheese and cracker packets, 100 calorie cookies, anything that I'm in the mood for. Pretzels sometimes. I don't eat all these things this is just a sample of some of my snack choices.

Oh this week I have been mixing yogurt with GoLean cereal for linch or breackfast.

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Dianne

Dr Voellinger
Charlotte NC
Surgery 9/25/05 1.7cc
Starting at 268 well on my way to 160!
I plan to continue to feel good!
The band was Gods plan for my life, so I know I will succeed even when troubles come my way.

Those all sound great! I need more sample menus too! Pour it on us baby!
~Raynie!

Yeah!!! POUR POUR POUR!!!!!!!!

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"When they said this wasn't gonna be easy, I wished I had been listening."
Banded: October 12, 2006
10/30/06 1st fill .2cc* 12/29/06 2nd fill .6cc
2/7/07 3rd fill .5cc* 4/4/07 4th fill .3cc
9/27/07 5th fill .4 cc
10/1/08 1/2cc fill after being unfilled for 6 mos; 11/19/08 fill ?

check out this guy...he had some recipes
http://www.92inches.com/

protein shakes, tuna fish sandwish (1/4, wait 15 then the other 1/4), apples, soups, fish. I eat just about anything. Eggs don't go down very well for me though.

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Julie
banded 6/6/06
Dr. McKeen, San Jose CA

320/213/goal 199. Almost there!

Thanks for the menus!!

I'm so restricted in the morning and until 2PM.

Breakfast-protein shake diluted with hot water to open up the band. Sometimes with fruit blended in so I get at least SOME fruit.

Lunch-Any kind of hearty soup.

Dinner-Any kind of meat and vege. Then I add up my calories and havbe a snack later.....yogurt, fat free ricotta cheesecake....or if my caloires were high, one or two sugar free popsicles.

(I eat dinner early. My snack is well before bedtime so I don't risk acid reflux.

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BetsyJane
Yep. Kissing my pet deer, John Deer.
10/25/06 $100.00 1st mtg Dr. Spivak.
11/13/06 $15,000.00 Banded! 10cm/5cc band.
12/11/06 Fill 1: 1.6cc 1/12/07 Fill 2: Total 2.0cc
1/30/07 Fill 3: Total 3.0cc-Working! Osteoporosis gone.
3/07 Pouch dilation-->liquids 3 days & beh.chgs. Diabetes gone.
5/07 1/2 way home! 9/07 GERD-->11/13 minus .3cc!