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| newbj, I posted a vegetable soup on the Recipe thread a couple of days ago - it is a WW point free version. Looks very similar to Losingit's. You can use that as a base and add any allowed veges from the Optifast stage. Jan |
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| Leeanne / Cuddles (or anyone who feels like giving input), Anyone have a weird theory that having a day or two of eating fattening foods actually causes weight loss?? Stimulates the metabolism?? I've eaten brie for two days now. Plus also this full fat dip with sliced chicken breast. And I've droped 2 kg. The other theory is that I was desiring the fatty foods because my body was dropping the weight?? Cat |
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| Newbj, I must admit I don't really have a recipe, but last week I used: 4 large zucchini 1/2 cabbage 1/2 bunch celery 2 large tins diced tomatoes onions - dunno, about 5 or 6 some stock cubes water to cover Cooked until veges were soft. Check for seasoning - add some salt/pepper if it needs it. Blitzed, kept most in the fridge, whatever would fit in the freezer. Probably will last me about 2 weeks or so, having approx 1.5 cups a day. I toast half a m u f f in, and cut into croutons to stir into the soup. Really . . . just use any of the veges that are allowed on Opti and make your own blend. I'm going to make some chicken and corn soup in the next few days. LOVE my soup in winter. Might make another batch of vege soup next week. |
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| FILL PLEASE.... O jeez... today is NOT a typical food day... but here goes... B - Half a crumpet with light philly and strawberry jam - cappuccino before breaky S - Packet of red rock honey soy chicken chips...uhhhhh L - Subway Chicken wrap with a bit of 1000 island - excess wrappy stuff ripped off and thrown away. S - dry roasted nuts and a few choc coated raspberries, skinny milk iced latte D - Korean bulgogi soup/stew with 1/4 cup-ish rice and kimchi S - cappuccino, chocolate cookie... I somehow don't think it's the end of today... L x |
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| could i possibly have your recipe for veg soup? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Just a suggestion for cooler weather: make some soup! I made a big pot of vege soup last week (all low-starch veges) and have been having that to fill me up. It's good for me, it's hot, and it doesn't do too much damage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi all yep the cold weather monster is here! Breakfast- 1 egg scrambled snack- 1 uncle toby's white choccy muesli bar Lunch- 1/2 a chicken mayo and low fat multi-grain sandwich toasted Snack Other half of sandwich + skinny flat white dinner- 1 good cup of weight watchers chicken rissotto decadent snack 1 mini almond magnum!!! hmm 1426 calories ---- very naughty today.. Have to walk heaps tomorrow!!! |
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| brekky: I never eat brekky (just not hungry) Snack: 1 cuppa soup lunch: 1 sushi salmon roll (ate it over about 2 hours though, kinda cheated) Dinner: 1 tablespoon seafood salad, 1 tablespoon mashed potato, cuppa soup Drinks: 1 hot chocolate, water i do intend on snacking on chocolate tonight! ~ Lilly . |
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| Beez enjoyed the film! B- poached egg and half a peice of burgen toast no butter L- childrens tuna snack pot, ate it of thin sticks of celery de stringed and chewed very well (trying desperately to fill myself up ...the cold is making me hungry too) S- 1 Kiwi fruit D- 1/2 cup 0f chicken casserole, 2T sweet potato and 1/4 cup of lo carb veg. Several cups of tea and coffee with a splash of skim... and heaps of water. So flipping hungry its driving me nutty... |
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| Yes the cooler weather has had me looking for food too. But as I've spent the last 36 hrs in bed with a nasty ?virus, I've hardly eaten a thing. I actually rang the nurse that works with my Dr yesterday morning as I was a bit worried. I woke up on Wed night coughing with reflux - first time ever. It felt like it took ages to clear my throat, but then went back to sleep. All day on Wed I had the feeling that I was full up to my throat, even though I was still able to eat a bit. Obviously I 'was' full up as I had the night reflux. Woke up a few hours later cold and shivering and gathered together 3 doonas, a quilt, trackie daks and a thermal skivvy before I could get warm. I was having a rigor but at the time wasn't thinking straight I suppose. When I woke up a bit later of course I was hot as, and the brain clicked and I had a bit of a feel around for the thermometer. Couldn't find, so back to bed. Woke up in the am and found the thermometer, and was 38.9 deg which is a bit high. I had no other symptoms apart from the fever, so my brain immediately went to infected port, aspiration pneumonia, hospital, operation and straight after that death! Can you tell I work in health?? The nurse said to see how I am and to go in today if I was still worried. I had 0.25 ml fill early last week, and have been fine restriction wise up til this Wed. It feels fairly tight still, but I'm pretty sure the fill is ok. I think it must have been a coincidence that it was tight on Wed, then I ate too much, then had the reflux and the onset of some sort of bug within a few hours. My port is not sore or red or painful, so I have calmed down a bit now. The silver lining?? Very close to 100kg on the scales.... |
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| Sounds good...going to Brisbane for the 3rd State of Origin so will get to Chinatown in the Valley and take a look...we always stock up on our asian stuff when we go down there......me for a fill too...bloody cool weather has made me huuuuuuungrrrrrryyyyy all the time at the moment........Col | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi All... Col... I buy my kimchi from the Korean Grocery store... even a lot of plain Asian grocery stores have it... make sure if you buy one, that the lid isn't all puffy. Pretty easy to make... I lived in Korea for a while and got hooked ;) B- Cappuccino, Fruche w pepitas and sunflower seeds L - Wholemeal tortilla with shortcut bacon, mayo, tomato and lettuce S - Bellis fruit bar D - 1/4 C rice with 1 apricot chicken drumstick, green beans Might have a coffee again later - or some icecream... or both... lol (someone needs her second fill) L xx |
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| Hi , hope your all doing well. I am still reading this thread daily , just taking a break from posting for a bit. hugs u lot , your awesome purr |
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| I saw a Maltesers add on tv last night and said to my wife I could kill a packet of them...just for something sweet.....anyhoo.... went to bed instead and dreamed of a giant Malteser. Today Brekkie...3/4 cup muesli coffee Lunch......5 cruskits, cheese and tomato Dinner tonight...chicken satay and a little fried rice. Fat....how and/or where do you get the kimchi...I have always wanted to try it.....Col |
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| LOL Zippy but was the film good? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hey there... B - 2 x Cappucinos - and a bite of hubby's cuppy cake :) S - Fruche with berries L - 100g diced chicken breast w 20g mashed avocado and red onion with lime juice - 4 x rye cruskits S - 2 squares of Nestle Crunch D - One BBQ lean beef sausage, 1 tbs homemade chutney, 1 tbs couscous, salad w potato, egg, baby spinach, sunflower seeds, pepitas and dressing S - Freddo (yes... again...) Ate about 1000 calories according to CalorieKing - burnt about 400 calories in the pool - this is fairly typical day for me - but after my big loss last week.. the scales are being just plain nasty!!! L x |
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| Morning all. B- My ususal poached egg...tried 2 only 1 fit L- shredded chicken (bout half cup) on a plate with shredded salad and low fat mayo D- matchbox size peice of t-bone ( out of the tender lil bit on the side) done medium well.... 1/2 a crumbed snag...could only eat 2/3rds of that....and some salad. Went to the pictures and had 6 maltesers and half a mint patty... life is for living! |
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| Shadesail/Jen, Yes, you are quite right. I know that the sleeve is step one of a proper bypass. The sleeve is more appealing as it doesn't involve shortening of the intestinal tract. Someone had asked about the amount of food you eat compared with your weight loss. On first glance it looks as though you eat more than us banders. Perhaps they don't realise that you have malapbsorption going on, so that you are only getting a portion of the calories. The bypass used to be most appealing to me because of that. I thought I could still eat the same junk but only absorb a little of the cals - stupid logic! I know that you aren't able to eat too much sugar due to possible dumping syndrome?? That certainly would be a positive for sweet addicts, like myself. I don't toast the pita bread. It is in the freezer, and I zap it to defrost on high for 10 seconds. Although as of yesterday, I think I will stop doing that. I'm unsure if I have a tummy virus or whether the bread was stuck. I have had trouble swallowing ever since and my stomach "burned". Only had fluids today so far. Cat |
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| My Yesterday... B - Cappuccino S - Uncle Toby's Brown Sugar Cinnamon Oat sachet L - Home made chicken salad and cruskits (75g finesly dieced chicken breast, tsp mayo, tsp dill pickle relish and a slice of red onion- aqueezed lemon on the last minute) S - few gulps of juice before dinner D - Korean Beef Bulgogi with a tbs ramen noodles, kimchi, cucumber kimchi, pickled radish slices S - freddo... I neeeeed to stop buying freddo share packs! L x |
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| I've been off the air for a few days - it feels like my brain has been turned off. All of a sudden I seem to have 'forgotten' that I have a band, and have been trying to eat all sorts of things that then came back up. Weird. Today I feel a bit back to normal, and as there is a low pressure system hovering over the house it is wet and windy and a bit cool. Gives you that soup feeling. I'm going to have some pea and ham soup etc the next few days and get the volume of food back to the way it should be. It has been a very funny few days... Jen |
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| Fluff, I would highly recommend the sleeve to anyone wanting a review surgery as the bypass is quite a full on op. Your food diary sounds yum..mmm tzatziki...are you toasted the pita bread in the oven and dipping it? There was a mention earlier about chowmein, I loved it when I had my band and I make it know about once a fortnight. I use half a cabbage, carrots, capsicum, brocolli, zuchini, rice noodles and mince. I use curry powder, soy sauce, crushed garlic and chicken stock to flavour. It's great way to get lots of veggies and if you use lean mince its a great meal and freezes well. If anyones stuck for ideas theres some great recipes on the recipe thread. Jen |
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| Thanks for the info Jen/Shadesail. It might be just me, but I have often wondered if I would go the bypass if the band failed for some reason. TODAY ===== Breakfast - 1 weetbik with pura skim milk Snack - half a 250ml Up and Go, LITE (new style) Lunch - 1/3 500ml bottle of Lipton white tea and raspberry Snack - half a wholemeal pita with tzaziki Snack - 1 50 cal lifesaver ice block Dinner - 2 campbell's cuppa soups (spaced about 2 hours apart). I seem to have picked up a tummy flu an only feel like fluids. The pita bread went down like lead. Cat |
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| hello all, zippy i am going to follow what you eat, as i seem to be going a lot slower than i should. I am missing the protein and low carbs, i will follow your example. Moira |
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| Im going to start keeping track of what im eating because I havent been and i really have no idea what im eating day by day. Id also like a little more restriction - one more fill might do it - but going on a round the world trip for two months next month and dont want another fill yet in case something goes wrong while im away. Im not on a diet, but im curious about volume - brekky: I NEVER eat brekky (just not hungry) lunch: 1 cuppa soup, 1/2 cup caesar salad Dinner: 1 large cup s'getti bol Drinks: water and 1 hot chocolate no snacks ~ Lilly . |
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| unzippin, funny thing is since the op I don't feel hungry, it's kinda odd, i'm told it's because my body no longer can produce grelin (the hunger hormone), so I have to mindful that my tummy doesn't grumble and also I don't feel full in the traditional sense either. Some days I eat more and less than what I listed, but I love that I can have grainy bread or turkish bread and rolls when i'm out and that I can eat with my family for dinner, which I struggled to do with my band as it was always overfilled. I've lost 26.8kg and my op was the 12th may, the weight loss has slowed but each week I lose between 1 and 3kg, I obviously have to take a multi everyday but that's really the only maintenance. I can eat pretty much anything, but I avoid anything really fatty and it's incredible to me but I don't eat chocolate like I use to, I use to crave it everyday but now i'm lucky to have it once a week and i'm happy with just a light mars bar or a freddo. Chocolate doesn't seem to taste as good anymore...spins me out. I can drink with all my meals, but I don't guzzle it down, it was great to finally have a tea with my toast, I had missed that sooo much. I'm stil recovering slowly as I have had bronchitis now for nearly 7 weeks, that's has made the recovery a bit of a drag but hey, i'm on my third box of antibiotics, so fingers crossed. I think that was everything, i'm not sure if i'm eating enough or too much, but the weight is coming off and I had started at the gym just over a week ago and had one session but my flu came back with a vengence so the doc has said to put that on hold for another week. I can't wait to get cracking with it though, I felt great afterward and my body shape is changing and I was washing my face lastnight and thought..geez I can actually feel my cheekbones, my face looks odd to me when I catch myself in a mirror. Thanks for asking...I should go back to the dietician and make sure i'm eating enough/the right stuff. Jen |
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