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Favorite band friendly lunches?
i eat a lot of eggs for lunch but looking for some office friendly options. I have a full cafeteria available if I purchAse and a microwave for heating up if I bring from home. I can't do lunch meat or lettuce, two things that just don't agree with my band.
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and bandsters re-commiting for the new year?
I had some fluid taken out in Sept because I just couldn't commit at that point and was having stuck episodes. Fall/Holidays were very stressful but I am back in the saddle now, I have gained back 18 of the 48 I had lost which stings but I am still down 30lbs from where I was in January 2013 before I got the band. Need to…
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Banders - how do you deal with gross mouth after eating
While I love my tuna, not being able to clean out my mouth after makes me crazy. I have tried rinsing but it's not enough! Sometimes with spicy food I feel like I am dying and just give in an drink a small amount. I also chew gum, but wondering what others do especially after lunch when you might have meetings or work…
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lunch ideas for bandsters?
I need some new lunch options, chicken breast, greek yogurt chicken salad and yogurt egg salad are getting old. I don't eat bread if I can help it (it doesn't pass the band) and wraps/tortilla's seem like wasted calories. Lettuce is hard for me as well, seems to be hard to chew enough to avoid sticking so I don't do a lot…
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Struggling with a plateau
I was banded on 1/31/13. Down 43lbs to date, but the first 40 pretty much came off easily between Jan - May including 2-3 fills, then I stalled all summer at about 40lbs lost. I held stead for 3 months, had 1 fill but it didn't do much during that time. After meeting with my NP 2 weeks ago she suggested a drastic calorie…
