Just a tidbit

hey all... anyone who knows me knows i love to eat, cook, smell food of all types... but with this lapband i have found that my tolerance or my taste have changed considerably... much less the amount i can eat now... now more of the 3, 4 5 courses i am limited to 1/4 to 1/2 cup - 3 meals a day... no more than that... i can not eat and drink at the same time... and i am limited to sip my drinks so the rest of the day i have to drink to get my 8 cups in... but all in all it is ok... i am just picky now when i eat... now that being said... one thing that has happened is that my tiny tummy can not and will not tolerate grease of any kind sooooo no more juicy hamburgers, fried foods etc... So i had to find a new way to get in my hamburgers, chili, spagetti etc ... but as you all know or will know i can no longer eat pasta or bread (i sneak in a few bites here and there of bread and hope i do not throw up.) Well I have learned to boil my hamburger .... yes boil it.... i buy the 80/20 5 lb rolls and boil it down for 30 to 45 minutes... then i package it in 1/2 lb packages to use later in meals... but i can do anything with it... i make taco's... minus the shells, i make spagetti less the pasta.... i make hamburgers...less the bun... actually on the burger part... i make a salad.... a big mac salad..... all beef patties, special sauce (thousand island dressing), lettuse, cheese, pickles, and onions.... less the sesame seed bun.... a quarter pounder is just hamburger, cheese, pickles, onions, mayo and ketchup.... (ok mix the mayo and ketchup up to make your dressing) but it isn't bad if you miss hamburgers.... spagetti... just hamburger and sauce... whatever you like Ragu, or my diabetic fav is Rao's (order it online) I don't miss the noodles... with a little side salad... and whala... you have a spagetti dinner... Tonight i am having tacos... hamburger, taco seasoning, salsa, refried beans, a little lettuse, cheese, sour cream.... avacados.... taco salad.... what have you... it's all in how you look at it... i still go out to eat .. i usually take home.. or split it with Gavyn.... but don't ever go on a diet and think you are missing out on everything... because you aren't... you are just adjusting your attitude......