10 months post-op with 4.25cc in the band

Water must be sipped throughout the day

Hot drinks (tea/coffee left for an hour either side of eating)

Breakfasts (1 of the following – work days I always have cereal because the rest take too long to eat)

Very small glass juice (drink juice before eating)

1/4c cereal with small amount of milk (I can’t eat weetbix at all – Nutrigrain for me)

1 slice toast with topping (allow toast to be very brown and then wait till its cold)

1 poached egg with 1/2 to 1 slice toast

1/4c baked beans/spaghetti

Lunches (1 of the following – can be interchangeable with dinners)

Pot of yoghurt with mashed banana then an Uncle Toby’s fruit break bar

Toasted sandwich (no butter, ham/tomato filling)

1/4 – 1/2 c pasta with sauce

2 egg omlette with small amount of filling (mushroom/tomato/onion)

Crackers and cheese with a small piece of fruit

1/2 c spaghetti/baked beans

Small tin of creamed rice (fat free)

Dinners (1 of the following)

1/2c pasta with approx. 1/4c veggies and meat (soft chicken) in a sauce

1/4 soft sausage (no skin) chopped up with 1/2c mashed potato and other veggie

1/2c lasagna with finely chopped salad

1/4c fish (fresh or tinned) in 1/4c mashed potato (onion/tomato etc) to make a "pie"

1/2c spaghetti bolognaise with salad

I can eat cooked broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, courgette, pumpkin, kumara, onion, apple...

Raw tomato, avocado, banana, melon, strawberries...

Snacks (sometimes needed)

Uncle Toby’s fruit break bar

Crackers and cheese

2 or 3 super wine biscuits

Milo

Takeaways (not always successfully tolerated or able to finish– no drinks)

KFC mashed potato (medium) a few fries

Wendy’s baked potato (cheese and broccoli my personal favourite)

Burger King – chicken tenders kids meal

McDonalds – nuggets kids meal

Pizza Hut – Lasagna (1/4 – 1/2 of it)