Of Hard Boiled Eggs and String Cheese

Ode to my new favorite snacks (in Haiku form):

Boil The Eggs.
Hot!
The string cheese is in the fridge.
To snack on the two.

Fin.

Hey Fin!   Be careful of hard boiled eggs and cheese........get some fiber in there!

This was my attempt at humor!

In all seriousness, what are some good sources of fiber?  I'm not real good at this.

LOL...I love random haikus!!  My friends and I always create them at work and relate them to any "situations" that might be going on in the office.  Hilarious!

Anyhow...Fiber is a tricky one for me to include in my diet successfully without also adding a lot of excess carbs.  My surgeon recommended ordering these fiber sprinkles, which I have come to LOVE!!!  I add it to my morning shake, on top of my protein cereal, in my greek yogurt, etc.  It adds crunch too which I love.  As I'm sure you may know, adding grams of fiber allows you to deduct the same amount of grams from your carb intake for the day, which is AWESOME and easy to do with the sprinkles. They are VERY low on the glycemic index and really help to manage hunger longer. Just wanted to throw it out there for you since I had the same issue. 

They are called GG Unique Fiber Sprinkles and I order them from www.netrition.com, which is also where I order my protein shakes, sugar-free flavored syrups, protein cereals, etc.  Tons of good stuff and $4.95 flat shipping. 

Ha! You're a doggone poet.
I like the very continental use of "fin" instead of saying, "Da end, hey."

I want a hardboiled egg now!

My poems do put the AWE is AWESOME.

I think it was TOTALLY funny!  Haiku, love it!

Vegetables are a good source of fiber but I am very limited to which veggies Bandzilla will tolerate.  I like baby carrots with hummus.  The hummus is also a good source of protein.

You can also add ground flaxseed to many things like yogurt, even soups and salads.  If you're going to try flaxseeds make sure they are ground and stored in the fridge.

I've tried soluable fiber, ie, Benefiber but I keep forgetting to use it. 

If you are able to do some multi grain crackers that will help too.  Also good with hummus.  I use Wasa crackers a lot to build mini sandwiches.  Coarse crackers work for my band where bread doesn't.  Get a Wasa cracker, add a little turkey from the deli, a half a slice of cheese and some mustard, or hummus, or lite cream cheese.  Yum.  I've even made a tuna melt on a Wasa cracker.

Tuna and egg salad is also great to have on hand.

One of my favorite meals is FF refried beans with diced chicken, a little LF melted cheese and some salsa.

Time to get creative.  I never prepared meals before the band and now I bring breakfast and lunch to work every day.

I also love boiled eggs and string cheese.

Lisa O.

I can do baby carrots.  taste like tree bark, but I can eat em.

Thanks for the recommendations.

Also Activia yogurt, which has a very good flavor if you like yogurt.

Beans, beans and more frigging beans!  I should qualify that to also add some veggies because beans have alot of iron in them and then you're back to the egg/cheese scenario.  ;)