Question:
Can someone please describe a typical day's eating?
I am 2 months post op and have lost about 36 lbs. I don't know if that is the norm, but hey, it's better than I was 2 months ago. My problem is that I am soooooo bored with tuna, cottage cheese, and chicken and sometimes I feel like I can eat too much for only having surgery 2 months ago. Can you share a typical day's diet with me. I am not big on bkfst so ideas on how to get through that would be most appreciated too! Thanks in advance! — [Anonymous] (posted on September 12, 2000)
September 12, 2000
Hello and congratulations on the weight loss - that's great for 2 months!
There's no such thing as a "typical" day for me post op, but I'll
tell you what I might eat on a certain day. For breakfast today, I had two
grapefruit halves. Some days, I might have a Dannon lite yogurt or an egg
- perhaps a couple of strips of crisp bacon. During the morning hours, I
drink two 16-oz bottles of water and usually a couple of cups of coffee. I
can use one t. sugar with no problems in my coffee along with creamer. For
lunch, I might have about 1/2 to 2/3 cup of say, beans and ham leftover
from night before - or a crispy taco from Taco Bell, or some refried beans
from there. I might have some other leftover protein dish from previous
day or perhaps the same amount of soup, stew, or chili. In afternoon, I
try to drink another bottle of water or a Diet Snapple. Perhaps I'll snack
on a peach or a banana. For supper, I have maybe a grilled pork chop or
broiled hamburger patty - something like that. I may add some salad or
steamed vegetables. I try to drink more water in evening - later I'll
snack on some cheese or some cheese crackers or some popcorn. Maybe I'll
also have a popsickle.
— Cindy H.
September 12, 2000
Hi, I am about 10 weeks post op and down about 57 pounds. A typical day for
me is as follows:
Breakfast,6:30 am.= 1 piece of peanut butter toast, vitamins, and a piece
of fruit like a peach.
Snack 9-9:30 am.= a hard boiled egg, or half a meat sandwich
Lunch 11:45 am.= a half of a Weight Watchers 'Smart Ones' meal, a half
sandwich and a small salad, or a small cup of soup and a salad.
Snack 3 pm.=a pudding cup or hard boiled egg
Dinner 6 pm.= other half of WW lunch, or 3 oz of fish/chicken and a half
cup of vegetables.
Snack 9 pm. 1/2 cup cottage cheese, or a pudding cup, or something else
that tastes good.
I rarely do protein shakes, although I am still trying to find one that
works for me. Several that I have tried make me feel terrible. I can eat
almost anything without trouble, but I am VERY lactose intolerant. I find
that doing small things, like getting rid of the top bun of a hamburger and
folding it over helps me get protein without extra bread, and I also find I
just cannot eat my (old) favorite food which was Chinese. My new favorite
food is SALAD. I love it with all kinds of goodies on it. Good luck with
your weight loss. I hope this helps, but from what I have seen on here, it
might not be a very typical meal plan.. Jill
— Jill C.
September 12, 2000
A typical days meal for me is: 6:30 am - 4 oz. of coffee, 9:00 am - a
Geni-Soy protein drink made with So-Be Lean drink with a banana (25 grams
protein), 11:00 am - boca burger with 1/2 c. broccoli (or any leftover
vege) or 1/2 a chicken soft taco from Taco Bell, 1:00 pm. sugarfree
popcicle or other half of taco, 3:00 pm - another Geni-Soy protein drink
(no banana, another 25 gr. protein), 5:00 pm - 2-3 oz chicken (skinless,
boneless chicken breast, b-b-q'd or broiled) and maybe 1/2 c. stirfry
veges. If by some reason I'm still hungry I'll have a cup of herbal tea
with 2 tsp. of honey. Plus, I try to get all my water and I like Nestea
diet lemon tea. Another good snack is 1/2 c. sugarfree frozen fruit with 1
pkt. of equal and diet whipped cream. I am 15 weeks post-op and down 58
lbs.
— allendepot1
September 12, 2000
36 pounds in two months! That's fabulous, and about my speed as well. I,
too, am bored with the basics and I truly believe you must add variety in
order to stick to the program - I threw out my cottage cheese uneaten last
week! Today, I had a cup of coffee with a small biscotti, an entire 8 oz.
can of chick peas mixed with fresh basil, garlic salt, 1/2 oz. of gruyere
cheese shredded and a tsp. of olive oil - eaten over 3 hours, and a
smoothie made with a very ripe banana, 4 oz. of fresh raspberries, ice
cubes and protein powder. Tonight at bowling, I'll probably have a single
serving bag of Combos, or a part of a turkey sandwich. If I need something
in the evening, I'll make SF Jell-o pudding with protein powder in it.
Yesterday, I had a Lean Pocket for lunch and a Lean Cuisine for dinner. I
rarely eat the same thing two days in a row. Last week I made chili had it
once and froze the rest. And some days I can eat more than others (it
seems, during my period) too, so I started using DietWatch.com to count my
calories, fat and protein (I started relying too much on cheese, so I had
to cut down).
— Allie B.
September 12, 2000
Breakfast;1 scrambled egg w/cheese and piece of toast or english muffin
snack;nuts or popcorn maybe fruit Lunch;half can soup or about 1/2-2/3 cup
of left-over casserole snack boiled egg or peanut butter and crackers
Dinner;meatloaf or porkchop or I love casseroles.It's easy to get protein
with them if you've got meat,cheese,and maybe sour cream in it.I also eat a
snack of something before bed time.
— A L.
September 12, 2000
I am 2 mo. post op and have lost about 50 lbs. The food that I
eat varies as I tire easily of the same thing all the time. For
breakfast I eat a poached egg. For lunch and dinner I have a variety
of things depending on what I have a taste for. I can only eat 2 oz at
a meal then I am full so my intake is limited. FOODS EATEN: pureed kidney
beans
on 3 baked nacho chips w/ a little melted cheese over top and salsa over
that. I sometimes
add pureed beef over the pureed beans, too. yummy! I make salmon patties
and grill them
on my Foreman grill. I can eat about 1/2 of a small patty. I make tuna
salad w/ low fat mayo
and measure them to 2 oz. I go to Wendy's and buy a baked potato w/ melted
cheese on it. I can eat
about 1/3 of that. I save the rest for later. Chili at Wendy's w/ cheese
melted on it is good, too.
2 oz fills me up, again. I save the rest of it for later, too. Egg salad w/
low fat mayo is good. Boston
Market has a great kids meal for 2.39. It consists of roast turkey, mashed
potatoes and veggies. I can eat about
1/3 of that, too. I save the rest. Taco Bell taco's are good. I take off
the meat and place it on baked nachos that
I buy at the grocery store w/ a little melted cheese and lettuce/tomatoes.
I can eat about 3 baked nachos filled w/
this mixture. The taco lasts for about 3 meals. Imitation crab meat mixed
w/ low fat mayo and veggies is good. I puree
lots of things and freeze for times I can't cook. Chicken breast cooked on
Foreman grill, sliced in a finger sized piece
fills me up. For SNACKS: 3 baked nachos w/ salsa or 2 pretzels, 1/2 graham
cracker, 1 oz low fat cheese, 2 oz banana. I HAVE
3 MEALS A DAY ALL CONSISTING OF 2 OZ PORTIONS. I EAT 1 OR 2 SNACKS A DAY
ALL ABOUT 1 OZ PORTIONS. I DRINK AT LEAST 60 OZ OF WATER
A DAY so I don't get dehydrated. I hope this helps! Go to foodtv.com for
some yummy recipes or meals.com on the internet. IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO GET IN AS MUCH PROTEIN AS YOU CAN EACH DAY. Become familiar as
to what foods are high in protein. NUTS are high, too and good
snack foods. Loading up on carbs to the exclusion of protein is not good in
a post op diet. Chose your foods wisely! Cook up batches in advance
and freeze for when you are too busy to cook. Also, Michelle Curran on
vitalady.com has a selection of high protein candy bars and soy nuts that
are
all high in protein. I don't use protein drinks cause I can't find any that
I like the taste of. I may eventually try them though if I dont think I
am getting enough protein in "real" foods, but not to the
exclusion of "real" foods. Good luck! I know I am not getting in
enough calories as of yet
but my pouch is only one ounce in size and I don't want to force myself to
eat. I am sure that w/ time I will be able to eat more. I make sure I take
ALL MY VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS EVERYDAY, TOO. 2 Flintstone Complete Vitamins, 2
Tums for calcium, liquid B 12 and for me, potassium as my potassium level
is low. I hope to eat more foods w/ potassium like bananas, baked potatoes,
nuts, dry beans, etc to supplement this loss, too.
— kathy S.
September 12, 2000
DS, down 96 pounds in 17 weeks: typical daily intake: cheese omelette and
hash browns for breakfast, fruit or slimfast for snack, cashew chicken and
vegies from the chinese place or split pea soup and deli turkey or beef on
crackers for lunch, cheese and crackers or fruit for late afternoon snack,
broiled shrimp and salad or steak and cheesy broccoli and potato for
dinner, frozen yogurt for bed time snack. I pretty much can eat ANYTHING
(ate southern Indian cuisine the other day), just in portions totalling
about 1-2 cups. Hope that helps. Fondly,
— merri B.
September 12, 2000
Congratulations on your surgery and weight loss! I feel like an 'old
timer' compared to the others who have answered, as I'm almost 14 months
post-op. So, my perspective will be a little different, and maybe this
will give you something to look forward to! I don't have typical days, so
I'll just tell you what I ate yesterday. My usual breakfast on work days,
which is one egg fried into one slice of bread. Lunch was a very small
slice of ham, 3 bites of chicken salad, half of a small sweet potato, and a
pineapple ring. Protein shake when I got home from work mid-afternoon, and
for dinner about 1 1/2 oz. of prime rib, a few broccoli florets, 3 french
fries, and a glass of milk. Hmmmm....not very well-balanced, I
see....LOL....fortunately, it'll even out on other days. Jaye Carl, RN,
open proximal RNY (divided) 7-29-99, by the fabulous Dr. David Greenbaum.
120 pounds gone forever and ever!~
— Jaye C.
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