Question:
What we eat on an average day......
I loved the question about everyone posting their surgery type and weight loss todate.. How about we now post for the new members, (that are pre-op and/or still considering) what we eat on an average day. Kind of give them an idea how everyday life after surgery can really be.. Post what we eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, snacks if any, also calorie & protein content if we know it..So many new members, pre-op and post-op ask me this.. So lets here it!!! — Victoria B. (posted on February 29, 2000)
February 29, 2000
Oops So Let's Hear it !!!!!
— Victoria B.
February 29, 2000
Great Idea Vicki!!!!!! I would love to know what everyone eats.
— Kay A.
February 29, 2000
GREAT idea, Vicki! Awaiting the responses...
— [Deactivated Member]
February 29, 2000
Well, here goes: Breakfast is a 'carnation instant breakfast no sugar
added' protein shake; lunch is half a can of soup(most kinds); dinner is a
caesar salad with grilled chicken breast and a little shredded cheese
(about 200 calories worth of this). Then there's another protein shake.
About 2hours before bed I'll tend to have a small snack like a real serving
of cottage cheese(wow, a serving). I drink crystal light and h2o all
day-about 80 ounces. This is a typical day but of course I eat a large
variety except meats and breads. My total calories is around 700. Also,
every other day or so I have a couple 25-calorie welch's no-sugar
popscicles.
— [Deactivated Member]
February 29, 2000
Normal day food intake for me is:
(1) Viactiv (500+D+K calcium chew)
(1) Flintstones complete with iron
drink 8-10 ozs of water...
Breakfast: one scrambled egg with melted slice of cheese on top= 169
calories if I add bacon bits that's 33 calories more and 4 more
protein. I'm not a bread eater so I save those calories. Protein=18-22
Snack: mid morning v8 Juice 35 calories. Or maybe just crystal lite
or tea.. depends on my mood.
Drink 8-10 ozs of water about an 45 mins before lunch..
Lunch: I drink my protein drink ProBlend55 (vanilla) that 27.5 grams
of protein, (120 calories) then go walk the tract at the college close to
my home. I take my water jug with me... will drink another 12 ozs or
so there walking..
Snack: about 1/2 an apple or apple sauce...Yep you guessed it more
water..about an hour after this snack. 1/2 cup apple sauce unsweeten is
53 calories 1/4 apple about the same...This may very sometimes I
have a low fat protein snack..
I take another Viactiv and Flintstone Vitamin. and 8-10 ozs of water..
about an hour before dinner.
Dinner: Chicken leg roasted 76 calories, (7 protein) (chicken breast
roasted is 142 calories 20 protein ...Lettuce and 1/4 a tomato 10
calories with low fat cottage cheese about 1/4 cup 30 calories..(4
protein) 2 crackers is 25 calories
Now, usually I make dinner for the whole family and plan my meals from
my recipe page so that I get in about 200 calories at dinner meal
usually a casserole or main course meat I can eat with a salad or
cottage cheese..
Total Calories =617 (that is my average from 600-700) Protein=73.5 from
food and protein drink. (using water)... Some days I get in more protein
but average is 70-80 grams. I try to vary from chicken to fish to turkey
nightly... and more water .....
— Victoria B.
February 29, 2000
I'll be 12 weeks post-op tommorow. For breakfast I usually have 1/2 cup
cottage cheese or sometimes 1/2 cup soup with a couple of saltines
(sometimes the warm stuff just feels better in the morning). Mid-morning I
have my protein shake mixed with 6-8 ozs. F/F milk. Then I take my vitamins
(One A Day essential and a sublingual B-12). Lunch is usually m biggest
meal and I eat 1/4 of a turkey/jack cheese sandwich on whole wheat, but one
of my new favorite lunches is the "Chicken Fajita Pita" from
Jack-in-the-box, I eat all the chicken and cheese and about half the pita
bread (it has 25gms protein and only 9 gms of fat). Dinner is usually
light, maybe a little tuna salad or a few bites of chicken. I usually don't
eat anything after dinner,but sometimes I get a sweet tooth and then I have
either half a tangelo (much juicier than oranges) or a NSA fudgesicle.
— Morgan B.
February 29, 2000
I'm considering surgery and am concerned about the "typical"
diet. Other than an occasional, virtually useless piece of iceberg lettuce
or blob of applesauce, doesn't anybody eat fresh vegetables, fruit or whole
grains? Just meat, dairy, bread & chemically manufactured protein
& sweets?
— Lizzie G.
February 29, 2000
Lizzie: A lot of my fresh veggies, I get in casseroles or crock pot
recipes, however, occasionally I will eat just green beans or spinach
when craving it.. I never was a big veggie eater to begin with, now
it is trial and error since I'm not sure what I can or can't
tolerate yet. I never eat potatoes or bread most on here have
reported that they do. My starting weight was so great I wanted the
maximum weight loss in the 18-24 month window that this surgery has,
so I have eliminated those types of foods that got me to this weight
to begin with that includes sweets. In the stews I make I use carrots,
peas, celery, onions, tomatoes, parsley and few others.. Also I drink
a V8 a day.. "100% Vegetable Juice" can't beat it for beta
carotene vitamin A & C. I think I'm getting in all the veggies for
me anyhow..
— Victoria B.
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