What Did/Will You Eat Today?

Hi everyone - sorry I didn't get this started yesterday but I was in an all day training away from my computer. So, here's what we do, list what we have already and /or what we will eat today. It's a way of keeping ourselves on track with our individual programs and maybe get some ideas of new/different things to eat. No one is to judge what anyone else has reported eating - food Nazi's will not be tolerated. I mean this to be an additional positive reinforcement tool for us to use on our journeys. Everyone can play - pre-op as well as post-op, there will be no discrimination allowed. So here goes: I only track protein as it's what my surgeon instructed but I do keep everything as low fat/fat free as possible and low carb. I do NSA or sugar free as much as possible too but have trouble tolerating sugar alcohols so I have to be careful. Breakfast - Carb Master Yogurt = 12g protein Snack - Trail Mix (soy nuts/almonds/pepitas/sunflower seeds/raisins/cherries) = 16g protein Lunch - leftover Pepper steak & green beans = 10g protein (?) Snack - South Beach Hi Protein Cereal Bar = 10g protein Dinner - homemade Lasagna (minus the noodles) = 10-15g protein (?) Total protein = 63g (I'll probably do a protein shake or bar in the evening to boost that number as I need to try to get 80g per day) Toni

Angel, We all have weird days every now and again. Like I said, we're not doing this to judge each other, it's just an additional tool. I wish I could say I wasn't hungry, I'm PMS and want to do nothing but eat all day long!! Toni

Weird day for me, too. I've eaten two meals out today, which I never do. So I don't know my totals. I had a protein bar to start the day, which was 170 calories and 20g of protein. Later I had a protein shake with 100 calories and 20g of protein. For lunch I had a grilled cheese with ham, only I couldn't eat most the bread and the cheese was stuck to the bread, so I had what little cheese I could scrape off, maybe 3 slices of ham, and much less than half of the bread. I also had a couple bites of apple sauce. For dinner, I had a small salad with lots of veggies with fat free vinagrette dressing, and about 1/3 of a Chili's hamburger with no bread at all. I am so full I could pop! I'm finished eating now for the day. I don't even want to think about food! I was planning on hitting the gym, but I'm so full I'm afraid I'll throw up once I get running. So I may punt on the gym and do a double workout tomorrow. I'll go walk the dog a few miles when my tummy settles. I'm very glad to see this post! Knowing I'll be posting for all the world to see tomorrow will keep me on the straight and narrow (not that I'm ever far off). Thanks for posting! Mary Ellen

My menu is pretty consistant from day to day: Breakfast: Yogart 12 cup with fruit of choice (sliced lite peaches, canned blueberries or mango) coffee with cream (no powdered stuff...no protein) Snack: 12 cup raw, unsalted peanuts Lunch: jerky & a glass of milk Snack: love those peanuts Evening: Rare Steak, 1/4 cup corn Snack: peanuts & milk Midnight snack: yogart or cottage cheese As you can see, I'm a yogart & Raw peanut freak! My hair has finally stablized and not thinning anymore. I've never stopped to add up the protein count of my daily intake. Shame on me. Becca RNY 09 Mar 05