*** 04/24, What did ya eat? ***

Well back to work! Ugh don't you just hate Mondays? LOL Im super excited, as of tomorrow Im officially allowed to eat anything, back to regular foods. I did my 2 weeks on full liquids, and my 3 weeks of pureeds/soft foods...... tomorrow anything, no restrictions.... within reason of course, not like Im gonna go eat donuts or something--- but I am allowed salad, raw veggies etc which Im totally excited about.... I don't have to think anymore, am I allowed this? or that? Is that on my eating plan for now? I just get to move on and make healthy choices!!! Breakfast: About 2oz of Quaker low sugar Oatmeal with 2/3 C Skim Milk. Snack: 2 Rye Melba Toast (Ick, decided I dont like Rye) with some pineapple, green onion cream cheese on top. Lunch: Lean Cuisine Portabello Beef & Mashed potatoes. I didn't eat much meat, had maybe 2-3 very small peices w/ a little mushroom and about 1/3 of the mashed potato. I felt way too full on the beef. Snack: 1/2 South Beach Diet protein bar Dinner: Ok, Im gonna do it--- try chicken for the first time. Im scared, so many people have issues with chicken. Ive decided to get a rottisere chicken from the supermarket, they are normally very moist and juicy. We'll see how I do..... Ive done 32oz water so far--- 2 more bottles left for the rest of the day. I think I'll make some chicken salad with the left over chicken, and also a no tortilla enchilada type dish. I have my outfit all worked out for our weight loss surgery "Spring Fling" on Friday!! I am gonna be HOT!!! LOL. I'll make sure to post some pictures of me and Hubby, we will be one smoking couple hahaha.

Hi Darlene, Today was my first day back to work. What a bummer. I really had a hard time getting any water in so now I am trying to play catch up. Good luck with the real foods. Today I had: S- Protein shake B- Quaker weight control oatmeal s- cheese stick L- FF Black bean soup 1/4 cup. (couldn't eat much lunch) D- Spaghetti squash with Classico spag sauce and 3 sm. meatballs. (Very Good) S- Protein shake to be had later! Have a good day tomorrow. Mary

Hi Mary Can you post your spaghetti squash recipe??? thanks

Pre-breakfast: 12 oz of chocolate soy protein drink with 1/2 banana Breakfast: 3 oz Carb and sugar control blueberry yogurt and 1/2 dry English muffin Lunch: turkey & cheese lunchable (with only 3 of the crackers) snack: 4 pieces of sesame melba toast crackers and 1 piece babybel light cheese (made by laughing cow) dinner: 1.5 oz of spinach meatloaf (recipe posted here last week - thanks Darlene) and 2 T of FF cottage cheese to moisten it even more snack: protein bar I'm low on fluids today but will catch up. I have class tonight and I'm always able to sip tons of water in class and on the drive home. PS: I have had chicken several times, including Sam's Club rottisere chicken, and it has gone down (and stayed down) just fine...

I sure hope the chicken stays down fine... my Mother in law at 4 years post-op still has issues. I got the chicken, Im gonna try it soon w/ a little salad. Wish me luck! LOL

B: Protein shake S: Soft boiled egg L: Navy Bean soup (jenny craig) S: 2oz cheese D: ???TBD I need to work on my fluids, i can't seem to get going today!

Breakfast: One sliced apple and 2 oz of deli roast beef Lunch: Tried to eat leftover sirloin tips with 1/4 cup of sweet potato. The meat did not sit well at all and I only ate 2 bites. I find that I have trouble with beef after it sits in the fridge overnight. It just isn't as moist. I thought for sure I would throw up. I had my head hanging over the wastebasket in my office and everything. Thankfully it passed. Dinner: 1 scrambled egg with 1 slice of canadian bacon topped with shredded cheddar and a little salsa Snack: NSA Fudgsicle Doing well with water today. Will drink one more bottle before bed to reach the 64 ounces. Enjoy the Spring Fling! - Stephanie

B:1 egg, 1 piece of bacon and a small bit of cheddar L: Protien shake D: Egg salad on 5 Melba toast crackers, half a cheese stick with ham wrapped around it S: Protien Shake I'm not doing so well on my water... I dont know how you guys do it! I sip all day.. and only get down about 24 oz or so. (plus protien shakes). I also have a hard time trying to get in all my vitamins.. but I'm on an anti biotic due to an infection around my G-Tube. () And you have to shift your vitamins around due to this. Antibiotic is almost done though... and Gtube only has 13 days left to bug me! BTW: I'm 4 weeks Post op today.. and my 1 month aniversary is on Thursday! YAY!!!

I struggle daily to get my water in. I can normally get to the 64oz... Im not doing protein shakes cause they make me feel sick. You can count the protein shakes towards you water/liquids intake... I drink ALL day non-stop...well except for meals. Yummy Melba toast- did ya like it???

It was interesting.. I got the garlic flavor .. the first few bites (mixed with my eggsalad) were kinda wierd.. but after that.. YUM. I need to start eating more than a shake for Lunch.. However.. I got my work shift changed from 3-12a to 8a-5p... So.. I get a normal eating schedule now! YAY! I'm really excited about this!