May Folks !!!

Dear Jane, The zuccini patties are easy... ready Grate a 10-12 inch zuccini (skin on... ends off) into a collander Let stand for 45 minutes over bowl (should drain 1/2 to 1 cup of liquid if fresh) mix drained zuccini with 1 cup bread crumbs, 1/2 cup of grated cheese (I like fresh parmasean) and an egg or egg sub. Form lightly into a patty, saute in non-stick pan or a fry pan sprayed with olive oil until golden brown. That's it... We keep them in the fridge all summer... I'm on my 12th zuccini this month and we only have two plants this year. I make marinated grilled zuk as well as the patties, bread, muffins.. etc.... (Maybe only one plant next year.... Kate Z

I am having atleast 2 protein shakes made w/ Chocolate unjury and chocolate carb countdown. comes to 32 grams of protein I also eat cottage cheese, chicken salad w/ mayo & dill pickle, hard boiled eggs. I have had some ground beef pureed till it is tiny tiny peices and put that w/ the cottage cheese. Chili, some mashed up beans. I am tired of soups. Water for fluids and occasionally a Minute Maid Lemondaide light. Maureeniiieee

I've been on solids for a couple of weeks now. I try to mix things up so one day is not the same as another. Here's my yesterday: Breakfast: 1/2 cup KASHI Go Lean Crunch Cereal (5g protein), 1 cup HOOD Carb Count down (12g protein) (this is a "dairy beverage", so you lactose intolerant people may be able to handle it) Snack: 1 c. skim milk (8g protein) Lunch: 5 medium shrimp (leftovers) (6g protein) Snack: 1 c. skim milk (8g protein) Dinner: 2 oz grilled turkey breast (17g protein), 1/2 cup grilled veggies (peppers, zucchini, tomato, onion) 56g protein with no supplements! My surgeons office recommends 3 glasses of skim per day as snacks. If you do it, there's 24g of protein right there. Take care, J

I posted this in another post, but I'll put it here, too!! Here's a typical day for me: Breakfast is usually a smoothy (vanilla protein powder - 1-1/2 scoops (30 g/protein), some sort of frozen fruit, and a bit of crystal lite, propel, light fruit juice, or some other liquid). I have a very difficult time with milk as well, so I'm probably going to switch to soy. Sometimes for bfast I'll make an egg, but eggs don't sit too well with me either and I'd rather get the higher protein in. Lunch is usually deli turkey or ham and/or cheese, or canned chicken or tuna. The canned chicken is like 20 grams of protein and the tuna is pretty close to that, too. I may add a slice of cheese when I eat the canned chicken or tuna if I'm a bit more hungry. I will usually have another smoothy between lunch and dinner (fuzzy navel protein powder - 1-1/2 scoops (35 g/protein), frozen peaches, same liquids as above). Dinner consists of whatever the family is having if it's something I can eat (like chicken, the insides of a burrito or taco, salmon, etc.) and if not, then I'll eat something similar to lunch. If I've not had a smoothy between lunch and dinner, I'll add have one as an evening snack. If I have had a smoothy, I'll have some other sort of snack (soy crisps, cheese and crackers, sf pb and crackers, whatever). This way, I'm still getting in fruits, but they're in the smoothies with loads of protein. I'm not getting a whole lot in the way of veggies which bothers me, but I know that the protein is the most important. I take a good multi-vitamin (chewable Centrum), iron, and calcium, so I know I'm getting in my nutrients, but I still would like to be able to eat vegetables more. So, all in all, my typical protein for the day is around 85-100 g/day depending on my dinner/snack options. Michelle 326/282/175

Lakisha, I'm still on the soft/pureed foods stage and will be until Aug. 2. Breakfast: scrambled egg with veggies and soy cheese or fat free refried beans with fat free sour cream and soy cheese or a couple of slices of luncheon meat with 1/4 avocado wrapped in it, or string cheese Morning snack: string cheese or a protein drink lunch: tuna with fat free mayo and pickles on a cracker or black bean soup with fat free sour cream or luncheon meat with string cheese afternoon snack: I usually try to have a protein shake I make with fruit or I have a protein bar of some kind. dinner: white fish and carrots salmon and zucchini no noodle lasagne (it is made with ground turkey, marinara sauce, cottage cheese and a little cheddar cheese...it is good!) Night snack: Popsicle or jello I miss raw vegetables. I will be glad to get back to them. I know I won't be able to eat much of them, but, I do miss them. Lori

I always start my day with a protien shake - either Nectar fuzzy navel, or IDS belgian chocolate or IDS vanilla cinnamon (34gr protien) I drink lots of Vitamin Water during the day. Lunch is usually 2oz of lowfat cottage cheese and a couple of wheat crackers. Or another protien shake. Dinner is 2-3oz of protien, whether it be chicken, beef, etc. I found that every once in a while I like to snack on the Glenny Soy Chips - the are high in protien, low in everything else.

I'm eating all sorts of things these days... Today I had some homemade salisbury steak for breakfast, a protein shake for lunch (still haven't regained my appetite), garlic dill pickles for a snack (including the skin), and 1/3 of an order of Chili's chicken and shrimp fajitas (including one flour tortilla, which I'll skip next time!) and one of my husband's spice-rubbed baby back ribs. I'll have 12oz of milk before going to bed. Yesterday I had turkey chili for breakfast, deli ham for lunch, and salisbury steak for dinner. Snacks were more pickles plus a few Trader Joe's soy & flaxseed tortilla chips with some garlic salsa. The chips are great - 1oz of chips has 13g carb and 5g fiber, plus 6g protein.