b=scrambled egg with cheese l=egg foo young 1/2 patty d=1c soup and 1 meatball with 3 pasta noodles

your stomach should be the size of your fist right now. you 'should' be able to eat about a 1 cup container of food. I can put away 1/2 cup of cottage cheese with 1/2 cup of canned fruit or 1 medium granny smith apple. for instance, today I had a single serving of cream of wheat (3 table spoons dry mixed with 1 cup of water and boiled and then I added 1/2 a cup of milk and 1 tsp of splenda and 1/2 tsp of butter and that was my breakfast I can eat about 2 -3 oz of cooked chicken, honestly have not calibrated my pouch in ages but plan to since I have gained 7 lbs in the last 3 months. just remember some food is slider food and it just slides right through, like cream of wheat and cottage cheese, other food is mushable food like salad and cooked vegetables and you can get a buttload more down before you 'feel' the stretch then there is the food that refuses to smoosh, chicken/steak/pork and that is my 'calibrator' I need to do this this week as well to find out what is going on, am I eating too much or am I eating the wrong stuff to create the gain. i do not think that it is the volume, but the content.

Start Weight: 285 This Week: 150 Total Loss: 135 Next Goal: lose 5 pounds, back down to my adjusted goal weight I am bouncing and that sucks. okay, so I am at 150 which was my original goal weight before surgery but when I got down to 143 I adjusted my goal weight to 145 and bought all my clothes for that weight. well. they are starting to get a little snug, some are downright unpleasant but I think that was a washing machine error on my part. now I want to get back to 145 not up here at 150 my 'high end' aunt flo weight when aunt flo is no where around. I know what happened.. Doritoes, Reece's and extra large servings and extra snacks through the day. that adage if you take in more calories, your body will start loosing is a MYTH and not a good recommendation for me. I can have a protein bar or food, but not both. ;) and those 330 super charge protein bars with 30 g of protein are not worth the 110 extra calories. blech so one 150 cal 20 g protein bar a day is my limit. and definitely M O R E W A T E R!!

It's Friday again - comes around fast when you're having fun For me it's last minute preparation for back to school next week - I've got most things this year - usually I leave it all to the last minute, despite good intentions at the start of the summer break!! Will try to do more decoratng of the bathroom - I have a tendancy to start things then not finish them So a nice easy relaxed weekend for me, how about you?

Thanks for posting Deanna I always get inspiration from your recipes & snack ideas