Protein & calories

For those of you that count calories, do you count the calories in your protein drinks? I just recently started counting calories since I kinda hit a stall. It's getting to the time I can eat more, mostly graze if I don't really watch myself. So I started using FitDay again and found out I'm not doing as bad as I thought with the calories. But I see some people posting that they eat 700/800 calories a day, just my 2 protein drinks and 1 protein bar equal 650 calories. Just wondering.........

Oooopss, that should say 2 drinks and 1 bar equal 450 calories in a day. brain fart, LOL

How many grams of protein in the bars and the shakes you drink. I mix my powder with Carb Countdown milk so my shake is almost 30, the bars I eat have 20, but I only eat those when I get hungry and I am not where I can eat something. I take them with me if I know I will be gone for awhile from home. My dr. wants me to count shakes for meals, but I dont. I have three meals and one shake a day. It is working so I figure why change it. Carla

The bars have 20 grams of protein and my drinks have 22, calories bars 220, drinks 120. My typical day is: coffee 1 cup "real" and 2 cups decaf 24 oz during the day at work: protein bar (breakfast) large decaf 14 oz lunch - 3-4 oz of whatever protein available in cafe or salad with 2 hard boiled eggs protein drink during the afternoon 14 oz after work: 3-4 oz protein with smidge of veggies protein drink 14 oz some kind of snack (1 peice SF candy/oz or 2 of nuts) (SF ice cream in summer) I was told to get 80-100 grams of protein by my surgeon. I almost alway**** 100 grams and realize I'm not doing as bad as I had thought after getting back to Fitday and keeping track of what I'm eating HW 250 SW 235 CW 175 GW 150/160?

Yes, I count my protein supplements. I don't do that many bars, but I have two protein drinks a day - 130 calories each. I also found myself starting to graze and so have gone back to using my food diary with fitday - I definatly need to keep on top of it! Penny

Penny, I have found that I'm not grazing nearly as bad as I thought I was, or at least not eating as many calories as I feared. Good luck HW 250 SW 235 CW 175 GW 150/160?