What did you eat: Monday?

Breakfast: small burrito of chicken mole, rice and beans. Lunch: Bite of a hot dog and 1/2 pig in a blanket. Dinner: 3 collosal shrimp with ****tail sauce, 1/2 cup cesar salad, 2 bloody marys Snack: 1 collosal shrimp with ****tail sauce, 1 healthy choice fudge bar Late night snack: 1/2 sandwich made of turkey pastrami, muenster cheese and tomato. Ate only 1/2 bread. Exercise: 45 minutes swimming. Water: Excellent Vitamins: Excellent Alcohol: Bad. This is the third day drinking in the last four days. I am going to have to nip this in the bud. Bad Ben! Have a great day all! Ben

Hi Ben, This will challenge my memory. I worked at home yesterday, so I know I munched more than I want to. Breakfast: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 slice water melon Snack: handful chocolate peanut butter crispix, mandarin orange. Lunch: 1/4 cup of beans, about 3 oz. of ribs (yum, Tony Romas leftovers, lasted me three meals.) Snack: liquid protein and mandarin Dinner: poor boy chili (beans, corn, hamburger) about 1/3 cup. milk Snack: JUST SAY NO!!!!!!! 1/2 cup of cola slurpee, 2 bites of ginger cookie. Exercise: 2 hours Tang Soo Do, 15 minutes chopping wood. Water: nope. Only about 16 ozs--I am back to gagging on water. Vitamins: Done. Lori

Wow Lori. You are doing great with the exercise. Are you afraid of dehydrating with such low water intake? Have you tried mixing your water with crystal light or using propel? Take care, Ben

Aww, your concern is so sweet I know I am dehydrating, I don't even break a sweat when I exercise, so unlike the pre-op me. I've tried everything. I do get in skim milk most days, the occasional can of diet coke (I know caffeine is not great, but at least the body draws some fluids from it.). The ice tea crystal light is the only one I can stand. I also drink hot tea once or twice a day. Yesterday was bad though, for some reason. I still get dizzy when I lie down or do exercises on the floor. I know that would improve if I had more fluids. I have definitely tried everything. I've checked the propel we get here, 28g of sugar. Well, this post is a good reminder about keeping up my fluid levels. Pre-op I could go for weeks without letting anything but caffeinated drinks touch my lips. Just one more habit to break. Lori

B - Egg, turkey breakfast sausage, 1 slice whole grain bread S - Apple S - Whey Protein Drink L - Chicken breast with white northern and black beans, melted a couple of ounces of cheddar on it. D - 1 cup whole wheat pasta with turkey kielbasa/pasta sauce/vegetable/low fat cream cheese mixture (yum!), 2 cups mixed green salad. S - 1 cup strawberries Water, vitamins - good per usual. Exercise - 60 minutes weight lifting, 30 eliptical (worked out twice yesterday. Paying for it today).

You are doing great all around Daniel. I am impressed. Ben

Breakfast:Protien shake Lunch: 1/2 Wendys small chili Dinner:1/2 cup spig. Snack: 2 sh jolly ranchers Exercise: none at all, need to get my behind in gear. Water:did great Vitamins:Wonderful Really have to get my behind in gear, the honeymoon period wont last much longer. Cheryl

Yikes. This is hard to remember. Let's see: B- banana, one sting cheese L- 3 slices deli turkey, one bite cottage cheese D- about 4 oz. pork chops, 1/2 c. green bean casserole, 1/4 c. mashed potatoes S- one chocolate chip cookie OOPS! Water: only about 32 oz. Supplements were good. Take care! Traci

Hmm...let's see B: 2 strawberries, 3 bites pineapple, 25 g New Whey Protein S: 25 g New Whey Protein L: Roast beef from 1/2 Arby's sandwich - no bread S: 25 g New Whey Protein D: grilled chicken, 3-4 bites brocolli Exercise: 30 min. on treadmill Water: about 70 oz. Vitamins: No...I know, I know.... I'm traveling (I live in Juneau, Alaska and I'm in Milwaukee until Thursday for work) so I've been doing the restaurant thing for every meal. What a drag. Cheri RNY 6/15/06 239/212/162.5/125