quick question

Sorry I haven't been around. I have been popping in and checking up when I can. I just got back from a conference in Phoenix and small vacation in Vegas. Hope to be posting new pictures soon. My question is this.... I just had lunch it was almost 2 cups of chile- kind of thick with beans and 2 oz of trail mix. It just seems like so much food compared to everyone else. what do you think? by the way I had oatmeal for breakfast, banana for snack and coffee and water???? This is all before 1:00. help!~~~~~~~~

Hi donna, no answer but just wanted to say howdie!! By the way, this sounds about normal to me? But I don't eat much at all so I am not a good person to give an opinion. In fact, my doc gets a little upset cause I can't eat more than 800 calories! I'm sure it will change eventually. love donna

Hi Donna, I am not sure is what I eat is normal, but it is for me!! In the am, if I run( almost daily) I get in a full 32 oz of water before I eat anything. Then I have a protein shake and usually hot chocolate made from milk and baking chocolate. The first food I eat is probably about 900ish and I have three string cheese. Lunch today is one of those small snack lunchables with turkey and cheese and crackers; I also have water somewhere between breakfast and lunch and then water on the way home( 16 oz bottles. For dinner: Honestly, by the time I get home, if I eat: It might be a few oz of cheese and a roll or some crackers. I do snack at night: BAD HABIT; Usually some pretzles or a few cookies and then some more hot chocolate made from milk and baking chocolate. This is a typical day for me and yields the right protein and h2o for me: 80 + g Protein adn 80 oz H20. If I go out, dinner is a real meal but being single means I do not have to cook!! HURRAH and since I live overseas, there are no fast food places to stop at on the way home!! Lucky for me!! OK, There is a Burger King and Popeyes on the Air Base here but fried foods make me sick!! Alright: Now you tell me, Is this normal? Hugs, jacqueline

some days I can eat as much as you described. Other days, I'm lucky to get in 800 caloried. Most days, though, I eat about 1200-1400 calories. I almost always have 2 SF popsicles in the middle of the afternoon and a SF Milano cookie before dinner. I am hooked on those things. Breakfast for me is usually Fuzzy Navel, but sometimes I'll have a slice of 12-grain bread with cheese melted on top as well.