Where yall at?

Come on folks... Dont you want to be accountable for what you eat? Dont ya want to tell me what I ate was bad? Dont ya wanna talk about stuff we are eating.... Lets be a group and post our foods. You may be eating something good that I never thought of. It would give me a nice change. I see 10-15 reads on my posts but not 1 reply...Come on now... Get with it! My plateau has broken... This morning I weighed 200.5. ALmost under 200. Its going to be great! Havent been there in a long time. 275/266/200/160 40 til my goal 25 til my surgeons goal!

I agree! It would be really cool to see more activity on this site. I am more interested in having communication with people that had surgery the same month as mine. It is sometimes depressing because I am such a slow loser but I like to see where everyone is at and what they are doing so that maybe I can try something different and get some good ideas and advice.

Hey you 2 Christines!!!!! I agree, I like to talk with those at the same point as I am! it helps sooo much! B= 1/3 of small blueberyy(fake) muffin w/ butter ( gotta have something on my stomach before my shake) (20min. later) protein shake (40gm) YUK!!! hate them!!! 10 grapes to take away the taste (it's the only way I can drink them is to plug my nose and then eat fruit after as a reward!) SN= ice tea w/ lemon, 2 glasses(over morning) L= 1/2 of W.W. swedish meatball entree (not hungry) Sn(planned)= sunflower seeds D= aint there yet! Yesterday B= 1/2 PBJ(fruit only Jelly, w/o crust) SN= protein shake w/ 10 grapes iced tea L=beef stew lean cusine type( remember ??? the name) really good!! SN= ice tea, water and Wheat nuts 1/4 c. late afternoon= Protein shake and grapes again!! Late dinner= Chicken Kabobs... breast meat, pears,onions,apples,red peppers,mushrooms, sprayed w/ pam and seasoned, baked in oven on skewers!!Yummmmm. only ate 1 small pc. of chicken(can't eat it anymore!) but veggies and fruit were wonderful!! My husband loves the new cooking! Sometimes I baste w/fruit jusice. Can ya tell I love ice tea!!!??? I can once in awhile drink a little sugar free pop if it's iced and sits for a while! Love Dt. Mt. Dew and Dt. Ruby Red Squirt. I have to drink water w/ my meals, I crave it and most food has a hard time going down. I have found a new love for fruit! It's so weird how much I love the taste of it again! Veggies have new respect too! I love to experiment with seasonings and ways to utilize them! I now have been having an affair w/ red grapes! Before this it was pears. I don't dump on freit at all, but refined sugar gets me!! Janee

What protein shake do you drink that has 40 grams of protein. Girl, I need that. That would make it so much simpler... I still sip with my meals. I know I shouldnt and it was one of my resolutions to stop but I try and sometimes I can... sometimes I cant. Depends on the meal. I know what you mean about fruit. I think its cause we are craving the sweetness and the liquid part of the fruit. I myself have been addicted to fresh pineapple. I chew it up and swallow the juice and then spit out the actual pineapple. I dont want to clog anything up! Plus the fruits are so high in carbs. But, I cant help it. Before surgery I loved sweet iced tea. Now that I cant have the sugar and I dont like the artificial sweetners (they are a hunger stimulant BTW)... I have acquired a taste for UNSWEET tea no sweetners but it has to be very cold! Its pretty good. I bought the crystal light tea but havent made any yet. The regular crystal lites used to be so good to me but now they are so sweet and I cant drink much of them. I am like you---sugar gets me--and when it does -it is BAD! I do on occassion drink my diet dr pepper -- nowhere near as I did before. Last night I opened a canned diet coke-took 1 sip and didnt touch it again. Wasted my .50 cents.. haha... I shouldve been drinking my water anyway. We are all bonded now--- we have our surgery dates so close. We have to talk to each other.. We are the only ones who understand!

Post your food again tonight when we do the "what did you eat post" I usually wait until I am completely done eating for the day.

Hey Christine - I use the Amino Infusion 5000 - you can either take staright shots, like medicine, or mix it with water. 1 tbsp = 5 gr protein. I mix 6 tbsp with 16 oz water and I have no problem getting that down - it doesn't taste medicainal, or like protein drink...its mild, not wicked sweet (although its very sweet if you take it straight). I had such huge issues with the protein drinks right after surgery. The Amino Infusion has saved me. I thought maybe I was over the whole "gag" thing, so I recently tried to make a Nectar shake and the smell of it made me dry heave. So i have 2 big buckets of the crap I bought pre-op LOL What a waste. Anyway - the Amino is a little strong to take it straight - but if you have a hard time, its easy enough to swallow one tbsp at a time! I like to mix mine iwth the water so it forces me to get that 16 oz of liquid in. Some days, that was the only liquids I got! Lately, I have been craving milk. I drink about 10 - 20 oz a day, I think. And I have tried soda too - I do ok, I stirred it up (I always did that though I LOVE flat Diet Coke) but I was so nervous about it, it wasn't worth it. Anway - I am always watchign to see who asks about protein drninks since mine was such a good solution for me. JEnn

Hey Christene & All the October Buds!! I am up for having this board more active.......I wasn't able to post more during the day, cuz work was hectic, but I do plan to get more involved, count me in!! Maggie