***Saturday Bites, Vites & Exercites***

Hi guys,
Ok, guys, I have to buckle down and get these pounds I brought home from vacay off!  

BITES: (DS Maintenance Mode)
B - 2 protein coffees (60g)
S - protein coffee (30g)
S - peanuts
L - bunless cheese burger
S - fresh salsa and Scoops
D - chuck roast and a red tater
S - CarbSmart ice cream?

VITES:
morning batch: done 
4 calcium batches: done    
iron: done
evening batch: done

EXERCITES:
doing laundry and housework

How many ounces are your protein coffee's? It takes me forever to get my protein drinks down in the morning.

They are a good 20 oz and it still takes me quite awhile to drink them. I just sip on them all morning and take my vitamins slowly.

Do you count it towards your fluids. It takes me a few hours to drink an 8oz protein shake right now and I notice then I don't get as much water because I spent all that time on the shake.

I do tend to count the 1/2 & 1/2 and the coffee towards my daily total now but I get more than 64oz a day. In the beginning I tried to get 64oz in clear liquids. It was hard! When you're in full blast ketosis it's better to get those clear liquids going. I drank a lot of watered down diet cranberry juice, ice water with lime, and iced herbal tea. I don't think I was drinking 120 grams in protein coffees/shakes early out. I probably didn't start doing that until a year post-op.

That's a relief that it took you a while to get all of that in.. I'm trying so hard to drink the morning and night protein shake they want me to plus the 64oz (only made it once), but I so far only get to 50oz a day and the morning shake with a few attempts at soft food protein during the day. I haven't been able to get the night shake in because by the time I get up to 50oz of fluid its bed time.

Good afternoon,

Bites:

B: 1 poached egg, 2 breakfast sausage and a spoon of fried potatoes

S: yogurt and banana chips and a plum

L/S/D not sure going to the spa and I will try to make a healthy supper choice and if not back on track tomorrow.

Have a good day everyone

Susan

Sounds like a good plan.  : )

Lowish protein day for me, but I was determined to avoid chicken!!  I may have an extra protein shake before bed - I'll see how I feel.