Thursday food post :)

Sorry i've been slacking here's the plan for me for today B - sliced thin roast beef s - protein shake l- taco salad s-protein shake d- turkey roast and broccoli.. mmm with butter

OOOOHHHHHH! That sounds so good! Got any great ideas for me at this stage of the game? Tomorrow will be one week and I guess I am looking at jello and peanut butter and crackers for lunch - again! Genie

hmmm...Genie, when you get home you might try some really good cheese, cream of chicken soup or maybe a little oatmeal. I also really liked cream of wheat at your stage. I loved soft cooked veggies and I felt better after eating fresh stuff. I enjoyed the pan tostado from Giante with a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese (processed Swiss cheese). I know a lot of people do "lasagna" which is some ricotta cheese, premade spaghetti sauce and some mozzarella cheese on top. Warm til bubbly in microwave. While I was still there in Ensenada I would go out to eat with my mom and ate the refried beans, about a teaspoon. I also got/get a lot of good ideas from Kat's website. The address is this: katsjourney (dot) com. She has all of her food menus outlined there for the first few weeks and months. You will do great. I am enjoying and savoring, my food more than ever. I am eating more yummy healthy foods instead of the grease I used to eat all the time preop and never REALLY enjoyed as much! It's really neat. Sounds like you are doing awesome, just like we knew you would! Molly

I have done the oatmeal and grits. But, ooh, that lasagna sounds good! Where do I go?? Thanks for the good ideas and Kats website. I will check that out! Genie

Well, I have my food all planned out for the day... wake up: 3oz coffee with creamer breakfast: 3/4 egg with sharp cheddar, two bites ceral bar (bad choice) lunch: 1/2 cup Lean Cuisine lemongrass chicken and veggies snack: protein shake EAS coffee house mocha flavor dinner: 4 or 5 shrimp sauteed with olive oil and cilantro, roasted asparagus about 800-900 calories and 60g protein so, I'd better plan another shake in there somewhere! Have a great day, Molly 252/205/135

hi ya'll!! I'd like to know how ya'll figure out your protein and nutritional info. Like I read on one of the posts back abit, that someone actually knew the amount of protein in an egg. Is there a book or something??? Any info. would be nice!!! All of you are doing sooo good!!!

Hi Tami! I know a lot of people use fitday.com. I like to play around on that site a lot but do not use it religiously as a food diary. As a person who eats at home most times, I have a lot of the nutritional info right on the container of whatever I am eating, usually. Like today, I ate an egg. It always has the nutritional info on the carton. Mine says 80 calories and 7 grams of protein. The FDA is a real stickler about those nutritional value little breakdowns being on almost everything. Even Tic-Tacs, hehe. I do believe that there is a book with nutritional counts. The internet is a perfect data base for this. You can "GOOGLE" almost any food and come up with the info. Just type in "medium egg nutritional info" and give it a try. The only thing that is sorta wierd to find the info on is stuff like fresh veggies and things like that. I just know there is not a lot of bad stuff in veggies anyway so, they are "just gravy" so to speak, LOL! It can be a challenge to get used to counting all your proteins, huh! More later if I think of anything! Molly

I have to admit that I am unable to take any protein shakes. They make me . I know I need to because I need more protein. I am going to get some of the unflavored stuff and try that. Otherwise, I just don't know. I can't handle the smell or the taste. Every protein supplement out there smells like week old dirty socks to me. Ugghhh. Anyway, here's what I had today: B: 1/2 c. cheerios with skim milk snack: string cheese L: 1-2 oz bbq chicken breast and a few bites of the kids' mac and cheese D: a little less than a quarter c. of mashed potatoes and 1-2 ounces of roast beef cut into very small bites. snack: 2 c. air popped popcorn ? This is very very good. mmmmmm.... Anyway, I feel kinda bad cause I'm not following the food 'plan'. This is what is working for me. And at least it's not oreos and pizza and crap. Later, Tamara