July 8, whats everyone eating/drinking today????

Hey everyone....Hope all is doing good with everyone....Just got home from a mini vacation to Chicogo....Havent been up there in a little over 7 years...that were DH's family is....We had a great time, sure was fun to see everyones face's when they seen how much different I look now...lol Sweet, Sweet!!
Anyway wanted to see how everyone was doing on there intake(foodwise) and esp now that its hot their liquid intake as well....hove seen that some are strugling with dehydration..but I do think thats going to be a normal for all of us...

So far today and plans for today...

B~~~ 1/2 banana and water                                                            
Snack~~ turkey and chesse roll up about 1/2
Lunch~~ ham and cheese omlet and 1/2 slice of wheat toast and tea w/splenda
Dinner~~ not sure yet....probably turkey cutlet and sweet potato....
I always have my almonds/cashews for snack in the evening....they really help keep the movement going....
I have met my goal and am trying to keep weight on and not go below the 115lb mark....some days I go up to 119-120 then some days I float to 118-117....so depend on the day I guess...
Water a little off right now and those dang Vit's....still havent found a good routine for them...any suggestons???
So what you all doing?????....I need some new ideas and this might help me and some other newbes on here....

Love and Hugs to all....!!!

 

B- protein coffee
snack 3 protein balls
lunch....low carb tortillia with deli ham and cheese rolled up in it and fresh tomatoe out of garden
snack --tomatoe and 1/4 cup cottage cheese
supper planned ----- grilled 3oz talipia, 1/4 cup of fresh broccoli and sliced tomatoes

snack after supper small bag of popcorn

have gotten inso far 64 oZ of water...will put in more. 

my vit schedule...is i take one multi and exta iron and vit c  with breakfast
mid morning i take my vit d and my 5 calcium pills.
supper i take my 2 b complex pills
bedtime i take another multi vit. 3 stool softeners,

is very important that you get a routine going for your vits and stick with it....the more of a routine you get into with them the less hassel they are.  it really is a necessity....
not something that you can do or not do ....

Hi ya Jan....
for some reason I never thought about taking my B's together at the same time....I have been spreading them out...i take 3 b-100s daily per Dr. H my b-6 was really low.
And your calcium what is there value....mine are 600 and I have to take them 3 times a day....those are the ones that always get missed
Hugs

my calcium is 630 mg for 2 of them so i take 5 of them and why do you have to spread yours out over 3 times a day....take them all at once and because you have to take them at least 2 hours from other meds especially iron... take them with an extra vit D3 and it will help to get the calcium in your system ...

Jan...
From everything that I have read, our bodys will only absorb up to 600 mgs at a time...thats why I spread them out through out the day... I may be wrong, but I will be definately checking on that....As far as the others go...I will be taking the b-100 all at one time...I dont take any iron right now till  they find out whats going on with my feritin levels...which are still through the roof and they dont know why...in fact I have never taken any extra iron at all, so I have no clue as to why. I do take D-3 dry 3 times a day along with a K (no potasium--sp) just straight K, and a zinc....those were all at the bottom end of the levels so I just add them to 2 times a day...figured that it couldnt hurt right...
Hugs

I will have to check that out about the calcium i have never heard that at all...and one of my sources is a big time health nut that speclalizes in vits. hmmm..... have they talked any about taking blood from you to help your iron levels go down?  i have another friend that has that problem and that is what she has to do .; she has to have blood drawn like a pint every couple of months ....i know it sounds weird . how in the world did you get your vit levels so out of whack?
i know you had trouble getting in enough protein but looks like from your eating list you are eating well now....

Jan....Check on the RNY board....i posted that question on there...got alot of replies about the calcium not to be taken all together...
Hugs

Jan... here's what was posted...
Calcium --- No Way!  Your body (actually, everyone's body) can only deal with about 500mg of calcium at a time.  So spread your doses out at least 2 hours apart from each other.  Also keep your calcium at least 2 hours away from iron doses or any vitamins (your multi?) that contains iron.  

Too Much Calcium --- what happens if you don't spread out the doses?  If you take your calcium all at once, studies have shown that the body kind of gets overwhelmed with all that calcium and doens't know what to do ... so it removes it from the body (in your urine).  But it doesn't even bother to keep that first 500mg that it could normally deal with - it actually excretes the whole big dose and sometimes more of what your body had stored already.  So take a dose of 2000mg at once and your body might actually dump about 2500mg of calcium.  

B-100's --- seriously?  You're taking 3 per day?  That's a lot.  The recommendation is ONE B-50 and some surgeons say two B-50's or one B-100.  So three B-100's seems like a ton!  (Be careful of the dreaded Niacin Flush.)  However ... B Vitamins in general are a family of vitamins so take all your B's at the same time which means your multi-vitamin, B-100, biotin, B12, etc.  However, since you're taking SO much B's, I'd probably split that up and do half in the morning and half at night. 

All Other Vitamins -- in general, you can take most of your vitamins together.  But usually people split it up into two main doses.  Since we have to take two multi-vitamins, it's easy to split your supplements into two main doses for the day.  Then just fill in the rest of the day with calcium and iron doses.  

Schedule -- I couldn't remember to take any of my vitamins without a very specific schedule for when each dose needs to be taken.  I have it listed on my profile if you want to take a look.  

Hi Cor

Breakfast- Coffee
Lunch- Nadda
Supper- meatloaf,baked beans,cabbage. What a combo lol.
Lots of fluids but still not enough.
I take 6 calcium citraits a day.630 mg for 2. Abby my nut told me to get in at least 1800 mg and that we can only absorb about 600 mg at a time and to take them 2 hrs apart.So i split mine up to 3xs a day at least 2 hrs apart.I also take a multi and b-complex with the 1st dose of calcium and another multi with the sec dose of calcium.I don't take extra iron right now will see how my labs look in Aug.I drink 2 scoops of click a day for protein.
Love and Hugs Deb