What did you eat 7/21/2005

Figured I'd go ahead and start this .... Breakfast: coffee with splenda and 1% milk Snack: None Lunch: beef and bean burrito *frozen kind* Snack: Carnation Instant Breakfast Dinner: Pork chop and brown rice with cream of mushroom soup and dinner roll Don't plan on eating anymore today...I've had my vitamin and drank loads *need to start calculating my fluids* Keli

B~protein shake L~nothing D~2oz steak I drank about 45oz water and i forgot to take my vit today and my effexor oh no look out! LOL I know i didnt eat enough today i just dont feel like chewing i cant even look at food, whats the deal with this? DAWN

Don't ya just love those frozen burritos? YUM. Makes me want one and I do have a bag in the freezer! LOL Breakfast: BAD GIRL Large Diet Coke and a bag of Hot Fries (Went and got my hair done and needed a quick fix) Lunch: 4 carrots, 2 pickled okra, 1/2 c. veggie soup Dinner: 1/2 porkchop, 1/2 c. squash, 1/2 c. green beans, ear of corn Not nearly enough water. I vow to be so much better when I go back to work and get out of this house that I have been caged in for 11 months!! Kitsy

Been on the run most of the day. So I'm slacking !!! B- Nothing D- Chicken Nuggests & Fries with Soda S- Egg Sandwich with Tomatoe As always I have had tea, crystal light, & water. For a snack on the run I had a pack of nabs

Until August 2nd this is my diet from Dr. Valencia: ( This is what I can have the first two and half weeks post surgery.) 1. You may take clear liquids as broth (beef, chicken, pork), herbal tea, pedialyte, crystal light, sugar free jello, decaffeinated coffee, natural non-citric fruit juice without sugar (pear, apple, peach, etc.) 2. You should drink 2 ounces every 10 minutes for at least 14 hours each day. 3. You are NOT allowed to take soups or solid or semisolid food (except jello) during this step. I disolve one Prilosec OTC 20 mg. in my juice twice a day for the first three months after surgery. I will give myself Vitanmin B Complex(Briomet) intramuscular shot once a month for the first year and once every three months from then on. I can change the shot to a daily Vitamin B sublingual tablet if I want. However, I prefer the shot because it is once a month. After the first month, I will add chewable calcium citrate tablet (Multi-Mins) per day indefinitely. Also, one chewable tablet of Iron (Eurofer). I have to crush and dissove in water all tablets and capsules for the first 6 months post op. I have to walk at least 45 mintues a day everyday after the 15th day post-op. After 20 days post-op I can practice any sport except lifting weights.

breakfast: 3 cups of coffee with splenda & creamer 83 cal, 3 fat, 0 protein, 0 carbs snack: 2 south beach diet peanut butter cookies 100 cal, 5 fat, 2 protein, 15 carbs lunch: 3 oz beef tips with onions 203 cal, 8 fat, 29 protein, 2 carbs 1 tbs english peas 84 cal, 4 fat, 9 protein, 25 carbs 2 new potatos (small) 166 cal, 0 fat, 3 protein, 39 carbs 6 slices of cucumber with 1/2 tbs ranch 42 cal, 4 fat, 0 protein, 2carb supper: 1 boneless skinless chicken strip fried in olive oil 161 cal, 4 fat, 29 protein, 1 carb 1 tbs green beans 17 cal, 0 fat, 1 protein, 4 carbs 1 small baked potato no butter 69 cal, 0 fat, 1 protein, 16carb snack 1 cup grapes 114 cal, 1 fat, 1 protein, 28 carbs snack 1 serv of animal crackers 120 cal, 2 fat, 2 protein, 24 carbs TOTALS: CALORIES = 1159 FAT = 31 PROTEIN = 77 CARBS = 156 (OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS AND I THOUGHT I WAS DOING GOOD) Denise

Hey Denise... Dr. Carsons gave me this in Feb as a general guideline. I think these carbs should be good carbs and not those nasty carbs... haha... Minimum: (600-800 Calories) Protein 42G - Fat 15G - Carbs 60G Optimal: (1200 Calories) Protein 60G - Fat 50G - Carbs 120G Maximum: (1600 Calories) Protein 80G - Fat 65G - Carbs 200G As long as we stay below Maximum we will lose. Maximum is for while you are maintaining. You wont gain and you wont lose. This is what he told me but you know everyone is different.

Thanks Christine that does make me feel better. I think that most of my carbs were good ones at least most ofthem came from veggies and fruit. Denise

What's a good carb? and why are english peas highish in cals and carbs? ...wish I could of asked Ann about this but never thought of english peas as bad or w/e lol Keli

Keli, I think that peas and beans although are a veggie are considered bad carbs or fatening. Not really sure why. You know corn is also in that catagory. Although eating peas is alot better than eating a candy bar in my book. lol lol Denise