What are you eating/doing today (Saturday)

It feels empowering and saved me from having to buy groceries for 1.5 months. I find it fun to get creative with using up what I have. Yesterday I broke down and bought a few staples like fresh carrots, celery, apples, cheese, yogurt, egg whites, and powdered skim milk.  Should be good for a while now.

I plugged the cookie ingredients you listed into myfitnesspal and just in case you are curious (I was) here is the count on them:

For ONE cookie:

247 calories, 10.5g carbs, 20.5g fat, 10.5g protein

In your menu, you have listed eating one at breakfast and one at morning snack - that's just about 500 calories (not even including the protein shake) before lunch.

Just wanted to show you the math.

Wow, that is a lot of calories, thank you for pointing that out.  I just punched in the numbers in fitnesspal with the adjustments I made (no applesauce, protein powder added) and some of the numbers were even higher than your calculations! Yikes! 600 calories in 3/4 cup of flaxmeal, wow! I did add plain protein powder to the mix, so the protein came to 23g per cookie with that change.  I wonder if they would still turn out if I halved the peanut butter and omit the butter? According to my calculations that would reduce the calories to less than 200 per cookie, not great but the cookies are super filling. I eat one and I am good all morning until lunch, guess because of all the fibre.  I am going to try it, I have some pb I need to use up. I'll let you know how it turns out. I have been craving cookies like crazy lately so am trying to find a recipe that I like and that is wls friendly. So far the only cookie recipe I like and that is wls friendly is the 30 second microwave cookie.  Have you tried this one?  Its easy and pretty good but no fibre, which I am trying to boost.  If you have any suggestions for other cookie recipes that would be great. thanks again for taking the time to investigate this.

Sorry to be such a friggin' buzzkill about the cookies. LOL

The only cookies that I have made post-op (for me to eat I mean) is the 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies. They're really tasty, but they're strictly a treat - I never counted them towards anything other than "extra crap" (I didn't add protein powder, etc.). Also, everyone else really liked them so I think I ended up with two out of the whole batch. hahaha

I am glad you did mention it, I have been eating 2-3 a day and not thinking twice about it, that's up to 750 calories just from cookies.  I am at the point where some days I can eat quite a bit more than previously without feeling full. So I need to be even more careful now as to what I am putting into my body.  I wonder if the PB2 powdered pb might work, I may buy some and find out.

I think that's why I've never bought into the healthy (cookie, muffin, protein bar, pick your poison) idea. It's way too easy to justify eating something that should be considered a very rare treat and fooling myself into believing it's (good for me, on plan, has protein, pick your delusion). Also, when I prepare a recipe it's a batch which means several servings which places "treats" in my field of kitchen vision. You can add more protein powder, use PB2, play with the recipe, but it doesn't change what the food IS - a cookie. :/

I hear you about if it is in the house I will want to eat it.  When I made those cookies all I wanted was cookies, nothing else.  I think I am going to stick to the 30 second microwave protein cookie, that way I can make one at a time. lol

I had hoped to sleep in this morning. Made it all the way to 7:30. Back to better eating today. Last two days have been nuts. Lots to do to get ready to leave tomorrow. I haven't even started getting my clothes ready. I want to make some granola to take with me.

Out soon to walk my dog. It is cold but sunny.

b yogurt, granola, blackberries

l deli turkey , kale salad

d stir fry chicken , kale salad

s wasa cracker with laughing cow

Pat, have a fantastic vacation - you've certainly earned it!

Thanks. I hate to pack. I always pack too much and worry I have forgotten things.