What are you eating/doing today? (Monday)

Maybe experiment by eating a little more during the day even if you aren't hungry, and see whether that helps curb your night-time eating. Sometimes I find that if I'm eating well all day (even if I'm not hungry - which doesn't happen to me very often this days, haha), then I'm less likely to snack at night.

Thanks for the tip. I do try to eat more often and between drinking and eating it seems like a run out of time. I'll try to eat every 2hrs instead of 3 and see how that goes.

Hi Nia

if I don't eat enough during the day then I am also ravenous at night.  I save some extra calories for night - however if I don't eat breakfast and lunch then truly at night I make up for it. 

Can you change your breakfast to two eggs?  How about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of tuna?  If I don't get enough protein during the day I am not only hungry but put myself in danger of low blood sugar and just an overall feeling of being unwell

Thanks Barb. I think the problem with me is still the quantity I tried to up my portion sizes and i just can't fit 1/2 cup or more than 2.5 oz of any protein. I can eat 3oz of soft fish though (tilapia, bass etc). I'll try the eggs since they are softer and easier to get down. Maybe drink less as i find i take in over 120oz also, try to eat every 2hrs instead of the 3-4 hrs i've been doing.

Morning Karen and everyone else. :)

Ah, Monday and back to work. Since getting back to planning and posting my menus, I've lost almost 4 lbs. (Lost 2.5 lbs in one day yesterday after a couple of days of very little loss - strange, but that's often how it goes. Nice on the day you have the big drop, but I assume I'll be hanging at this weight for a few days again or possibly even gaining a tiny bit since I'm betting this is a perfect storm of a little extra water loss in a day or something. Going to try not to get discouraged if that happens.)

I've noticed I'm not always eating everything I post, or sometimes substituting, but I've been going back the next day and tracking everything I eventually DID end up eating so that I can see what is actually working and what isn't.  I usually end up eating between 1200-1400 calories per day, hovering around 100g of carbs (although with very high fiber content - mostly from fresh veggies/fruit/dairy) and 100g of protein per day, and I'm still losing. I cringe to think how many calories (and carbs, especially simple carbs!) I must have been eating when I wasn't tracking and put on this "bounceback" weight if I'm eating this much now, post-malabsorption, and still losing.

Similar food to the last few days. Seems to be working for me and I'm not sick of any of it yet, so I'm sticking with what's working and is satisfying.

2.5 YEARS POST-RNY

B -  1 egg fried in 1 tsp olive oil, on on slice of P28 toast

S - 1/2 cup ricotta/vanilla/stevia mix with 1/2 cup blueberries

L - 10 medium cooked shrimp (I buy them frozen, already cooked - they're still slightly icy by lunch, which I like), with about 1 tbsp of hot seafood sauce for dipping; 2 devilled eggs (that is, two halves of one egg)

S1 - 1/4 cup of wasabi peas for the crunch for when I'm feeling salty/crunchy-snacky

S2 - 1/2 of a cookies & cream Quest protein bar, for when I'm feeling sweet-snacky (both seem to happen to me at the office in the afternoon!)

D - Same as yesterday: 1 baked or BBQ'd chicken breast (it was baked last night - I'm not a determined enough BBQer to do it in the rain), 1/2 cup of roasted root veggies (sweet potato, carrots, red onions and lots of fresh rosemary, tossed in a bit of oil and roasted on a baking sheet until nice and browned on the edges), and a few spears of asparagus. I probably won't finish this (I often don't), but I'm counting it all in case I do.  And I might fini**** later in the evening as an evening snack if I don't at supper.

S - Homemade skim milk decaf cappuccino

TOTALS: 102g protein, 52g fat, 107g carbs, 33g fiber, 1352 calories

Have a great day, everyone!

good looking menu!  I also lose stair step....will go down - then up - then down.  It sure is a lot more difficult the farther out you get.

That's for sure! :) I'm amazed at your progress - now that I know from experience how difficult it must be. (And it must be even more difficult for you, being way further out than I am!)

Glad to see your routine is working for you.

Good morning everyone.  My concert went well last night, the building was packed with over 250 people!  Feels good to hear people applauding your efforts, good to sing, I just feel better when I sing.

b - 1/2 strawberry gnc lean shake, xl decaf coffee

s - 1/2 gnc shake...later liberte plain greek yogurt mixed with source sf Apple pie greek yogurt

l - leftover from freezer broccoli and chicken Alfredo, no pasta just the veg and meat

s - cheese string, 1/2 simply protein bar

d - bf ham asparagus

s - sf koolaid, dill pickle sunflower seeds in shell

mall water and vits

Good morning everyone. Arrived at work to find a Ministry of some sort making announcement about AODA in our office. Cameras etc. Fortunately I am on the other side of the office so all the excitement can stay over there.

Saw the movie Aloha last night. Good for the type of movie it was. Loved the scenery. Swimming at lunch today. Did very little yesterday so need some exercise. On Saturday there was a few vendors on the boardwalk having a Slobberfest for dogs. A lot of them had food. I think i pulled my back trying to keep my 90 lb dog from getting at all the food. Hoping the swimming will stretch it out.

b greek yogurt, granola, blueberries

s 2 baby bel

l stir fry chicken, one beet, same amount of salad

d hamburger no bun, slice of cheese,salad,

cal 1199, carb 93, prot 89