*WEDNESDAY MENU*

Sooooooooo... what are you eating today?

I am 1lmost 18 months out and this is the plan:

B: english muffin with peanut butter
S: cheddar and an apple
L: leftover spinach salad with chicken
S: fage yogurt
D: ?????????
S: slimfast shake

I will repost later when I have a better idea of my eating habits.  I know the day will include:

Greek Yogurt 15gm
Ricotta Cheese 20gm
Deli Meat/cheesestick roll ups. 10gm
Protein Bar 10gm

I'll be doing dense high protein rich foods for most of meals as I don't know when I'll be allowed to eat and probably won't get all my meals in today due to timing.

Pam

Morning everyone.

Feeling really good today, so i figured I'd post :)

1/2 c ff Cottage cheese w/ 1/2 c pinapple
32 oz. coffee
1/2 c  ff Cottage cheese w 1/2 c pinapple (I'm on a kick lately lol)
32 oz crystal light
cucumbers, and mushrooms w/ tuna & ff italian dressing
32 oz. crystal light
protein shake...

Prob having left overs for dinner.

5 months out and here's my plan - have noticed crunchy carbs sneaking back into my diet so as of today I'm off them totally for a while. I don't do bread and stuff like that, but I'm a sucker for pita chips, soy chips, etc. Protein target is 73 per day.

B: OJ protein shake w/AnyWhey = 19 g protein
S: Atkins Advantage Bar = 18 g protein
L: Deli Roll-ups w/lo-fat swiss cheese = 20 g protein
S: 4 oz Lo-fat cottage cheese = 11 g protein
D: Not sure
S: SF popsicle or ice cream

Was it hard for all of you guys to get in 5 small meal a day?Becuase after a spoon ful of anything i'm stuffed and a 1/2 of slice of deli meat is all I can do a bite of cheese stick. What a girl to do

Well your what like 2 months out now (Terrible but I looked before I started to type and already forgot!) lol

Just have small things 6 times a day. You should be able to get a protein shake in, just keep sipping it - make sure you rae getting in plenty of protein and your fluids! You aren't going to be able to get in all of the protein all of the time, but you want to get as close as you can to your goal every day.

It will get better - enjoy this "not hungry" time while you can! I wish many days that I could re-create that feeling being 18 months out.

Keep your chin up!

Liz

Just do what you can.....you might want to try some other things that aren't as dense such as cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, yogurts etc.  Most of them have great protein value and kind of sit a bit nicer on the pouch.

Take your time - you will slowly be able to eat more over time which, as Liz said, can kind of stink sometimes!!

Supplement with shakes as needed until you are getting everything from food.  You won't hit your goal every day especially early out - but certainly try

Pam

Thanks Guys...I luv my Barix family!

Hi Liz, I see we had our surgery on the same day!

EM - EAS Protein Chocolate Shake 17g
B -    Grits w /cheese  10g
S -    Dannon Strawberry Smoothie w/ whey protein 30g
L -    Tilipia w /tossed salad 29g
D -    Tilipia w/ cabbage 1 sl 7-grain wh bread 36g
S -     ??

Over the top in Protein!

OK....I did not hit protein goals today and had less fluid than I normally have - here's what I ended up having

2 cheesesticks 16gm
20 ounces water
1/2 cup ricotta cheese 20gm
20 ounces water
1/2 blueberry muffin (way to barix)
12 ounces decaf iced coffee w/ skim milk and splenda (way to barix)
3ish ounces chicken and some salad 21ish gm (dinner at Red Robin) with some unsweetened iced tea
16 ounces water (at barix)
16 ounces water (on way home)

57gm protein (goal is 70)
84 ounces fluid - I'm normally over 100