I need some help here family!! Calling all vets!!
hey guys!!!
As most of you know I had surgery on the 18th of May. It was just 2 short weeks ago, and the protein and liquids have been somewhat of an issue... while I was getting all my liquids in, the protein was HARD!!!
I am back to work as of yesterday and I feel great!! I got all 58 grams of protein in yesterday plus some and all of my liquid! I was also able to eat a soft food lunch! For dinner I decided to do a meal replacement of a protein drink so that I could BE SURE to get all liquids and protein in and it did the trick!!! Today I have devised a 2 hour schedule for my self... Here it is! Let me know if you think I need to make chages, or if this is a good plan to follow:
8:00 am - (drive to work) Have protein drink with 16 grams of protein mixed with 10 oz of water or skim milk
10:00 am - Protein drink with 16 grams of protein mixed with 10 oz of water or skim milk
12 noon - lunch - still a work in progress, but today I have brought 5 wheat crackers, and some mac and shells... I can only eat like 5 spoon fulls of it, if that, it's crazy but it's lunch!
2:00 pm - protein drink with the same mixture of 8 & 10!
4:00 pm- protein drink with the same mixture of the others! (this will equal my 64 grams of protein and 40 oz of liquids)
6:00 pm- make sure to continue drinking from 4 - 6 to get in my last 20 oz of liquids for the day. Then anything else I have beyond is extra for my workout, etc.
8:00 pm- small soft food dinner ****il I can get into meats!)
This is just my first attempt to get a good schedule since I'm back to work, and need some help from those of you who have been doing this for years!!! I work 9-6, and get home from work at about 7, then cooking might take me like 45 minutes to walk to dog and get settled. So 8 might seem some what late. I am following Dr. Barkers plan of 6 small meals each day through, along with getting my protein and liquids. Let me know what you think please!!! It will really help me out. I need to get myself into a rut so to speak...
another thing that helps me lots is to make cl or tea and take it in a water bottle up to my room at night - I sip some during the night and it is room temp in the morining and goes down better
you are doing great for 2 weeks out - this is a life long journey - you have lots of time but establishing good habits - like YOU ARE doing right from the start is the wa to be the most sucsessful
peace
danni
I know what I need to do - I have to choose to take care of me or I choose to fail
~Stephanie~
RNY revision from lapband 7/30/07...TT/BL 10/9/08 and at GOAL
I know what I need to do - I have to choose to take care of me or I choose to fail
Mystery solved: I just went to www.SonicDrivein.com and they do have a raspberry iced tea that contains no sugar. But apparently they don't have a raspberry additive. Their "Cherry" additive for cokes or lemonade is 90 EXTRA calories and an extra 24g/sugar per route 44 drink. Cranberry additive adds 75 calories and 19gm/sugar. The "diet cherry" has no sugar so we can all have that too. They didn't list Peach so I'm not sure about that. I'm guessing it's a tea and not an additive. A "regular" slush (route 44) is about 600 calories. Thank God they have Diet Cherry!!
The site is really cool in that you can choose what you want to eat and build it the way you want it and it will figure out the whole nutritional values for you. It's fun to play around with.
~Stephanie~
RNY revision from lapband 7/30/07...TT/BL 10/9/08 and at GOAL
Hugs B~
Thanks guys!! I totally didn't know that the protein drinks would not count towards my daily intake!!! But, the good news is, I just started that yesterday so let me get on track today!!!!
So really, today, besides the 4.5 oz of water I had OUTSIDE of my protein... YIKES!! gotta get busy!!!! I'm so happy I posted this!!!! I will begin right after I finish my lunch! (waiting my 30 - 45 minutes of course... then in between protein drinks, I will be sure to be drinking as much as I can! I can tolerate apple juice and white grape juice pretty well, so I'm going to start on this right away! thanks so much for all your help!!
If you can't cope with water or Crystal Lite all the time -- which I certainly understand -- you might try substituting low-sugar, low-calorie fruity drinks like Diet Ocean Spray and Diet V8 Splash. I discovered them because they were on my surgeon's recommended list and they're delicious.
I love water, and I normally drink about 3 bottles a day, so I will just keep doing that. Every now and then I have to hhave something different because water gets kinda old. That is when I go with the fruit juice. I was told as long as it's unsweetened then I'm fine. I willl try your suggestions though!!! For sure.
Thanks!!
Also try adding lemons to your water. Just some suggestions. Good Luck!
Also to your lunch menu's try adding cottage cheese, string cheeses or yogurt.