Back to basics-day one results

hey! did you see my post on FB abou****ching Ruby.  She went to a surgeon to look into the surgery and learned, and I quote...

It is NOT the easy way out.  And the surgery is only 25% of it, the 'diet' and person are the rest to make surgery successful!

Who would have thunk it???

Stephanie...what exactly did you eat today? (If you don't mind sharing...)

Your protein count is awesome...and I have a hard time getting that much in...I'm trying to steal ideas...

My last count, I was at 60 grams, but that was before dinner...I'm not quite sure how much chicken was in the cup of chicken spaghetti I ate...so not sure on the protein...

Kim I had:
Breakfast: protein drink (30 gms)
Lunch: ham, salami and provalone on 1/2 of a mini croissant
Snack: cheddar cheese stick
Dinner: pot roast (meat and carrots only)

Well I need to log into Fitday.  This is what I had today.  Bad pouch day!!!

12 oz of SF skinny Hazelnut latte

10 oz tea

3oz cheese

1/2 chicken soup
1/2 cup salad with fat free Italian dressing
1 cracker

16oz tea

2 oz of ham
16 oz tea

16 oz tea
2 oz chicken

That is it for today.  Plus sipping on tea.

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	706	40.5	39.9	46.7
Coffee, latte		cup fl oz large medium small grams kg lb oz	134	5.5	12.4	8.8
Snacks, granola bars, soft, uncoated, peanut butter and choc...		bar (1 oz) grams kg lb oz	121	5.6	17.4	2.7
Chicken soup with dumplings and potatoes		cup grams kg lb oz	38	1.7	3.8	1.9
Lettuce, salad with egg, tomato, and/or carrots, with or wit...		cup grams kg lb oz	45	2.3	3.1	3.2
Italian dressing, low calorie		cup tablespoon McDonald's salad dressing packet packet grams kg lb oz	11	1.0	0.7	0.1
Ham, fresh, cooked		cup, cooked, diced oz, boneless, cooked oz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking) oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone and skin removed) oz, with bone, raw (yield after cooking, bone and skin removed) cubic inch, boneless, cooked medium slice (approx 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 1/4") thick slice (approx 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 3/8") thin slice (approx 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 1/8") grams kg lb oz	77	5.0	0.0	7.6
Cheese, Colby		cup cup, diced cup, shredded cubic inch slice (1 oz) grams kg lb oz	112	9.1	0.7	6.7
Crackers		cup bite size cracker grams kg lb oz	15	0.8	1.8	0.2
Chicken, thigh		cup, cooked, diced oz, boneless, cooked oz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking) oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed) oz, with bone, raw (yield after cooking, bone removed) cubic inch, boneless, cooked large thigh (yield after cooking, bone removed) medium thigh (yield after cooking, bone removed) small thigh (yield after cooking, bone removed) grams kg lb oz	152	9.5	0.0	15.4
		Total	706	40.5	39.9	46.7

Well I did alright today... went over my calories a little bit but did exercise so should be ok... According to myfooddiary.com I did really well... here's my daily report...

Monday, August 24, 2009

Food Summary

Meal Calories Fat Carbs Protein Breakfast 223 15.3g 12.9g 12.3g Snack #1 86 0.2g 21.6g 1.7g Lunch 574 9.3g 94.3g 36.0g Snack #2 237 2.4g 39.7g 17.5g Dinner 310 16.3g 25.5g 18.2g Dessert 0 0.0g 0.0g 0.0g Snack #3 0 0.0g 0.0g 0.0g Total Percentage of Calories 1 1430 43.5g 26% 194g 51% 85.7g 22%

   ¹  Typical Percentages: Fat 20-35%, Carbohydrates 45-65%, and Protein 10-35%.

Exercise Summary

Exercise Description Duration Calories eliptical trainer 35 Min. 270

Calories Remaining to ...

Goal Calories Maintain Weight 926 Lose 1.8 lbs. per week (maximum safe) 40

†  You earned 270 extra calories through exercise.

Water Consumption

If every day were like today ...

• You would lose 1.9 lbs per week.
• You would meet your goal weight of 138 lbs on 10/30/2009.
• In one month, you would weigh 147.9 lbs.
• In three months, you would weigh 132 lbs.

At a glance ...

	Notes
	Exercise!  You burned 270 calories.
	A high-fiber breakfast can help you lose weight and reduce your risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
	No dessert!  You easily saved yourself hundreds of empty calories.
	You have eaten fiber-rich foods.  This is a good indicator of a healthy diet.
	Saturated fats only accounted for 4.7% of your calories.  Good job staying below the 9% limit!
	You consumed 122.6 mg of vitamin C.  This is 163% of the recommended daily value (75 mg) for adult women.
	You consumed 3507 IU of vitamin A.  This is 117% of the recommended daily value for women.
	You did not meet your water consumption goal.
	You exceeded the 300mg limit for cholesterol consumption by 50mg.

Jennifer are you trying to lose or maintain.  Your carb intake scares me, lol.  Just seems high for a WLS person.

yeah it is a lot higher than normal today... tried some new foods... they didn't sit well so won't be repeating... I usually stay away from all pasta and bread but my lunch today had whole wheat pasta... it was really heavy and tomorrow I'm going to have the same thing without the pasta... Also had and orange which didn't help the carbs any... Thanks for bringing it up... I was actually about to go and edit my post to say "wow my carbs were high today"  I did well since I stuck to my planned meals but didn't do well in evaluating my carb intake prior to eating it... I'll do better tomorrow, which is all I can do about it today :)  

Ok, somebody please, PLEASE, help me??? How on earth do you all manage that many calories??? I am getting 400-600, which Stephanie said was too low and could be the cause for my 3 week stall... and my monthly stalls. I eat an ounce or two of something and I am full so I stop. How are you getting that much in? How can 58g of fat be a good thing? I was freaking out because of what I had! Can someone help me??? This is what I had today: 

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
1 Egg	0.50	40	3g	125mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	4g	x
Mama Lupe's Low Carb Tortilla	0.50	30	2g	0mg	130mg	4g	0g	2g	3g	x
EAS AdvantEdge Carb Control Chocolate Fudge Shake	2.00	220	6g	40mg	560mg	8g	0g	4g	34g	x
Dole Tropical Fruit	0.50	40	0g	0mg	5mg	10g	9g	1g	0g	x
Tyson Canned Chicken Breast In Water	0.50	30	0g	15mg	100mg	0g	0g	0g	7g	x
Lay's Baked! Original	1.50	165	2g	0mg	225mg	35g	3g	3g	3g	x

Cals Fat     Cholest      Sodium      Carbs                Sugars Fiber Protein   431 13g 180mg 1,020mg 56g 12g 10g 50g

Michele, look how far out most of us are compared to you.  I posted earlier that at 4 months I couldn't eat very much either.  My suggestion is just to keep working on your protein intake if it means sipping on another shake or two per day.  The shakes will get you up to enough proteins for the day.

Looking at your intake your food seems to be more carbs than protein, those carbs WILL fill you up quickly they just aren't going to keep you satisifed in the long run, especially when you get to 2-3-4+ years post-op.

Protein, protein, protein and LOTS of water, some exercise and stay off the scale if at all possible.  I can tell you are frustrated, don't give up try different things.