Eating big from 7/25 to 7/31

Healthy substituting recipes are on my profile page.

Sunday 7/25: 1680 calories
Breakfast: Waffles with mixed fruit topping. 210 calories
Lunch: shrimp, broccoli and snow pea pods; brown rice; veggie soup; 2 lemon cheese tarts 285 calories
Snack: raspberry no bake cheesecake; peach; 2 lemon cheese tarts200 cal
Dinner: 3 oz. cooked tilapia; veggie soup; 2 lemon cheese tarts; 1/2 cup wheat noodles 285 calories
Snack: 3/4 cup All bran; 1/2 c milk/ 2 protein bars 600 calories

Monday: 7/26 1720 calories
Breakfast:1 slice raspberry cheesecake; 26 frosted chocolate mini wheats 190 calories
Snack: 1/4 cantaloup; 3 lemon cheese tarts 150 calories;
Lunch: 1 can tuna; 1/2 cup whole wheat noodles; 2 tablespoons fat free dressing; veggie soup 245 calories
Snack: peach; lettuce and tomato salad with fat free dressing and 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds; protein bar 300 calories
Dinner: 1/2 chicken breast; 1/2 cup whole wheat noodles; 3 lemon cheese tarts; 305 calories
Snack: 1 1/2 buttermilk, 3/4 c Fiber Plus, peach/ protein bar 530 calories

Tuesday: 7/27 1280 calories
Breakfast: 1 slice raspberry cheesecake; 1/2 c wheat noodles 200 cal
Snack: peach 50 cal
Lunch: chicken; lettuce and tomato salad with fat free dressing; 1/2 c whole wheat noodles 210 cal
Snack: peach; oatmeal cookie 150 cal
Dinner: Chicken asiago and spinach sausage; 1 c whole wheat noodles; lettuce and tomato salad with fat free dressing 270 cal
Snack: brown rice; ground beef 300 cal

Wednesday: 7/28 1655 cal
Breakfast: mojito cheesecake; canned peaches310
Snack: tiramisu 155
Lunch lean ground beef; brown rice; stawberries; carrot muffin; cucumber and tomato salad with fat free dressing 550
Dinner: acorn squash, lean ground beef, brown and wild rice; merlot 7oz. 500 cal

Thursday: 7/29 1335 calories
Breakfast: 2 pieces tiramisu 300
Snack: peach 50
Lunch: light hot dog; 1/2 c wheat noodles; 1/2 c cooked peppers; huge lettuce salad with 1/2 tomato and fat free italian dressing 250 cal
Snack: peach cobbler 160 cal
Dinner: light hot dog; 1/2 cup whole wheat pasta; 1/4 c peppers 225 cal
Snack: tiramisu and 7 oz merlot 350 cal

Friday 7/30 I lost 2 lbs this morning and I would have been happy with only one
total calories: 1000
Breakfast:2 pieces of tiramisu 300 calories
Snack: strawberries 70 calories
Lunch: 3 mojito tarts 90 cal
Dinner: 2 tocos from toco bell 340
Snack: 7 oz merlot 200 cal.

Saturday 7/31 1435 calories
Breakfast: Egg McMuffin 370 cal
Snack: 6 mojito tarts 180 cal
Lunch: 1 oz turkey pastrami; greek yogurt; yogurt 235
Snack: chocolate zucchini cake; 1/2 connoli 300 cal.
Dinnner: chocolate cheesecake 150 cal.

Keep up the great work!!!  The posting of food is so very helpful.  Have a super weekend!

Thanks, I kind of got behind this week.  I do plan on keeping up my post because it keeps me under control of my food.  I entered a huge cooking competition and made 19 diabetic (low cal, low sugar and low fat) desserts and won 10 awards.  It was open to all desserts and no special kudos were given to the fact that they were low cal... just taste, appearance etc.  I am pretty tired out because I have been shopping, baking and doing dishes for the past week.  It gives me pleasure to put together these foods.  Tonight I was asked to bring desserts to a party because several of the guys are diabetics too....so more baking!  I love those guys though and would do anything for them.  We've been friends since junior high.  Daisy  

Hi Daisy, I enjoy reading your posts because I'm eating about 1000 calories a day, 7 weeks post op verticle sleeve, and I know that I can't eat 700 calories a day long term.  So it's great to know that you can eat more calories and still lose. Have you put any of your low fat, low sugar dessert recipes online?  That would be great to see some of them. Do you exercise?   Thank you, Suzy

Many are on my profile page.  Generally you can remove 1/2 the sugar and replace what is left with 1/2 dark brown sugar and 1/2 Splenda.  If there are a lot of eggs use Egg beater type products.  Replace 1/2 the butter with oil and the other half with apple sauce.  Replace the cheese products with fat free product.  Cookies are a problem because they end up like rubber and so I just don't make them.  Add fruit and veggies into baked goods.  Only use 1/2 the crust on pies.  Make crumbles, crisps and cobblers instead.  Use phillo dough shells or egg roll papers for little tarts.  Use little pudding packs for frosting.  Freeze parts of batches whenever possible.  Count the calories in the recipe so you know what you are eating.

I run, bike and swim since 2002.  Sometimes I have to take off for injuries. I have done triathlons, spin a thons and 5Ks. I have a lot of injuries so I go to PT and have had cortisone shots, but they keep me going.  I find that people generally think they eat less than they do and exercise more than they do.  Exercise is always good for toning and cardio.

Problem with the VGS is that it is only a restrictive procedure.  My RNY acts like a VSG so, like you, high calorie desserts can be a problem for me.  I just simply never allow myself to eat them even though I easily can without consequences.  I really am satisfied with healthier desserts replacing my plain bread and main protein in a meal.  

I am glad things are going great for you.   Daisy