I was wondering, we do this on the maryland board and I thought it might benefit some of us here (pre and newly post ops) what we all eat on a daily basis.  If we could understand the instructions given to us and maybe come up with new idears for meals it might help us all.....not to mention hold us accountable for what we're digesting.  For accuracy's sake, I always post today for the day before.  If anyone's interested in playing along, by all means tell us what you're eating :)  I'll go first!

yesterday, I had

breakfast - 4 strips of veggie bacon and a packet of quaker weight control oatmeal, cinnamon flavor

lunch - a cup of fat free cottage cheese with 6 olives (I love green olives!!!!)

dinner - a veggie chicken patty with a slice of fat free cheddar melted on top and a couple sticks of string cheese to eat with the left over low carb ketchup and a handful of ka****LC cheese crackers.

I got in about 101 ounces of fluids.....all my vitamins.

Your turn! 

I think this a great idea actually!  So here is mine for yesterday (I still have a rough time a lot of times with food, so my doctor has me on a lot of protein shakes still)

wake up - protein shake

breakfast - 3/4 cup of kashi goLean crunch cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk

snack - protein shake

lunch - 1/2 cup tomato basil soup

snack - protein shake

dinner - 5 grilled shrimp and 3 olives ( I also love olives... especially greek ones!)

snack  - cubed pepperjack cheese and a whole grain cracker

130-ish oz of fluids and all my vitamins

sounds awesome handsome :)  great job!

Aaron, this is a good idea. There are days I wonder if I am eating to much or not enough. Thanks!


I had a Greek yogurt for breakfast
Protein shake for snack
6 oz chili for lunch
string chesse for snack
3 oz chicken for dinner
6 smoked almonds

60 oz of water and all my vitamins

sounds like you're right on track!!!!  great job!

lets see.....yesterday I had....

2 oz marinated chicken strips

2 oz peanuts

sauted cabbage, carrots (asian style) maybe 2 oz

2 oz peanuts

2tbsp Hummus with baked pita chips

80oz of water

NOT a good food day for me.  Not nearly enough protien, was gone all day, thus the peanuts that I keep stashed in the car......

on those off days and we all have them.....it's great that you keep a stash of peanuts.....I've become a salt ***** since surgery and I LOVE peanuts.  i use them when I think i didn't get enough protein in the day because at this point, I am to stay away from protein shakes because they slide right through.  good job hon :)

Messy day yesterday.  Let's see....

B> Atkins protein bar (160 calories)

S> Handful of almonds (probably 1 oz, 180 calories)

L> Korean Spicy Chicken (probably 4 to 6 ounces, can't weigh food at work, calories approx 316)

S> Large protein bar I'm experimenting with for pre-gym snacks (holy crap, just checked calories... 400!?!? ARGH! No more of those...!)

S> Syntrax Nectar (apple)

D> 2 chicken thighs (4  ounces each, 2 ounces of bones remaining, 6 ounces tota, 316 caloriesl)

S> Syntrax Nectar (chocolate)

I need more veggies.  Today shall be better.  And NO MORE OF THOSE DAMN PROTEIN BARS....grr.

you know I used to eat the small Pure Protein bars until i was having like 3 a day and i dumped on them!!!!  now i just get all my protein from food.......screw the veggies it's all protein for me for now.  i don't even do the shakes anymore because they just slide right through.

I've decided that my pouch is bipolar, because a portein shake fills me up for a good 2-3 hours, and i usually only use 8 oz of water to make them!   But last night when I ate the shrimp, I was hungry an hour later.... and protein bars are evil for me!  I was eating the South beach diet ones once in a while and they just do not like me.