Accountability... what did you eat Sunday

heheh thank you :) Im a holiday junkie.. I lead a small life :P hugs PK

Easter is apon us and the Bunny is loose.  Quick catch her.  She could have some eggs full of protein. hehehe.. nice protein day for you.  Almost got the whole 2000 in.  good job. Keep it up girl Carla

On the run most of the day...

B: Kay's White Cheddar Kruncheeze
S: 1/2 serving of TJ's White Cheddar Soy crisps
L: 1/2 mini whole wheat bagel with deli turkey and cream cheese
S: Chike smoothie
D: Chike smoothie
S: 4 mini SF cheesecake bites

Cals: 1028
Fat: 37g
Carbs: 66g
Prot: 97.5g

I'm low on everything today because the 1/2 of a mini whole wheat bagel stayed in my pouch and plugged everything up for most of the afternoon. I didn't even eat dinner because NOTHING sounded good.

Water: a little low today
Vits: done
Exercise: cleaning, laundry, errands
Weight: dropped another 1.5 pounds to 103.5 (don't know how in the hell that happened as I've significantly increased my calories over the past 10 days )

Bekah

I tell you.. increasing calories drops weight.  I am trying so hard to get my cals up but never seem to make it each day.  I would love to be between 1200 and 1500 a day.  somedays I almost get there. lol.. I think you are still ok if I remember correctly you are vertically challenged so you can handle it.  Those soft proteins dont do much to keep the weight on you although I do understand the upset pouch thing...  you are doing great and you will find the place to land at with your intake.   Carla

Well, I certainly understand your problem with dinner..I've been eating much fish lately. Love tilapia.  During my support group Sonja challenged me to gain just 5 pounds and not freak out and maintain that. Yes, it's freaking me out but I'm still gonna do it, if I can. I'm full most of the day and then some. I don't much like the feeling but it's gonna take that.  Breakfast: 1/4 cup Mighty Tasty, 1/4 cup TVP, soymilk and 1/2 serving of pwd soy protein. this was well over 30 grams of protein for this meal.  Snack: 1 oz cheese stick, 1 raw orange Lunch: 2 battered deep fried fish fillets (couldn't manage another one and then the grease in it made me queezy) and some fries (possibly a half cup) Snack: SoBe Living drink mix Dinner: Corned beef and cabbage, 1/4 of a red potato, boiled, probably most of a cup of boiled carrots Dessert: 1 raw orange and 1/4 cup SF Chocolate cashews Totals for the day: Calories: 2398 Fat: 115 Carbs: 196 Protein: 146 Is it possible to get TOO much protein?

LOL I often wonder that too Dawn.. I think my highest day was 180 protein!!! My highest cal day was close to 3000 too :P I often wonder why my protein is sooo high compared to "normal" people. A normal diet is 2000 cals and 45 grams protein. Thats about 1800 non protein calories a day??? Is that even possible??? For me my cals end up super high in protein because I dont like or tolerate fat well, and I dont like or tolerate breads well. So I cut out a big chunk of a normal days calories that are non protein and end up replacing them with .. protein. I think there is a higher risk of kidney stones with a super high protein diet. If your kidneys are already unhealthy high protein diets will tax them greatly as well. Personally my thing is high protein is not even remotely as bad for me as what I ate pre op so if I have to suffer some consequences of this style of eating it will be nothing compared to what I would and did suffer everyday with the pre op lifestyle, ya know? Snuggly Huggles PK

I'm right there with you bugs.  I cant tolerate fat or breads either so to eat something it has to be protein and than if its to dry my pouch dont like it either.  You are right about the kidney thing but i believe you can go much higher than the 45g you mention.  The way our body burns our food protein is the best way to go to get rid of all those nasty little fat deposits.   Carla

PK,  I have  a hard time with fat too. And I know we need more fat, at least I do, for my skin's sake. So I had the battered deep fried fish yesterday...Yuck. The pouch didn't much like it. I had the dreaded D late into the night last night..But it's worth the try to add the calories and the fish and the fat. I had to see where my tolerances are I'm going to find out about the high protein thing. I've had a history of kidney infections before. Maybe the high protein isn't very good for me. What about protein shakes? I wonder. Again, people are telling me we malabsorb and the levels have to be much higher but they never give specifics because we're all different. I'm getting frustrated with that logic because if I'm not absorbing, then there would be evidence of it...There isn't any. my blood work is good, better than good. Some things are off the charts good. My bowels would show evidence of low absorption and things would go through Unabsorbed...Not happening.  I'm still working through this but I do trust my doctors, for the most part.  Dawn

Wow lots of cals, fat, carbs and protein for you.  That outta give you a couple pounds.  I am having the same issue with about 6 people.  they all want me to gain 20 pounds.. (yeah right).. not a chance.  They keep poking my boney ribs and saying I need more meat on me.  I dont see it happening any time soon. lol.. Hope you can do it.  Let us know how you are doing with it.  I know that has gotta be driving you nuts.  I would have a coranary if I did that. Carla I dont know if you can have to much protein.  We dont know how much we dont absorb so it makes it kind of tough to know where to go.  On sparkpeople they recommend 80 to 130 for me so if I dont absorb it all I could get by with the higher number.

I do have to admit to myself a couple of things.  1) I am too skinny. With hanging skin removed I could easily weigh less than 110 pounds. Much too skinny for me at 5 ft 5 in. That makes me too low on the BMI charts too. The only thing that keeps me from being too skinny is what I'd love to have removed anyway...Not a good thing at all. 2) I do like to be told that I need to gain weight. For some odd reason, because of all the years that people told me to quit eating so much, the sound of people saying I'm too thin...Makes me happier than it should. There's something very wrong with that. So those two things being said, out loud, I have to try something like gaining several pounds without losing my mind or control. If I can gain 5 pounds and maintain right there...I really do have the control that I crave. If I lose control at 5 pounds and 5 becomes 10 becomes 40...Then I never really had control to begin with. It's worth the gamble because I'm pretty sure I can control this... I am up this morning to 121.3. I know it's probably water from all the salty stuff I ate this weekend but I'm encouraged that I only have alittle left to go. (deciding whether my goal is 122 (which was my weight in June) or 125 (which was my doctor's goal for me...So I still have control. If 122 is too easy for me, I'll see about jumping to 125 (yikes. my palms are sweating already).