Keeping it honest....

I do love it but it doesn't always love me and I am constantly afraid that some will get stuck in my stoma. I have had that before with peanuts and thought I was going to end up in the hospital. Not fun when I am the nurse who knows what could happen to myself. They are hunks, aren't they? Lori

Ouch! I'm quite thankful that the ONLY thing I get stuck is chicken...and once some beef I swallowed forgetting my stomach doesn't have teeth lol. Never had issues with carby foods. Might be better for me if I did though lol Ah well....chew well!

Monday Monday Monday! Went back to work today, and I sure was glad to be there! So much energy, it was awesome 1. low sugar apples & cinnamon oatmeal 2. 1/2 cup no sugar added applesauce w/splenda & cinnamon 3. about 1/4 cup chicken salad 4. 1 powercrunch bar 5. 1/2 cup fatfree turkey chili 6. 4 pizza snacks (4 melba crackers, pizza sauce, 1 string cheese, turkey pepperoni) vitamins, calcium, 90+ oz of crystal light & iced tea, 2 cups coffee Seems I am doing quite fine on most regular foods Michele

I see you're loving those PCbars lol. NOW I know what to send you next xmas Glad things are improving for you!

Protein shake coffee, splenda and cream 2 pcs of licorice ;-( balsamic vin chicken salad protein bar meatloaf, lima beans and squash 150 oz of fluids and 4 muncho chips (satan) no excersize but tomorrow is another day!!!

Ah ya know one thing I kind of miss (the mental memory of) is a cold meatloaf sandwich...They just make my pouch ache now. Not sure why either.....I can do a cold hamburger, but not cold meatloaf. Bummer. MUNCHOS! Hate to love them lol

I was too lazy to cook and not a lot of appetite breakfast - oneway bar (while still in bed, I didn't roll out til near noon) laid in bed reading and napping most of the day. the most activity I had was a shower and getting back into my compression garment. Did get to the library for a little while to stock up on books in the eve while DH was at school. . lunch 1/2 PB & banana sandwich on whole wheat raisin bread snack, detour bar dinner - cup veggie soup I ended the night wth sf icecream and strawberries. 1018 cal, 58 grams of protein what movie did you see? I am hoping to get to Brokeback Mountain soon.

LOL I commented above on Brokeback...can't GO THERE We saw Nanny McPhee....LOVED IT!!! Few movies will I willingly watch twice. This is one I'll watch again on DVD Your day looks good - especially considering you didn't cook!

This is my planned menu for Tuesday...sorry if I am a slow learner and the idea is to post retrospectively. I cannot color within the lines. Breakfast: Steel Cut Oats 150 calories, 8 crushed almonds 110, 8 oz. Vanilla Soy Milk 100, 1/2 cup Raspberries 30 = 390 calories. Snack: 1 cup Blueberries 50, 1 cup Soy Yogurt 150 = 200 calories. Lunch: 4 oz. Poached Salmon (seasoning)160, 1 cup chicken broth (homemade not from cubes) 25, Assorted chunked vegetables: red pepper, orange pepper, yellow pepper. 1/2 apple sprinkled with cinnamon and splenda 35 = around 225 calories. Snack: 1 hard boiled egg 75 calories. 1/2 pink grapefruit peeled 55= 130 calories. Dinner: Chicken vegetable soup with Tofu (6 oz.) 160 for the tofu, 50 for the broth, 50 (?) for the vegetables 260 calories. 1/2 Grapefruit 55 = 315 calories. Dessert: not with dinner, but before 8:00 (!) 1 apple 50 2 tbsp. natural peanut butter 210 (no sugar) = 260 calories. Total for day=1560 calories. A little low...try to stay between 1500 to 1800 calories. Karen

Pfft There ARE NO RULES for this thread (except the TOS ones hehe). Seriously, I put this up for me...and you can pretty much do what YOU need to 'keep it honest' - ya know? Isn't it amazing how quickly the calories can add up on something? Still bugs me...I eat something and think, ah not too bad..and THEN I look at the calorie-load. I'm getting much better at looking first, eating second (or skipping). Except for the tofu (personal preferences lol), your day looks good!