Eatin' Good -Monday

Howdy folks! 

It's great to be back in my own kitchen with my own healthy food as opposed to camp food.  So let's get down to business...

8am - 4 oz espresso, 8 oz steamed skim milk, 1 oz sf vanilla davinic syrup

20 oz water

9am - 1/2 my oatmeal mixture w/ frozen berries

20 oz water

12:30pm - 5 oz seafood alfredo w/ steamed veggies

20 oz water

3:30pm - 1/2 a medium cucumber, sliced w/ 1 tablespoon of spinnach dip

20 oz water

6:30pm - 1 slice thin crust pepperoni and sausage pizza

And before I go to bed I'll have the other half of my oatmeal mixture.

How is the eating out there? 

heyy... so i caught a nasty cold... booo right now i'm feelig so run down, but it def didn't stop me from eating today...

"breakfast" - 5 shrimp and some steamed broccoli
"lunch" - 15 grapes
snack - 1oz cheese and 15 more grapes
dinner - 3oz pork chop, some peas, a spoon of rice and a few spoons of no sugar added applesauce
snack - 100 cal popcorn and a hard pretzel like an hour later....

grazing and snacking are def making a heavy duty attack on my life.... guys help me out to stay strong and so no to evil snackinggggg

Well, it sucks to say but I have been terribly constipated lately so I am cutting the cheese...hehe...out of my diet until I can get more regular.

Breakfast - one cup of skim milk with a packet of SF Carnation Instant breakfast (14)

Lunch - I didn't really eat what I brought to work. I had bought some organic broccoli slaw at the store the other day and I had my mom put it in a container for me and when I pulled out my lunch I realized that you have to make the slaw yourself. So, I had also brought some chicken spread so I had about 2 tablespoons of that with 6 whole wheat pita chips (6)

Snack - Slim Fast High Protein snack bar (15)

Dinner - 2 oz. of chicken stir-fry with onions, bell peppers and mushrooms (15)

Snack - 1/4 cup of crock pot cobbler (vanilla cake with apple pie filling) (1)

Consumed 69 ounces of water for the day.
Vitamins: check!

amy could you tell me how you get so much water in? 20oz in between meals if you have to wait and hour bfore and after meals that means you consume 20oz in an hour?

I remember being worried if I would ever be able to get the water in, it gets better with time. 
In the mean time, just keep sipping away.   I am three months out, and it was like one day (a week and a half ago) I am able to get my water in easier.   Just keep trying to drink!

Leslie

I was told to wait 30 minutes after meals, and then my surgeon told me it is okay to drink right up until about 10-15 minutes before meals, so that gives me a pretty good window.  Are you sure you're supposed to wait a full hour after / stop a full hour before meals?  I've heard the 1/2 hour rule over and over, but the hour seems a bit excessive (and I can see where that would make it even harder).     

I have gotten into the habit of keeping a water bottle with me, so that helps, and knowing how miserable I get when I am dehydrated also helps me make a point of drinking enough.  It also gets easier the further out you get.

If you're having trouble, try room temp water.  I was a huge ice water drinker pre-op but post-op the frigid water was really hard on my pouch, so I've been drinking room temp water for a long time now.  Also try a squirt of lemon or lime juice in plain water to help it go down easier.  

Hope that helps!   

yeah my doctor says and hour before and an hour after so that only gives me and hour to drink down my water crazy. I drink crystal light so that is much easier for me. but because there is a small amount of calories i only but a little in for flavor. I am going next week in going to ask. I did better yesterday i got 52oz in but in still on stage three. so i drink all the time. even right before my protein and right after am i sapose to do that? The way i unterstood it was when you start food you need the time.
Nicole