Menus and Miles Tuesday Sept. 7th

Thanks Roz.
It's kind of like how you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.

Had a good, but busy Labor Day Weekend.
Did a lot of walking at the zoo yesterday with hubby & daughter-- BEAUTIFUL day!

6 month check-up last week brought the announcements:
"You are no longer morbidly obese, you are simply obese now!"
"if you came to us today and asked for the surgery, you would NOT qualify!"
"Your BMI has dropped from 46 to 34 - not bad for 6 months of work!"
"Your BP has reduced to well within our desired ranges - in fact - you might be a bit low"
(see iron /ferritin results to help explain that one I think!)
I've lost over 50" overall since surgery week.


Lab results from last week's 6 month-  most levels were where they needed to be, but she pointed out a couple to me for now and will mail the full report home.
Protein - very good levels
Vit Bs- very good levels
Iron/ferrtiin - very low (thus the lack of energy)  (even with the daily iron (ferrous fumerate) tablets I'm taking.. so we'll be bumping up my vit. c to this routine to see if we can get this to absorb better)
Vit D- very low (even with the booster routine I've been on- so we'll be upping that and adding a fish-oil capsule to help encourage more absorption)

If any of you have suggestions of how to boost these better- I'm open to them!

today's plan:
B:  1 peach & 1/2 c cottage cheese  (15g)
L:  1/4 c brown rice, 3 oz shredded beef, 1/4 c green peas  (20g)
S:  1 sf chocolate candy  & Atkins bar  (17g)
D:  grilled kilbasa, steamed veggies and cheese stick  (30g)
S:  chocolate protein shake  (30g)

Protein target:   112g
vitamins - on track
Water - on track

Make sure Gina checks out your lab results.  She might not read this after she posted. 

Great Protein target!

Good afternoon Roz! Been absent from the board ....been getting stuff done while the weather is so nice. Not much going on waiting at the hospital while Sandy has a MRI for her MS to check for brain lesions. Worked out today had some cardio and Weight training. Vitamins are in and I had some Bourbon chicken with lo mein noodles and a cherry pastry with a coffee. That's about it for now ...see ya later........
Hi Friends.......worked at clearing brush and piling it so as to burn tomorrow.......Didn't eat anything else today and am not really hungry....maybe later........did drink a shake a few minutes ago and am sitting in bed with a glass of water. Got the trash out to be picked up tomorrow.... Kinda miss you guys so I might catch up on reading posts ........take care friends.....

We should have been getting stuff done this weekend but we were basically LAZY all weekend.

Hi Roz, So cool being able to find out the sex of the baby. Babies are so awesome! :)

Here's the plan. The weight has been stuck for several days. I WANT tortilla chips on that taco salad tonight, but I will try my best to avoid them. :(

MENU

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	1,006	47.6	56.3	92.4
Costco protein powder, 1 scoop	1	serving	140	2.0	3.0	26.0
Chili con carne	0.75	cup	195	8.1	15.8	15.4
Fage Yogurt	1	serving	130	2.5	18.0	10.0
Ground beef, raw	3	oz	216	17.0	0.0	14.6
Avocado, raw	0.5	avocado, California (black skin)	138	12.7	7.4	1.7
Olives, black	3	medium	13	1.1	0.7	0.1
Thousand Island dressing, low-calorie	2	tablespoon	62	4.0	6.8	0.3
Lettuce, raw	1	cup, shredded or chopped	8	0.1	1.6	0.5
Salsa	3	tablespoon	13	0.1	3.0	0.7
Nectar Roadside Lemonade powder	1	serving	90	0.0	0.0	23.0
		Total	1,006	47.6	56.3	92.4

MILES
2 mile run, 1 mile walk

VITS/WATER
Doing fine on vitamins. Need to work on the water. I'll start chugging now!

Grat menu!

It seems to me that I eat more than most of you and this is what I had today:

Vanilla Protein Coffee 29g
Cheese Stick 6 g
2 oz ham 14 g
lettuce radish carrots
1 T Ranch
Strawberry Kiwi Protein 23 g
2 oz meatloaf 14g
Steamed brocolli cauliflower mix
1/2 fresh pear

86 Protein
810 Calories

20 min Eliptical
20 min bike

You menu looks fine to me.  You just make a list and most of us write our meals across.

Down to 109 this evening.  Feels good to be back in my comfort range.  Owe it to  cutting carbs, watching calories and stopping grazing.

B: 1.5 scoops protein coffee
S: cucumbers
L: green beans
S: 1/2 protein bar
D: 2 oz steak, watermellon
S: 1/2 protein bar