Menus and Miles Tues. Mar. 29th

I just got yesterdays post caught up. It was so great to have so many posting!!!!!

I have always loved the Syntrax Lemon Tea but I'm enjoying it even more since I've been sprinkling a little Cyrstal Lite or South Beach flavors into it.  Whatever flavor I have an urge for is a possibility.  It sure saves on buying so many different jugs of Protein.  I am also loving my SF DaVinci Syrups.  They give my Chocolate and Cookies n Creme Protein a whole new taste...yum!! 

WHAT TRICKS DO YOU USE TO ADD VARIETY TO YOUR PROTEIN DRINKS??

HONEYMOON PERIOD EVENTUALLY ENDS FOR EVERYONE...DON'T FALL INTO THE I CAN GET AWAY WITH IT MODE!!!!!!!   BAD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD ENDS and THE POUNDS START CREEPING BACK!!!!!!!

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RNY Maintenance 

B:  Protein:  GNC Chocolate and Cookies n Creme, SF Peppermint Paddy Syrup(with Miralax) 39g  
L:   1/2 can of Campbell's Beef and Barley soup
Protein:  Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea with a sprinkle of South Beach Tropical Breeze
S:  1 cheese stick and 2 saltines
Protein:  Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea with a sprinkle of Lemonade Crystal Lite
D: 
Protein:  Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea with a sprinkle of Crystal Lite Cherry
Protein:   Fage yogurt cheesecake mixture

The Lemon Tea was one of the ones I couldn't stand! I really thought that one and the Apple Ecstasy would be it for me, and I couldn't stand either one of them. I chose to go with the Pink Grapefruit even though I HATE real grapefruit. Now I'm loving the perfect chocolate, mint cookie, and 4everfit cran razz. The chocolate I add the syrups to, the mint I make into ice cream and the cranrazz i add my pre-work out powders to since they are a fruit flavor they blend well. might go roadside lemonade when this container runs out. THe PC and MC I buy in the 5 pound bags now. Smartest thing I ever did. My amaretto flavor drops should be delivered today!! And my german chocolate cake, creme de menthe, and peanut butter da vinci syrups should arrive tomorrow to start beign added to my PC shakes. I also ordered lime to add to my water. can't find lime stevia anywhere!

RNY (8.5 months out)

B: ZOIC Cookies and Creme Shake: 15g protein
S1: Lemon Pudding with 1/8 cup blueberries
L: Egg salad made with 1 whole egg plus 1 egg white, 1/2 tb mayo, and paprika, colby/jack cheese stick, green peppers, and 5 bbq soy crisps 18g protein
S2: Jello salad: 9g protein
D: Ranch-Parmesan crusted chicken with mashed fauxtatoes 30g protein
S3: Chocolate Amaretto Shake!! provided my amaretto arrives today as scheduled 24g protein

totals: 921 calories, 33g fat, 56.7g carbs (45 net), 99g protein

just dance 2 for am exercise, will do more this evening. going straight home tonight to spend time with DH and DS who were both passed out when I came home from support group last night (and curves, red lobster, and my brothers house). so cuddles and dancing for tonight :D

vitamins are on track, water consumption is great

Everyones tastes are so different!  Jody loves the Roadside Lemonade and Fuzzy Navel but they made me gag.  I haven't tried the Pink Grapefruit but Jody really likes that too.  My order should be here today too and not soon enough because I am craving the Mint Cookie!

What are amaretto drops? 

I've been hungry for Egg Salad but I keep forgetting to boil the eggs.

Good Totals!!

I think the fuzzy navel would have been better if I'd had it colder. Oh well. I had to choke downt eh lemon tea because it was the only sample packet I'd had on me that day (DH, DS, and I stayed the night a a friends house, I didn't think lemon tea would turn on me!) So I made myself drink it, I was so disappointed, I'd been saving it cuz I figured it would be awesome. Oh well. The fruit punch in the natural's line is quite tasty just to let you know. Didn't get crystal sky or twisted cherry in my sample package of regular nectars, and I'd really like to try them, but oh well, what can you do?

It's your own fault, you brought it up and then I had to drink mine and I became re-addicted to it. So that's why you've been seeing it almost every day. I hope you get your fix in :) Did you buy the 2 pounds or the 5?

I order most of my stuff through supplementwarehouse, and they were out of amaretto davinci syrup. I was also placing an order through netrition because I wanted some of those "just the cheese chips" that are phenomenal. Their syrups were more expensive so I just searched amaretto and came up with these flavor drops: Capella Flavor Drops are a highly concentrated flavoring without any sweeteners, fats, calories, or sodium. Due to the concentration level of these drops, Capella avoids adding any preservatives or stabilizers. They are a flavor rather than a sweetener, and you use 1 drop per 2 oz of fluid (like liquid stevia). I'm pretty excited to try them. Too bad UPS just informed me that despite teh message I sent along with netrition that they could leave it under our stairs, they decided they'd rather not deliver it today.

I came home last night to a dead house and was too wired from group to sleep, so I made our lunches for today as well as our shakes (DH now drinks protein shakes for breakfast since he's waking up earlier and can't handle real food that early in the morning). Boil your eggs on the back burner while you prepare dinner, no fuss no muss :)

Thanks! I did add a Medifast blueberry oatmeal to this. I've been craving fiber like crazy (and here I thought it was just carbs, but no, they have to have a high concentration of dietary fiber to satisify this craving) and saw I had a packet in my drawer here at work. YAY. Flatouts have also been helping with this. I made an egg and cheese burrito on a spinach one on sunday and just cut it in half and my son was overjoyed to get it. I think I've been severely lacking in my fiber intake (and slacking on the fiber powders). Ahh well. Back to work for me. Have a great day!

Let us know how the drops taste and if it's enough flavoring to make a difference.  What flavor is amaretto? 

I love the twisted cherry but I get the same taste when I put the Cherry Crystal Lite in my Lemon Tea so I don't order it any more.  Hated my sample of Crystal Sky but maybe you will like it.

I order from Netrition.com because I love the $4.95 shipping price plus if your order is over $200.00 you get another discount.  I bought the 5.40 pound container of the Mint Cookie.  That was cheaper and you get more than if you order 2-2 pound containers. 

will do :) if they ever give it to me. DH is off the next two days so i should receive tomorrow, egads another day of waiting! amaretto is like almond with a hint of cherry, there is an alcohol by the same name that i learned about mere months prior to surgery, it was sooooooo good. hopefully this will be better

fair enough :) it's good that you can create your own and get exactly what you need to save money down the road. SW beats competitor prices by 5% so even though the shipping is more, if you average it out, sw has the lower price for your total. but you need to order where you are happy. :) as long as you get what you want and are satisified with your cost, my lips are sealed.
Good job! I love the 5# bags !!! Enjoy that deliciousness! I think I paid 34.15 for my 5 pounds and I'm already halfway through it, the chocolate too. So good!

I do remember ordering from SW and them beating my price. I completely forgot about that.  I'll have to check them out next time.

I've been surprised how good the various protein flavors taste mixed together or with an odd syrup here and there...Nectar strawberry mousse with chocolate truffle, chocolate truffle with orange SF syrup and chocolate truffle with raspberry syrup and coffee. Now I mix my omega 3-6-9 swirl with both strawberry and chocolate and it's good! Who knew? I've even mixed the fruity Nectars (Peach for example) with vanilla and those turned out good too.

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
B - 2 protein coffees (50g)
S - Fage yogurt w/blueberries and a protein coffee (25g)
S - 1/2 cup peanuts
S - carrots and celery w/dip
L - protein shake (30g)
S - chili
D - beef hot dog w/chili & cheese
S - CarbSmart ice cream

VITAMINS:
morning batch: done
calcium batches: done
omega 3-6-9: done
iron: done
evening batch: starting
bedtime batch: pending

MILES:
unpacked a big Vitalady shipment...my back is killing me

Wow..the Strawberry moussee with chocolate sound great!   I think I'll try some Cherry crystal Lite in my chocolate tomorrow morning.

Good Menu so far Gina!!

On second thought my Mint Cookie should be here today so the Cherry can wait...YEAH!!!