Menus and Miles Wed. March 16th

WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.

I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! I have IC (Irritable Bladder Syndrome) and I can only have them while I'm not having a flare up. It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

Over the hump day!!  Pretty tired today with the clocks changing and staying up to late to watch the election coverage.

Maintenance 7+ years

Breakfast:   Handful Honey Nut Cheerios

Protein:   Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Snack:     1 Lite Swiss Laughing Cow wedge and 6 Saltines

Lunch:     Vegetable Soup and  few carrots

Protein:   Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Snack:     Nature Valley Gluten Free Almond Nut Bar

Dinner:    Roast and 1/2 cup Mashed Potatoes

Snack:     3 TB's Popcorn with a little salt and oi

meeting, drove Teke, headed to muscle pump.  Beautiful day here.

decaf protein coffee  33g
oatmeal, blueberries, walnuts, protein
lemon tea protein 13g
grapefruit, pork chop
Caribbean cooler protein 13g
pork chop
fish, salad
protein shake  25g

Sounds like a good Protein day!!!!

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - protein coffee with 1/2 & 1/2 (30g)
S - 2+ regular coffees w/1/2&1/2
B - Greek yogurt w/blueberries
S - peanuts
L - protein shake (30g)
S - popcorn
D - fish nuggets
S - popcorn or Greek yogurt?

VITES:
morning batch: done
calcium batches: done
iron: stopped
evening batch: starting
heme iron: pending

MILES:
walking and stairs

Sounds Good!!!

Hi Roz,

I can't get used to this time change either.

B: protein decaf coffee

S: lemon tea protein

L: grilled chicken, turnip greens

S: lemon tea protein drink

D:  salad with grilled chicken, lite balsamic dressing

S: low carb mug cake of some type

Vitamins: done

Water/fluids: 80 ozs

Miles: 1 mile walked

Linda

Last night was the first good nights sleep I've gotten since we changed them.  I think I was exhausted.

Sounds like a Good Protein Day!

Breakfast

Coffee, Half & Half, Genepro protein powder

Hard-boiled egg  

Morning snack

v8 - Original, 11.5 oz can  

Lunch

Beef and Lentil Stew, no potatoes  

Afternoon snacks

Great Value - Light Greek Nonfat Yogurt Vanilla Great Value - Pineapple Frozen

Trader Joe's Nuts - Raw Cashew Pieces

Trader Joe's - Organic Raw Almonds

Trader Joe's - Pumpkin Seeds Raw Unsalted

Dinner

Qia Superfood bar - Blueberry Cashew Pumpkin seed

Haas Avocado, 1 medium  

Calories 1,494 Carbs 93g Protein 90g

What are the recommended totals for the VSG?  I never took in 1000 calories until I was at my Drs. goal which was 8 months out and then I only increased it with Whey Protein Drinks.

I'd like to see you eat some real Protein food.

I was told not to count calories but MyFitnessPal does it for me so I post it.  I am to aim between 65-100 grams of protein per day, carbs should be 50g or less, fat 30g or less.  My carbs will always be high because I do my best to eat vegetable sources of protein.  I was told that was fine. 

I don't understand your last comment.  Every meal and snack I ate yesterday contained protein foods and I only had one protein shake supplement in my coffee in the morning.  I try not to eat meat or at the very least keep it to only one meal a day.  Before surgery I was a mostly meatless eater, I am trying to get back into that habit but it's been difficult.