Friday 4/13--What did you eat today??

Okay, here goes... Let's all share what we ate today OR what you plan to eat tomorrow (Saturday). Breakfast--protein bar (15 grams protein) Lunch--carb master yogurt (12 grams protein) snack--refried beans/cheese (10 grams protein) Dinner--chicken quesadilla with only about 1/2 of the tortilla (28 grams protein) snack--pickle spears (no protein unfortunately, but also little else) SO, only 65 grams of protein for me today, but it was an on the go day... I did get in 80 ozs of liquids too. And, my total calories for the day was 1010. For tomorrow, I think I'm going to do Egg Beaters with cheese for breakfast, yogurt again at lunch time (my surgeon encourages us to eat a yogurt every day), maybe a protein bar for my snack, and either chili or pot roast for dinner... Please share your own folks! Hugs, Lea 410/275/175??

Hi Lea, What kind of Protein bars do you like? What do you recommend? Michelle

For me, there are only two protein bars I ever eat. Both of them are sort of middle-of-the-road as far as protein bars go. 1) Power Crunch These are like sugar wafer cookies with a coating around the outside. I prefer the French Vanilla Creme, but I hear the Peanut Butter Creme is VERY popular too. Power Crunch bars don't have a protein taste. But, they do leave a bit of a greasy mouth feel after you eat them. It goes away pretty quickly. I guess it is something in the coating. They have 15 grams of protein and like 9 or 10 carbs. 2) Slimfast High Protein protein bars I only eat the Chocolate Chip Granola one. It is very much like a Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bar if you've ever had one of those. No protein taste whatsoever and it has a chocolate coating on the bottom and some teeny chocolate chips in the granola bar. They have 15 grams of protein and like 18 net carbs. I try to only eat protein bars where I can get nearly as many grams of protein as I do grams of carbs. So, if a protein bar has 15 grams of protein in it, I don't eat one with more than 15 to 20 net grams of carbs. Some of the ones out there have 20 grams of protein in them but almost 40 carbs! I try to get as close to one for one as I can with ANY food I eat! 40 is just WAY too many carbs in a food with only 20 grams of protein! I used to eat the Labrada Nutty Peanut protein bars. Those have 21 grams of protein and only 19 net carbs. Plus, they taste quite a lot like a Payday candy bar if Paydays had some nougat in the middle! Are you able to eat protein bars? I wouldn't think they'd be on your allowed foods yet, so I bet you're just looking for recommendations for down the road?? Hugs, Lea