Here lately (last 2 months) I have been busy and so most days
will eat 2-3 protein shakes (Champion whey banana scream - 1 1/2 scoops = 32 Gm Pro/4.5 Gm carbs) and one normal meal (supper consisting of small piece of meat and 2-3 bites of veg) and the other 2-3 meals will eat Balance bars. (I typed this question last night and it did not enter on the board.) Anyway, I got to wondering if this was healthy, and/or if this was a bad practice. I have not been losing weight rapidly (I think I lost 22 lbs in about the last 2 months), and wondered if I was eating real food if it would possibly speed up. I looked up the carb count in the Balance bars (15 Gm Pr/22 Gm carbs per bar) and the carbs in this bar are kinda high, but if I consistently do 3 shakes a day and 1-2 Pro bars my carb count would be lower and I think I might lose better. (I am not unhappy with my weightloss, as I know everyone loses at their own pace, and I NEVER could have lost 65 lbs on my own in 5 months). I take all my vitamins, (calcium, multi,B-12 subling liq 2 x wk,fish oil,garlic, B-6,iron and vit C together). I work nightshift so my day starts at 4-6pm and ends about 8-9am. I drink/eat Protein shake/bar upon waking up (4pm), then do supper about 7pm, drink another shake before I leave for work at 11pm, have Pro bar for break at 2am, protein bar at 5am, and another shake/bar sometimes at 8am before going to bed. I drink at least 100-125 az H2O daily. This started since shakes/bars are so portable, and are easy to take to work/amusement park. I have been going to 6 Flags Ky Kingdom about 1-2 x a wk, and going swimming (and doing excercises in pool) 1-2 x a wk. Also 4-5 days a wk I walk 16-20 blocks after work (45-50 minutes about 6:15am) with my overweight dog, and my son rides along on his bike and it is our talking time. Do other people eat Protein bars/shakes as often as I do, and do you all think this is healthy? I don't want to be jeapardizing my health, but at this stage in losing, food doesn't really have a lot of appeal to me. I'm not saying that I don't want to eat or anything, but nothing tastes good, and food right now is just nourishment for my body. I know with summer coming on, I will really be liking more salads/fresh veggies, but I am not big on cooking up a lot of meat to eat whenever I need a meal. Do others of you eat shakes/bars for meals often? Should I just stick mainly with the shakes since they are lower in carbs? I read an article in Lifetime magazine yesterday that said eating the Pro bars is dangerous since they are loaded with vitamins, and you could overdose on vitamins, (but since we have RNY I know we malabsorb a lot). Sorry to be so long winded, but I wanted to give as much info as possible so there wouldn't be any (hopefully) unanswered questions about where I'm coming from on this. Any comments or info would be greatly appreciated. I hope this posts this time. :)
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