Question:
post ops: can u tell me what you eat in a normal day?

   — Mary H. (posted on August 8, 2003)

August 8, 2003
I'm just over six months post op. Here's a normal day for me: Breakfast: 8 oz protein shake (mixture of Real Meals and Atkins)and two huge calcium tabs;Lunch: Most of an order of pintos & cheese w/extra cheese from Taco Bell; Dinner: 2T tuna salad or smoked salmon or caviar with hardboiled egg or cherry tomatoes. Snack (once or twice a day): 1-2 cups popcorn or 1/2 Zone Perfect or Detour bar or 4 grapes or 1 t peanut butter, plus another shake if I feel like it. On weekends I vary the diet...usually have chicken breast (about 2 oz) at a meal, and sometimes have Kashi cereal for breakfast. And always lots and lots of water, with an occasional Fruit 20 or Propel thrown in. And I add Benefiber to at least one serving of water daily to keep things humming along. Hope this helps! Cheers- (RNY 23-Jan-03 246/165)
   — gamboge

August 8, 2003
I have this listed on my profile for 4/9/18/24 months if you'd like to take a look.
   — ctyst

August 8, 2003
EVERY morning for breakfast I have a protein shake. I use my Pure Whey Protein Isolate powder, a half cup of soy milk, and a whole small peach all blended together for the creamiest, yummiest shake EVER! For lunch I usually have a Lean Cuisine entree (I prefer chicken and turkey). Now I sometimes can eat some of the potatoes or pasta that accompany the meat. I prefer to have some veggies or small salad instead of the potato or pasta part of the meal. Lately, I have saved a little room for watermelon or cantaloupe. YUM! Dinner can be 1-2 ounces of chicken or steak (NOW medium rare and JUICY!) and more veggies or salad. I am not into bread. If I get really hungry between my protein shake in the morning and lunch (lately I have been FAMISHED!), I will have maybe an ounce of some kind of protein. I really would rather NOT do this, because I am aftaid of the snacking 'bug'. Open RNY 10/30/02 down 183 lbs. P.S. I think I can 'hold' anywhere from 3/4 to a whole cup of food at a sitting. Really depends on the density of the food, however.
   — Ginger M.