Question:
What are you/did you eat 6 months post op?
I am a little more than 6 months post-op. I have lost 70 pounds and eat about 1500 calories/day. I suspect that this is too much and would like to know what others eat/ate at six months out -- especially those who lost 100 or more pounds in the first six months. I'm ready to make a change! Thanks. — Linda V. (posted on August 27, 2002)
August 27, 2002
<p><font face="Arial" color="#0000A0">I'm a
little over 5 months out and have lost 82 pounds but my normal day consists
of about 1000-1200 calories and te following
menu:</font></p><p><font face="Arial"
color="#0000A0"><strong>Breakfast </strong>=
protein shake - CIB, scoop protein powder & 8oz milk) (30g
protein)</font></p><p><font face="Arial"
color="#0000A0"><strong>Snack #1</strong> = 3
toasted peanut butter cracker sandwiches (half of those little 6 pack
snacers)</font></p><p><font face="Arial"
color="#0000A0"><strong>Lunch</strong> varies but
is usually meat this week I'm stuck on 5 little meatballs with a lil tomato
sauce & mozzarella cheese -
YUM!</font></p><p><font face="Arial"
color="#0000A0"><strong>Snack #2</strong> = 3
toasted peanut butter cracker
sandwiches</font></p><p><font face="Arial"
color="#0000A0"><strong>Dinner </strong>= again
varies but I always have mostly meat like Spinach Parmesan Chicken -- gosh
I love that recipe only 3 carbs!!!</font></p><p><font
face="Arial" color="#0000A0"><strong>Snack
#3</strong> = a couple cups of popcorn OR a cup of in shell roasted
peanuts OR a serving of animal
crackers.</font></p><p><font face="Arial"
color="#0000A0"><strong>Fluid </strong>= I usually
get in 60-100 ounces of water + my crystal light or even sometimes a diet
soda.</font></p>
— lilmskitty
August 27, 2002
I had open RNY on 3/6/02. I've lost 98 lbs. so far. When I had my last
check-up with my surgeon on 7/25/02 we discussed what I was eating and how
much. At that time I was eating 700-1000 calories a day. He told me to
keep it to the 700 calorie range. My diet typically consists of the
following:
Breakfast: 1/2 C of bran flakes with 1/2 C of 2% milk and just a
touch of sugar
Lunch: one can of tuna
Snack: 8 oz of fat free yogurt
Dinner: lettuce salad (with carrots and other veg included), topped with 2
oz of baked chicken, a litle cheese and fat free dressing
I make sure I drink my 64 oz a day. It consists of mainly water, although
sometimes I have diet pop
My surgeon does not want us using protein drinks, because he wants us to
learn to eat and get our protein from a source that will fill us up and
satisfy our desire to eat.
I hope this helps. I also go to Curves 3/wk and try to walk several times
a week.
— jan M.
August 28, 2002
I am 6 months and two weeks post op and down 114 pounds (reached 200 today,
yay!). I start off my day by drinking anywhere from 30-48 ounces of water.
Then for breakfast, a protein drink. Lunch: Four small soy-product
meatballs, or two medium turkey meatballs, or half a chicken burger with a
fat free string cheese or lite mini baby-belle cheese. Afternoon snack:
two pieces of rolled up turkey, light cheese, and tomato, or 5 medium
shrimp and cocktail sauce, or a 1/4 c. of ff cottage cheese and a 1/2 of a
protein bar and maybe a 1/4 of fruit. Dinner: Half a chicken bureger and
1/4 of veggies, 1/4 c. chicken breast, or anything really...beef, chicken,
fish. If I need a little something extra during the day, I'll have a few
nuts or a peice of a protein bar. I would say on average I am still
maintaining between 800 - 100 cals/day.
— PaulaM
August 28, 2002
I am 6 months and two weeks post op and down 114 pounds (reached 200 today,
yay!). I start off my day by drinking anywhere from 30-48 ounces of water.
Then for breakfast, a protein drink. Lunch: Four small soy-product
meatballs, or two medium turkey meatballs, or half a chicken burger with a
fat free string cheese or lite mini baby-belle cheese. Afternoon snack:
two pieces of rolled up turkey, light cheese, and tomato, or 5 medium
shrimp and cocktail sauce, or a 1/4 c. of ff cottage cheese and a 1/2 of a
protein bar and maybe a 1/4 of fruit. Dinner: Half a chicken bureger and
1/4 of veggies, 1/4 c. chicken breast, or anything really...beef, chicken,
fish. If I need a little something extra during the day, I'll have a few
nuts or a peice of a protein bar. I would say on average I am still
maintaining between 800 - 100 cals/day.
— PaulaM
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