Weight Warrior

One last thought for this morning. some of you have posted you hate protien shakes because of the texture. i have found if you add a raw egg to the mix and blend it the egg gives the shake a smooth silky texture. kinda of like an egg cream ( this may be a north east coast thing ? ) but it does help! and it adds protien. have a great day RJ

Also i will miss Birthday Cake the most!

You Rock!!!! thanks for the post, its tough beating down old habits. I carry a club to beat down my urges to cheat.... my "old" habits are big nasty hungry creatures.

Good Evening June RNYers, I have been playing around in the Kitchen more and wanted to share this with you . first off I LOVE HUMMUS (but now in much smaller,teeny tiny portions) it high in fiber blends well with protien powder and goes down smooth ... and it frickin awesome tasting .. RJ'S HEAVENLY HIPPIE HUMMUS 1 - 15.5 oz. can of chick peas 1/4 red bell pepper ( fire roasted if ya got em ) 4 Tbsp. of olive oil ( 3 will work it just gets kinda thick like paste) 1 Tsp. of garlic salt ( less is always better ) 1 tbsp of red wine vinegar 1 tbsp of lemon juice ( i use the concentrated in the green bottle ) 2 or 3 tablespoons of cumin ( depends how much you like cumin, im a big cumin fan!) optional : you can add Cayenne Pepper for some heat. does not effect the flavor toss it all into a blender for 30 seconds and viola!! Hummus that would cost you 6 Dollars in the store and has all kinds of preservatives in it you just made for under 2 dollars ... you just need to use it over the next 3 maybe 4 days if it is chilled properly. hope this helps those who are still in the pureed foods phase. or for those who just like hummus as much as i do. all measurements are with actual measuring spoons. recipe can be adjusted easily for your individual taste Cheers RJ

My daily work schedule too date is as follows: 4AM - Up and at them!!! in reality I lay in bed and check RNY talk till 5am :-) 5 AM - Protein Shake and take vitamins over the next hour :-P 6:45 AM - Walk 1/2 mile to the trolley ( i increase my speed and have shaved 5 possibly 8 minutes off my best time as of this morning . I have set a goal of walking a full mile to the next stop on the line by end of August 10 AM - Protein shake 3 PM - Protein Shake or G3 Gatorade 5 PM -Walk 1/2 mile to Home ( once again i have i increased my speed and have shaved 5 possibly 8 minutes off my best time .... Yea ME!) 6 PM - Light dinner with Protein powder added and take vitamins over the next hour :-P 8 PM - food ( sugar free Popsicle or sugar free apple sauce ) cut off point nothing but water or crystal lite after 8pm 10 PM - Power down for the evening , read play on my Android and drift off to have silly dreams During the day i sip / drink as much water as possible. I have a bottle in front of me at all times and whenever my phone rings or i get an email i take a sip . needless to say i'm constantly sipping ( i get a butt load of calls and emails every day) , its good to be busy :-) also i make an effort to move constantly , i try if possible to go see the person instead of calling, up and down the stairs constantly . ( if my schedule allows it ) it all adds up !! walk further do more moving ..... the buildings were the operations groups are is medium sized so it is conducive to getting in some good exercise while at work as you can see i'm religious about this and i manage to get all of my protien , fluids and exercise in daily , on weekends i mix it up more but i do exercise twice as much on weekends Hope this helps RJ

Awesome!!!"way to go...woo hoo you look amazing. congratulations RJ

I have been told by my surgeon that some RNY patient have no tolerance for chicken in any way shape or form. My one friend told me she could not eat chicken for a whole year after here RNY. Im holding off on chicken until im feeling more confident with solid foods. good luck, i would call your surgeon and run it by them to make sure.

Tropical flavored sugar free popcicles .. great for quenching that kind of thirist

Starting weight 09/04/12.... 450 Pre-op 3week liquid diet start.......416 Day of surgery 06/12/13 ....386 as of 06/27/13 ...374 next weigh in 08/09/13 ...???!

I am EXTREMLY HYPER ACTIVE since surgery, I have found i need to do somthing very physical at night so i can sleep at night.

one other point is this all fits into my plan. i account for this in my protien count and calorie count for each day.

Check with your nut. mine had me eating a small high protien snack at 10 pm. ( based on my schedule) to avoid this occuring. her rational is since you sleep for 6-8 hours a night she wants high protien in the system to get you through. Protein burns more efficently and longer in you system, so just a wee bit gets you through. this does work for me. hope this helps. RJ

Your always welcome :-)

Media PA . approx 16 miles south of Philadelphia

Back from Target , just wanted to share these 2 finds. Hope it helps someone

To many carbs for one sitting , but i spread mine over the entire work day, it is 2 servings

Sorry KD. i posted the nut data for diminishingdawn just now. i overstated the protien it actually 16 grams but for something you can throw in you pack or carry to work and get your fluids and protien ...its on my shopping list. hope this helps RJ

G3 DRINK..( NOT THE SHAKE) 120 cal 14g carbs total this includes the 12g sugars 16g protien per 16 Oz. bottle. Sorry i overstated the protien count in an earlier post. but 16 g is nothing to sneeze at...hope this helps info is from the gatorade web site RJ