OneDollarBill

I understand your first post and was confused by it as well. More so on people who don't update their profile information where is shows they had the procedure a long time ago, but the weight recorded doesn't reflect that.

Anyways I'll share. I'm down 101lb and about to hit my 5mo mark.

Here I am in October and probably not even at my heaviest before surgery

Ready the few replies here makes me feel like I need to step it up

During a typical week I walk at work during lunch. There is a 1.65 mile loop that has some good elevation to it. The only down side is I am walking in my work clothes (suit pants, dress shirt, tie). I will do this at least 3 or 4 days (I work from home on Monday). There is also a 3 mile loop I have starting doing. However with weather in the mid 80s at lunch I am going to reserve that for "casual Friday".

Then in the evening I will go to 24 Hour and do another 30 to 40 min of intense caedio. A few nights I will only so 15 min of cardio as a warm up then an hour of weights. I do this routine 5 nights a week. The other 2 days I am active, but want my body to rest and recover.

I've been on 60g of carbs for a for a while now, but that is my MAX I try to stick to. Today I am a little over at 67g. If you do the Net Carbs then that is 55g.

If I am going cardio only then no need to eat prior. When I lift with my trainer he likes me to have carbs like sweet potato. He also likes me to have a banana before our sessions. After the workout he also recommends some carbs to assist with recovery with Protein. My go to is a single serving of Kashi GOLEAN Crisp Toasted berry Crumble Cereal. It has 9g of Protein and I will add the other half a banana. and a 3/4 of milk. Seems to be working out for me.

I want to say it was @@Smye that posted this in an update. I tried it last night.

Its was REALLY good. The chicken turned out super moist and the veggies were prefect.

Here is the link to the recipe I followed. lunch today. One of the breasts weighed 4.5 after cooking so that worked out well for another meal and still had veggies left.

I'll be honest. I cheated on my pre-op liquid phase. I can remember making a Target run and passed a McDonald's. I "wanted" a Fish Filet, fries, and a triple cheeseburger. I ate it, regretted it, questioned my frame of mind and thought to myself WTF are you doing? I think at the time I was feeling a "OMG I need to eat this or that because I will never get to have it again". Which now I know isn't true. I just choose not to eat these things.

For me the pre-op liquid phase was the hardest part. Stick with it. It's a small step to a much larger goal.

During the week

• Jimmy Dean Delights Turkey Sausage Breakfast Bowl - I'll eat the egg whites, turkey sausage, cheese and only a couple of the pieces potato. Nutrition for the whole bowl with all the potatoes is as follows: 240cal, 8g fat, 19g carb, 2g Fiber, 1g sugar, 22g protien.
• Premeir Protein chocolate shake - 160 Cal, 3g fat, 5g carbs, 3g Fiber, 1g sugar, 30g protien.

On the weekends

• 1 large egg scrambled with a slice of cheese and 2 strips of Kirkland pre-cooked bacon. - 210 Cal, 15g fat, 2 carb, 1g sugar, 15g protien

I like the chobani 100 key lime

I rarely drank before WLS, but I have had a few drinks post WLS too. One or two drinks aren't going to throw me off plan. I was at after work function or as I call it "mandatory fun" on Wednesday night and had 2 jack and cokes in the 2.5 hour period i was there.

The funny thing is I actually tracked it in MyFitnessPal

SLIDER food ARE

THE DEVIL

4 Months 2 Days Post-Op - 93lbs

If I drink anything with carbonation I have to have it over ice.

I've been eating spaghetti squash since before WLS. After WLS I just have the meat/sauce. Most recently i have added a little of the spaghetti squash back in

LOVE Quest bars

My favorites in order

1. S'mores
2. chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
3. Cookies and Cream
4. Mint chocolate chip

Congratulations!

My 3mo checkup is Thursday 6/11

I don't advertise it, but I don't keep it a secret. The important people in my life know.

The guy is looking for suggestions for Snacks and not a debate. Just going to /unsubscribe now

OneDollarBill - replacing the yolk with hummus is pure genius! yummy too, I'll bet.

I can't take credit for it. I read it somewhere here on the forum about making deviled eggs. The recipe called for some of the yolk to be mixed in. There are some good qualities to the yolk. However if you need to watch Cholesterol its best to leave it out.

These are good, but remove the yolk. All the Protein is in the white. You can also replace the yolk with hummus.

hard boiled eggs

I'm almost 3mo post op. I just recently tried a Coke Zero. I found that drinking from the can its way too fizzy for my taste now. I poured it over ice and didn't have a problem. This doesn't mean that I ran out and started buying/drinking it again. I'll treat it as a "special" item. I don't crave soda like I once did.

@@CanyonBaby you bring up a good point! I think I will have to do some research in my area. There has to be some good women in Sin city. haha

I would look into Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. They have 4 sites in the Vegas area. http://www.centralonline.tv/ You can even watch online (past/preset) services and get a feel for it before journeying out

If you plan is saying you should only be eating 4oz then why are you pushing that to 8? I would skip eating grits at this point. Grits do not provide a high quantity of Protein, each serving only contains 1.4g. Stick Protein rich foods. This is what your body needs right now.

@@RaginCajun Thanks for this info. My machine just broke and I am in the process of getting a new one. I mentioned this to them. They stated they had to set it at what my Rx pressure stated, but could easily change it to AUTO with a updated Rx.

I was hitting the elliptical at the 2 week mark. Just listen to your body and if doesn't feel right then go back to walking

I just recently had a cup of coffee. For me it wasn't about when I should have coffee it was more about all the stuff I put IN the coffee.

I have a saying(hopefully this doesn't offend anyone). "I like my coffee like I like my women... sweet and light colored".

Pre-surgery that meant in a typical cup of coffee at work I was adding 4 to 5 of the little International Delight French vanilla Creamers in my coffee. Each one is 30 cal, 5g carbs, 2g fat and 5g of sugar. That meant I was consuming 150 cal, 25g carbs, 11g fat and 25g of sugar. Sometimes I would have 2 cups. YIKES

Now in that same cup I will add one Splenda packet and 3 International Delight Half and Half. This dropped the count to 34 cal, 1g carbs, 3g fat and 0g of sugar. I can live with this.