I've been enjoying four 1-cup servings of this lovely potato leek Soup per day, and think it's knocking me into the too-high carb range.

So I replaced two servings with EAS Protein shakes at night.

8am ------ 3/4 serving potato leek organic soup

12pm ------ 3/4 serving potato leek organic soup

5pm -------- 1 serving eas Protein shake

5pm -------- 1 cup Milk (1% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A)

9pm -------- 1 serving eas protein shake

I eat (drink) at: 8am, 12pm, 5pm, 9pm

I probably should knock out the cup of milk, but I sure enjoy that in the evenings. Any suggestions or tweaks to help me get back on the losing track? I WAS working out every day for an hour, but the doctor told me to stop, so now I'm pacing occasionally around the house (which ain't the same, I miss my gym )

thanks!

The link won't pull up your diary, just a guest diary for me to input my food.

Do you have guidelines? Are you getting your Protein? I steered clear of potatoes just bc of the carb count. I stuck with greek yogurt, sf pudding/custards to avoid carbs and strained cream Soups. I couldn't tolerate milk so that wasn't a problem for me.

I modified it to actually show the food.

Yep it's probably the potatoes. Those things will keep me from losing weight, even a few bites per day. That being russett potatoes, for some reason baby red potatoes don't do that to me. Corn also does this to me. It doesn't matter how few calories I take in, nor how many calories I burn off during my workouts. If I eat russett potatoes or corn, it halts it completely.

Also, once upon a time someone here mentioned some type of low carb milk. I can't remember the name nor who mentioned it either. I never really searched it out because I'm severely lactose intolerant since being sleeved and couldn't have any anyway. I'm stuck with Lactaid, and don't really drink so much it's a problem for me. Maybe you can do some kind of search to find out about it?

Hope this helps!!

3/4 cup servings? that seems like a lot to me. i was sleeved on 1/26 and there is no way I could get that much soup in. here's my typical day:

6:30am - 1 cup decaf coffee

8:00am - Atkins Advantage Mocha Latte (protein shake)

16oz Water

10:00am - S/F Jello

16oz water

12:00pm - either cottage cheese/fruit cup or Greek yogurt

16oz water

2:30pm - Syntrax nectar Protein drink - Fuzzy Navel or Twisted Cherry

8oz water

5:30pm - S/F pudding

8oz water

7:00pm - 1/2 cup Amy's black bean soup thinned & pureed w/chicken broth

8oz water

9:00pm - protein hot chocolate (some nights - not every night)

@LOS He didn't say 3/4 cup serving, he said 3/4 serving......it may be less than a cup.

@LIL the difference in the potatoes are the starch contents. Russet potatoes have a very HIGH starch content, red and white potatoes have much lower. That's why russet potatoes are used for baked potatoes b/c they disentigrate into mush because of the starch. The red and white potatoes are used for salads b/c they keep their shape. Corn is one of the HIGHEST starch content veggies there is...totally spikes blood sugars! If you want a great alternative to white potatoes, eat sweet potatoes. (Fresh, not canned) They have a much lower starch content and are very healthy.

@LOS He didn't say 3/4 cup serving, he said 3/4 serving......it may be less than a cup.

@LIL the difference in the potatoes are the starch contents. Russet potatoes have a very HIGH starch content, red and white potatoes have much lower. That's why russet potatoes are used for baked potatoes b/c they disentigrate into mush because of the starch. The red and white potatoes are used for salads b/c they keep their shape. Corn is one of the HIGHEST starch content veggies there is...totally spikes blood sugars! If you want a great alternative to white potatoes, eat sweet potatoes. (Fresh, not canned) They have a much lower starch content and are very healthy.

Awesome info, thanks! :-) I really didn't know that. I'll also start adding in some sweet potatoes to my list.