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Brandywine    74

Brandywine
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Hi sorry for these questions but actually am curious! Ok, one I'm on soft foods.... I love yogurt can't do plain .... is everyone not eating flavored yogurts?! Like chiaboni? There's are not super low sugar. And does anyone know what the number we should keep our sugar to daily!?

Also is there a way to only track Protein on MFP my fitness pal, or see it where it shows calories?!

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Getting There    198

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I've found that different docs have different ideas on carbs (sugars). I eat the flavored yogurts as long as they are fat-free. My doc's opinion is that as long as most of your carbs are "good" carbs it's OK (fruit is a good carb). If you have Kroger grocery stores where you live, their Carb Master line of yogurt is really good. Only 4 gr carbs in a 6 oz container. Not quite as much Protein as Greek yogurt (9 gr) but still very good.

Some people get the plain non-fat Greek yogurt and add some of the sugar free syrups to it (like Torani or DaVinci) but I don't care for that as much as I like the fruit flavored yogurts.

In comparing non-fat Greek yogurts, I think Yoplait's Protein & carbs are a bit better than Chobani and some others so that's the one I most frequently eat.

As far as MFP - can't help much there. I got frustrated with it and went back to keeping an old fashioned pen/paper food journal :)

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newgrandmother    725

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you should try fitclick. i cant do mfp at all. try it, it caculates Protein and everything else and has all foods in their data base.

yoplait makes a good greek yogart now with fruit give it a try.

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SkinnyMinnie2Be    255

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Hi sorry for these questions but actually am curious! Ok' date=' one I'm on soft foods.... I love yogurt can't do plain .... is everyone not eating flavored yogurts?! Like chiaboni? There's are not super low sugar. And does anyone know what the number we should keep our sugar to daily!?

Also is there a way to only track Protein on MFP my fitness pal, or see it where it shows calories?![/quote']

If ur on the mfp app on ur iPhone (and I'm saying iPhone because I tried showing a friend on her blackberry and she didn't have that option)...u know where u login ur food? At the top it says summary and u have the option of clicking daily weekly and I think monthly? Click on weekly and at the top right corner there are a bunch o different graph type icons. Click on them and explore! One of them tells u how much Protein u should eat in a week, how much u have eaten and If u achieved ur goal. Also does the same for cholesterol sugar carbs etc. I hope that makes sense !! :)

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Brandywine    74

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If ur on the mfp app on ur iPhone (and I'm saying iPhone because I tried showing a friend on her blackberry and she didn't have that option)...u know where u login ur food? At the top it says summary and u have the option of clicking daily weekly and I think monthly? Click on weekly and at the top right corner there are a bunch o different graph type icons. Click on them and explore! One of them tells u how much Protein u should eat in a week' date=' how much u have eaten and If u achieved ur goal. Also does the same for cholesterol sugar carbs etc. I hope that makes sense !! :)[/quote']

Awesome found it thanks!!!! Thanks guys :) does anyone know how little sugar we should be having?! A day.

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E-girl    98

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My doctor told me not more the 6 g of ADDED sugar per meal. Naturally sugar doesn't count like in fruit.< /p>

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I say we really shouldn't have any unnatural sugar, we don't need it. Plain greek yogurt is full of Protein and delicious!

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awaywego    5

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My store sells Greek yogurt with honey and in have been eating that since week 2! I even went and had the strawberry today at 3 weeks 2 days. Yummy

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Frza    194

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I use plain Greek yogurt out I always add fruit or berries to it. I especially like frozen mango chunks & the frozen dark cherries. I defrost the fruit, sprinkle with cinnamon and mix into my yogurt. Not super sweet, but cuts the taste of the Greek yogurt.

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Susmcmur    124

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I like the Dannon Light 'n Fit Greek Yogurt. It comes in vanilla, Cherry, strawberry, and I think Blueberry. Artificial sweeteners, nonfat, and 9 grams of Protein in an 80 calorie serving. Yum!

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Susmcmur    124

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Sorry, 12 grams of Protein. There was a thread on here a little while ago about "fake" Greek yogurt. Read the labels to make sure yours doesn't have thickeners, gelatins, gums, etc.

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LeahMae    34

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Hi sorry for these questions but actually am curious! Ok' date=' one I'm on soft foods.... I love yogurt can't do plain .... is everyone not eating flavored yogurts?! Like chiaboni? There's are not super low sugar. And does anyone know what the number we should keep our sugar to daily!?

Also is there a way to only track Protein on MFP my fitness pal, or see it where it shows calories?![/quote']

I really like the Fage greek yogurt.. 12 grams of Protein in a 1/2 cup. I add strawberry or lemon.crystal light to it.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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