what do you usually eat each day?

[thatgirl 0]

Hi there,

I am 2 months out from surgery and feel like I am making less than perfect choices with my eating. I am 'winging it' and since I have had 3 fills and not gotten to a sweet spot yet with my fills, I am maintining my weight I have kept off the 15 pounds I lost during my first 2 weeks but lost no more, despite exercise...)

Soooo- I wonder if any of you will be kind enough to share what you normally eat for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I think if I get a better idea of exactly what others are eating on an average day it would help me formulate an eating plan.

:help:

[annieM 2]

Hi,

For Breakfast i usually have a small bowl of "raison nut bran" or similar Cereal with skim milk, a large cup of coffee with sugar free vanilla flavor and about 1/8 cup skim milk. For lunch i have a Protein Drink (myoplex vanilla) if i feel restricted or a south beach diet meal (sometimes i will have one of their breakfast burritos for lunch, minus some of the tortilla). For dinner i will have whatever i have made for the family for dinner in a much smaller amount, minus any bread. I do sip some Water with dinner but keep it less than 1/4 of a cup. If the meal comes with noodles or rice i will limit it to about 1/4 cup because it tends to swell in my pouch. I have been having an orange as a snack before bed. Between meals i drink lemon Propel and water.

If i go out to dinner, i have a small amount and take the rest home or split an entre' with my 110 lb daughter. (It's funny but at cheesecake factory we can split a meal and split a desert and still bring a lot of both home!)

I hope this helps!

[thatgirl 0]

thanks, Annie that does help. I just really need to see a few people's eating habits so I can get some ideas

[enterprise01 0]

Thatgirl, I'm sorry to hear you're having such a difficult time. Although I'm losing steadily, if I see the scale go up even 2/10 of a pound from one day to the next, I start to get panicked. I can only imagine how frustrated you must be.

For breakfast during the week, I usually eat a bowl of granola or bran cereal with 1 cup of 2% milk. If it's bran, I also add about 3 teaspoons of sugar. Breakfast on the weekends is pancakes (4 small ones with 1/4 c. maple Syrup and a little bit of butter). lunch at work is a Nutrisystem meal (comparable to a Lean Cuisine). lunch on weekends is usually scrambled eggs with parmesan cheese or some grilled ham and a small veggie, like zucchini. dinner is 3-6 oz. of Protein (shrimp cocktail, salmon, chicken breast, steak) and lots of vegetables (roasted red/yellow/orange bell peppers, asparagus, steamed artichoke, sautéed mushrooms, yellow squash, etc.). My boyfriend ordered a Papa John's pizza a few days ago, so for the past 3 nights, I've had 1 slice of pizza for dinner. I always have 1 or 2 Snacks during the day, like a banana or small apple or a Nutrisystem snack like vanilla wafers or a piece of biscotti. If I'm hungry at bedtime, I'll often have a glass of chocolate milk (2% milk with real Hershey's syrup).

I am consistently losing 2-3 lbs a week, and I am not exercising. I try to keep my 3 main meals between 200-250 calories and my Snacks around 100 calories. On average, I take in 800-1000 calories per day. I do try to keep it closer to 800 than 1000, though. I drink about 24 oz. of Water a day plus 24 oz. of diet Snapple Ice Tea.

Unlike a lot of other bandsters, I'm not fanatical about high-protein, low-carbs, and I don't avoid sugar. I have no desire to go into ketosis. Years ago, I did a liquid fasting diet, the goal of which was ketosis. I did not lose weight any faster in ketosis and was miserable the whole time. Felt like absolute crap. For me, sugar and breads are fine in small amounts.

[ReneBean 3]

Atkins shake for breakfast

1 pk shaved lunchmeat + 2 wedges of laughing cow lite cheese for lunch

whatever my husband cooks for dinner....

[juliegeraci 7]

I keep my calories to 800-1k a day. I eat a Protein Shake in the a.m., some solid Protein with lettuce and dressing at lunch, I snack on almonds and yogurt and then solid protein again for dinner. I am losing.

[thatgirl 0]

What are you eating? What is a typical daily menu?

typical is oatmeal or slimfast for breakfast, chicken and rice for lunch, and usually whatever the family has for dinner - chicken breast and salad and a roll or chicken sandwich. I do snack, sometimes cheese or something (string cheese) but I have been bad about sweets between meals. Not nearly as bad as before the band, but not avoiding them like I should be.

I think the portions are what is killing me- I think I am keeping off the initial 15 or so pounds (15-18 off, I waver around) because I am exercising now and eating better foods (usually) but I think I am not losing any more because I am still eating too much... I hope that makes sense.

Regardless, I am obviously not where I should be on fills because I am hungry a lot and am not feeling full, even when I eat solids (I am trying to avoid mushies).

Effective tomorrow I am going to start journaling everything I eat.

[enterprise01 0]

typical is oatmeal or slimfast for breakfast, chicken and rice for lunch, and usually whatever the family has for dinner - chicken breast and salad and a roll or chicken sandwich....

Maybe you should consider eating something more solid for breakfast to make you feel full longer. I know a lot of people do the Protein drinks, but I stay away from liquid calories (with the exception of my chocolate milk once a week, which I recognize as an indulgence). You might want to try a Protein Bar or granola bar instead of the Slimfast.

[thatgirl 0]

This is helping so much, thanks so much for the ideas....:clap2:

[reqgoddess 0]

I have a medifast ready to drink on my way to work each morning with a cup of tea. Watch that slimfast. It is about 50 cents cheaper then the medifast, BUT it is double the calories, half the prtein and 6 times the fat . Not kidding. Also the medifast has move Vitamins in it. Tastes better too (but not the powder ones, the ready to drink ones). I order them offf the web and put them in my fridge and off I go. lunch is leftovers from night before and dinner is whatever everyone else is having but much smaller. I have notice that for the last 2 weeks, i am eating about half (probably a bit less) of what I used to which is way too much. I think that is why I am at a plateau. I will get my first fill on April 13, so hopefully that will help. Also, i only started working out , I felt too tired before. I just joined the Water and excercise challange on here, so that will keep me going in the right direction too, I hope.:nervous

[txbecca 0]

Try using www.fitday.com to journal it's free and I just got turned on to it and am using it myself. I'm glad to hear some of you can eat bran/granola for breakfast. I would think it would clog the port, I''m still in mushie stage but missing my cereal. I simply can't stand the Protein Drinks.< /p>