A Sample Menu for the day

[smb1966 129]

Anyone like to share an example of their daily meals and Snacks? I am 2 months out and need some ideas. I am tired of the same old things and to be honest I have never liked to cook but now I find I want to but just have no ideas.

[dlappjr 467]

Almost 3 months out and this is what a usual day looks like for me

Breakfast 1: Protein Bar (pre-workout)

Breakfast 2: Scrambled eggs with cheese (sometimes I add smoked salmon) with fruit

Breakfast 2 alt: Yogurt with Bear Naked Granola and ground flax seed

snack 1: BabyBel Light cheese and Turkey Jerky or Turkey Snack Stick

Lunch: Grilled Peppers/Onions with chicken Sausage or Turkey Burger

lunch Alt: 1/2 Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Snack 2: Power Crunch Protein Bar

Snack 2 alt: 1/3 cup Mexicali dip with healthier option chips (Chia tortilla chips or veggie chips or some type of wheat thin like cracker)

Dinner: Not Much. I am not usually very hungry for dinner. Maybe a small amount of chicken, turkey burger, salmon with veggies. Sometimes I will make a pizza on a tortilla with turkey pepperoni. I will also make fish tacos once in a while. Cod cooked in a skillet on the stove then flaked into a soft tortilla with lettuce, cheese and cilantro lime tarter sauce.

Throughout the day I also consume 1 - 20oz bottle of Isopure Protein Drink to supplement more Protein. This also counts towards my Fluid intake for the day.

[livvsmum 2,368]

For breakfast I usually have Protein oatmeal or a hard boiled egg or scrambled egg with a slice of cheese melted on top.

For lunch I usually have a scoop of chicken salad made with "light" mayo & a tiny side salad. Other things I've done for lunch include a subway chicken teriyaki salad, chili, basically some kind of lean Protein and if I still have room some veggie of some sort.

For afternoon/evening snack I usually have either protein hot chocolate, greek yogurt, ff cheese stick , peanuts, hard boiled egg, celery with Peanut Butter (probably can't do that though at 2 moths post op)

For dinner I sometimes just have the protein part of whatever my family is eating, but if that doesn't work something quick and easy is to keep a big bag of frozen shrimp or chicken breast cutlets, throw a couple on the stove and saute them with light soy sauce and a few florets of frozen broccoli. I also like crockpot quickies. i like to throw some frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot with a bottle of fat free Italian dressing and that gets me through much of the week. I can eat them alone, on a side salad, etc.

Hope that helps!

[The Candidate 3,215]

Oh, some good ideas here. Keep'em coming! ????

[natnat919 165]

I make a lot of things in bulk (crock pot cooking) then divide them into small 4 ounce containers and freeze.

I'm 5 months out, but here is a normal day (approx 700 calories):

- Oh Yeah Protein shake (add sugar free fat free Jello pudding mix to switch up the favors)

- Dannon Lite and Fit Greek Yogurt

- 4 ounces of crock pot chicken with Italian seasonings and broccoli

- 4 ounces of Taco meat with fat free cheese

- egg with fat free cheese and Jimmy Dean sausage crumbles

I am a gal of convenience, also like P3 Protein Snacks, can get them any grocery in the deli meat section..... A little snack pack with turkey, cheese and nuts...about 170 calories

I also make cauliflower casserole and put it in the 4 oz containers

Hope this helps

[WorkinOnMe 596]

6 months out ...

Early Morning: Decaf coffee

Breakfast: greek yogury w/ 10g Protein powder added, or scrambled egg w/ cheese, or veggie burger, or cottage cheese w/ Protein Powder & diced peaches

Snack: 1/4 cup dry roasted edamame

Lunch: Soup, or chicken salad with a baby bell cheese, or tuna, or chili

Snack: Protein Drink

Dinner: Protein from my family meal, or veggie burger, or chicken sausage, or ricotta cheese with Tomato sauce

Edited November 9, 2015 by WorkinOnMe

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I went back on MFP and copied what I had at 2 mths post -op. I was only aiming for 60 gms of Protein at the time. In retrospect the only thing I would change is to increase my Protein count.

Breakfast

Cvs Pharmacy - ¼ cup whey Protein Powder chocolate

Maxwell House - Decaf Original Roast coffee

Swiss Miss - Classics - Milk chocolate, 1 envelope

Carnation - Evaporated 2% Lowfat Milk

Egg (Whole) - Raw, 1 Egg, Large

Almond Breeze - Unsweetened vanilla, 0.5 cup

Kraft Regular mayo Tblsp - Kraft Regular Mayo Tblsp, 0.5 Tbsp

lunch

Orgain Organic Nutritional shake - Iced Cafe Mocha, 11 oz 2

Snack

Wonderful - Pistachio, 1.5 oz 130 6 11 5 125 2

dinner _{*I'm vegetarian, if you are omni, just use chicken breast and real bacon}

Beyond meat - Chicken-Less Strips, 4 ounces

Light Life - Fakin Bacon, 1 strips

Spinach - Raw, 0.25 cup

Swanson - Vegetable broth, 0.5 cup _{*I'd add a scoop of unflavored protein powder to this}

Totals: 844 calories 70 carbs 60 protein and 26 sugar

[smb1966 129]

Thank you all so much. I have just been afraid to try different things thinking they were not allowed, but from these examples I can add alot of variety.

[ttdish 315]

I went back on MFP and copied what I had at 2 mths post -op. I was only aiming for 60 gms of Protein at the time. In retrospect the only thing I would change is to increase my Protein count.

Breakfast

Cvs Pharmacy - ¼ cup whey Protein Powder chocolate

Maxwell House - Decaf Original Roast coffee

Swiss Miss - Classics - Milk chocolate, 1 envelope

Carnation - Evaporated 2% Lowfat Milk

Egg (Whole) - Raw, 1 Egg, Large

Almond Breeze - Unsweetened vanilla, 0.5 cup

Kraft Regular mayo Tblsp - Kraft Regular Mayo Tblsp, 0.5 Tbsp

lunch

Orgain Organic Nutritional shake - Iced Cafe Mocha, 11 oz 2

Snack

Wonderful - Pistachio, 1.5 oz 130 6 11 5 125 2

dinner _{*I'm vegetarian, if you are omni, just use chicken breast and real bacon}

Beyond meat - Chicken-Less Strips, 4 ounces

Light Life - Fakin Bacon, 1 strips

Spinach - Raw, 0.25 cup

Swanson - Vegetable broth, 0.5 cup _{*I'd add a scoop of unflavored protein powder to this}

Totals: 844 calories 70 carbs 60 protein and 26 sugar

For the life of me, I cannot figure out how that mayo fit into your breakfast... Lol!

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[tink401 110]

Im 3 months today! A typical day for me is...

B

1 scrambled egg with reduced fat cheese and ham

S

greek yogurt

L

bean chili or vegetable chicken Soup or chicken salad

S

Protein drink

D

chicken or turkey hamburger with veggies

S

sugar free pudding or apple with PB