Am I eating too little? too much? not enough real food? Please "weigh in" (pardon the pun).

6:30 AM Premier Protein Drink 160 calories 30 g protein

7:15 AM Water 16 oz 0 0

8:45 AM Water 16 oz 0 0

10:30 AM Yogurt Dannon Greek Lite 80 calories 12 g protein

11:15 AM Water 16 oz. 0 0

12:45 PM Egg boiled 70 calories 6 g protein

1:45 PM Quest Protein Bar 170 calories 20 g protein

3:00 PM Propel Vitamin Drink 16 oz 0 0

5:00 PM Yogurt Dannon Greek lite 80 calories 12 g protein

7:00 PM Water 16 oz 0 0

8:30 PM chicken breast/ 400 calories 25 g protein

black beans/broccoli

Totals 80 oz 960 calories 105 g protein.

This is REAL CLOSE to what I am doing daily, sometimes eating tuna salad for lunch instead of a protein bar, and having different varieties for supper. What do you think?

How about your total carbs? I know Protein bars can have a lot of carbs. Otherwise your plans sound.

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Quest bars are actually incredibly low in carbohydrates, 4-5 net carbs, with most of it made up by Fiber. That looks like a decent meal plan to me, but post-op vets who are further out than I am would probably be more qualified to weigh in (pun not intended) on it.

I am nearly at 3 months and that is pretty close to what my meal plan looks like. Just like you, I use Greek yogurt as a mid-morning & mid-day snack. I have a Quest bar for Breakfast and have generally stopped drinking Protein shakes. Instead, I tend to eat 3 oz of turkey breast or lean roast beef at lunch. I wind up right around 100g of protein and 850-900 calories.

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I have Quest bars 1-3 times a month. The net carbs are low, but they are a really processed item. I keep on in my purse just for emergencies.

i'd drop the egg and the Protein bar for lunch and have baked fish, grilled chicken, deli ham or something.

i would also trade the yogurts for like a Syntrax nectar.

You will feel more satisfied with eating real food, that is denser. Fish is not dense but it is more filling than yogurt. You are eating a lot of processed food and sneaking in a lot of unnecessary carbs.

This isn't a bad menu now and then for busy days but I wouldn't eat like this every day. I also wouldn't pack in so many calories at dinner. I would have that dinner meal at lunch and the lunch meal at dinner.

At 3 months you are still healing. When you get further out, like 5 or 6 months. Those yogurts are not going to satisfy you you are going to be constantly hungry. You need more real solid food, and build a habit of it. quest bars, depending on what bar you choose, don't last in the stomach that long either.

At 3 months I did one or 2 Protein shakes a day and the rest was baked fish. Quest bars as emergency/treat food only. Like if I wanted fruit I had a quest fruit flavored bar instead.