A thread for us to share our daily menus!

To help keep things in perspective for everyone, let's try to note our height & weight (or BMI), gender, weight-status & how far out we are post-op (unless this is already stated in your side profile )

Post as little or as much info as you want. If you track macros, feel free to share your protein, fat, & carb details...if all you feel like saying is you had a really yummy taco, that's cool too.

EDIT: Anyone can play! VSG, RNY, DS, etc... ♥️

Edited July 22, 20197 yr by ms.sss

3 hours ago, Deedee12 said:

Is there anything you do to encourage the poop???? I'm 7 days P.O and been waiting!!

I normally take the following, in order of desperation:

1. Benefibre or Chia Pudding daily, no matter what
2. Clearlax/Miralax daily after 2-3 days of a poop no-show
3. MOM after a week
4. Senkot-S and suppositories when MOM produces nothing after 2 days

I've been away for a week so I had no access to any of the above, but given that today is day 7, its MOM tonite so crossing my fingers...

I normally take the following, in order of desperation:

1. Benefibre or Chia pudding daily, no matter what
2. Clearlax/Miralax daily after 2-3 days of a poop no-show
3. MOM after a week
4. Senkot-S and suppositories when MOM produces nothing after 2 days

I've been away for a week so I had no access to any of the above, but given that today is day 7, its MOM tonite so crossing my fingers...

Thanks a lot!!!

5'2", ♀️10m PO today!, maintaining 114.0 lbs (aaaahhhhhh...I finally parted ways with the week old poop I've been carting around in my colon! yay MOM! ?)

Yesterday, Fri Aug 23:
So my cookie addiction has turned into a coffee addiction! Bought a bag of beans during vacay and just can't stop from reaching for it and fixing multiple cups for myself in the mornings (which btw, I am currently drinking my SECOND cup as we speak this AM...)

Yesterday's Menu:

Totals: 1603 cals - 117g protein - 35 NET carbs - 100g fat

• 8:30 to 12:30pm (6 cals)
  • 3 black coffees w/ ½ packet of Stevia each
• 1:10pm (335 cals)
  • salad greens w/ low-cal vinaigrette
  • 87g pan fried chicken
  • 27g chicharron
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 3:20pm (306 cals)
  • 125g cottage cheese
  • 1 fl oz pumpkin seeds
  • 20g blueberries
  • 1 tbsp almond butter
• 5:30pm (123 cals)
  • salad greens w/ low-cal vinaigrette
  • 62g pan fried chicken
• 6:30pm (347 cals)
  • 50g crispy pork belly
  • 4 fl oz red wine
• 9:00pm (486 cals)
  • salad greens w/ low-cal vinaigrette + 20g carrots + 20g cucumber
  • ½ fl oz pumpkin seeds
  • 35g whole cashews
  • 25g crispy pork belly
  • 27g beef jerky

Yesterday's Exercise:

• 3k run + 3k walk (so yeah, my 10k run ability seems to be a strictly group thing. Or maybe a vacation thing? Mr said he'd come with me to try again this Sunday, but I couldn't wait and tried again this morning. Spoiler Alert: I got tired at 4k and walked the rest.)
• 15m strength training (arms)
• 15m strength training (core/butt)

Your menu looks so yummy!!! Doncha love MOM!!! She cares! Congrats on your RBD! ha!

So maybe...you were eating more carbs/cals/energy on vacay and so you had more energy to get you over the 4K hump? Maybe you could try a pre-run protein drink? And see if that keeps you from bonking?

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Congrats on your RBD! ha!

I googled it, and came up nada...whats is RBD ???

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

So maybe...you were eating more carbs/cals/energy on vacay and so you had more energy to get you over the 4K hump? Maybe you could try a pre-run Protein Drink? And see if that keeps you from bonking?

Are you and Mr. sharing the same brain this AM? That's exactly what he told me when I told him about my unsuccessful run attempt this morning. Plus he said today should have been a rest day (since I made an attempt yesterday)...so gonna upping the carbs/calories Sunday/tomorrow and down a protein drink (and possibly a coffee) pre-run on Monday morning. Ooooh, I love experiments...?

1 minute ago, ms.sss said:

I googled it, and came up nada...whats is RBD ???

Are you and Mr. sharing the same brain this AM? That's exactly what he told me when I told him about my unsuccessful run attempt this morning. Plus he said today should have been a rest day (since I made an attempt yesterday)...so gonna upping the carbs/calories Sunday/tomorrow and down a Protein Drink (and possibly a coffee) pre-run on Monday morning. Ooooh, I love experiments...?

hahaha! Why yes, we were separated at birth!

And RBD = Really Big Dump = RBP = Really Big Poop = RBJ = Really Big Job.

Can't wait to watch the experiment!!

Okay so broke my fast with this wonderful soup.
https://www.galonamission.com/slow-cooker-low-carb-zuppa-toscana-soup-keto-friendly/

For extra protein, we subbed beef bone broth instead of plain broth and I also added in an extra 1/2 scoop of the bone broth powder to pack in 22 gm protein in my 1 cup serving.
I can do soups as long as I slurp the liquid, then wait a few minutes and eat the solids.

There were no leftovers.

Gosh that looks amazing! Link me please?

On 08/24/2019 at 12:57, FluffyChix said:

Gosh that looks amazing! Link me please?

Okay link is in my above post.
You have to scroll down forever for the recipe, but it is so worth it.

Like I said, I subbed out the regular broth and used bone broth for extra protein
In addition to that, I added a half scoop of the powdered bone broth to my bowl. (I love savory so much that I’ve got a selection of bone broths, lol)
I also added a pinch of shaved parm.

5'2", ♀️10m PO, maintaining 114.3 lbs

Yesterday, Sat Aug 24:

Menu:

Totals: 922 cals - 98g protein - 19g NET carbs - 49g fat

• 10:45am (3 cals)
  • 1 black coffees w/ ½ packet of Stevia
  • ½ black coffees w/ ½ packet of Stevia
• 1:00pm (451 cals)
  • ** ate about ⅔ of this **
  • salad greens + 23g carrots + 17g cucumber + low-cal vinaigrette
  • 29g walnuts
  • 118g pan fried chicken
• 3:30pm
  • ** ate the rest of my 1:30pm meal **
• 8:00pm (468 cals)
  • salad greens + 19g carrots + low-cal vinaigrette
  • 87g pan fried chicken + 1 slice bacon
  • 125g full fat cottage cheese
  • 1 fl oz pumpkin seeds
  • 1 slice bacon

Exercise:

• 4k run + 6k walk
• 15m strength training (arms)

So today I’m upping my protein massively and I’m giving myself a 10 hour eating window

9:30am (80cal)
1/2 premier protein shake (bananas and cream) and in my morning coffee.

11:30am (210 cal)
1/2 cup cottage cheese, 8 ounces fairlife milk

3:30pm (278 cal)
1 cup of that Tuscan keto soup (no extra scoop bone broth powder)

7pm (268 cal)

Italian sausage and 1 ounce kimchee.

Over 75gm protein and a VERY high calorie day for me at >900 cal.

I’m trying my best to switch things up because I’m working 22 hours in the next 2 days and will slip into sub 600 calorie days and a 18:6, followed by a 16:8 day.

Exercise was a cardio 1.5 class followed by a flow 1.5 — each class was 50 mins

25 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

Exercise was a cardio 1.5 class followed by a flow 1.5 — each class was 50 mins

What is a flow class?

Yoga

@Sheribear68, you seem to have really got into a groove with your eating/meal planning/exercise! That's AWESOME.

5'2", ♀️10m PO, maintaining 115.6 lbs

Yesterday, Sun Aug 25: I swear, I felt like I was eating NON-STOP yesterday.

Btw, another Spoiler Alert: I didn't even attempt the planned 10K run this morning, I woke up super-unnaturally tired and achy and meh despite the calorie and carb increase yesterday (Yeah the carbs were still on the low-ish side for a regular balanced diet, but not for me)

This got me to thinking to another possible reason as to why I've been feeling so unenergetic/tired/un-10K-runnable: Keto Flu! I went from being super carbaholic for over a week and then back to 30-40g daily carbs. Sooooo, modifying my experiment: will keep carbs at a level I know I like (while still upping cals in form of fats) and see if this lethargy passes in a few more days and the 10K comes back to me...

Yesterday's Menu:

Totals: 1910 cals - 112g protein - 70g NET carbs - 111g fat

• 9:30am (2 cals)
  • 1 black coffee w/ ½ packet of Stevia
• 11:40am (560 cals)
  • salad greens + 37g cucumber + low-cal vinaigrette
  • 87g pan fried chicken
  • 2 slices bacon
  • 50g cashews
• 1:35pm (157 cals)
  • salad greens + balsamic vinaigrette
  • 1½ tsp roasted pine nuts
  • 3 calamari rings
• 2:45pm (368 cals)
  • 2 chicken wings w/ apple butter BBQ sauce
  • 2 carrot sticks w/ ranch dip
  • ½ pecan butter tart
  • black coffee
• 6:30pm (284 cals)
  • ½ tsp wasabi + 1½ tsp soy sauce
  • 32g seaweed salad
  • sashimi: 1*salmon + 1*scallop + 1*blue fin + 2*hamachi + 3*sweet shrimp + 4*masago
• 7:30pm (360 cals)
  • 50g cucumber + 2½ tbsp cream cheese + 1 slice bacon
  • ½ stalk celery + 2 tbsp almond butter
• 8:00pm (180 cals)
  • 2 shots of Rose Gin

Yesterday's Exercise:

• 15m strength training (arms)
• 15m strength training (core & butt)