Daily Menus for Maintenance

[FluffyChix 17,418]

2 hours ago, Tracyringo said:

@FluffyChix I weighed in at 170.2 this morning. I still have at least 2 lbs to go, but I thinking I need to go down lower since the holidays are coming. I am not too worried but I also am not taking it lightly because we all know that 2 can turn to 5 which can turn into 10 ect. Yesterday I ate light but have been having lots of problems with my lumbar and neck for the past week and am taking pain meds the last 2 days which have caused bathroom issues. I didn't take any today. Yesterdays food was

Brunch 3oz roast, 3/4 small potato, and a carrot.

dinner 2oz salad greens with Tomato, cheese, avocado, bacon bits and 3 croutons. Ranch dressing 2 Tbl

snack 1oz almonds and a cupcake😜

No truer words hon! I thought I had Fatsgiving last year. I came back about 7-8lbs up from the holiday cuz I let snacky chips and carb crap back in for a weekend! Took me about 2 months to lose and I was so peeved! This year I know better. There is no magic bus. LOL. So I'm walkin' the thin line between now and feast meal! And gosh I would love to be on the other side of 130 lbs when that meal hits. LOL. I feel @Sheribear68's pain!

The drugs will stall you out. Or at least they do me. I can gain 5lbs overnight from taking them. So I try to avoid them at all costs. Sorry you're back and neck are flaring hon. Take care of yourself!!!

LOL at the cupcake.

@sheribear68 your menu sounds good but I highly doubt you are in a 700-800 range. I'd bet you are closer to 500 hon. Maybe logging would be a good thing for you to do right now while trying to entertain maintenance?

[2Bsmaller18 437]

How long does it take you to eat? I still feel restriction at around 1/2 cup of most food and up to 1 cup of salad with toppings. However in the past month (around 8 months after surgery) I can eat so much faster. I can sit and eat my small meal in 10 minutes. I try to slow down but I guess since it's not a huge amount it's ok. If I were eating something out of a bag or form a big bowl i am sure eating too fast would cause me to eat too much and then feel sick. Do you think I am pushing it? Going to cause an issue?

[sillykitty 10,789]

22 minutes ago, 2Bsmaller18 said:

How long does it take you to eat? I still feel restriction at around 1/2 cup of most food and up to 1 cup of salad with toppings. However in the past month (around 8 months after surgery) I can eat so much faster. I can sit and eat my small meal in 10 minutes. I try to slow down but I guess since it's not a huge amount it's ok. If I were eating something out of a bag or form a big bowl i am sure eating too fast would cause me to eat too much and then feel sick. Do you think I am pushing it? Going to cause an issue?

As soon as I was healed, I have always been able to eat quickly. It hasn't caused an issues for me, except for as you say, I miss the full signal and get nauseous. But it usually passes in 15-20 minutes. It also usually happens if I am working and distracted.

[2Bsmaller18 437]

1 hour ago, sillykitty said:

As soon as I was healed, I have always been able to eat quickly. It hasn't caused an issues for me, except for as you say, I miss the full signal and get nauseous. But it usually passes in 15-20 minutes. It also usually happens if I am working and distracted.

If I do overeat I get a pain in the middle of my upperback. It's weird. I also feel better after 15-20 minutes. That only happens if I try to eat and it has only been an hour since my last snack/meal especially if it was a denser food.

[Tracyringo 503]

I eat quickly also and am told by my boyfriend to slow down. I really need to slow down and take my time. Years of eating fast is really hard to break and after surgery I did really well, but now over 2 years out I have been reverting back to old habits and need to focus on slowing down.

[ms.sss 15,835]

6 hours ago, 2Bsmaller18 said:

How long does it take you to eat? I still feel restriction at around 1/2 cup of most food and up to 1 cup of salad with toppings. However in the past month (around 8 months after surgery) I can eat so much faster. I can sit and eat my small meal in 10 minutes. I try to slow down but I guess since it's not a huge amount it's ok. If I were eating something out of a bag or form a big bowl i am sure eating too fast would cause me to eat too much and then feel sick. Do you think I am pushing it? Going to cause an issue?

How long does it take you to eat?

It still takes me quite a while to eat, takes me about 45 mins to an hour to eat one of my regular-sized salads (not the ginormous ones I make when I'm excited, lol). I can eat a lot more that I used to, that's for sure, it just still takes me a while to do it.

I can sit and eat my small meal in 10 minutes. I try to slow down but I guess since it's not a huge amount it's ok <....> Do you think I am pushing it? Going to cause an issue?

I do think that eating slowly is a good habit to have long term. Mindfulness and all that...

[ms.sss 15,835]

Today, Wed, Nov. 13
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 115.3 lbs

...So I actually forgot to eat today. I had my first meal around noon and then went grocery shopping, dropped the groceries back home, then went to get a haircut, then to a couple medical appointments, then stopped by the mall to go shopping (so I could get off the road and wait for the traffic to die down). Got home around 9:30pm and realized I hadn't eaten! Wasn't hungry, but also didn't want to NOT eat, so I picked on some leftovers from Mr & the Kid's dinner. It was meh.

8:00am - earl grey teas w/ stevia

12:30pm - salad greens + vinaigrette + 1/2 an avocado + .5 oz gala apple + 3.5 oz grilled chicken

5:00pm - 1 Starbucks Grande Blonde Americano Misto

11:00pm - 2oz baked chicken & mushrooms in cream sauce

Totals: 504 cals - 36g Protein - 15g NET carbs - 30g fat

[Sheribear68 3,201]

Okay so I can eat really fast. As in 3oz meat and 1/2 cup salad in 10 mins fast.

My saving grace on that is that I’m veeeery careful to pre-package/measure beforehand so I don’t gobble up too much too fast.
If I’m eating something super-delicious and find myself looking longingly at leftovers, I set an alarm for 15 minutes. If I’m still hungry after that time then I go get 1 spoonful of whatever I wanted and then make myself savor it slowly.
it took me 3-4 months to figure this out, but the first signal I’ve eaten too much is a runny nose, followed by sneezing.
once the sneezing stops, I better not take another bite bc then the pain/stomach cramping starts.
still haven’t thrown up once since surgery, but it’s mostly bc I’m super cautious and am lucky enough to have a cast-iron sleeve

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Gosh, like all of y'all I can eat fast! But then I would over-consume. So I try to make myself take 20 minutes at minimum (although I could probably eat my portions in 10minutes give or take). This is disturbing to me. Ha.

I always usually portion my food by scale/volume so I only get what I get until the next meal. No seconds. Evs. It's a hard firm rule in my house these days.

I don't often feel "full" and have quit trying to chase that full feeling. So my portion is just my portion and I doubt seriously that it makes my pouch expand to give the full signal. The GI dude said something disturbing in my last EGD, he said, you're wide open, so I wouldn't be overly concerned with staying within a portion size to keep from stretching out your pouch.

That kinda said, your pouch through your stoma is wide open so food is just thru and thru. What do y'all think? I know RNY doesn't have a pyloric valve, but I think many of our anatomies are full stop open faucet from tummy to bowel.

[ms.sss 15,835]

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

That kinda said, your pouch through your stoma is wide open so food is just thru and thru. What do y'all think? I know RNY doesn't have a pyloric valve, but I think many of our anatomies are full stop open faucet from tummy to bowel.

This is how I understand it as well.

Which is why I think the whole don't-drink-while-eating is suggested, so that food is not washed down prematurely?

Although, I don't drink and eat either, but its because if I do I will get way too full too fast and then barf...

[Tracyringo 503]

Weighing in at 169.2 this morning. Yesterdays menu

Breakfast 1 scrambled egg, 4 strips of bacon, and 1 package of grits

lunch mixed green salad with 1/2 avocado, 1 bacon, cheese, and 4 croutons. 2Tbl ranch

dinner 4oz porkchop no sides

Snacks greek yogurt, 1oz almonds, 1 oz mixed nuts, seeds, and granola

[Tracyringo 503]

@Sheribear68 I had the same thing with the runny nose when I was full the first 6 months, but it doesn't do that anymore. I have to weigh out my portions because if I over eat I feel miserable. I also have an Iron sleeve and never got sick.

@FluffyChix I have heard the same thing about RNY and having a stoma as @ms.sss and you both pointed out. Its a good that you still measure all of your food. Do you have sensations of fullness with portion your portion size ?

[ms.sss 15,835]

19 minutes ago, Tracyringo said:

Weighing in at 169.2 this morning.

Gooooo Tracy, Goooooooo! ❤️

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Ditto. Yay @Tracyringo woooohoooo! Your menu looks tops girl!!! BACON!

[FluffyChix 17,418]

21 minutes ago, Tracyringo said:

@FluffyChix I have heard the same thing about RNY and having a stoma as @ms.sss and you both pointed out. Its a good that you still measure all of your food. Do you have sensations of fullness with portion your portion size ?

I have to eat something really weird to feel "full" or eat way past my 1cup volume.

Things that make me full:

Glugging Water quickly can fill me up to the point of discomfort. It's as if my roux limb reaches capacity then sends the full signal back up to my pouch stopping things. But I don't fully understand the physiology or science behind this. I just know this happens.

Cottage cheese eaten quickly within 5 minutes can back me up and make me full for hours. I can eat 9oz by volume.

Dense dry chicken or pork eaten fairly quickly within 5 minutes can back me up and make me full for a few hours. I can eat 7-8oz by weight (terrifying cuz that's about 1 1/2cups of food by volume).

Combined meal: 4-5oz dense dry Protein (no sauce or meat lube) + 3oz al dente veggie + 1oz avocado + 1oz grape tomatoes can make me full for a few hours but not as full as cottage cheese.

Mostly I just eat to my volume per meal and stop when no longer actively starving. That meal looks more like this:

3-4oz dense dry protein (no sauce or meat lube) + 2oz al dente veggie + 1oz avocado + 1oz grape tomatoes - I'm no longer hungry, but I don't have a full sensation either.