A thread for Maintainers to share our daily menus!

(This thread is a spin-off from another thread I started that was open to all people at different stages. Meant to start this one specifically for Maintainers a while back, but am just now getting around to it )

Same format applies: 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.

Happy New Year's Ladies!!!!

Yesterday Dec 31, 2019

Maintenance, 57y, F, 22mo PO RNY, 130.4lbs

B-3 protein lattes (3oz PP)

L-turkey rollup with BH turkey, BH lacy swiss, ro, rbp, arugula, grape toms

D-caprese stack + grilled chicken + grilled shrimp + broccoli with garlic + 2 cabernet sauv

BS-1 dark chocolate truffle

Daily Totals: 982cals; 74g protein; 34g fat; 36g carbs; 5g fiber; 31g net carbs

51/2 years out 100 pound loss, weight regained 3-5 pounds. BMI 31.
Not skinny, but happy. I was BMI 49.
Bkfast whole grain English muffin, peanut butter, banana, coffee
Lunch 1 cup of chicken and stars soup.’supper, 4 ounces pork, sweet potato and 1/4 cup peas. Snack protein granola bar and after supper kodiak cakes protein muffin
For 1234 calories.
Sodium’s a little high today because of the soup.

well you seem to have managed to keep any NYE food shenanigans in check!

Yup, while everyone was partying I blasted some music and celebrated on the treadmill [emoji2]

4 hours ago, Wendyfm said:

Not skinny, but happy.

That is the goal, after all ❤️

Yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 1
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / ??? lbs (last weigh in 115.0 lbs on Dec 18th)
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Getting back to some regular activity! I completed cumulative 10.6 km outdoor walks yesterday and it felt really good. I even did 10 squats LOL. It still amazes me to this day that I actually like getting some exercise now ?. Got 3.6 km in earlier this morning, aiming to ger over 10km again by EOD.
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9:30am - coffee-cayenne w/ stevia

2:00pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + cucumber + carrots + 1 oz cheddar + 1.5 oz roast beef + 1 oz grilled squid + 1/2 oz grilled chicken + 1 fl oz imitation crab + 4 mini cocktail sausages

5:00pm - the leftovers from my 2:00pm meal + 2 seed crackers w/ peppercorn paté

9:00 pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + cucumber + carrots + 1/2 avocado + 2.5 oz steak + 1 glass red wine

12:30am - 2.5 oz steak

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Totals: 913 cals - 72g Protein - 24g NET carbs - 48g fat

Wednesday jan 1
5'2" / CW 175
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Breakfast: coffee with milk / protien bar

Lunch: salmon with jalapeno / brocolli puree

Snack: lavish roll with smart balance

Dinner: quinoa with beef and spinach

Snack: habanero chickpeas / coffee with milk
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Totals: 1358 cals / 97g protien / 84g net carbs / 62g fat

Wednesday Jan 2
28 months PO / 5'2" / last weight 175
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I didn't go on the scale past 3 days because I typically gain 2-3 lbs before my period, which is due in 3 days. It goes down after a few days. I decided I rather not see it.
I haven't been sleeping well this week and I didn't meal prep well, which led to me snacking and eating higher cals....
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845- coffee with milk

1230- protien bar / raw veggies

200- coffee with milk

500- lavish roll with mozzarella cheese

600- bean veggie protien chips

730- oatmeal egg greek yogurt pancake

1000- quinoa with spinach

1145 bean veggie protien chips
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Totals: 1327 cals / 74g protien / 117g net carbs / 50g fat

Yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 2
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 109 lbs
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Finally got on the scale properly for first time PO. Down 6 lbs since morning of surgery. And I think it is mostly muscle loss, so not really good news. Though I did have a massive poop last night so there is that. Anyway. On the bright side, we got a belated Xmas gift platter of nuts that we enjoyed while watching "Get Smart" starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway last night. That movie is funny ?
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12:30pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + cucumber + carrots + 1 oz cheddar + 6 grape tomatoes + 3 oz grilled chicken

5:00pm - 4.5 oz steak + 2 oz grilled chicken + 1 seed cracker w/ peppercorn paté + 5 dark chocolate covered coffee beans + 1 Keto choco-coconut fat bomb.

7:30pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + 6 grape tomatoes + 1 oz almonds + 4 oz grilled chicken + 1 tbsp peppercorn paté

11:30pm - 3/4 cup chocolate peanut butter protein ice cream + 1/2 cup cashews + 1/2 cup almonds + 1 seed cracker w/ peppercorn paté

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Totals: 1955 cals - 129g Protein - 64g NET carbs - 118g fat

I'm a little late to diving into this thread. I'd like to try some of these meals but not all have the recipes listed. Also searched here on the BP site but didn't seem to find a good thread posting recipes. Maybe I just didn't look in the right place. Any thoughts on where to look, either on this site or maybe another site?

@rs :

Posters in the Food Before and After Thread often post their recipes, but you'll usually have to ask them for it when you see a picture that you like...

Edited January 4, 20206 yr by ms.sss

Yesterday, Friday, Jan. 3
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 111.9 lbs
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Lunch was at a new fancy Japanese restaurant that recently opened near our place, and then later we went out to dinner with Mr. & friends. I was really happy to be able to go out and about, after being stuck at home for the past 2.5 weeks (well, except for our annual 3-day xmas-party bender, but those parties were with famlly at various homes...so they don't count, LOL) Got nice and drunk at dinner and ate my fill of both regular and sugar-free desserts. My current low-ish weight sort of made me feel I had carte-blanche to eat whatever, but at the end of the day I didn't even rack up as much cals as I thought I would...may or may not not be a good thing....
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11:00am - coffee-cayenne coffee w/ stevia + green tea

2:00pm - 1 cup seafood soup (broth w/ lobster, scallop, mushrooms, crab, clam) + 1/2 cup truffle edamame + 1/4 fillet tempura cod + 2 tbsp Takowasabi w/ 2 peices of seaweed snack wraps (Takowasabi: chopped raw octopus w/ wasabi sauce)

4:00pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + 3.5 oz grilled chicken + 1 Keto Flax ChocLin cookie

7:30pm to 12:00am

• 1 cranberry martini w/ 2 maraschino cherries
• 1/2 cup salad greens w/ olive oil
• 1 bite of baguette bread dipped in oil and balsamic (I logged it as 1 fl oz of bread, LOL)
• 4 oz steak
• 2 truffle french fries
• 1 coffee w/ baileys
• 1 slice lemon cheesecake
• 1 lemoncello
• 1/2 sour apple martini
• 1/2 lemonade & tequila
• 1 tequila shot
• 1 Lindt Lindor Hazelnut Truffle

1:00am - 4 oz steak (I ate the leftovers I planned to take home!)

3:00am:

• 1/2 cup cottage cheese + blueberries + pumpkin seeds + cashews + almonds
• 1 sugar free Reese's cup
• 1 sugar free Russel Stover chocolate mint patty
• 1 sugar free Russel Stover chocolate coconut snack
• 1 sugar free Russel Stover caramel pecan snack

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Totals: 1680 cals - 112g Protein - 99g NET carbs - 63g fat

4 hours ago, ms.sss said:

Yesterday, Friday, Jan. 3
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 111.9 lbs
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Totals: 1680 cals - 112g Protein - 99g NET carbs - 63g fat

Oops, forgot to add the cheesecake macros to the original total. Updated total below (now the calorie counts sounds more realistic, lol)

Totals: 2023 cals - 116g Protein - 128g NET carbs - 85g fat

4 hours ago, ms.sss said:

@rs :

Posters in the food Before and After Thread often post their recipes, but you'll usually have to ask them for it when you see a picture that you like...

Thanks @ms.sss! Also, I just now saw that there is a recipes section in the Baritastic app that's probably worth looking at.

https://www.baritastic.com/

4 hours ago, rs said:

Thanks @ms.sss! Also, I just now saw that there is a recipes section in the Baritastic app that's probably worth looking at.

https://www.baritastic.com/

Not to overwhelm you with even more recipes, but I get alot of recipe inspiration from these places as well:

Keto Stuff:
https://www.ruled.me/keto-recipes/

Baking & Desserts:
https://sugarfreelondoner.com/recipes/

Yesterday, Saturday, Jan. 4
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 115.1 lbs
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A couple of Mr's bros were over last night, and we had some serious late nite snacking going on including some VERY filling meatloaf. Went to bed with a relatively full stomach and this morning, I'm feeling so bloated it is NOT pleasant! I seriously feel like I'm still full from last night. Yuck.

Was hoping for visit from the poop fairy for some relief, but alas, no luck. I attempted to go for a a short walk this morning to maybe move things along, but the sidewalks are way to slick and icy, so had to turn back after a couple of minutes.

Taking the Kid to go see Little Women this afternoon and was totally looking forward to sharing a bag of movie popcorn with her (haven't had movie popcorn w/ butter since pre-op). If I don't empty my insides by then, she's gonna be on her own (with the popcorn, I mean, LOL).
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9:30am - coffee-cayenne coffee w/ stevia

1:30pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + carrots + cucumber + 3.5 oz avocado + 2 oz grilled chicken + 1 Keto Flax ChocLin cookie + 1 sugar free Russel Stover chocolate coconut snack

3:30pm - 3 low-carb baked bagel crackers + 1 tbsp peppercorn paté + 3 mini spring rolls + 3 oz deluxe mixed nuts

7:30pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + carrots + cucumber + 1 fillet pan fried cod + 2 oz squid ink pasta SANS pasta

10:30pm to 1:30am

• 1/2 cup chocolate peanut butter protein ice cream
• 1/2 fl oz pumpkin seeds
• 2 oz candied ginger
• 4 oz meatloaf w/ 2 tbsp bbq sauce w/ 1/8 cup fried onions
• 2 shots lemoncello

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Totals: 2543 cals - 133g Protein - 155g NET carbs - 136g fat