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.

Yesterday Tuesday, Feb 25
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1.33 yrs PO Sleeve / 113.9 lbs
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Dinner and drinks out with Mr & pals...I didn't order anything for myself (other than drinks)...and just had bites of everyone's food. After tasting menus, this is my preferred way of eating out (especially when my meal companions let me have input on what they order! LOL)

P.S. Didn't have to resist the lemon curd tart because SOMEONE ate it all ?, but I got Mr. to order a lemon cheesecake at dinner, so it's all good
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10:00pm - coffee w/ cream!

2:00pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + carrots + pickled beets + 3 oz roast pork + 1 tbsp crunchy garlic chili oil + the insides of the Kid's half eaten curry chicken wrap (1.5 oz grilled chicken, mayo, celery, spices, cheddar cheese)

7:00pm to 11:30pm -

• 2 tbsp salmon ceviche
• 1 grilled shrimp + 1/2 a paris toast cracker w/ spicy butter sauce
• 1/4 cup spring mix salad w/ olive oil
• 1 oz skirt steak w/ chimmichurri sauce
• 1 oz lobster tail w/ butter
• 1/4 fingerling potato
• 2 tbsp roasted veggie & romano flatbread
• 2 fl oz tangy lemon cheesecake w/ 2 tbsp whipped cream + 2 blueberries + 1 raspberry
• 1 vodka caesar w/ pickled green bean
• 1.5 glasses red wine
• 1 americano (black)

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Totals: 1335 cals - 73g Protein - 85g NET carbs - 56g fat
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Edited February 26, 20206 yr by ms.sss

Yesterday Wednesday, Feb 26
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1.33 yrs PO Sleeve / 115.3 lbs
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Fresh figs were on sale at Costco, and OMG I love them.
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10:00am - coffee w/ stevia

12:00pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + carrots + pickled beets + 1 fish ball + 1 grilled shrimp + 2fl oz tuna salad + 1.5 oz roast pork loin + 1 tbsp garlic chili oil

3:00pm - 1/2 cup greek yogurt + 1 fl oz sunflower seeds + 4 figs + 1oz raspberries + 2 oz dark chocolate

6:30pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + carrots + pickled beets + 4 figs + 3 oz roast pork loin + 1 tbsp garlic chili oil

9:30pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + pickled beets + 3 oz roast pork loin + 1/2 fl oz sunflower seeds

12:30am - 1 cup dashi broth + 1/2 slice black sesame cake + 1/2 fl oz sunflower seeds

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Totals: 1630 cals - 99g Protein - 133g NET carbs - 48g fat
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Yesterday Wednesday, Feb 27
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1.33 yrs PO Sleeve / 115.2 lbs
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BFF brought me a bottle of my fave gin and a wedge of one of my fave cheeses, so naturally we had to do some late night partaking. ?
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12:00pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + green onion + mushrooms + 3oz roast pork loin

4:00pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + 4 figs + 3oz pan fried chicken in bacon fat

8:30pm - Salad greens w/ vinaigrette + carrots + pickled beets + 4 figs + 3.5oz roast lamb

12:30am - 2 fl oz rose gin + 1 square dark chocolate + 1 oz cheese

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Totals: 940 cals - 71g Protein - 25g NET carbs - 40g fat
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Yesterday Friday, Feb 28
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1.33 yrs PO Sleeve / 115.2 lbs
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Lazy, snowy day yesterday...basically sat around on the couch with my laptop the entire time.
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9:00am - coffee w/ stevia + 1 skinny tea lattee

2:00pm - salad greens w/ vinaigrette +1/8 cup shitake mushrooms + 2 oz pan fried chicken in bacon fat 3.5 oz roast lamb

4:00pm - 1/3 sour cream glazed donut

8:00pm - salad greens w/ vinaigrette +1/4 cup shitake mushrooms + 2 figs + 10g romano cheese + 1/2 fl oz sunflower seeds + 3.5 oz roast lamb

11:30pm - 2 fl oz gin + 2 oz chicharron + 2 oz roasted almonds

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Totals: 1620 cals - 106g Protein - 43g NET carbs - g fat
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Yesterday Saturday, Feb 29
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1.33 yrs PO Sleeve / 116.1 lbs
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Couldn't sleep last night. Ended up snacking and watching TV until I dozed off around 4 am, then woke up 3 hours later. Am feeling pretty tired now. *yawn*
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1:00am - 1 skinny tea latte

11:30am - salad greens w/ vinaigrette + 1 fl oz sunflower seeds + 2 oz orange segments + 3 oz pan fried chicken in bacon fat + 2 oz roast lamb

3:30pm - 1/3 cup raspberry lime sorbet w/ 1 fl oz sunflower seeds + 1 ginger molasses cookie

7:00pm - 2 oz lemongrass chicken + 3.5 oz lemongrass pork chop + 1/4 oz curry beef brisket cube + 2 slices pickled radish + 1 tbsp/bite of fried veggie spring roll + 1 vietnamese coffee

10:00pm to 3:00 am -

• 1/2 cup greek yogurt + 2 oz orange segments + 1 oz blackberries + 1 fl oz sunflower seeeds
• salad greens w/ vinaigrette + 1 oz romano cheese + 1/2 fl oz sunflower seeds
• 3.5 oz pan fried chicken w/ 2 tbsp tzatziki sauce
• 1/2 oz avocado chips w / 1 tbsp tzatziki sauce

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Totals: 1670 cals - 128g Protein - 113g NET carbs - 73g fat
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For snacking in the middle of the night, you make pretty good choices. When I did that before surgery it would have been chocolate candy, cereal (sugar kind-fruit loops etc)
Have you always had trouble sleeping?

7 hours ago, Kris77 said:

For snacking in the middle of the night, you make pretty good choices. When I did that before surgery it would have been chocolate candy, Cereal (sugar kind-fruit loops etc)
Have you always had trouble sleeping?

Sometimes I make good choices late-night-snacking choices, sometimes I do not, LOL.

And yeah, I've always been a horrible sleeper/insomniac/night owl. Even before wls surgery. But it was worse back then because I would snore and wake myself up or have to get up and pee 5-6 times a night. At least now when if/when I go to sleep, I can stay asleep longer than an hour. My problem is getting to sleep.

Yesterday Sunday, March 1st
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1.33 yrs PO Sleeve / 115.0 lbs
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Went to an Italian buffet for Mr's grandma's Bday. Its really not worth it for me to eat at buffets, nor was I really interested in the spread that was on offer, so I opted out of eating and drank 2 vodka caesars instead (I ate some garnish! hahha). Mr. joined me in solidarity and skipped the buffet and just had a couple beers himself. Its funny cuz some relatives commented afterwards that the next time we get together for buffet, they are just going to order drinks too, LOL.
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9:00am - 1/2 skinny tea latte

11:00am - 5 chicken wings + 1tbsp hot sauce

3:00pm - 2 vodka caesars (each one had a gherkin + a mini pepperette as garnish...which I ate off the first one, but my nephew ate the garnish off the second one, LOL)

7:00pm - salad greens w/ vinaigrette + 1 oz orange segments + 3 chicken wings + 2.5 oz pan fried chicken in bacon fat

10:00pm - 3 chicken wings + 1 tbsp BBQ sauce + 1/4 of a cherry shortbread square + 2 fl oz Amaretto

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Totals: 1371 cals - 76g Protein - 99g NET carbs - 58g fat
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Edited March 2, 20206 yr by ms.sss

5'2"/30 months PO/ CW 169
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Back in action lol. Was in England and Hungary had a grand time. Food and drink was a very big issue I should have planned it out better. I tried to eat as "healthy" as possible but constantly on plane it in car. Also had a hard time finding drinks with Sweetener everything had sugar even water was hard to find not sparkling. At the end of the day I weigh 169. Which is about a 3 pound gain. I'm not too upset about it I'm getting right back on track.

P.s. still having some issues with ovarian cyst l. I'm living on pain meds for back pain and hormonal headaches. Got my period after 20 days with last month 25 days previously I was always perfectly regular with 28 day cycles so trying to get to bottom of it.

@chayarg : welcome back! Glad you had a blast on vacay! It's difficult to stay on track on vacay, which is why I also give myself a pass when i'm out of the country, and just deal when I get back.

❤️

@chayarg Welcome back! You did awesome!!! WTG! Sorry the cyst and hormones are still giving you problems and leaving you in pain!

Yesterday Monday, March 2nd
Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr4mths PO Sleeve / 114.1 lbs
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Went to bed early-ish last night (around midnight) but then woke up at like 4:30am. ? Met up with the gal pals for dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant, but nothing on the menu spoke to me, so I just had a coffee and a 2-day-old cookie that I forgot was in my purse, hahahaha.
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10:00am - skinny tea latte + 2 chicken wings + 1/2 cherry tart square

1:00pm - salad greens w/ vinaigrette + carrots + 4 oz pan fried chicken in bacon fat

5:00pm - 1 Vietnamese coffee + 1 oatmeal raisin cookie

9:00pm - salad greens w/ vinaigrette + carrots + 1 fl oz pumpkin seeds + 2 oz fresh figs + 4 oz pan fried chicken in bacon fat

12:00am - 2 fl oz gin + 4 squares dark chocolate

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Totals: 1532 cals - 68g Protein - 132g NET carbs - 65g fat
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Edited March 3, 20206 yr by ms.sss

3 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

2-day-old cookie that I forgot was in my purse

See??? This is why God invented purses! I keep the Kia hamsters in my purse in case I need amusement sometimes.

4 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

5:00pm - 1 Vietnamese coffee + 1 oatmeal raisin cookie

I used to adore Vientamese coffee! So curious...with all the sugar from the sweetened condensed milk and the cookie, did you have any dumping issues?

12 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I used to adore Vientamese coffee! So curious...with all the sugar from the sweetened condensed milk and the cookie, did you have any dumping issues?

This place had a squeeze bottle of condensed milk on the side, so I added maybe 1/2 a teaspoon of it, so I wasn't too worried with that. As for the cookie, I ate it over maybe 2-ish hours, so no issues there

...now if I wolfed it down quickly, I probably would have got the sweats and need to go potty.

Edited March 3, 20206 yr by ms.sss