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I found this out there on the web and it looked good. I plan on trying this recipe and will update this post when I do.

- Rodney

Homemade Protein Bar Recipe

Ingredients

• 7 scoop Protein Powder
• 1/2 cup Oats - Rolled
• 1/4 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
• 1 cup Instant Skim Milk Powder

Directions

Whiz the rolled oats in a blender to make powder. In bowl combine milk, protein powder (I use vanilla) and rolled oat powders. Cut peanut butter into the mixture with 2 knives until well blended. (OR mix dry ingredients in ziploc and store until you want to make them-I do several batches ready for when I run out of bars...Add peanut butter and knead right in the bag-less messy)Add water a little at a time to form a dough. It is sticky and you will need to do this with your hands. After the dough is well blended and the consistency of playdough, make a ball. Divide into 2 equal balls. Divide each of those into 2 equal balls. Continue until you have 8 equal balls. Roll each ball into a bar-shape and wrap in plastic wrap. Store in fridge up to 2 weeks or you can freeze these. They are chewy and not too sweet and taste like a less-sweet version of peanut butter fudge. You could add 2 tsp of cocoa powder to the recipe if desired. A peanut-free alternative is SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTER which tastes almost the same.

Categories

Course:

• Lunch/Snacks

Main Ingredient:

• Dairy

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 bars

Amount per Serving

Calories 145 Calories from Fat 51.2

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 5.69g

8%

Saturated Fat 1.69g

8%

Cholesterol 44.38mg

14%

Sodium 117.5mg

4%

Total Carbohydrate 9.13g

3%

Dietary Fiber 1.84g

7%

Sugars 3.99g

 

Protein 20.74g

41%

Est. Percent of Calories from:

Fat

8%

Carbs

25%

Protein

57%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calories needs.

I went in for my one year update and I will sum it all up for anyone just joining us. Program start I am at 409lbs, down 75 lbs from 1.5 years of dietary changes and excercise. Ok, so 409lbs I start the Program at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake , New York. I progress throughout the year of appointments and exams and on September 15th 2009 I have the RNY Gastric Bypass. I was at 363 on the day of surgery and began to lose weight fast. I plateaued alot over the year as my fitness level improved but still lost weight. At my one year exam I am weighing in at 248 lbs. It is 161lbs of loss and an overall loss of 63% of excess body weight. I am feeling better than I have in many many many years and I am still continuing to lose. I have an application being submitted to see if insurance will cover a movement impairing pannus . It is not likely :( but is posible that this is considered medically necessary and the panniculectomy may get covered by my insurance. I keeping faith and hoping for the best. I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...thank you.  :)


Rodney

Some days I wonder why it takes so long to achieve a goal. Self reflection answers me with "because nobody is perfect and everything takes time" . I don't always like the answers i get from my little inner voice, but must accept them as my own personal truth. I make the eff fort to be healthy about 90% of the time , because I feel 10% on the naughty list is acceptable to me. I don't find it a failure on part to enjoy life with food, so long as I moderate what it is I enjoy and how much. I able to do this most of the time and find no need to beat myself up over my choices. This is a vast difference from how I thought about things almost 3 years ago, before I decided to treat myself better and get to know a healthy me. The journey I have taken has been worth every minute. I like the scenery much more now and see so much more of the world around me, because I can experience it without worry about my physical limitations due to obesity. I still have some limitations, but they are now challenges to be overcome instead of road blocks that stop me in my tracks. I don't think differently about myself , in so far as the type of person I have always been. My self image has greatly improved and my physical appearance more closely matches my emotional state and personality. I am thankful for the ease of my recovery and the great family and friends I have for support all throughout my journey.


Rodney

Upping my protein was the best thing to do when I stalled for so long. It kicked everything back into gear and I am happy to report I am much closer to my first goal than I was 2 months ago. 267.5 pounds on the official scale at the doc's office. 409 when I started the program in Oct2008. 363 the day of surgery Sept. 15th 2009. April 16, 2010 I'm at 267.5 pounds and loving every minute of it, even when i get something stuck, because it reminds me to be more careful.



Rodney

well.....it has certainly been a while since I posted here, but I complained more than my fair share about the stall. I have started losing again and solved the issue of my stall. I workout on a regualr basis and do weight training. While 60 grams of protein is recommended by the team at AMC, it just wasn't enough for me. I was metabolising more of it with weight training and my body didn't have enough to keep up ketosis. I now get between 80 and 100 grams of protein everyday and have seen 6 pounds lost in 2.5 weeks. I'll take it and like it..A LOT!!!


Rodney

It is 6 weeks and I have lost 5 pounds. I am getting my protein. I am getting my hydration..most of the time. I take my nutrients and I go to the gym 4 times a week and do 30 mins of cardio and about 1 to 2 hours of weight training. my largest meals are about 8 ounces and usually consist of about 5 ounces of protein and the rest is veggies or some sort of carb. Carb intake is not high and calorie intake is maxed at 1200, but about 90% of the time it is about 1000 for the day. I know stalls  are normal and I'm changing things up in hopes of getting my weight loss started again. I am probably a little impatient, but such is the nature of wanting good things now.

The good things must be mentioned also. I have no need of oxygen with my Bi-pap machine while i sleep. The pressure of the machine was reduced from 25/22 to 12/8. My blood pressure seems to be in the normal range more often then not. I feel great. I am looking better to myself than I have in many years. I can do many things that were to demanding on my body, but now seem to be no problem. I have can be depended on to help with things that my weight previously kept me from doing. My wife is happy with how I am feeling and my improvements in my health( the bi-pap is much less noisy and the concentrator use to heat the room up something awful). I don't regret one moment in the pursuit of surgery and would choose to do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing what I know now.

In the end, I still want the weight off right now. :P

Sometimes I want the weight to just drip off. I know everybody is different in how fast or slow they lose the weight and a couple pounds a week still makes me happy, but 3 or 4 pounds a week would make me happier. I am usually patient about things, but I ache to be my goal weight. I can eat mostly normaly at this point. I have no aversions to any type of food. I didn't develope an intolerance for anything, except of course fat and sugar. Sugar has not entered my mouth in any form other than fruit or carbs, cuz I want dumping syndrome to be like the boogy man. Heard of but never seen. LOL  At this stage I am controlling my food intake to about 8 ounces per meal, which I was told is about the most I should ever have. I watch Fats and Carbs, but it just goes too slow for my liking. I don't regret in any way my decision to have wls, but I do wish it would go faster :)

I have to say, that every moment of what I have done to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle is due to my wife. She pushes me to do better in a good and positive way. She supports me and nurtures the drive I need when I fall a little short. She inspires me to be healthy so I can live a long life beside her. Without my wife, my life would be empty and without joy for she is my Corazon. I have many friends and family that support me and my wife is right in the front to help lift me up when I stumble. To my wife I say thank you. Thank you for the Love and support. Thank you for the thousand little things I needed before and after my surgery. Today I am a better man and a healthier man because of you and your faith in me.

I find myself two weeks into no weight loss and no significant weight loss in almost a month. I ask myself....how can this be? It is a question of Ketosis and carbs. 

Ketone bodies, from the breakdown of fatty acids to acetyl groups, are also produced during this state, and are burned throughout the body.Excess ketone bodies will slowly decarboxylate into acetone. That molecule is excreted in the breath and urine. When glycogen stores are not available in the cells (glycogen is primarily created when carbohydrates such as starch and sugar are consumed in the diet), fat (triacylglycerol) is cleaved to give 3 fatty acid chains and 1 glycerol molecule in a process called lipolysis.

I have been ingesting too many carbs and have mostly retarded the Ketosis process. I feel like an idiot for allowing mtself to over carb, but i have been controlling portions and havent acutally gained weight. I have modigied my diet accordingly and am now back in control. I hope to see results again in the next few days as my carb ingestions goes way down and my protein ingestion stays the same. It too easy to miss the increas in carbs for me and now that I am aware of what happened, It won't be so easy for them to sneak back up on me. To the carbs I say BE GONE DEMONS!!! lol

Eating to lose weight is a concept that seems to contradict the things we all learn in the beginning. Everyone "knows" that to lose weight you need to eat less, but i disagree. In many cases less is an answer, but not the whole answer. You need to eat smarter to lose weight, and that doesn't always mean less, sometimes it means more. I had my surgery on Sept 15th and I have had small periods of time where I fail to lose weight for a week or two, and it disturbed me considering what and how much I was eating. Before my surgery I had increased my metabolism by eating small portions 5 times a day and combined that eating regiment with exercise. I was eating a protein serving between meals and each meal had protein as its core and small amounts of carbs with very little fat(like i needed extra fat in a meal). I was losing weight at a good pace and I had a significant weight loss right after surgery and for the first 4 months I averaged about 17 pounds. As I enter my 5th month and the first week and a half, I have lost 1 pound. I have not lost or gained a single pound in 2.5 weeks and I discovered it was because I wasn't eating enough.I had reduce my meal intake to three a day. I am getting my protein and I am taking my vitamins, but I wasn't getting the intake my body was used to. I believe my body finally said enough and slowed my metabolism because it wasn't getting consistent intake. I started eating several times a day in this past week and lost the pound and feel like my energy level has increased again. I believe that I set my mind to believe that since the surgery less is more, but I believe we have to remember that even if our stomach is smaller, or a new pouch, our bodies still require a certain amount of nourishment to keep that fat burning furnace moving. Eat what you need and remember that even the average person doesn't live on 1000 calories or less a day.