Question:
What should a typical days meal plan be for someone who is 5 months or more post-op?
Hi. Anybody have time to give me advice? I had an open RNY on 11/15/00 and I'm at 5 months post-op and at a plateau for the last month, so I think I must not be eating right. Also, I know I'm also too busy sometimes to figure out what I should be eating and could use some tips. Can y'all who are at 5 months or past that point fill me in on what a typical day's diet is like for you. I don't have trouble eating any foods. Maybe I can take your plan and do better. Thanks again for your support! Stephanie — FoxyLibrarian (posted on April 16, 2000)
April 16, 2000
I sure wouldn't suggest that my way of eating is the best way
to go, but it seems to work okay for me. My average food per day
includes: 2 poached eggs w/one slice of fat free cheese (total about 20g
protein); one Carnation instant breakfast (sugar free) mixed with
1% milk and with 1/3 cup nonfat dry milk (around 18g protein);
one Pure Protein Bar (33g protein,3g carbohydrates); maybe a bit of salad,
a small amount of chicken or fish, and a handful of supplements. Also, I
have
lots of water and some herbal tea. Not a very exciting menu, but it
satisfies me and that is the key. All my bloodwork came back fine, except
iron (which
I'm working on), so I must be doing something right. I'm 5.75 months
post-op and
have lost 85 pounds ... not phenominal, but a vast improvement!
Cindy
— Cynthia B.
April 16, 2000
Hi! I am just over 6 months post op; and as you were earlier advised my
way may not be the best way, but it works for me... For breakfast, I eat
usually one or two eggs I cook them like I would fix an omlette with spicy
cheese mixed in, other days I may only eat some yogurt with low sugar;
sometimes I don't have time to eat Breakfast, I also take my vitamin,
iron/B12 pill, and my Zinc pill; then around noon time, I will eat a small
frozen entree---which about 1/2 to 3/4 of the small entree fills me up and
I throw it away about two hours later... I eat my lunch pretty slowly...
mind you I am also drinking lots and lots of water... just recently I have
started to drink diet Rasberry tea (which is wonderful and if you put some
real rasberries in it for an extra treat it's even better) sometimes I will
get an urge for some more food so I will pop some popcorn and put some on a
plate and then give the rest to others that I work with; I seldom eat
crackers or stuff with High carbos... but on occassion I will; I usually
eat something small for dinner---that is if I eat dinner... normally I just
eat what would be considered a snack My day usually has about 10 to 30
grams of protien at every meal, and I eat as much or all of the protien
first then I will eat other stuff... I like cheeses, chicken, pork,
occassionally some beef (low fat) I also eat veggie burgers, on the
weekends I will treat myself to one of those blended fruit drinks with some
protien powder added... which I love... I try to avoid as much or all
refined sugars that I can and then limit the natural sugars that I eat... I
have so far lost 130lbs. I also work out four times a week at my local
gym. I started at 400lbs on October 14, 1999---I am just over 3/4 of the
way to my goal... I think I would like to get down to about 170lbs...
another 70lbs to go... If you have any other questions or would just like
to talk email me anytime!
— Jamie T.
April 16, 2000
I had a Lap proximal RNY 10/99 and have gone from 235lb to 153lbs. An
average day's menu is: breakfast - 3oz canadian bacon, lunch - chicken
lentil broccoli soup (home made heavy on the chicken), late afternoon snack
- sunflower seeds with a little chopped dry fruit or turkey jerky, dinner -
small ultra lean hamburger patty and spear of asparagus, dessert - 2 high
moisture prunes and occasionally a sugar free popsicle. In between meals
of course lots of water.
— Jilda H.
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