What was on YOUR menu for Saturday?

Hi everyone How is everyone enjoying the weekend? Mine has been good so far. Here is what I ate today B~4 oz of Blueberry carb control yoguart L~1/4 C. Cottage cheese and 2 tbs. of pureed pears and 1 pk splenda D~1/4 C. Pureed Tuna with 1 tbs. FF mayo S~ SF popsicle Exercise.. walked the mall Vitimins.. 2 Calcium, 1 multi vit. and 1 B-12 So far I have drank 35 oz of SF peach tea.. my favorite I hope everyone has a nice evening Kay 450/388/367/175

B- Cottage cheese L- chicken broth S-tomato bisque D-Brocolli cheese soup

B - scrambled egg w/cheese and a dab of ham L - two turkey deli meat roll ups with a slice of 2% cheese in between D - baked fish w/ a couple of pb crackers No snacks...my surgeon doesn't allow them. Kim P.

6 oz. Vanilla Very Berry protein shake - took about an hour to drink 2 oz. raspberry carb control yogurt w/scoop of Vanilla Very Berry protein powder 1 oz. strained ham & 1 oz. strained squash w/ half scoop unflavored protein powder 30 oz of water (so far) multi - B12 - Trinsicon - Pepcid - liquid calcium - 1 prescription med I'm going to try pureed chicken/mashed potato/gravy and maybe some pureed green beans for supper.

b- 1/2 of qsmart bar (been sick today couldn't handle the whole thing) l- 2 slices ultra thin ham with mozz. cheese nuked d- 1/2 scrambled egg No snack yet and water was coming up all morning so not sure how much I actually kept down. Exercise - walking 40 minutes or more and shopping around with the kids Have a great night Julie

B - 2 oz string cheese L - 2 oz munster cheese s - sf chocolate pudding d - spanish omlete - egg w/american cheese and just a tsp of picante sauce s - 4 crackers with 1tbs of lowfat peanut butter 1/2 bottle of Isopure sipper througout the day mixed with Crystal Lite

I am still on a full liquid diet for the next 3 weeks so here's what I ate today: Bfst: 2 oz cream of wheat made w/milk for extra protein Lunch: 1 oz string cheese 1 oz baby bel cheese Dinner: 1 oz cream of portabella mushroom soup 1 oz mott's SF pineapple pleasures applesauce Protein: Matrix nectar iced tea flavor in 4 oz water (yummy) 12 gms pro (yuck) Belgian Chocolate flavored protein powder +8 oz milk 31gms pro (yummy) GNC designer whey vanilla 1 scoop in 8 oz milk 31gms pro ---------- 74 total gms protein + extra from food Fluids: liquids from protein drinks + 40 oz water

Hi, B: 2 bites cottage cheese and a colby cheese stick L: protein drink with soy milk S: pinto beans from Baja Fresh D: 1/8c pureed spinich with garlic, slice yogurt LF cheese, S: 2T goat cheese About 50oz water/tea and the vitamins. Cheers, T

I thought about not answering this, but alas, I should be responsible for what I ate today. Needless to say, today was the WORST food day so far in all of my PostOp days. I had a bit of an emotional breakdown after eating all this today and have vowed to start fresh again tomorrow. NO MORE SNACKING FOR ME! Here it is: B: Slept in L: 1/4c. chilli w/ no beans topped with a slice of cheader S: (by snack, I mean ate througout the time between lunch and diner- aka grazed) 2 bites of a bannana muffin, 1-2 oz turkey pepperoni, 1 oz deli turkey, 1 oz cheese, 1 TBS Peanut Butter D: Small ground turkey patty with thick slice of pepper jack cheese melted on top S: 4 oz. Carb Control Vanilla Yogurt Whew, there it all is in black and white. The evilness of grazing. I can not believe I let myself eat all that. The good news is I also got in all my vitamins/calcium for the day. I am still working on my water. On the weekends I stay up pretty late (till like 2am) so I have a while longer to go, I should get in most of my fluids, I am at 45 oz now (its only 8:30)

While I agree that grazing can be harmful to us, what you wrote does not seem that excessive. I had the same thought on what I wrote but was not as forthcoming in my declaration. One suggestion that I am also trying: key everything into fitday.com and see the numbers. The numbers will tell and be honest. This is especially important as we all have lifetimes of eyeballing things and as the saying goes, our eyes are bigger than our stomachs! Even if we key in on days when we feel the intake was excessive, it can help us evaluate. Personally, I think you (and I) are moving into more real foods and it just seems like a lot after weeks of broth, jello and tea. Looking at your menu today, does it still feel excessive to you? Or is it a behavioural issue that is frustrating you? I'm going thru the same questions to myself so I hope you dont mind me putting out these thoughts.... Tiffany