Dave,
  I Think you are doing great and making the right choice by adding protein to you day.  Keep the blood sugar even and happy.

As for me
Breakfast  - Protein Coffee
snack   Atkins Protein Bar
lunch - Chili (or tuna) not sure yet
snack - Greek Yogurt
Dinner most likely chicken, it seems to be the easiest for my pouch right now.

Martha I hope everything settles down for you and you  can start eating again. 

Have a great Tuesday everyone!!! 

Hi Everyone,
Let's have a little fun today.  Post your beore ad after pics.  Pat yourself on the back for ALL of your hard work!  Have a great day

~Lisa


Highest weight 322lbs



At goal 170lbs

Looking much better, but you still need to add a bit more protein.  you could try slivered or sliced almonds in the salad or walnuts.  Unfortunately nuts are high in fat, but have a pretty good protein count.  Tuna or chicken would be a great alternative to add.  You could add a few pumpkin seeds though.  I just would not depend on them for your protein source.

So glad to have you on board!

good morning planners...

yesterday went OK for me food wise.. ended up having spaghetti for dinner mostly the meat sauce ..
OK so here is my question... i had to be at work early today (got here at 4:45am) so i had my breakfast shake around 5 am well now if i keep to my regular times of eating i wont eat again till 11... that's 6hrs probably a bad idea so do i throw another meal/ snack in when i normally would have had breakfast(8-8;30) i think that's what I'm gonna do...

so here goes

iced coffee with sugar free coffee-mate

breakfast- eas carb advantage
snack1-pure protein bar
lunch-might have to take a co worker out at lunch so i think a sub way chicken flat bread
snack 2- Greek yogurt
snack3- pure protein bar
dinner- Tuesday is usually chicken night at home so i think i will go with an egg sandwich


hope every one has a great day!
Dave

Hi guys =)

I went shopping this weekend and purchased a lot of the things I see you all putting on your lists. So today my menu is a whole lot healthier. I'll start by what I had yesterday.

Sunday -
Cottage Cheese w/ half a banana (my potassium was low)
1 cup of lettuce, 4 black olives, 1/4th a cup of pumpkin seeds (9g of protein) and 2 tbs of light thousand island dressing.
Lean Cuisine Ravioli (ate half).
snack - protein bar

Monday -
The same salad as above for breakfast (I was just in a salad mood)
Lean Cuisine pasta bowl for lunch (ate half).
Tuna Fish with wheat thins
snack - protein bar

My question for today is should I be adding the pumpkin seeds? They are supposed to be very good for you but when you look at the nutritional facts at first glance it's pretty ugly. A quarter cup has 186 calories of which 142 are from fat. It has 9g of Protein but 16g of Fat. The sites I looked at said they are the good types of fat though (mono and poly) and that they are a great source for  phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, copper and vitamin K in addition to the protein. Thoughts? I got a small bag's worth out of the health food section of the local grocery store but I can always give it to the parrots =).