What's on the menu today, RNY-ers? Please post!

I'm so impressed by all of you and your plans.  I usually just keep a few staples in my fridge and decide at meal time.  I know that I need to start making a plan and you all have inspired me.

 

Time Since Surgery: 6 weeks

Breakfast: 1/3 cup siggi's strawberry yogurt

Lunch: 1/4 to 1/2 cup tuna salad with light mayo and lemon pepper seasoning

Dinner: 1/4 to 1/2 cup homemade ground beef and red bean chili

Snacks: protein bar and/or protein shake

I'm having a hard time graduating to 1/2 cup of food and I think I may have either acid or rebound acid (from stopping ppi) because my stomach really burns these last few days.  I have my 6 week check up tomorrow so I will definitely mention it to the doc.  Perhaps it would help to get back on a PPI and Carafate...

 

 

I have to plan so I bring healthy options to the office :)  It also helps me figure out which meal I can have more calories.  For example, I don't want to add cheese to three meals in one day (decent protein but more fat and calories) so I know if I am having cheese in breakfast and lunch then dinner should be a plain salmon patty.  I have to make sure I am making trade-offs.  But so glad we could inspire you!

I don't look at my food by volume (1/4 cup or 1/2 cup) but rather by weight.  I measure everything on my kitchen scale to make sure I don't eat more than 4 oz for a meal.  I am still not good at knowing by sight how many ounces something is.  And raw tuna (sashimi) is more dense than shrimp, so I just measure carefully :)  But every doctor gives different instructions.  Curious how many other people weigh by cup size vs. a scale...

I love how plans vary! Eventually, we will have to eventually adjust to  what works for us since we are all different.  In my booklet it specifies to measure volume of food and not by weight.  The booklet suggests that if I were to measure, I might eat too much and be in discomfort from overfilling.

I am a stay at home mom to my two little girls until they start school in a few years.  So we are pretty much always home for meals and snacks.  If I make tuna sandwiches for lunch, I eat tuna no bread.  If I make chicken for dinner, I eat the chicken but don't put bbq sauce or other things on mine.  But I never actually stopped to think and make a plan for me lol.

Today so far... Breakfast-slim fast high protein shake in chocolate and a small banana Snack-sargento low fat cheese stick and a handful of raspberries Lunch-1 cup turkey chili right at 500 cals..will end my day under 900 cals and do 20 min elliptical and 25 min recumbent bike.

Time Since Surgery: 5 Months

Breakfast:  5 baked dragon Asian style wingettes from 7-11

Lunch:  5 baked hot wingettes from 7-11

Dinner:  Not sure yet.  Probably grill cheese or something simple.  more salad or something.

Snacks:  Salad with light Italian dressing

Nutrition Totals:  Not really sure

Exercise:  Treadmill 30 - 45 minutes and arm weights today.

I am 2.5 yrs out

Breakfast

Chocolate protein shake with sugar free S'mores syrup

Snack: carrots with dry ranch dressing

Lunch:  turkey and low fat melted cheese toasted on a sandwich thin

Dinner: Hamburger stew

Snack:  Vanilla greek yogurt with a teaspoon of  flax seed

 

Exercise:  45 minute run  (Intervals alternating normal speed run with high speed)

                 45 minutes power pilates class

 

Hey, great idea on the dry ranch!

They sell them in mini bags at walmart, but I think I can make my own.  They are so easy to grab for a snack to eat when I am running around all day.  They also have carrots with chili pepper and lime.  Those are my favorite. 

Time Since Surgery:  10/15/13   3 months      

Breakfast:  Target Protein Shake 25 protein g.   

Lunch:  1/3 cup hamburger soup 13 protein g  

Dinner:  3 oz grilled chicken   

Snacks: only 49 grams of protein 😒 but I'm full!   

Time Since Surgery: 16 weeks

Breakfast: Swiss Miss Sensible Sweets Hot Chocolate mixed with 1 scoop unflavored Nectar protein powder, 1/4 cup Bear Naked Peak Protein Granola

Lunch: Steamed Shrimp, Swiss Cheese, 1 prune (a necessity!)

Dinner: Steamed Shrimp, Small Fresh Salad with Low Fat Ranch Dressing (1/2 tbsp or less)

Snacks: Another Swiss Miss Protein, Swiss Cheese, Multi-Grain Pretzel (no white flour-7 natural grains), and a treat-non-fat, decaf, sugar-free latte (it's only 4 degrees here)

Nutrition Totals: 700+ calories, 70 gm protein, 40% of carbs , and not sure on the fat (surgeon told me not to worry about fat at this point-still trying to meet daily calories)