What do you keep on hand to make staying on plan easy?

Glad to see im not the only girl who loves sardines.  I have eaten those things since I was a kid, but since my surgery, my taste buds have changed so much its almost like an addiction to them!!  IM sure I walk around smelling like fish all day.  I eat my sardines with cheese and mustard!! Yum, yum delish!!

Tuna salad

lean hamburger meat

refried beans

cheese wedges or cubes

castlewood hickory ham thin slices

muenster cheese

broccolli   

cauliflower

peanut butter -low fat of course

protein shakes

laughing cow cheese

 

 

Heh, sardines.  :)  I'm learning that there are sardines that are nice and ready to eat, and then there are sardines made from larger fish with fish scales included in the can which have to be picked out ahead of time or, um, during.  :-p  :-p  My last two cans of Chicken of the Sea were like that, so I'm not buying that brand anymore.  

Oh no!!! Sardines with scales has to be no fun at all!!!  So far I have not come across that problem.  My aunt made the mistake one day of asking what I had for lunch and as soon as I told her, I thought SHE was going to loose her lunch right there!!  Some people...jeez!  Lol.  One thing I have noticed in the past few weeks, I am starting to develop a food diversion to some things.  Have any of ya'll experienced that?  For example, I was never a really big yogurt or cottage cheese fan.  I could tolerate yogurt if it had oats or fruit or something in it and cottage cheese had to have a butter cracker of some kind, but at least I could swallow it.  The other day I was trying to be a good girl and do some cottage cheese with the little fruit on the side and the fruit was great, but once the cottage cheese hit my tongue...Oh my.  I dont know what it was but It immediately made me wanna throw up and i quickly spit it out.  I even attempted to try one more time and I could not get it down!!  What is the deal with that?  I have not had any nausea in the 5 weeks since surgery, but let me tell you....if something doesnt taste right, before the saying of, "up it comes", I spit it out!!

I try to keep a lot of low calorie, low sugar, high protein foods in the pantry!

100 calorie packs
skim milk
cuties
strawberries
grapefruit
lettuce
tea
crystal light flavor packets
cases of water
eggs
chicken
Quest bars
Atkins bars
sugar free chocolate (for those cravings lol)

I also have an all natural appetite suppressant and energy booster that I take daily that stops cravings and gives me energy to get up and get moving! It has done wonders for my appetite (or lack there of lol) and my energy!!

What fo you take? Sounds interesting!

I take a pill called ACE! It is really amazing! And I love that it is ALL NATURAL! It gets rid of my cravings and helps me stay on track with my diet plan. It also is incredible for my energy, It gives me a ton of energy without the shakes and jitters. You can find out more about it here ( www.LindseyWest.lovemyace.com ) or you can email me and I can tell you more too! my email is [email protected] 

Anyone that is interested can email me for more information :) I love sharing my experiences with amazing products.

I have most of the things you listed plus the following:

Package of determination
Ounce of brain
Bit of common sense
Lots of positive attitude
Bag full of stubbornness
Dose of self love
Care
Gentleness
Diversion tactics (pedicures work every time!)
Support
OH
MFP
Vigilance

... and those are all shelf-stable and readily available.  ;)

I'm more of a high-protein/low-carb person, and my pantry is oriented that way, and since WLS I try very hard to never eat anything out of a box.  I try to cook my own food (in advance) rather than buy much pre-made.  Exceptions are things like sauces and pasta that would just take too long:

I usually cook on the weekends and make enough stuff to get me through most of the week..

Fridge/Freezer:

1 lb of cooked 3 oz hamburger patties, and/or a grilled steak cut into 3 oz portions

Salami

Various cheeses

Full-fat greek yogurt - sometimes plain, sometimes pre-mixed with FFSF puddings

Hormel pre-cooked, ready to eat bacon

Individual Portions of frozen fish (halibut/salmon/tilapia)  - costco is great for this

I make a batch of low-carb pancakes and eat those during the week when I'm sick of eggs 

Sugar free maple syrup

Eggs (and things to add - onions, cheese, peppers)

Frozen Meatballs

Good mayo

Greens (lettuce mixes and broccoli)

Various full fat dressings

Home made soups - mainly chicken with veg.

PANTRY:

Lots of sauces: Mexican/Italian especially 

Low carb pasta - still an occasional treat

Brown rice - for when I'm carbing before a larger exercise day

Canned beans (black and lentils)

Lots of spice options

All bran

Quest bars - I eat 1-2 a day, more if traveling

Canned chicken

Canned tuna

Almonds - probably eat too many, but they're my go-to food.

Various sport drinks for exercise - pre/during/post nutrition

COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE

SOMETIMES:

Josephs pitas, tortillas and wraps - low carb/high fiber - they seem to keep forever and don't taste too bad considering the calories and low-carbs - I can't eat much - they fill me up very fast.

Have tried the Julian's low-carb breads but i always seem fell sick after eating a slice... too dense i guess.

 

 

 

 

Hi Tom,
How do you make your low carb pancakes? Also - low carb pasta? I don't worry about the carbs as much, but pasta carries a lot of calories, so I limit myself to maybe 1/4 cup 1-2 times a month.

Kelly-Anne