Question:
31/2 MTHS. POST AND wONDERING WHAT EVERYONE IS EATINGAND HOW MUCH?

HI, I AM 31/2 MTHS. POST AND JUST CURIOUS WHAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO EAT AT THIS STAGE AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE ABLE TO CONSUME AT EACH MEAL. IF YOU COULD PELASE GIVE ME SOME IDEAS. THANKYOU!!!!    — Melodee S. (posted on May 14, 2003)

May 14, 2003
I am 7 months out, so I prob eat more than I did then, but not much more. a usual day looks like this, breakfast, 1 scrambled egg with cheese on top and 1/2 piece of toast. snack 1/2 a protein bar or 1/2 a piece of fruit or a smoothie. lunch 4 or 5 shrimp depending on the size or 1/2 a chicken breast on about 1 cup of salad with dressing(yes the real stuff, fat and all) after noon snack similar to am snack. dinner is aprox 3 oz meat, fish, or chicken with a couple tbs. of potato or pasta, and a vegetable, such as a spear of asparagus or a similar amount of something else. I also have an after dinner snack. some other snacks I have would be a smoothie made of frozen fruit, ice cubes, water and a scoop of protein powder blended til smooth. cucmbers or other veggies cut up with ranch dip. or sugar free jello with cool whip. I am trying to stay away from a lot of artificial sweeteners as I suspect they are giving me gas. I also find that items such as sugar free cookies make me more hungry and fuel cravings so I am avoiding them now. I have lost 90 # , and healthier than ever, My cholesterol is down from 240 to 133. my protein goal is adequate protein as calculated by the dietician, 56 gms a day for my height, 5 feet. I drink water as much as possible.
   — **willow**

May 14, 2003
I am about 4 1/2 months post-op, and eat the same as I did at 3 1/2 months. I can hardly eat anything in the mornings, so for breakfast, I can usually just eat about 2 PB and Cheese crackers, or 3 deli slices of ham. For lunch, I can eat one of those little food buckets of ravioli....or 1 taco from taco bell or a half of a mexican pizza with no meat from taco bell. I can definately eat more in the evenings (lucky me, right?)...For dinner I could finish almost a full hotdog with no bread or anything and 2 hot wings with a couple pretzels...or 1 chicken leg and about 4 greenbeans and a tablespoon of mashed potatos and gravy. I try not to have too many snacks but usually fail at that, so I will have throughout the entire day, the rest of my package of PB and cheese crackers from breakfast and a couple suger free cookies...If I have nuts or popcorn, forget it, I have blown the day...I feel like I can eat a ton of popcorn....I could finish 1/3 of the bag or more to be honest, if I really wanted too. So I try to stay away from that, it's too scary! Good luck to you! April Open RNY 12/26/03 405/320/185
   — thekatinthehat

May 15, 2003
I will be 15 weeks out tomorrow (surgery 1/31), and am now averaging about 500-600 calories a day. I drink two protein drinks which account for 220-270 of the calories. I eat three, 1/4 to 1/3 cup, meals - consisting mostly of protein. I occasionaly eat a grain cereal (quinoa & amaranth), salad, or green vegetable instead of the protein, in which case I can eat more like 1/2 - 1 cup. I sometimes add a third protein drink or a snack in the evening depending on how much activity I have had during the day. I am never hungry, and find that some days I am 'full' most of the day just drinking water (80-100 oz), and don't really want to eat...but force myself to anyway.
   — eaamc

May 15, 2003
Well, I'm also about 7 mos out, so I'm a bit farther than you. But here's what I'm planning to eat today: 1/2 of a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, most of a Taco Bell chicken burrito for lunch, for supper, 1 brat (it's sunny here today, so we're grilling out)& 5 or 6 baby carrots, my evening snack will be a cup of raw strawberries with no sugar. Now, when I was 3 months out, I could eat about the same foods, just not quite as much of them (for example, I wouldn't have been able to eat a whole brat, but about 3/4 of it). Does this help?
   — Laurie A.