What did you eat yesterday?

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Yesterday I Had:


Protein shake

1 arrowroot buiscuit made mushie with a Jarrah

soft noodles in plum hoisen sause about half a cup

scrambled eggs about 3/4 of a cup

1 yogo

1 Jarah

1600mls of water with a small amount of diet cordial.


I think I am having the wrong foods to lose weight? Do you think there is enough protien in there? Also I am finding I not hungry at all in the morning and then get hungry at night (or empty) and have like a sore churning tummy.

Is anyone else willing to critique me and/or post their food intake for the day so I can copy the successful sleevers? I was hoping we could make a running post so that I can continually record what I eat and compare it so I don't go to far off track.

I am still restricted a bit as I am still on mushies. That finishes in a week or two so I am starting to move towards normal foods.

Cinni

well guys that is great news!!! its good to know how things work sometimes down the track a bit :)

OK yesterday I had

B - 2 x cruskits with smidge butter and ham, 1 x coffee with s/m and sweeteners

L - CP Prawn Wonton Soup - OMG this is really really good stuff!!! low fat, cal and carbs!!!

D - 2 x cruskits with smidge butter and cheese

Snacks - 1 x allens snake...wont do that again!!! takes up too much cals and carbs!
Nestle dairy combo snack pack, 1 x slice of soy and linseed batard (like a french stick but smaller) with butter

Water - 1.5L
Exercise - 45 mins aquarobics (sp)

Fantastic Greg.

I have just had a lovely holiday on the Sunshine Coast and like you had a couple of glasses of wine each night with a few nibblies and when we went out for dinner had a couple of cocktails during the evening but unfortunately I didn't lose weight like you - have virtually stayed the same. As you say it is nice that we can still enjoy a drink and have a few nibblies and a small meal later.
It's just so great to have this tiny tummy and still be able to go out and enjoy the food and have a couple of drinks.
hugs
Jilly

Awesome Greg

I also went to a wedding - but it wasn't as extensive as yours. I made choices (it was one of those alternating things where they hand out an even number of each meal) and had prawns and chicken. Didn't finish the chicken, but no-one cared! And I wasn't the only one eating small amounts - when you actually do eat less, you realise a lot of the slimmer people around do the same thing.

And I also lost weight despite going out! (and I had wine too).

Thank you for sharing that Greg.

For one who hasn't yet been sleeved, its fantastic to hear.

Hi Guys,

This is not about what I ate yesterday but what I DIDN'T EAT last weekend..I would like this little exercise to show that life after the sleeve can be very normal, and not to be scared of what you can eat and drink out in public..

I am just past 8 months since I had my surgery, and everything has been fairly rosy, I have lost weight, although it has slowed (after reading the next few lines you may realize why) I have kept it off, I have gone off most of my meds and I feel fine..

WELL
last weekend we travelled 5 hours to Bundaberg for a dear friends wedding..They are both nearing their 60's and it is not the first time around for either of them, in fact I think it is her 4th time!!! The wedding was on the Saturday pm BUT we had a meet and greet BBQ (finger stuff) on the Friday night AND an early commers BBQ on the Thursday night as well...Sooooooooo!! how did I go??

I don't drink beer or champers anymore BUT any of you who have red my diary, know I am quite partial to a wee drop of wine, either red or white it doesn't matter!! On Thursday I had a few nibblies followed by a small steak, small boiled potato and a bit of salad all over a couple of hours washed down (not literally) by3 or 4 glasses of wine..everything was fine although I got a bit tipsy a bit quicker than in the past, when it probably took 2 to 3 bottles for the same effect.

Friday night, a similar amt of alcohol with mini sausage roll, dip & bickies, sushi (2 or 3 one inch thick) puff pastry pizza thingos, chicken tenderloin skewers, 2 or 3 chicken wings..

Sat wedding, a bit more alcohol,(it was a special occassion) plenty of nibbles and 3/4 of a lamb rack...beautiful!!

What I am trying to say here is that you can still go out to dinner or a function with a sleeve and fit in with the crowd and enjoy yourself, I ate exactly what I wanted (a lot less than before though) and drank what I wanted and had a better time, as I felt people wern't staring at me anymore as I am now skinny!!!!!!

And guess what I still lost weight for the fortnight.

Am I pleased? you betcha!!!

Cya

Greg

b/fast- 2 cups muesli with dried fruits and nuts in it,splash of milk

lunch-big banana

dinner-1small piece of steak off the BBQ with bit of steak sauce.


steak went down fine,didn't feel over full or anything,but later that night,i did have it repeat on me a little,so maybe next time not be so big eyed and eat so much of it!!! LOL

Yesterday......
breakfast - half an opti bar, small peach (shared with my parrot!)
lunch - chicken noodle cuppa soup and Weight Watchers small tub of peaches
afternoon tea - WW choc mousse
dinner - broccoli, 1 squash and about half a chicken drumstick
supper - 2 cruskits (just plain ones, also shared with my parrot)

Today.....
breakfast - half an opti bar
lunch - other half of opti bar, piece of mango
afternoon tea - small handful of cashews
dinner - chicken noodle cuppa soup, cruskits
supper - WW choc mousse

Also my supradyn and berocca, plus lots of water.

oh yeah, today at work I also had a chocolate frog (darrell lea one). It was very yummy but totally filled me up. In the past I could have eaten a dozen of them.

me yesterday
breakfast...5 prunes with a splash of no fat custard warmed in microwave with a sprinkle of muesli cerial...yum

lunch.... afew bites of a chicken wrap , lovely and a swigg of hubbys mixed fruit juice in town

dinner... tiny serve of tuna mornay and a few bites of a bbq chicken leg and lots of water

Yesterday

Coffee with skim milk and sweetener
1/2 bakers delight cheesymite scroll

Egg and chicken salad - 1/4 cup

Rissole and egg and chicken salad - 1/4 rissole and 1/4 cup salad

Cuppa Tea for supper
1.5L water- really gotta drink more
1 x Swisse womens m/v
Gym - 55 mins all cardio...great workout!

Today

Coffee with shape and sweetener
Helgas Seed Sensation toast with vegemite

6 x lil apricot delights
2 x corn thins with 5g philly smeared on each

1/2 lamb chop, 20g potato, 1 tsp peas and corn

Milo x 1 with shape and sweeteners
water - 1.5L
1 x Swisse womens m/v
Gym - 1 hr mixed cardio and weights

Lynette I hope your mouth is better soon......it must be that time of year for tooth troubles, hubby needs extensive work done but has to wait for approval from vet. affairs and his youngest sister is in the process of waiting for extensive work on a front tooth, she can hardly eat as front tooth broke of below gum level and she is now going through process of an implant but the waiting time for getting into specialist in dental is worse than in medicine, but, as she said it is giving her time to save up for it!!
Yesterday.....hubbies birthday,
brekkie- 1/2 glass juice with pills, then milk coffee, then 1 slice cafe style raisin toast with butter
dont think we had morning tea as we had to go out for a while then when we came home had another milk coffee with these really yummy biscuits I have had in the pantry for a special occassion. From aldi they are chocolate rocky road and just melt in your mouth......warning, only buy if you have someone who will share them or eat leftovers for you!!!
Then I figured I better have some lunch as I wasn't really hungry but just thought I shouldn't let myself get there, had sardines in spring water on sour cream and chives rice thins and drizzled mayo on top. Went down alright but wasn't able to finish the whole 2!!
Then dinner, we went out with the rest of the family to local sports club, I had a fishermans basket and manages 2 squid pieces, 1crumbed oyster,2/3 small piece of fish,2 chips, 1 piece tomato and 1 small prawn, also had a glass of white wine which I sipped and it lasted me about 2 hours. I left so much on my plate it was a little embarrassing but I was able to fob off some chips and hubby ate the prawns and he put the other bits of squid on his older sisters plate for her!
Then when we came home we had another milk coffee though smaller, had some more rice thins and then while I watched Aussie Ladette to Lady I peddled in the dark so I had no idea how far or how long till after the show finished. 10.1km and 39 minutes! Hope today is as good.

Hi Lynette

I loved your post, laughed about the tim tams.

Hope you feel better soon, how are you even posting?? Poking the keyboard with one finger?
Sounds like you need a Bex and a good lie down.
All the best

me yesterday...breakfast was half an opti
lunch...half a cup of homemade mushroom soup
snack...4 cruskits with a smidge of philly cheese and homemade broadbean dip [hubby grows them!]
dinner...half a cup of mushroom soup and one steamed dim sim

Get better soon Lynette. You sound like you've been through more than 1 war!

I hope you have gone home. You should be in bed with a big dose of pain killers by the sounds of it.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday for yesterday NannaDee, I think you dun good food wise that day. Well done.

Yesterday.
bf: 150mls apple juice for tablet taking at home, Up & Go at work.
Lch: Prawn wonton soup (5 prawns)
At: 1/2 rasberry muffin
Dnnr: Chicken and mushroom pasta bake (tiny serve), chewing was a bit of an issue cause of teeth.
Naughties: 3 while chocolate tim tams spaced apart over a few hours (new and just too yummy and melts in your mouth - won't buy those again in a hurry - kids ate the whole packet real quick, I know I shouldn't have and felt sick afterwoods, serves me right for being a pig) and a bit of chocolate going to bed (will she never learn).
Water (with a bit of apple juice), coffee, tea etc during the day.

In a bit of pain atm, think I will go home. Swollen sore jaw on left (tooth extraction on Wednesday), sore tooth/gum on the right (yet to be fixed, that's next week), disc in neck is out big time (pain spasms going down arm and shoulder blade), numb face on the right (probably because of neck), and swollen glands. Oh and lower back disc is out too, so pain in the ass and legs. Sorry for venting feeling like s****t.

Thanks for the kind wishes

Happy Birthday Nanna Dee for your birthday yesterday.
Hope you had a great day.
hugs
Jilly

Happy Birthday for yesterday NannaDee.

Hugs,

breakfast - high fiber oatmeal and vitamins - ate it slowly - over an hour

Lunch - puree soup 1/2 container

Snack - puree soup 1/2 container

dinner - 3 ounces of steak

snack - 3 ounces of steak

plenty of fluids in between

Today was my birthday so a tad bit more naughty then i should of been
breakfast - 1 slice toast, ham, slice cheese and tomatoe
skim milk cappacino half a cup
lunch - sweet and sour fish and rice small portion
dinner 1/4 of a subway roll was not cooking on my birthday
2 squares of chocolate got a family block given to me only ate 2 squares made my son eat the rest real fast.
prob have a skim milk cappacino before bed

Sleeved 29/7/09 weight 118
weighed today at doctors 101 kg

For me today it has been -

1 Multigrain toast with shaved ham, low fat cheese and tomato
1 skinny flat white
1 Muzz Buzz Coffee Granita...yummy
1 bowl of salad with Mexican Tuna, red and yellow capsicum, cucumber, celery, spinach and tomatoes...drizzled with low fat dressing
4 Darrell Lea chocolates
1 cup of homemade Chicken Pad Thai with lots of vegies and rice noodles

I will probably have a cuppa later on and will more than likely have a salada with vegemite or cheese with it.

Yesterday: Had a tooth pulled out in the morning, so mostly liquids for me yesterday in the early part of the day at least.
bf: 1/2 glass juice for the tablet taking before dentist plus Up & Go 2 hrs after dentist .
Late Lch: high low milk egg flip with 1 egg, vanilla, sugar and 1 scoop protein powder
At: 1 choc top butterscotch icecream cone (at the movies).
Dinner: 1 curry chicken leg and saucy vege gravey with 1 spoon rice (eaten very carefully and slowly).
Supper: 1 bbq chicken thigh.
bedtime: a bit of chocolate.
Drinks: tea, coffee, water (with apple juice) during the day.

1 1/2 cups toasted muesli with dried fruit and nuts with a little splash of milk

1 banana

1 slice of raisin toast with marg

2 cups of honey mustards chicken with rice.

1 row of lindt choc

Hi girls :)

So far fish is working for me...BUT I only tried the basa fillets, I'm not a fan of tinned fish lol cant even stand the smell, it gets me running ever since child #2...is it all fish Linda? have ya tried a different one?? that seems to be all I am game to try so far...actually not true...I tried scotch fillet last night and even after my tiny teeny bit I couldnt get it down to much mush so let it go for now...had it with my guacamole but nup

ok going to try to add what I ate today so far :)

Morning was 1 x coffee with smarter milk and sweeteners and 1 x glass berocca

MT - rice thin (sour cream) with 10g of philly cream cheese spread

Lunch - 3/4 tub no fat yoghurt

AT- rice thin (sour cream) with guacamole

snack - Nestle cappuchino (ok a lil norty but in the grand scheme of things still ok)

Dinner will be some lasagne with veges...hopefully :) havent tried any meat bar the fish so fingers crossed

Exercise will be 45 min walk and water...umm still trying to get my first litre in :)

Hey Linda, I agree with you about the vitamins, some Dr's prefer us to take it in tablet or capsule, others via having opti, but I was just reiterating how important it is in the healing process not to miss these while we are in "adjustment" phase, just becasue we may not have the variety in our diets to begin with. But I agree with everyone that the blood tests are important, because its one easy way the Dr's can see whats happening inside us, I'm just not the biggest fan of needles, as after my 2nd post op stint in hospital I ended up with lots of cannula's for drips because I was back to nil by mouth, and they had to try a couple of times, every couple of days when they had to re-site them. But I had my H1N1 fluvax the other day... (my employer- Dad said I had to have it!) but I have been known to try and wheedle my way out of needles!

Yes Jo it is all very interesting about me having high ferritin levels as all my bloods were normal pre-op and now suddenly I have low Vit D, high cholesterol and high ferritin levels. The Doc told me to cut down on meat protein for a few months and then she is going to check them again to see if I have haemochromotosis. As I said before I have been eating quite a bit of protein (as that has been drummed into my head from the start of this journey) so with a drop in protein will see if it is still high. I had a hysterectomy when I was only 31 so I can't get rid of my blood unless I donate regularly.

I think it is important to do the blood tests approx 6 months out even if taking Vitamins - I have been taking a multi vitamin - because a few sleevers post op have found to be low in Vit D and a rise in our cholesterol levels. Seem you have haemochromotosis Jo I think it would definitely be beneficial to get regular blood tests.
hugs
Jilly

Interesting Jilly. I have haemochromotosis, it was diagnosed a few years ago after some routine blood tests with a nutritionist I was seeing to assist with my weight.

It turns out my parents are both carriers and my brother was also diagnosed with having it. Lucky for him he did because otherwise he would have been a very unwell boy..his iron levels were massive and had to donate twice a week initially to bring the levels down. Fortunatley being female the regular blood letting process (!) seems to keep things pretty much in check for me..until menopause when I will have to more closely monitor things.

I'm seeing my surgeon next Friday and will ask him about the best plan of attack. I will probably just have to get blood tests a bit more regularly in the post op months.