4-Month Post Op Dietary Tweaks
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, 09-19-2016 at 08:01 PM (1839 Views)
Melissa, between you and veteran sleevers (to me) like RehabNurse, Kindle, Ann, Sandra and the forum member whose NUT said if she wanted to lose 2lbs a week she had to keep her daily calories at 1000, and she had to burn 500 calories a day, as well as all my newbie sleevers and everyone else, I feel much more confident and supported, and I don't feel so alone in this journey.
Last week I started to return closer to the 1000 caloric budget, and concentrating more on nutrients from solid food aiming for 100%, but because of time and convenience my first morning meals have been my own homemade protein shakes, this morning I made from 1/4 cup homemade müesli (oats, flax, chia and quinoa - I forgot to soak in water overnight, but I pulverized before adding other ingredients which was 2 cups water, cake batter MuscleEgg egg-white protein, 12 oz. home brewed black coffee, and one serving of Tera's Whey. It made two servings and I will have second serving tomorrow on my way to work. That was about 7:30am and I seriously did not have anything to eat until 12:30 pm.
For lunch I had left over homemade Egg-White Migas which I made yesterday with one whole egg, 2 egg-whites, 1oz. Ham and 1 cup of a leftover zucchini fajitas I had from last week.
I had 1 kiwi, a few pieces of mango and 1 cup serving of my MuscleEgg protein on my way to my weight and strength training class. I was hoping to blend it but not enough time.
For dinner I'm planning to eat chicken vindaloo which I prepared and measured into seven containers yesterday, along with 1 cup of a Mix Vegetable Stir Fry I also prepared yesterday.
For snack I may do a cheese stick or 2 tablespoons of raw mix nuts to meet my 1000 calorie range, it may go just a bit by 50 calories.
These are my macros at 1059 calories:
For now, I'm staying off the scale and will hope on Saturday, goal is to lose 1.25-1.50 pounds this week. I burned over 500 calories in my training class, but that's only 3x a week. Other days will be closer to 200 calories as I'm only planning to walk or to a 30 minute Zumba like video.
Crossing fingers, if no loss this week I know I just have to keep at it until my body starts releasing that fat! I will try to up my carbs in two weeks for a couple of days to see how that works for me.
Let's do this!!!