What did you eat today?

[kshaffer]

I'm having surgery on March 10th and curious what you are eating a year out. What do you you usually have for breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Do you eat any snacks? What amount of foods do you eat? What is your favorite?

[RehabNurse]

I have not eaten yet today because I typically skip breakfast. All I have had is coffee. Here is what I ate on Friday...keep in mind that I am nearly two years out.

Breakfast: three cups of coffee

Lunch: 4 ounces of meatloaf; 2 ounces of mashed potatoes & gravy

Snack: 1.2 ounce bag of protein-fortified chips

Dinner: 4 ounces of meatloaf and 4 ounces of southwest salad

Bedtime snack: 2 potato wedges, 1 pickle spear, 1 turkey Italian sausage sandwich made with 45-calorie-a-slice multigrain bread

[Kindle]

I am over three years out and here is what I had yesterday....

Fried egg and two pieces of bacon
2 cups of coffee with heavy cream
Krab salad
Carrots and broccoli with spinach dip
16oz Syntrax nectar orange protein drink
Mediterranean Chicken casserole with spring green salad and Italian dressing
1/2 apple with chunky peanut butter
64oz water
24oz hot Carmel apple decaf tea
2 Lindor chocolate truffles

[kshaffer]

Thanks for your response.What is crab salad? Where do i get the syntrax drinks?

KIm

[RehabNurse]

Where do i get the syntrax drinks?

https://www.amazon.com/Nectar-Grab-v...syntrax+nectar

https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/search...ntrax%2Bnectar

[Kindle]

Krab salad is just a mayo-based salad like tuna salad or egg salad but made with imitation crab. You can make it yourself but I get it from my local deli (I avoid cooking/food prep if at all possible.....just not my thing)

[kshaffer]

It sounds good.

[Melissa888]

Breakfast: 3 cups of coffee with milk, plain Greek yogurt with fresh strawberry slices
Lunch: Protein bar, 30 grams. (At baseball game, quick and easy)
Snack: Turkey Jerky
Dinner: Baked chicken breast, from Trader Joe's, 3 ounces, fresh sautéed spinach with parmigiana cheese
I have had 80 ounces of water today and will have another 32 by bedtime. I do not include coffee in my water intake. I drink a lot of water and always have. If I need a snack before bed, I will have a piece of fresh fruit, cheese or Halo ice cream, whatever I have a craving for.

[kshaffer]

Thanks. I like the idea of turkey jerky and the spinach with cheese!!

[Leslieann]

Best wishes on your upcoming date!! I had mine on JAN5.

You'll love the journey especially 3 weeks post-op, at least that's when I started to feel better. When you can start eating pureed/soft foods!

[Christie13]

I am only 4 months post op (in 2 days) but thought I would chime in anyways.
Venti nonfat latte from Starbucks with Splenda.
Some ribeye and corn.
Protes Protein chips. (3 g carbs 15 grams protein!!)
Spaghetti with meat sauce.
2 sugar free popsicles.

I don't usually eat carbs like breads and pastas but I do on occasion. Tonight was one of those nights. I don't know my exact portion sizes as I don't track but I can tell you that they're not big. I had to buy special containers to bring my lunch in because it was weird having a big container with a tiny amount of food. LOL.

[ghost_ryder]

Only six months out but..

Breakfast is typically a protein bar or two scrambled eggs
Lunch is usually chicken or tuna with cottage cheese or salad
Dinner is whatever the wife makes - roast chicken, grilled fish with veggie and maybe a starch
Snack is often a sugar free jello pudding or my new favorite Breyers no sugar added sea salt caramel ice cream, nuts or protein bar

[Luna354]

I'm about 2 months out. Yesterday I had:
Breakfast: 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 scrambled egg
Lunch: 2 slices of deli roast beef over some romaine lettuce
Snack: premier protein bar
Dinner: 1-2 ounces of steak, probably 2 tablespoons cooked spinach, and a few bites of parsnips (dinner for family was a hello fresh meal, it was delicious).

[kshaffer]

What kind of protein bars do you like?

[kshaffer]

How are those protein chips?