Menus

[Bustersmommy 0]

Does anyone have weekly menus they would share?

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Weekly menus for what? Breakfast, lunch & dinner? Or just dinner? Or what?

Does your surgeon or dietitian give you any nutritional guidelines to follow? For example, low carb, no carb, 3 meals a day, with or without Snacks, etc. etc.

I've got hundreds of menus, but need to narrow down the scope of this or else you'll suffocate under the mountain of info I give you!

[Bustersmommy 0]

For all 3 meals, i haven't really received any restrictions, advice etc from my surgeon or nurses, so probably just a good healthy menu.

When I go for fills once a month i just get asked about my Protein and Water intake. So any help would be appreciated!

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

There's a thread pinned to the top of this forum entitled, Share Ideas, What Did You Eat Today? You can get some daily menu ideas from the posts on that thread.

I'll start a separate thread here on the food & Nutrition forum entitled, A Week's Worth of dinner Menus, and will try to post a new thread with new menus once a week.

For general purposes, my typical daily menu is:

B: Click vanilla latte Protein Shake

S: skinny latte

S: Protein Bar, or Greek yogurt w/ fruit

L: leftovers from the previous night's dinner

S: trail mix

D: a Protein, a non-starchy veg, and a starch

S: fruit, or SF pudding

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

One other thought - have you asked your surgeon or anyone on his/her staff for a written food plan? Doesn't hurt to ask, you know!

[Bustersmommy 0]

Thank you so much. Do you measure out all your food?

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

I did measure everything during my weight loss phase. In maintenance mode, I'm less strict about it, but I strongly recommend it because I'm terrible at "eyeballing" a portion. For example, I cut a piece of chicken that I think is 2 ounces, but when I weight it, it's 4 ounces, therefore twice the calories.

How much you should eat per sitting depends on your surgeon's guidelines. Some surgeons say eat no more than 1/2 cup, others say 1 cup per meal. How much I can eat of a given food depends on its texture. So I could eat 1-1/2 cups of yogurt, but only 1/2 cup of chicken.

Here's an example of portion sizes from the weight loss food plan my dietitian gave me way back when.

Breakfast: 1 slice whole grain toast, 1 egg scrambled

Snack: 1/2 cup fruit

Lunch: 1/4 cup veg, 1/4 cup starch, 1/4 cup Protein

Snack: 1/2 cup fruit

Dinner: same portions as lunch

Snack: 1 cup Protein Shake or 1/2 cup SF pudding

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Is that Buster in your avatar? A boxer? I love smushed-face dogs. I had a Buster boy who was a French bulldog, and we now have another Frenchie, a pug, and 8 mutts.

[Bustersmommy 0]

Thanks for all the info, it will get me a good start!!

Yes thats my baby boy Buster, we lost him about a year and half ago. I work with a Boxer rescue.

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Ah, another dog lover and rescuer! My husband and I run an informal animal shelter. People drop off unwanted kittens and puppies out here in the country all the time, so we have a steady supply of mutts. And I publish a free weekly e-newsletter about our critters (dogs & cats), Dog Days, if you're interested.

[Bustersmommy 0]

Most definetly, email is gmerrill3501@aol.com

Thanks!

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Most definetly, email is gmerrill3501@aol.com

Thanks!

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