FK over at The Secret Diaries asked me in a recent comment to post about a typical day for me as far as food an exercise. I am happy to oblige, but please keep in mind that I am only 8 weeks post-op and am still learning. Plus, as I continue to heal my "typical" days are changing. Here's what I've been doing the last week or two.
Early AM: hot tea or coffee with 1TBSP half-n-half and 1 Splenda packet
Breakfast: home-made smoothie (greek yogurt, frozen fruit, kefir, protein powder, Metamucil powder) or 1 egg scrambled with butter
Lunch: vanilla yogurt or cottage cheese w/ fruit (or, leftovers from previous night's dinner)
Dinner: 2-3oz meat & 1/4-cup veggie
Sometimes there is a snack somewhere in there and usually another cup of hot tea.
I weigh and measure EVERYTHING! I serve myself 4oz or 1/2 cup of food per meal (and I usually don't finish).
As for exercise...that's not going as well as I would have hoped. But, I am making an effort to be more active in my daily life. I've been doing a bit more yardwork, projects around the house, etc.
I am struggling with my vitamins and supplements. I am struggling with getting in enough water. I also know that I am not eating enough overall. My surgeon is not too concerned at this point. He says that I will begin eating more naturally as I continue to heal and that as long as I feel good and my bloodwork is ok (including vitamin levels) then he thinks I'm doing fine.
2 comments:
Sounds pretty reasonable!
I'm actually getting in some more snacks in there, but that does cut back on the amount of time that I get to have for drinking water (struggling right now).
I eat everything out of 4oz cups/ramekins.
Now that I can have some fish, I'm doing a lot better on my protein.
My afternoon snack today was 4oz cottage cheese and about 1.5oz of banana. Feeling good!
Thanks so much, this is so helpful being 1 week post op. 1 more week on fluids, I cant wait till the mashed food stage !
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