Pat99
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Keep in mind I am still pre-surgery so all of you will probably hate me for eating this much food in one day...sorry. I’m not proud of my diet but am being totally honest here.
BREAKFAST is usually a regular size bagel or half of a giant bagel, toasted with 1/3 cup low fat cottage cheese on top of it. If I run out of this I eat hot or cold cereal or scrambled egg substitute and add toast or fruit if I feel real hungry. I also have a giant coffee with sugar substitute and milk or non-dairy creamer.
LUNCH is usually 1/2 can or 1 cup homemade soup and 1/2 sandwich or a whole sandwich if I am feeling very hungry. If I skip the soup I have 2 small pickles and a small piece of fresh fruit with the sandwich. The lunch sandwich is usually turkey, cheese or peanut butter.
DINNER varies drastically. I try to eat a protein like very lean ground beef, turkey lunchmeat, tuna or chicken. I try to eat a generous portion of veggies and mashed potatoes, rice or pasta. Sometimes I make a personal pizza made on a flour tortilla, pita or Greek flatbread. If I don't feel like cooking I will make Ramen noodles but only use 1/4 or less of the flavor packet. I'll round that out with a 1 oz. piece of cheese and a veggie.
1 or 2 OTHER MEALS-I am diabetic so I eat 4 to 5 meals per my doctors orders (no complaints here *lol*). Usually a sandwich or ceral with milk or a few cheesecubes and fruit or Ramen noodles. Sometimes I have a low carb protein drink in place of a meal since my diet does not have nearly enough protein. Or I eat snack foods instead of a meal. My blood sugar level stays in an acceptable range even with my seemingly higher carb diet.
Unfortunately I also munch on snacks throughout the day like cheese puffs, corn chips, peanut butter, dry cereal, yogurt, cheese, fruit, a bagel, protein drinks or sugar free pudding cups.
I drink sugar free, caffeine free, non-carbonated beverages throughout the day. Try as I might I have an extremely hard time drinking plain water.
I rarely eat any restaurant food, including fast food. This is a good thing
I was in a bit of a hurry yesterday when I posted this so I came back to add a little more information. I used to have a more rounded and much more nutritional diet. Once my disability hit me hard and fast in 2008 I found it difficult at best to be able to stand and walk around the kitchen. I am an excellent cook (or so I've been told) and used to make almost everything from scratch. These days I have to settle for mostly purchased foods. On occasion I find the energy and strength to cook and bake. Yesterday I managed to make bagels I made 3 dozen. I packaged them for the freezer and am now a happy puppy! On occasion I make soups, stews and entrees and freeze them for later use. I make my own yogurt and sometimes make my own cottage cheese but like store bought cheese slightly better. I used to have a medium sized garden and home canned about 50% of my veggies and bought fresh fruit to home can. Hopefully I will be able to go back to making most of my meals from scratch once I lose weight. My disabilities largely stem from genetics and there are no guarantees but I have a feeling that there will be a significant improvement.
BREAKFAST is usually a regular size bagel or half of a giant bagel, toasted with 1/3 cup low fat cottage cheese on top of it. If I run out of this I eat hot or cold cereal or scrambled egg substitute and add toast or fruit if I feel real hungry. I also have a giant coffee with sugar substitute and milk or non-dairy creamer.
LUNCH is usually 1/2 can or 1 cup homemade soup and 1/2 sandwich or a whole sandwich if I am feeling very hungry. If I skip the soup I have 2 small pickles and a small piece of fresh fruit with the sandwich. The lunch sandwich is usually turkey, cheese or peanut butter.
DINNER varies drastically. I try to eat a protein like very lean ground beef, turkey lunchmeat, tuna or chicken. I try to eat a generous portion of veggies and mashed potatoes, rice or pasta. Sometimes I make a personal pizza made on a flour tortilla, pita or Greek flatbread. If I don't feel like cooking I will make Ramen noodles but only use 1/4 or less of the flavor packet. I'll round that out with a 1 oz. piece of cheese and a veggie.
1 or 2 OTHER MEALS-I am diabetic so I eat 4 to 5 meals per my doctors orders (no complaints here *lol*). Usually a sandwich or ceral with milk or a few cheesecubes and fruit or Ramen noodles. Sometimes I have a low carb protein drink in place of a meal since my diet does not have nearly enough protein. Or I eat snack foods instead of a meal. My blood sugar level stays in an acceptable range even with my seemingly higher carb diet.
Unfortunately I also munch on snacks throughout the day like cheese puffs, corn chips, peanut butter, dry cereal, yogurt, cheese, fruit, a bagel, protein drinks or sugar free pudding cups.
I drink sugar free, caffeine free, non-carbonated beverages throughout the day. Try as I might I have an extremely hard time drinking plain water.
I rarely eat any restaurant food, including fast food. This is a good thing
I was in a bit of a hurry yesterday when I posted this so I came back to add a little more information. I used to have a more rounded and much more nutritional diet. Once my disability hit me hard and fast in 2008 I found it difficult at best to be able to stand and walk around the kitchen. I am an excellent cook (or so I've been told) and used to make almost everything from scratch. These days I have to settle for mostly purchased foods. On occasion I find the energy and strength to cook and bake. Yesterday I managed to make bagels
I made 3 dozen. I packaged them for the freezer and am now a happy puppy! On occasion I make soups, stews and entrees and freeze them for later use. I make my own yogurt and sometimes make my own cottage cheese but like store bought cheese slightly better. I used to have a medium sized garden and home canned about 50% of my veggies and bought fresh fruit to home can. Hopefully I will be able to go back to making most of my meals from scratch once I lose weight. My disabilities largely stem from genetics and there are no guarantees but I have a feeling that there will be a significant improvement.
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