What's for supper?

[Sara]

I am glad he posts here too.  Shows us what a real renal diet should be, and I know I always need help figuring that out.

[kitkatz]

Light Tuna fish salad (3 oz.) w/mayo...
kcal 258
Protein  g 24
Phosphorus  mg 264
Potassium  mg 176

... and pasta (1 cup)
kcal 197
Protein  g 7
Phosphorus,  mg 76
Potassium,   mg 43

And a cup of iced tea w/sugar ... kcal 90

340 total Phosphorus = 3 PhosLo tablets.

  You make me feel so guilty. Damn it Zach you are going to live forever. But I am glad you post in this thread, that way new members will not think EVERYONE is non-compliant. 

Noncompliant?  Who on here is noncompliant?   

[goofynina]

Tonight i had a whopper jr. (extra onions) no cheese and some onion rings,  how is that for compliant 

[Sara]

LOL!   

[Rerun]

Tonight i had a whopper jr. (extra onions) no cheese and some onion rings,  how is that for compliant 

Well, the "no cheese" is good!   

[AlasdairUK]

Last night I had cottage pie with a cup of peas and 4 slices of garlic bread. I make sure that I eat enough calories and protein in a day. I try restrict my K and phosphate intake during the day.

I try to cook everything from fresh ingrediants. This has really helped my blood results and fluid intake as I have very little salt in my food.

[kitkatz]

Last night I had a microwaved egg and mozzarella cheese sandwhich on white bread with  a little mustard. Then a small piece of sugar free berry pie.

[mallory]

I was feeling a little sorry for myself last night after getting back from the clinic and having some trouble with my catheter, so I had potato chips and chocolate milk for supper.

I haven't started on dialysis yet, still have about a week and a half to go, so I just figured I might as well live it up while I still can.  I kept looking at that potassium count on the chocolate milk, that's sure something you can't drink much of.

[Rerun]

I was feeling a little sorry for myself last night after getting back from the clinic and having some trouble with my catheter, so I had potato chips and chocolate milk for supper.

I haven't started on dialysis yet, still have about a week and a half to go, so I just figured I might as well live it up while I still can.  I kept looking at that potassium count on the chocolate milk, that's sure something you can't drink much of.

    

[Sara]

Well for whatever reason dinner was Joe's only meal today  - and it's Firehouse subs.  They are goo-ood!

[kitkatz]

Chinese food: seafood platter of some sort, special fried rice, wonton soup.  I ate only the stuff in the soup and a little seafood out of the platter.  Not real hungry, I guess.  Hubby has leftovers now for supper.

[tubes]

Mmmmm, love chinese.   

I was starving at work tonight.  Talishas' husband came up to get some fried chicken and she made him go to Dairy Queen to get us supper.

Had the Chicken Strip Basket w/ gravy, Dr. Pepper....without my phoslo, forgot to take 'em to work.   

[AlasdairUK]

Last night I had a microwaved egg and mozzarella cheese sandwhich on white bread with a little mustard. Then a small piece of sugar free berry pie.

How many binders do you need with that?

If I eat two things that are high in phosphate I get Mr Itch visiting for a while. I never like it when he visits, he never brings anything good with him.

Last night I had: pasta 250 grams, two pork chops with diced green pepper and celery grilled in lemon juice.

[mallory]

After I eat something with a lot of phosphate my skin gets itchy around my joints.  For some reason, it's especially my ankles.  Is that because of the phosphate?  I wasn't sure if it was the phosphate or just my imagination.  But I swear it really does itch.

[BigSky]

Last night.

Renal friendly chicken pot pie
 170 grams SF apple pie filling
  2 tbsp cool whip
16 LF nilla wafers.

[angieskidney]

Renal friendly chicken pot pie

Are there any special stores to buy Renal Friendly foods like people can buy diabetic foods??

After I eat something with a lot of phosphate my skin gets itchy around my joints. For some reason, it's especially my ankles. Is that because of the phosphate? I wasn't sure if it was the phosphate or just my imagination. But I swear it really does itch.

Phosphate definately makes your skin itchy! I have noticed that when the itchiness is caused by Phosphate it is a deeper itch. One that you just can't scratch away and seems like you want to keep scratching and scratching til your skin bleeds

[kitkatz]

If you have a Trader Joes in the area. They have low sodium, and low whatever foods in the freezer section.  They are sort of specialty food, alternative food store.  Of course you have to read labels still.  If you liv ein Southern California and know where Loma Linda is there is the Loma Linda Marlet.  They carry all kinds of food for the vegetarians in the area.

[BigSky]

Are there any special stores to buy Renal Friendly foods like people can buy diabetic foods??

Not that I know of.

Pretty much anything that I eat that is renal friendly has to be made from scratch.

Health food type stores (at least here) tend to carry a bigger selection of low sodium type foods and that does help with shopping.

[angieskidney]

have neither of those stores and I don't really have to worry so much about sodium since starting HD my BP has become normal

[Zach]

Pretty much anything that I eat that is renal friendly has to be made from scratch.

This is the point.  We need to try and prepare our own meals in order to take back control of our diets.   

Knowledge is Empowerment.

[angieskidney]

Pretty much anything that I eat that is renal friendly has to be made from scratch.

This is the point.  We need to try and prepare our own meals in order to take back control of our diets.   

Knowledge is Empowerment.

It sucks when I live alone. Most of it goes to waste. Who else wants to come to dinner for a RENAL DINNER?

[BigSky]

It sucks when I live alone. Most of it goes to waste. Who else wants to come to dinner for a RENAL DINNER?

Basically you need to break down any recipe to only make the number of servings you want.  If recipe says it will make 8 servings then you only use half as much of everything to make it into 4 servings and so on.

[jbeany]

Tacos tonight for me.  yummmmmm!

[goofynina]

I am hoping that i get to go to IHOP tonight for dinner, i could use me a pancake right about now 

[angieskidney]

It sucks when I live alone. Most of it goes to waste. Who else wants to come to dinner for a RENAL DINNER?

Basically you need to break down any recipe to only make the number of servings you want.  If recipe says it will make 8 servings then you only use half as much of everything to make it into 4 servings and so on.

Very smart thinking and good idea! 

I wish some of you lived closer to me so we could just all eat together! That would be a riot!!