BTB Group #2 - Thursday

Good Morning everyone... I had to get an early start today, so I will get this started, before I get swamped. Day two! Here's my plan for the day: B=ham/sausage/egg scramble S=2-3 light string cheese sticks P= nectar L= yogurt S/P= another nectar D= ?chicken maybe? W= working on it V= half done E= weight training tonight Hope you all have a great day... keep yourself BTB... we can do this!!! Talk to you all later, Angela

Well, the day got the better of me... and it's only mid afternoon... Horrible~Horrible~Horrible I've been running on: caffine free diet DrPepper (3 cans), a cup of SF International Foods Coffee, and two small slices of pizza (but only 1/4 the crust) I was stuck in an eight hour meeting with very limited options, even though I brought my lunch with me... darnit... I had some string cheese a little bit ago, and am trying to get my water in... and vitamins, too... but ARGH!!!! I'm gonna have to get a protein sup in before I go to my weight training class, if I have any chance of redeeming myself for the day. What a day from h*ll... especially for my diet! Hope you are all having a better day than I've had. Much love, Angela

Hi Angela!!! Count me in hun!...Of course I am a day late and a dollar short like usual, but I need to get my eating back on track. I was always the one that was soooo strict...now I am such a slacker...so much so I ballooned up to 178 from 162!! As of yesterday I was back down to 174...but still...that's 12 pounds higher than my lowest! I hoped to get down to 159 by my b-day (June 28th)...I KNOW I can do this!! I'll start tomorrow...today has already been ruined...ask Kristi D about it...I'm too embarrassed to give the details of what I ate. *muah* Dawn

Hi Dawn! I'm glad to see that you want to join the group... you are more than welcome. I hope that doing BTB will give you the focus and accountability to get closer to your goal. Just remember, we all have off days... but don't consider them ruined. Everytime you put something into your mouth, you are making a choice... you have to remember that what you've done in the past was a choice. Maybe it wasn't a very good choice, but you have to forgive yourself for your bad days, and do your best with the day that is ahead of you. We all know that each day is a gift, because how many more days were ahead of us a year and a half ago??? As for me? I know my days were numbered... medically speaking... We have gotten our lives back. We have been given the gifts of time and health, by ourselves, through the decisions we've made to change our bodies and our lives... by our surgeons, through the magic and guidance they supply by God, for giving us yet another day to do the best we can with what we are given. You have been given (and have given yourself) a tool, and even if you've abused it, it is still there. You know what you need to do. A lot of us have used words like lazy and slacker... we all have a little of that running through us (okay, maybe not all of us, but I certainly do). I stopped exercising when the scale stopped moving... How silly was that? I lost my motivation... but when the scale stalled, I should have kicked it up a notch... but no... old habits & old mindsets took over and I took about 4 months off. I have started back with a pretty heavy routine of cardio and weights... and I am having to make up for a slacking metabolism... I know how you feel. And trust me... the fear that I have stretched my pouch is a daily concern, especially when I realize what I have eaten in a meal... But then there are some meals when I know my restriction is still there, because I can hardly eat anything... And I can't eat anywhere near what I could preOp... there is no way... Preach, preach, preach... I apologize. I just don't want you to be so hard on yourself. I know why you had this surgery... I have similar reasonings, a lot of us share them. But you have to take responsibility for where you are, accept what is past, and with your whole & honest heart of hearts, devote yourself to doing the best you can. Accept that bad days and bad food choices are going to happen. But like I said at the start, each time you put something in your mouth, you are making a choice. You can choose not to. Heck, there are times I've thoughtlessly shoved something into my mouth, chewed it about 2 or 3 times, and thought... "What the h*ll did I do that for?" Then walk to the trash can and spit it out. And it felt great, because I made that choice NOT to accept that behavior. Love you, Dawn. I hope you stick with this round of BTB and that you can regain your focus and get that much closer to achieving your goal. You can make your birthday goal... it is not impossible or far-fetched... it is do-able. But if you don't make it.. it is still a good goal... and you can still get there and stay there. You want it... so do it. Best wishes. Just do the best you can... everything else is just a little speed bump. You don't have to stop... just slow down and keep going! Much Love, Angela

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Hi Angie. Win a few lose a few, I know how that goes. But the important thing is you are working at it, and that alone keeps you focused on what the goal is. The hardest thing for me is the choc-caramel cake with Choc- caramel Butter cream frosting that is left over from lunch. I need to hide it so it isn't right there every time I walk by. I always serve dessert with lunch orders. B~ protein yogurt. L~three oz northern beans S~three oz havarti cheese D~Not sure yet, probably grilled chicken or more cheese. Doing well on all fronts except planned exercise. I get a lot of walking and bending and lifting in during the process of my day. Hazel

Day #2: Busy day today. I just got home at almost 6:00 p.m. I'm going out of town tomorrow afternoon and won't be bac****il very late Saturday night, so I won't post until sometime Sunday again, but I'll be trying to be a good girl on my trip! S: 1 c Mootopia Choc. milk B: AchievOne Mocha Java S: Protein Coffee L: 1/2 c sloppy Joe guts & 1/2 c lima beans S: 1 c Mootopia Choc. milk & 2 Tbsp. raisins D: 2 oz. steak & Navy beans S: cottage cheese vitamins: done liquids: 112 oz. protein: 105 grams or so exercise: 15 minutes on bike, arm wt. workout and 120 sit ups plus about 6 trips down the long halls today at school, hiked out to a portable building, etc. Karla 337/178/165