Accountability - Day One For Me!

Good morning everyone. I am accounting for my eating day yesterday as I planned to have only liquids and one protein pudding to make up for my Sunday overindulgence and aching pouchie! I am happy to say that I stayed on course and had: Breakfast - AchievOne protein drink - 20 grams protein Lunch - Stallone banana cream pudding - 20 grams protein Dinner - Another AchievOne protein drinlk - 20 grams protein I did drink more fluids yesterday around 100 ounces. I know this is drastic and I didn't get enough calories in, but I'm making up for my Sunday eating. Today will be the same. Yesterday was a bit of a struggle as I wanted to eat solids. The first day is always the hardest. I'm not sure about doing this again on Wednesday. I will decide that tomorrow morning. I posted here because I need to be accountable and know that I can share this with my fellow Junebugs. Have a wonderful day! Hugs, Lucy 484.8/383.4/193.4/160 Pre-surg/surg day/current/goal

Maybe add some sf jello or cup of soup to the menu for the day to fill in the hungries. They seem to help me. Wendy

Hi Wendy! Thanks for the suggestions. I feel like a hungry snarly beast today. I want to eat anything and everything! I think today is going to be it for me. I'm going back to solids tomorrow. If I don't, I know that I'll go off the deep end (eating too much and the wrong foods). I just have to hang in there today. At least I'll have two days of this restriction. That should help to combat my eating on Sunday. I just need to remember how this felt and hopefully that will help me fight off the food demons. Hugs, Lucy

Lucy, I would throw in 2 more protein shakes so atleast you getting alot of protein. Good luck HAPPY

Thanks Happy!! The reason I'm not having more protein is the extra calories. I'm really cutting the calories for these two days. It's tough but I will make it today! Lots of water.... I need to reverse my eating from Sunday. It's just so hard now, as the less I weigh, of course the less calories I need for the day. I still need to lose another 33 pounds to get to goal. That's what I 'm so scared about. I've read so much on the OH boards about not losing anything for weeks and then a pound here and there. That is worrysome to me. I don't know how I'm going to handle it. I don't want to go back to my old eating habits. That will take me in the reverse direction. So I am trying to nip this in the bud, right from the start. Thanks for listening! Lucy

Hi Lucy~ Good for you, especially since you're only doing it for a couple of days, otherwise I would be concerned about you not getting enough protein in. Has it jump started your weight loss again? I'm right there with ya with the weight, I think we are still really close in weight. I weighed in at 193.4 this am. Nothing for weeks, then finally a 2lb weight loss overnight, after I felt like all I did that day is eat!! Not the wrong things, mind you, but graze half of the day. Maybe all of this time I really haven't been eating enough, although I am well over 1000 calories usually a day. I did find out that I was getting in way too much protein too close together in the morning, so I've readjusted what I'm doing. Anyways, hang in there for the rest of tonight. You can do it!! Let me know how it goes. I had thought about doing the same thing, not as a consequence for something I had eaten, but as a way to shake things back up again in my diet. You go girl and let me know how it worked for ya! Hugs, Kerri

Hi Kerri. You and I are at the same weight! OMG, isn't that amazing? I am going to weigh on Saturday morning when I go to weigh****chers, so I won't know until then. I didn't eat like I used to when I was pre-op, but it was enough to get me scared. I ate a giant ice cream sundae cone, some nuts and 4 large pepperidge farm chocolate cashew cookies. That's why I felt so bad. When I figured in my current weight into the picture, I was even more scared. As you know, the less we weigh, the less amount of calories we need and it's easier to gain. So I thought I should do at least two drastic days in terms of cutting down my calories for the day. I am hanging in there for tonight. Mind you when I got home from the pool, I was ready to eat! I talked myself out of that, reminding myself of my accountability and why I was in this predicament in the first place. I was trying to give myself any excuse to eat. Once I start, even with a small amount, say a few nuts then I'd give myself the excuse to eat more, resulting in eating a lot more and most likely foods other than protein. Ha Ha!! I know myself very well. As far as my protein intake, I am doing fine with the 60 grams a day. My labs were perfect so I don't stress about taking in more. I know there's a point when you can take in too much protein, which can result in the production of kidney stones. I had that in 1993, and it was no picnic! My eating on Sunday upset my pouchie and intestines! Yikes, my pouch hurt a lot and I felt so bloated and full of gas. I was so uncomfortable and wished I could have dumped. I am not a dumper, darn it! Tomorrow will be a better day for me. I can go back to basics, with eating solid foods like my protein, vegetables, etc.. I missed eating my foods not drinking them. It was a good rest for my pouch and intestines though. I got over my urgency to eat, thank goodness. Now I can go to sleep and wake up successful and making my 2 day goal. Thanks for your response! I'll post my accountability thread in the morning. When Saturday comes, I'll post again to let everyone know how I did. Even if I stay the same this week, that's OK with me. Anything is better than a gain. Hugs, Lucy