Living like a Gastric Bypass Patient

With my daily mantra in mind "I am a gastric bypass patient and I need to behave like one"..... Progressively better....not perfect....but definitely better. I packed my lunchbag last night with all of the food I was going to allow myself from the time I got up to the time I get home (usually around 5:30 - but not till 6:30 today). I packed: A cheese stick A low-carb yogurt (the kind with high-fiber cereal mixed in) A SF lime jello A wrap cut into four pieces (roast beef, provolone, stone-ground mustard) A banana I ate: 6:30 am - A Venti SF Decaf Vanilla Latte (20g protein) 9:00 am - yogurt (5 grams protein) 11:30 am - 2 pieces of the wrap (20g protein) 12:30 - cheese stick and jello (8g protein) (then I was locked into a meeting until 5:30, during which I ate a bite size chocolate) 5:30 - banana 6:00 - another SF vanilla latte (20g protein) 6:30 pm - the other two pieces of the wrap (20g protein) I'm probably gonna have to eat another yogurt or jello if I get hungry later. I think I did pretty good today!!! YEA!!!!!!!! About 93g protein and around 1200 calories!!!! I think I can do this if I pack my lunch like this everyday. I need to go find some more of those wraps. I found them at Food Lion but I went to Giant yesterday and they didn't have them. They had wraps - but not the ones with 14g of protein in them. Next time I go to Food Lion, I'm gonna have to buy them out. Plus, these are the only wraps that don't hurt my pouch (and they have 8g fiber in them). How's everyone else hanging in? Hugs, A Gastric Bypass Patient for life, Pam

I am a gastric bypass patient i need to start acting like one!!!! OH why do i keep makeing bad choices!!!!!! SO freakin hard and a daily battle. AT least im back to some excersise that should help me some!

Hi Pam. I think that I will get better with my pouch rules when I wear my compression garment. I'm getting that one today. I've been a lot better in my food choices since surgery. But there is room for improvement. I know that I will get there. I'm thinking about going to Vegas after the holidays for a free slot tournament at Ballys. Airfare is not bad. I always wanted to see Celine Dion in concert and tickets are available during my visit. So, I may land up going to Vegas on January 4th and return on January 7th. I'm going to ask my ps about it. This would be just before I return to work on the 9th. Your menu for yesterday looks good. Congrats on being accountable and sharing with us. You're doing great! Hugs and Love, Lucy