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Wednesday:
Breakfast: sugar free oatmeal packet with a pinch of flax seed
Snack: EAS Chocolate drink
Lunch: Chick-fil-A sandwhich (charbroiled grilled chicken)
Snack: 100 calorie sugar free yogurt/grapes 10
Dinner: Knudsens cottage cheese and fruit bowel and a protein granola bar
Snack: mini bagel with cream cheese
Wore my pedometer at work : 16,869 steps
Taking one day at a time.
I am going to start posting the things I eat every day and my exercise. Anyone else want to join in? I need something to motivate me!
Yesterday- September 30,2008
B- protein shake
L-salad with grilled chicken and fat/free dressing
1 low fat string cheese
cup of 98% broccoli/cheese soup
D- grilled chicken wrap plain w/ mustard
5 pringles
3 sugar/ free fudge pops
mini bag of 98% fat free popcorn
protein shake
It seems I do good all day, then when i get home from work is when I have the most trouble with snacking.
Activities: 9:00am walked uphill for 15 minutes and downhill for 10 minutes=1 mile
2:00 pm walked briskly 30 minutes= 1.25 miles
7:00pm jogged and walked 30 minutes= 1.5 miles
I just found this website and am hoping it will be the thing I need to get re-motivated. I too have gained 20 pounds since my surgery on 10/2005. And now I am having extreme chronic 24/7 heartburn which started out slowly about 3 months ago. I am making an appointment with my surgeon tomorrow as I fear my valve isn't working at the top of my stomach correctly. Whether this is due to my poor choice of getting addicted to M&Ms or just something that happened, I will find out. I have quit the M&M's cold turkey as of last week but the heartburn will not go away. I had a really bad episode 2 weeks ago where I was doubled over in pain from my pouch. My orimary doctor put me on prevacid and as much mylanta as I need but it isn't working. I too, would like to know how everyone that has regained some weight is approaching it. I like the idea that was stated that she is on a liquid diet to reset her pouch. Is it working? I don't eat anything else that I shouldn't but grazed on a 14 ounce bag of M&M's in every 2 days which I have done every day for the past year. When I first had the surgery done, I keep saying " how can anyone go back to eating the things that got them to their pre-op weight " and now here I am. I weigh 158 and want to get back down to 140 by the way.
Yep I've been a busy bee this morning. I started out this morning by watching Joel Osteen and something that stuck with me this morning was something that he said and he said this: "You are blessed with the need to succeed." I liked that quote and that's how I began my day.So..without delay, I opened up my Jillian Michaels 30 day shred workout (after it had been sitting on the counter still in the package this whole week) and I bit the bullet. Was it a challenging workout? yes. Did it kick my hiney? Yes. Did I die? no. Do I feel better about myself that I completed it and did the best I could? YES!!
As far as eating goes today.....so far an alternative bagel (6g of protein) with ww cream cheese and a tbsp of rasberry preserves. I'll think about my choices today and make good ones. Hope your weekend was good.
Taking one day at a time.
Glad it's the weekend!!
Here's my checking in for Saturday :)
Vitamins: Yep took em all
Exercise: Was supposed to go on a nice hike with my family today..didn't happen due to the weather. However, we did take a nice mile and a half walk at the lake and also walked the mall for awhile.
Food:
Breakfast: had subway wrap with steak, egg and cheese (didn't fini**** all and had a problem with the tortilla it was wrapped in..maybe ate half of it)
Snack: bought a low fat milk from subway...ended up throwing it all up. I always drink skim..thinking maybe the grouchy pouchy didn't like the low fat.
Lunch: Red Robin 1/2 bowl of Chicken Tortilla Soup and a few bites of salad
Dinner: 1 slice of Sausage Pizza :(
(right now I'm hungry again I'm thinking about a piece of fruit)
Liquids: lots of water and iced tea no sugar
Taking one day at a time.
RNY Oct 26, 2005
1 oz. pouch w/100 cm bypassed
300/184/215/150
How did you all do today?
Vitamins: check
Exercise: 16442 steps with my pedometer
Food: Problem.........grrrrrrrrrrrrr...again things went wrong. I really thought about things while I had some chips. I know the emotion that is causing me to reach for the wrong things..FRUSTRATION. Thought about it. Maybe what I need to do is journal or write when I feel it and perhaps that would help things?! Habits are so hard to break.
Breakfast: slim fast low carb shake
Snack: 120z skim milk
Lunch: 1 s/f oatmeal a few bites of fresh peach and a few slices of zuchinni
Dinner: chef salad with blue cheese dressing (had maybe six bites and was done)
Liquids: still short on those I've gotten maybe close to 40 oz in.
Taking one day at a time.
Here's how my Wednesday went. Brutally honest here!
Breakfast: Slim Fast low carb shake (20g protein)
Snack: 1oz lowfat cheese (6g protein)
Lunch: okay here's where things went bad...I brought my lunch (sugar free oatmeal,peach,and some fresh zuchinni) but instead I went and ran errands and went through the Taco Bell drive thru and got a personal pan cheese pizza. I was hungry..I ate all the cheese off of it while I drove and then ate the bread part about 20 minutes later booooo I know.I'll try to be better tomorrow.
Snack: 12 oz skim milk
Dinner: 1/2 cup of homemade spaghetti (made with zuchinni,green peas,corn,tomatoes and sugar free sauce)
Exercise: I'm going to get down to the basement and do run/walking on the treadmill for about 40 min and then bike for 20.(did the same routine yesterday while watching the Biggest Loser..so tonight I'll do my exercise to relieve frustration when I watch our president talk about our economy)
Vitamins: All of them in today. 2 Centrums/6 sprays of B12/2 calcium chews/2 Calcitrate Magnesiums
Liquids: 34oz of sugar free tea I know I need to get in some regular water. I really think the s/f lipton stuff is bothering my ulcer. I may need to cut it out!
How did you all do??
Taking one day at a time.
Okay...
Seriously, I don't know how many of you are still or have attended support groups or not , or maybe just quit going. Here's my thing about the support groups: a)they only meet once a month b)it seems like they are for recent post ops (and I don't mind giving advice to folks or sharing my experience).
I quit going because of the two reasons above. I just couldn't get anything out of them anymore and I know for me, I need more than a monthly meeting and I need something more to help me get focused on the larger picture rather than talking about eggs and protein powders for an hour. I also went to Overeaters Anonymous last year and I stuck with that for maybe a month is that..I felt uncomfortable there even though they had good points about eating and such. Oh and yes, WW..went there last year too but quit after the scale went up 5lbs in a week. I like the ideas you get from that also. But the main problem I'm having is that I'm not finding many people who can relate to this surgery.How many of you still have people offering food to you (donuts, candy, chips), knowing full well that you have worked so hard to get healthy and fight to maintain or lose your weight? I do. Do I give into temptation? YES. Is it my fault? YES. It just plain out stinks and it gets frustrating at times. The only real solace I can find is here. I blog alot and also just look at people's postings and sometimes answer them. I don't know about you but I have a problem with food and I probably always will. I don't have a problem with exercise...but FOOD.
So, since I'm on here quite a bit...I'm going to try to do a thread maybe a few times a week or if I can get on daily..to see if anyone wants to post what's going on with them..what they are eating..exercising..getting vitamins in..just some general support. I know I need it..what about you?
Sorry so long!!!
Taking one day at a time.
