What did you eat Monday?

B - Lower Sugar Oatmeal

L - Bean with Bacon Soup, 1 laughing cow wedge, 3 crackers

D - 2 vienna sausages, 2 crackers

S - 1 bottle of isopure protein drink, 1 piece of cheese, 1 piece of canteloupe, 1 brocolli floret

all my vitamins and 1 1/2 bottles of water

B - Fage (1/2 container of 0%) with No Sugar Added Peaches (4 small slivers)

L - 1/2 Salmon patty and a slice of provolone cheese (ate too fast and got sick)

D- Water and sugar free/caffine free coffee...


SIDE NOTE -

Im 7 weeks out and Im still de-learning my eating habits that I had pre surgery so I often eat too fast and make myself sick.  I now TOTALLY understand when they (experienced WLS Vets) tell us/me to dedicate time to focus on eating each meal.  Now I see why that is so important...because the feeling you get when you have eaten too fast and you cram food into your pouch is THE WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD! 

I know the feeling too!  EVERYTHING that I put in my mouth on Saturday made me feel like that...then I figured out why.  We went out of town with 12 other people so for Breakfast, Lunch and dinner, there was a table full of friends...and I was so busy running my mouth that I wasn't paying any attention to how I was eating....the sad part is...my hubby is the one who pointed it out to me on the way home!!  UGH...I HATE that feeling!!!!  Have you had any dumping episodes yet??

Thank God, No.  OOOOHHH, wait...YES!  I dumped off of eggs!  That was the WORST THING EVER! I can handle a hard boiled egg but a scrambled egg with cheese makes me VERY sick.  Weird.  I have to say that Im one of the lucky ones that not too much bothers me and goes down pretty well.  I stick to my sugarfree, low cal, low card lifestyle so I havent really tried any thing outside of that and I dont plan too...

When they gave me a list of the most common food types that cause dumping.... I AVOID it like a snack cake (LOL)!

Monday, Jan. 5th:

B - Coffee

L - 3 slices of turkey, 1 slice of 2% Swiss rolled & dipped in hot mustard

D -  1/2 cup Taco Soup.....and a 1/2 a corn muffin that I wasn't supposed to have

S - String Cheese

vitamins & 64 oz. water

I saw the surgeon today for my 6-week check-up.  I mentioned that sometimes when I eat I have pain & that I thought it was gas bubbles.  Nope - he told me to take smaller bites (no bigger than the size of a dice), chew really, really well and slow-down.  Guess what....I came home after the appt. & was able to eat an entire scrambled egg by following his rules.  Before that, I had only ever been able to manage 2/3 of an egg at most.  My lesson learned.....FOLLOW THE RULES!  (Duh)

One more lesson learned today:  Do NOT get behind in your laundry!!!     I only have a few pairs of pants that fit me at this smaller size.  NONE of those were clean today, so I had to go to the Dr. in a not-so-attractive pair of sweatpants.  May sound silly, but I've always had plenty of clothes and could find "something" to wear without fear.  Not Now!

Teri

I wanna know your secret for drinking all tha****er!!

Okay all, yesterday was not my best eating day cause I was in bed most of the day and had to force myself to eat!  I also failed to get in all my water cause I slept a lot ... ugh ... I hate how I feel when the water is low. 

B - string cheese
L - 1/4 cup mexican lasagna (an eggface recipe)
D - 1/4 cup mexican lasagna (it was easy)
after D - 1/2 sugar free pudding cup