What did ya eat today - Tuesday?

Hey Gang! How did everyone do on their eats today? My day has been weird lately. Honestly for the past month I could just live off bars and shakes and be happy, food is a chore, i still eat it well but I have to force myself.. ever since my pouch woke up more about a month ago. Weird for me.. Anyways this is what I ate today so far.. B: Blueberry Cottage Cheese Pancakes with SF syrup and light whipping cream. L: Went to a buffet (ack, gross) and Had a few bites of a salad that I put together with lettuce, boiled egg, ham, cheese and onion with FF ranch (nasty) then had 1 small bone in chicken breast (only thing I liked), one bite of steak, 5 bites of wisconsin cheese soup (i know sounds like a lot but it wasn't) and then ended with a very small SF peanut butter cookie (not like me but man I was reaching for stuff.. ick). D: donno yet or if I even will. S: EAS shake and maybe a latte later How did you do today?

B-cranberry crush smoothie with splenda from Tropical Smoothie Cafe (my favorite thing in the world) L-tuna fish on 4 crackers D-a little beef stew and watermelon S-twisted protein bar, cinnamon crunch cereal and 1/3 c gold fish crackers, string cheese (this was through out the day not all at once

Hi Diana.. ok you asked what you were doing wrong b/c of your slower weight loss this month.. so I am gonna try to look at what you are eating a bit ok? When I look overall at your diet I see a lot of carbs in many forms.. from regular processed carbos to fructose carbs and possibly some sugar in there too (cereal?) and not much on the protein side. Does this cranberry crush smoothie have protein? If so how much? Cranberries are great but have sugar.. how many sugars are in this drink? Tuna great source of protein.. crackers.. well they are ok in moderation, whole grain ones are best. Beef stew wonderful.. watermelon.. ok I am kind of a fruitaphob... Molly isn't and she does well with i****ermelon is the highest amount of natural sugar a fruit can have from the research I have found.. I have heard of people dumping off it too.. so just becareful with how much you consume of it. Twisted protein bar, I am unfamiliar with this one.. stats good? not many sugars? Good amount of protein and not too many carbs? The cereal.. again how much sugar is in it? Is a whole grain high fiber cereal? Those are the only ones I touch. Gold fish crackers.. honestly I would steer clear nothing but processed carbs here. String cheese.. great! This is ONLY MY opinion.. I hope you aren't upset that I tore your day apart.. I only did it b/c u asked what you were doing wrong.. not sure you are doing anything "wrong" just might want to make some adjustments is all. Hope this helps! Hugs, Melissa

Another bad day for me. I am just so stressed and busy with this whole thing for Emily that I am not even thinking about food. Now, I am just simply too tired to eat. Breakfast - 2/3 cup sf oatmeal lunch - nada dinner - couple bites of tuna On a good note: I FINALLY MADE MY 100 POUND WEIGHT LOSS TODAY!!!!!!! I knew that last pound was not gonna get the best of me!!

Terisa, congratulations on reaching 100 lbs loss today. Keep up the good work! Beatriz

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Wow, 100 pounds gone gone gone! You are still getting in some protein drinks aren't you? Hope so, you have to keep up with your nutrition somehow during all this stress. How is Emily doing? Is she starting to feel any better physically and emotionally? She must really be banking away good feelings about how much her parents love and value her as she sees all you are doing for her now. Molly

Molly, I have not had a protein drink for a couple of days now. I am just not getting in anything. She is not feeling better in any way. Today she woke up and is even worse. Her eyes are so swollen she can no longer see. She woke up crying. It is so hard to watch this, sitting here I am having a hard time holding back the tears. Emily has always had this amazing personality and a wonderful sense of humor. Now she is almost like a shell. She is quiet, soft spoken, cries a lot.... she is just not herself. I am doing everything I can to be there for her and let her know that I will do everything I can to see that justice is done for her. I know it is going to take some time. She could not even start school this week. Not only is she scared, but even if she wanted to she cannot even see. She is upset because her dad would not even come here to see her. This hurts her a lot. I want so much to take away all her pain and carry it myself, but obviously I cannot. I just keep hugging her and telling her how much I love her and am very proud of her. I know just how hard it was for her to be willing to talk to the news and have her picture on the tv when she looks the way she does, but she did it for other girls. She did it to help other girls who are or will be vicitms of teen violence especially by current or ex bf/gf. I am so proud of her, yet hurt for her so much.

Oh that sweet thing! You know more about this stuff with your education...is this the early part of sort of a grieving process? Do you expect certain other reactions to follow in a progression? I can't believe her Dad wouldn't come to see her, that must be so hard for you both. Having been through the teen years with my own daughter *I* am proud of Emily for all that she has done so far and I've never met her. It is a really rare girl who will stand up like she has done to help prevent this from happening to other girls. I hope her facial swelling will go down soon so that she can get back to school and begin rebuilding her school life. Give her a hug for me, too. Molly

Gosh so sorry times are so rough right now Terisa, I am praying for you every day and your family. Congrats on the 100 lbs lost!!! What an accomplishment! I am so HAPPY for you!

Speaking of watermelon.... LOL! Ya know what? I have a new and evolving theory about dumping my friends: Maybe it also includes bend-you-over-take-away-your-breath stomach pain? Pain you would otherwise think is an ulcer attack??? Am gonna run this by my surgeon at the 1 yr. checkup but keep an eye on it in the meantime. I was visited AGAIN today by this stomach pain (this happens several times weekly) but after I ate my big watermelon lunch. This does not feel like the ow-I-put-too-much-in-my-pouch pain either. You know how watermelon smooshes down to water and a bit of pulp so it empties out of the pouch quickly. That has to be how some people get classic dumping from it (which I don't get from natural fruit). Anyway, that's something occupying my mind today. So here's the day's roundup. School shopping with my 13 yr. old, did pretty well! 1) 1/4 cup faux eggs, 1.5 oz. turkey sausage, 1/4 cup zucchini hash 2) evil cup of decaf coffee with 2 tab. sf whipped cream, sf coffee syrup (ok, THIS is probably where the stomach pain came from but it was HOURS earlier!) 3) the aforementioned (2 cups) watermelon chunks 4) 100 cal Curves bar 5) 4 oz. roasted Costco chicken (so moist!), 2 tab. lf ranch dressing, 1/2 cup kashi go lean 6) lite fudgesicle 694 calories, 72 carbs (that fruit!!!), 22 gr. fat, 59 gr. prot. Will prolli have an EAS strawberry drink before I go to bed to bump up the calories and proteins a bit without taking another hit on those d*mn carbs!