What's Up - Friday

Good morning fellow losers,

Friday has arrived and soon we'll have another week of our journey behind us.  Hope it has been a good week for all.   We had a great time at the LR support meeting last night.  There were 20 or so post ops there and a room full of pro-ops in the other meeting.   Many thanks to Susan and Wendy for their preparation and work to make this meeting valuable.  Great info about vitamins and supplements.  I also enjoyed meeting so many of you in person.   I know there is also a good support group in NW Arkansas.  If you don't attend these meetings, you ought to give it a try.   I bet you'll be glad you did.

Eat well today and remember to get in all of your supplements and exercise.   Let us know what's up with you.

Here is my Thursday:

		Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Breakfast
	Biscuits - Plain or buttermilk, baked, 1 oz	103	14	5	2	remove
	Butterball - Turkey Smoked Sausage, 2 oz	100	4	6	8	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	203	18	11	10
Lunch
	Deli Meats - Turkey Breast, 4 slices	100	0	1	24	remove
	Natures Own Light Bread - Sourdough Bread, 2 slices	80	17	1	5	remove
	Borden - Mozzarella String Cheese, 2 stick	140	2	8	12	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	320	19	10	41
Dinner
	Starkist - Tuna Chunk Light In Water, 4 oz. drained	100	2	2	22	remove
	Egg - Hard Boiled, 1 egg	70	1	5	6	remove
	Kraft - Fat Free Mayo, 2 tbsp	20	4	0	0	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	190	7	7	28
Snacks
	Starbucks - Caffe Latte - Grande - 2% Milk, 1 serving(s) (16 fl oz ea.)	190	18	7	12	remove
	Cottage cheese - Lowfat, 1% milkfat, 1 cup (not packed)	163	6	2	28	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	353	24	9	40
Total:		1,066	68	37	119
Your Daily Goal:		1,250	94	42	125

Hey Steve,
Man am I ready to get this week behind me!!! Wow!!!  Been a long and stressful one with 3 late nights at the office.

Yesterdays eating was moderate, was on the road all day, soooooo
Breakfast-Oatmeal
Lunch-Filling from a chicken chimichanga and 1/2 cheese enchilada
Dinner-3 spoons of chicken alfredo pasta from pizza hut
Snack-100 cal bag kettle corn
Lots of water and u/s tea from Mc D's and Sonic

Vitamins mostly done, and lots of walking from the buildings to the parking lot and back all day yesterday. 

Looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend at home w/hubby and horses and housework

Hugs to all,
Rhonda

Sounds like work is gettin' in the way of havin' fun.  I can relate to that - though not so much lately.   Sorry you had to miss the meeting last night.  Hope to see you there next month.  Enjoy your weekend at home.

Hi honey!!!

Do you need a note from us to give to the boss? This business has to stop.  We miss you!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend.

Big hugs to you and Mr Mike

Hey!

I had an awesome time last night.  It was wonderful to meet so many of you inspiring people!!  I'm looking forward to November. :-)

Here's what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast:
string cheese

Lunch:
salad with grilled chicken and ranch

Dinner:
1/2 Wendy's chili

Snack:
3 pieces of sf candy
baked potato w/sour cream, cheese, bacon bits, chives

I have been really, really hungry lately.  Anybody have thoughts as to why?  It's been going on for a week or so.  Do I need to start counting calories at this point?  I'm not quite 11 weeks out.  I feel like I'm making decent food choices, but I'm worried I'm eating too much.

Hi Wendy,

Like you, I am not one of those WLSers who never gets hungry.  Shucks!

Here is what I have learned, though.  When I eat carbs, especially simple carbs, I get really hungry.  The more I focus on eating dense proteins - you know, the ones that don't go down all that easy, the more likely I am to not get hungry.  I try to eat a lot of baked or grilled fish.  Chicken is also good at keeping me full for a long time.   These foods tend to hang around in the ol' pouch longer than other foods.  I also eat a good bit of greek yogurt and cottage cheese to keep the protein intake up. These help keep me from getting hungry.  many people use protein supplements as well.  I am not crazy about the protein supplements (I do use them sometimes).  I have found that if I force myself to get enough protein from regular foods, then I really don't have room to eat many carbs, I stay full much longer  and I function much better.  If I eat potatoes, corn, bread, cereals, etc., they don't keep me full very long and seem to create a lot of hunger.

Hope this helps some.  Ladies..........What say you?

I was curious if that had something to do with it as I notice I do eat more carbs these days.  Hmmm, I've not tried this Greek yogurt of which you speak.  I may have to give it a shot.

Thanks for the input!

Wendy, the Greek yogurt is awesome!!!  You can get it at wal-mart under the name of  Oikos (spelling?) or at Fresh Market and Whole Foods by the name of Fage. FYI.....the plain is usweetened!!!! The flavored ones have high sugar, so get the plain and doctor it up with what ever flavorings you want.  It is very, very high in protein....17 grams I think for a one serving container. But, it's very dense, so this far out you might split a carton into two servings.

Also, I use it to blend with reduced fat mayo-----about 1/2 and 1/2 to add more protein to my tuna or chicken salad and further reduce the fat in the mayo. HATE FF mayo, but this seems to work out just right. I also do the same thing with FF sour cream to dip veggies or to use on baked potatoes.  Gotta get that protein in wherever you can  LOL

I counted calories, fat, carbs & protein (as well as fluid oz from DAY ONE). 

This is something they didn't push, but I definately wanted to do to make sure I always knew where I had been that day with regards to my numbers so I COULD track changes in my weight, feeling of overall wellbeing, energy vs lethargy, bowel habits, etc to see if there were any correlations (whether they be positive or negative) with what I had been eating over the last few days as far as calories/fat/carbs/protein go.

I recommend that EVERYONE track from DAY ONE. 

I am glad that I was able to attend the meeting last night, I will definately try to be there from now on, I feel like just meeting ya'll has given me more of a sense of responsibility to keep me in line.

Jackie