Today's food and what'ch doin

well, i did ok, yesterday, not great but got my water and exercise in  .  I do need to do groceries tomorrow, i'm running out of options here.  my arms and neck are hurtin from swimming, and plan on going for walk (DONE).  I plan on picking up lawn furniture, and garden pots and stuff.  clean out my gardens, and just house stuff: paperwork, laundry.

HOw you all doing?  What you doing today?  What you eating? 

Edit: My goal this week is to exerise for 2 hours. I've got 1.25 done... : )


MY DINNER:
Pork Tenterloins served with mashed cauliflower and tossed salad

Your suppers always sound so good!!!!    I always run out of ideas with this picky bunch that I have!  It's sad!!

Today, I am off to work (DUH!) and then I have the appt with Dr L.  I'm kinda nervous.  We'll see how it goes!

For the eats:  (same old stuff)

B:  2c ff milk, jupiter sammie (that's the last of them for this week unless I get ambitious tonight and make some more!!)
S:  pb2 on wasa
L:  fage, berries, hi-lo, carbquik chocolate chip cookie
S: protein brownie
D:  undecided..........I've got a hankering for something Mexican though
S:  only 8

Enjoy your day!!
Ruth

oh, Ruth, I know how you feel with fussy guys, I usually make one meat and many sides to go with it.  I just don't name them all.  like tonight, i'll have (mashed cauliflower, spinach, cottage cheese, salad, applesauce)

I wanted to tell you good luck today too,

I see you eat "Jupiter Sammies" all the time. Can I ask what they are? They must be good if you make them a lot.
 I hope you had good news with Dr. L today.
Cheryl

Here's the link for them...............I think they taste REALLY good!

www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/4012085/Love-McGriddles-Oh-MA N-this-is-for-YOU-Recipe-Pics/



Enjoy!

I have been doing terrible at night, right back in to my old habits and it's showing on the scale (yes, even RNYer's can fail if they let themselves), so tonight back to the bedroom and no more making trips to the kitchen!! That's my goal this week.

B: part of a breakfast sandwich I made (and ate) last night
     coffee
     FF milk
S: low fat string cheese
L: haddock chowder and saltines
S: SF hard candies
D: unjury shake w/FF milk
LNS: tapioca w/whippage

My old habits have crept right back in!  I'm so stupid, I knew they didn't do surgery on my head. Time to go back to counseling I guess, but when to find the time....

I don't know if I ever told ya'll this story, but, I will.  I know this woman who had RNY (NOT to pick on RNY is wouldn't have mattered) but, her husband works with my husband. so I only see her once a year at the xmas party. anyway, after her first year (post op) she went from a size 26 (OR MORE) to a 14, she looked amazing,  as she sat there at the party drinking one mudslide after another.  I thought to myself, wow, you'd think she would be drinking a rum and diet coke or something a little less calorie filled. anyway.  next year xmas party, "SIZE 26"... yup, in one year.  I didn't realize that RNY'ers could dump on sugar at the time, cause I would have asked her if it bothered her.  her and I talked and shared alot, so she wouldn't have been offended.  I told her last year I had the band, and she wished me well, but didnt' really talk about herself, just normal friendly convo. I saw her at Hannaford a few months ago and she was in the car eating a HUGE Big Mac, milk shake and FR FR.  NOW, my point is, even if we go back to our old habits, must we sabotage ourselves and do what this woman is doing?  I felt so bad and I am so scared.  I NEVER ate like that, but did graze. I pray we can control ourselves and even, at the very least to maintain.  Why??? why does this happen?  why can't I just have an apple instead of a cookie? I like apples?  Are you guys scared?  or do you think you have figured it out?  if so, share how you did that. 

I am scared of regaining the weight.  I'm only 4 months out and reached a total of 101 pounds lost as of yesterday (yippy).  But everyone I talk to always tells me a story of someone they knew who had had the surgery and gained all the weight back.  So yeah, definatly scared!!!

WLS has forced me to change my habits, and I know that I am going to have to work at it every day to maintain those changes and make better choices.  I don't have a crystal ball to see the future, but I hope that it's at least a healthy future.

You asked me the other day what motivated me to go exercise/walk/jog/whatever......THAT story is what keeps me motivated!  Yeah, I don't have the brain fixed from the surgery, so I KNOW that I have to keep myself in check somehow!   I don't always make the right food choices, but I know that if I can keep myself moving and burn off some calories that, hopefully, my bad choices won't doom me!   I want to live a healthy, happy life.  My surgery has, hopefully, given me that option.  I KNOW there are struggles!!!!!!  EVERYONE has them, no matter what surgery they have had!  BUT........we can do this if we are determined to keep ourselves healthy.    

So..........bottom line.........for ME anyways........FEAR  of regain and getting back to what I looked and felt like before surgery........ is what motivates me to stay on the program, keep exercising.

Nope, I'm scared to death I will be that woman.  Like you, I did this to help control my life and make changes. I do not want to be on a diet the rest of my life, or feel like I can't do what others do.  

So, I think I need to heed Ruth's advice and start exercising, because I know I won't eat a Big Mac and fries, but I do make some bad choices (like vodka) and I do graze (love me some cheese).

Another thing, I keep coming here every day.  I think that will make me accountable. I did not rearrange my guts and risk my life having surgery to go back to 360 pounds.