6-21 Today I WILL

Today I WILL: - WALK!!! and listen to my music - eat smart and track here        * 3 cups coffee with SF creamer
       * 1 package oatmeal with 1/2 scoop PP        * went to the buffet and I had a salad; 1T seafood salad; 2T cottage cheese; 1 small piece of rib; 1/2C beef barley soup; bite of scrambled egg and a mini creampuff        * 1/2C coconut ice cream in waffle bowl (smallest they had)     
- play with the pups and not forget my own pups in the madhouse!! - get some sun - maybe work in my gardens! and plant a couple of hanging baskets for the pole - wave petunias maybe! Yesterday I: - drink water     did ok here but will improve if only by one oz today! - eat smart, tracking my intake here     did ok but could have made some better choices here and there        * 1 container lemon yogurt with 1/4C special K protein cereal mixed in
       * 2 handfuls of kettle roasted peanuts
       * 3 jerky nuggets
       * apple
       * stopped at KFC and had a scoop of potatoes with gravy, a chicken wing, a spoon of coleslaw, 1/2 biscuit and a spoon of beans
       *12 saltines with ICBINB - pack a cooler to achieve the above     did this.  had peanuts, jerky water and fruit - finish Domi's blanket while riding in the van     I'm close... so close  lol  I should be able to fini**** today if I take some time to relax - enjoy what sunshine I can!!     does hanging out the van window going 80 down I35 count??  lol

Great job yesterday Lori!  I am see you are making progress with the food and water, keep up the good work (planning ahead seems to make this easier when traveling)!  I know I am a little late, but Today I will...drink 100 ounce of non-alcoholic beverages, not snack so much after dinner (this is my biggest weakness right now), be social with people from high school (I have seen one person so far today and that conversation lasted all of 2 minutes, but she wasn't to chatty so hopefully things are better tonight), go for a run/walk, and enjoy time with my family!  Yesterday I...drink 100 ounces of water--I think I got it all in, I sort of lost track while I was driving, make a good food choice at lunch today (my co-workers and I always go out on Fridays for lunch)--yup!  Did you know Chipotle will make quesidiallas if you ask!?!, eat my granola bar on the way home so that I am not famished when I stop at Wal-Mart to pick up a couple groceries--yup good thing too because traffic last night was absolutely attroshish, walk/run with new music on mp3 player and possibly do some yoga tonight and either Saturday or Sunday (if time both)--I only did yoga last night I stopped and picked up a Power Yoga-Total Body last night at Target and it was very similar to the class I take, socialize with people from high school (this is my big challenge for the weekend)--as stated above I attempted to talk to one person that I was friends with in high school but she wasn't too chatty hopefully tonight will be better, if I choose to have a drink make sure it is only 1 drink followed by a lot of water--I haven't had any alcohol yet this weekend, and enjoy the beautiful weather--yup I rocked my littlest nephew to sleep on my mom's porch swing and enjoyed the nice warm weather! 

Thanks! Food today hasn't been the best as I treated myself for not killing Roger.  His negative comments are almost too much to deal with but I'm trying to put the nice face on and be good while we are living together.  *sigh* Traffic was insane yesterday!!  We had to drop off a dog in faribault and pick up 3 in Mpls and it was pretty interesting getting around... got turned around and ended up in the midst of the Twins crew by the dome... and was really happy we were heading south looking at the traffic heading north coming out of St. Paul!! My 30 year reunion is coming up and I"m still debating going.  I'm scared that the old crap will re-occur... the ugliness from HS and stuff... so I"m my normal insecure self  :)  Folks never believe me when I tell them I'm deathly shy.  I've created so many "parts" that I can play that I can get through just about anything as long as I don't have to be myself...  sad.. and something I need to work on as I gain my self confidence. Hope you have a great time tonight!!

Lori~This is a test of my new self confidence as well as last year at my 10 year reunion I left after only 15 minutes because of my anxiety (granted I had just gotten released from the hospital the week before).  I used to do a lot of theatre because I wanted to be anybody but me and so no one in HS really knows who I am...heck I am just learning who I am.  I hope you were able to get a bit of relaxing time away from Roger today!

What another beautiful day!  I'm also late (as it's nearly dinner time) but hey.  Today I will- -Walk (at the farmer's market and the stores) - already did this.  WORN OUT. - Drink my water (will stay on here until I do it) - bought CL so doing better.  I know we're not supposed to add CL to every water, but I'm going to until I start getting enough in and then I'll start not putting CL in the water.  I think too much CL is probably better than not enough water. - Listen to my body about food cues - again, I've already done this first two meals of the day.  Ended up finishing breakfast before it was gone.  That was good.  Lunch I finished.  Trying a new food (canned peas) with dinner as I learned when I re-read my nutrition guidelines that I *am* supposed to be eating vegetables once a day now.  *sigh*  Will I ever get this all down.  Anyway, wish me luck on the canned peas. :)  They have a good protein count too right now for the foods that I can eat and this way I won't get so sick of cheese.  Yesterday I... 1) focus on drinking at least 60-80oz of water. I've been getting lazy with this.  - still having trouble with this and it didn't help that I got sick yesterday and went to bed before getting more water in. 2) research if I'm eating too much at this stage of the game (my dad asked me yesterday if I ate too much food) - it seems like I am eating more than most people do 1 week post-op, but I re-read my nutrition guidelines and there are a few minor adjustments to be made and I will talk with my Dr., NUT, and therapist about this otherwise next week.  BUT, for now, my scale keeps going down so nothing critical yet.  3) make plans for this weekend that involve getting out of the house - well, it turned out our friends were busy but we went to the farmer's market and ran other errands this morning.  That about wore me out so I think we'll stay in for the rest of the day.  I'm not sure what I'll do tomorrow.  It's my last day before going back to work.  I was thinking about going to Lake Harriet to listen to some music, but maybe I'll do some housework and maybe I'll go to church (haven't done that for a while and feel like I need to start going again).

Better late than not at all!! How's the water coming??  I bought 4 18oz little bottles that I'm going to mix up and put in the fridge tonight and see if thathelps tomorrow... Might work that I only have to grab a mixed bottle and run.  Gawds how lazy I sound!  lol Eventually it will all become second nature - you won't have to think as you go through your meals...  At least not as much.  I find so far at almost 8 months I still have to think.  and sometimes more than normal but that's a sign I need to assess things again. Hope the peas stay put and the skins digest for you.  I was warned that pea, apple, potato and grape skins might be a problem.  I can do everything except for apple skins so far.  They are still too tough and hurt. Have a great night!

Well, I got in 60oz. of water.  The last 20oz. went easier because the pea skins *did* seem to be stuck in my throat.  I've been trying to wash them down, cough them up, do whatever to get rid of them.  Maybe I'll switch to carrots or beans for tomorrow's veggie.   I'm feeling hungry tonight...stomach hunger, not head.  *sigh*  This shouldn't be happening.  I'm going to have to experiment though.  When I logged my daily eating it was less than 300cal and less than 30g protein so is that why I am hungry?  Or is it all of the artificial sweetener in the crystal light?  I'm going to stick with the crystal light tomorrow and try some more protein laden foods and see if I'm less hungry, then on Monday I'll try a day without artificial sweetener. OK, I just have to say this so I can let it go.  They were making kettle corn at the farmer's market this morning and I don't even like kettle corn, but the smell of freshly popped popcorn has been bugging me all day (I swear it's in my clothes).  All I can think about it popcorn.  *sigh*  Hopefully tomorrow I will not be thinking about popcorn. 

You could be hungry because of the water that you drank to wash the pea skins down.  It may have washed the food from your pouch making you hungry early. I would say work on your protein.  Get in a shake or something to bump that up...  my doc said no less than 60gr.  I know each is different though. The CL may make you hungry by triggering something.  Try it again like you are doing and then without and see if it makes a difference.  I'll be interested to hear! Keep up the great work! *hugs*