worried about holidays coming up
As most of us know the holidays are coming up on us! 
For me it's going to be my first one banded so it's going to be interesting to me, I can't lie I'm little scared about this!!
I know if I follow the rules that I'm goingto be fine, I have explined to my Nana I really need to cook the food because I can't really eat everything that they eat any more. Which brings me to my other topic of wanting to snack when I get home! I know this is not good in fact I don't get to eat supper till 9 or 930 at night I don't even get to sit and relax at work to eat my food I'm eatting it while filling out paper work. I work 3-11 and round 5 or 6 I start to get hungry sometimes even round 430 and I eat lunch round 1pm. I do drink and that helps but round 5 or 6 I want to eat and don't have time to eat supper so I'm wondering dose anyone have any good ideas on what to do here? Oh yeah tomorrow I can start new gym as well so that will be good too.
I have also been blogging about this here at my blog www.nickelos.blogspot.com as well if you want to check it out
For me it's going to be my first one banded so it's going to be interesting to me, I can't lie I'm little scared about this!!I know if I follow the rules that I'm goingto be fine, I have explined to my Nana I really need to cook the food because I can't really eat everything that they eat any more. Which brings me to my other topic of wanting to snack when I get home! I know this is not good in fact I don't get to eat supper till 9 or 930 at night I don't even get to sit and relax at work to eat my food I'm eatting it while filling out paper work. I work 3-11 and round 5 or 6 I start to get hungry sometimes even round 430 and I eat lunch round 1pm. I do drink and that helps but round 5 or 6 I want to eat and don't have time to eat supper so I'm wondering dose anyone have any good ideas on what to do here? Oh yeah tomorrow I can start new gym as well so that will be good too.I have also been blogging about this here at my blog www.nickelos.blogspot.com as well if you want to check it out
Nikki you should be eating 6 times a day spaced out throughout the day.
I usually eat breakfast around 7, snack at 10, lunch at 1, snack at 3, dinner at 6 and a snack around 8-9.
As for the holidays - they can be tricky but remember that love and being with family and friends - the people that you care about is what the season is about - NOT the food! You just have to work on switching your focus :) You can do it! Oh and I always bring a dish that I know I can eat as well as a dessert no matter where I go.
Liz
I usually eat breakfast around 7, snack at 10, lunch at 1, snack at 3, dinner at 6 and a snack around 8-9.
As for the holidays - they can be tricky but remember that love and being with family and friends - the people that you care about is what the season is about - NOT the food! You just have to work on switching your focus :) You can do it! Oh and I always bring a dish that I know I can eat as well as a dessert no matter where I go.
Liz
Nicki, for many years my home was where the holidays happened, and honestly I LIKED being the cook and in control of the whole thing.
But now we live in another state and will be headed to Michigan for a pre-Christmas celebration. My sister has offered to host....and told me that her menu would be...
PIZZA....
and SALAD.
And of course she would plan on pie for dessert.
Ok, maybe in my past life. But even with a 500 mile drive, I am tempted to tell my mom to just host it and let me do the cooking again...
My sister is significantly overweight and would like nothing better than a holiday as a reason to overeat on pizza. She hasn't seen me since August, just a few weeks post op. I think she will be surprised now, and maybe a little resentful. Gotta love family dynamics.
And I agree with Liz...build some protein based snacks into your day. Even a protein shake or a muscle milk light will help you make it through. It's not good to go 8 hours without eating - with our without WLS as a factor!
But now we live in another state and will be headed to Michigan for a pre-Christmas celebration. My sister has offered to host....and told me that her menu would be...
PIZZA....
and SALAD.
And of course she would plan on pie for dessert.
Ok, maybe in my past life. But even with a 500 mile drive, I am tempted to tell my mom to just host it and let me do the cooking again...
My sister is significantly overweight and would like nothing better than a holiday as a reason to overeat on pizza. She hasn't seen me since August, just a few weeks post op. I think she will be surprised now, and maybe a little resentful. Gotta love family dynamics.
And I agree with Liz...build some protein based snacks into your day. Even a protein shake or a muscle milk light will help you make it through. It's not good to go 8 hours without eating - with our without WLS as a factor!
MAKE YOUR OWN PIZZA AND TAKE IT WITH Mock Calzone (Crustless Pizza) Preheat Oven to 400. Ingredients: Canola Spray Oil 2 Cup bag of Sargento 4 Blend Reduced Fat Italian Cheese 10 oz. of Hunts Zesty and Spicy Spaghetti Sauce 1/2 Cup Egg Beaters 1 Cup of 2% Cottage Cheese 10 oz. of Frozen Spinach thawed and completely drained In a mixing bowl combine spinach and cottage cheese with a fork till blended evenly, add the eggbeaters, 2 oz. of the sauce, and 1/2 cup of the cheese. Continue blending till fully incorporated. Turn out onto a metal baking pan that has been sprayed with the canola spray. You can shape the mixture round or square, doesn't matter. Make sure the mixture is of even thickness in the pan with no holes or gaps. Top with remaining cheese and drizzle with remaining sauce. Bake for 20-25 minutes until cheese is golden and bubbly. Allow to cool before cutting into. Its extremely filling, I suggest cutting into 8 servings. Will hold up in fridge for at least a week. I cut mine and wrap up in foil packets to take to work for a meal. Delicious Cold or Room Temperature. |
Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
I work 7p-7a and get one 30 minute break. Obviously not enough for any sort of substantial eating. I work in the ER as a nurse, so I am almost ALWAYS doing something, and it's normally not sitting at the desk except to do my charting, which is computerized, so I feel where you are at.
You definately need to eat every couple of hours. If you are eating lunch around 1...being hungry around 4 or 5 is to be expected. Technically we are not allowed to eat at the desk - but I do and if they ever bring it up, I have plans to get a doctors note saying I MUST eat every 3 hours - and therefore I must be allowed to either eat at the desk or I need more breaks. Medical necessity.
Anyway - BECAUSE of that....I bring a lot of non obtrusive food to work with me. I don't have a lot of "full" meals but try to get in a variety of foods.Here's my crazy schedule that works for me:
4:45pm: wake up, take synthroid for thyroid (MUST wait at least 1-2 hours before eating) Begin fluids.
6:30pm: Eat "breakfast" at work in the break room as we are getting our assignments, normally a yogurt with fruit (protein + fruit)
Fluids
7:30pm: First dose of vitamins (multi vit, vit b1, vit b12, folic acid) Fluids
9pm ish: Snack Normally string cheese or ricotta cheese (protein)
9:30pmish...resume fluids
11pm-ish: Next dose of vitamins (Calcium and sublingual vitamin D)
12:30am or 1am ish: "Lunch" normally something like half a sandwhich with deli meat, cheese, and veggies, 1/2 - 3/4 cup chilli etc. (protein, healthy carbs, veggies) **most** of the time I get to eat this on an actual break, but not always
1:30am resume fluids
4am: Snack Normally another yogurt with fruit, or a piece of fruit with PB (protein and fruit)
4:30ish Resume fluids
7:30 or 8am: "Dinner" This is normally at home so I try to have a more balanced meal...whatever hubby had for dinner the night before and some veggies.
Last dose of vitamins: Multi vitamin, colace (the calcium binds me)
On occassion my times are off and I end up getting hungry around 5 or 6 so I have a snack then....whatever I haven't had twice in the night already (IE: another serving of ricotta or another few string cheeses....)
Almost all of my meals are more like "snacks" as in size (IE: 2 string cheese with a few crackers, or 1/2 - 3/4 cup ricotta, 1/2 a sandwich) except for my meal before bed. This is so I can throw a lot of little things in my bag for work that take little work to heat up and/or eat and/or think about and I always have extra with me of healthy choices so I don't become over hungry and eat the crap that's laying around, and all stuff I can keep at the desk with minimal notice from others. I normally also keep a protein shake in my lunch bag - I very rarely drink it, but it's there just in case.
You definately need to eat every couple of hours. If you are eating lunch around 1...being hungry around 4 or 5 is to be expected. Technically we are not allowed to eat at the desk - but I do and if they ever bring it up, I have plans to get a doctors note saying I MUST eat every 3 hours - and therefore I must be allowed to either eat at the desk or I need more breaks. Medical necessity.
Anyway - BECAUSE of that....I bring a lot of non obtrusive food to work with me. I don't have a lot of "full" meals but try to get in a variety of foods.Here's my crazy schedule that works for me:
4:45pm: wake up, take synthroid for thyroid (MUST wait at least 1-2 hours before eating) Begin fluids.
6:30pm: Eat "breakfast" at work in the break room as we are getting our assignments, normally a yogurt with fruit (protein + fruit)
Fluids
7:30pm: First dose of vitamins (multi vit, vit b1, vit b12, folic acid) Fluids
9pm ish: Snack Normally string cheese or ricotta cheese (protein)
9:30pmish...resume fluids
11pm-ish: Next dose of vitamins (Calcium and sublingual vitamin D)
12:30am or 1am ish: "Lunch" normally something like half a sandwhich with deli meat, cheese, and veggies, 1/2 - 3/4 cup chilli etc. (protein, healthy carbs, veggies) **most** of the time I get to eat this on an actual break, but not always
1:30am resume fluids
4am: Snack Normally another yogurt with fruit, or a piece of fruit with PB (protein and fruit)
4:30ish Resume fluids
7:30 or 8am: "Dinner" This is normally at home so I try to have a more balanced meal...whatever hubby had for dinner the night before and some veggies.
Last dose of vitamins: Multi vitamin, colace (the calcium binds me)
On occassion my times are off and I end up getting hungry around 5 or 6 so I have a snack then....whatever I haven't had twice in the night already (IE: another serving of ricotta or another few string cheeses....)
Almost all of my meals are more like "snacks" as in size (IE: 2 string cheese with a few crackers, or 1/2 - 3/4 cup ricotta, 1/2 a sandwich) except for my meal before bed. This is so I can throw a lot of little things in my bag for work that take little work to heat up and/or eat and/or think about and I always have extra with me of healthy choices so I don't become over hungry and eat the crap that's laying around, and all stuff I can keep at the desk with minimal notice from others. I normally also keep a protein shake in my lunch bag - I very rarely drink it, but it's there just in case.
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
Liz and Pam thank you for the advice I know that my doc said it's okay to skip meals if I'm not hungry which is okay but you can't make them up. I'm not breakfast person I never was so what I have been doing is I found the drink the the nautral section in Giant it's Chai tea with soy protien in it so I have that some days to drink that or I found these packets to mix in with water that have protien in them as well that I ues or I will make shake up. Pam you are right we do the same think in the nursing home that I work at you see lots of us at night their at the nurses station doing our paper work/charting and eating if anyone says something to me I will get note from my doc as well. I will most deff start to put more protien in my meals and snacks as well. I love string chesse along with cottage cheese. I also love that food no long runs my life I run it. As for the holidays it's going to be my nana and dad I got 8 lbs turkey breast which is more then enough for us I use when I'm home small salad plate to eat off of so that is what I will be using. I'm also loving learning how to cook healthier as well I just wish that I could get some of the people I work with to join me.
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