proud of me

Just have to let you all know I made the parmasean crusted chicken tenders tonight for dinner adn they were soo yummy and the family loved them..  Thank you to LIZ she recommended them....

This is a big deal for me cause I hate to cook *L before surgery it was all premade or pasta or mac and cheese... so I was so excited to show hubby what I had learned.. tomorrow night or should I say start in the am LOL is a roast in the crockpot..

it was so nice to finally sit down and have a meal with the family and eat what they are eating ... a healthy meal.....
kids were a lil upset they had to eat their veggies but mom didnt LOL>. I have to have mine real mushy and it was a corn and greenbean mixture and well I didnt want to push the pouch I like to try one new thing at a time adn the chicken was that *L...


I am still adjusting to am I full or not - so I had my 2oz of chicken on the plate and when I was done I walked away even though I felt hungry all day I hae I think its in my head.. and wow about 5 mins later sure enough my tummy is full...still learning to adjust to it..

thanks for stopping by to read my ramble *LOL

Congrats!  That's a big step forward, both on the cooking and on the eating with the family. 

You'll get used to the sensations in time - you aren't really feeling hunger yet, as those nerves haven't had time to re-grow.  You MAY be feeling abdominal or intestinal gas, or just head hunger... the key here is to eat to live, not live to eat.  Or, as I called it - learning not to be slave to my belly.

You're doing great! 

Karen

YAY! So glad that you got to eat a healthy meal with your family. Oh and the only part they compalined about was having to eat a veggie?? That means the healthy alternative to chicken fingers wasn't an issue eh?

Good luck with the roast tomorrow! Chris has requested chicken fingers so I am going to have to come up with something creative!

Good for you! Glad you had something you enjoyed!

I think my issue is mouth hunger . . . and just a real desire to eat something enjoyable, which I haven't really done in awhile!

It's hard in the beginning - but what got me through is that I basically told myself I had eaten enough in the past 26 years and that I had the rest of my life to eat enjoyable food (although a healthy version of it) again so a few weeks wouldn't kill me.  Of course...some moments I THOUGHT it would kill me...but I am still here.

Although not super "enjoyable" try crunching on some ice....it gets in a scant amount of fluids and it gives you the chewing factor

Congrats!  You will learn a lot of new recpies here.

Like Karen said....you will learn "signals" for food and amounts.  Right now, stick with timing and portioning

Now THIS is successing! Good for you!

It is hard in the beginning to see so little amount of food and really get that it is enough. You will get there. also congrats on cooking. One thing I have learned is that we HAVE to become responsible for our food and OWN it so to speak. when we eat prepared, processed and drive through food, it becomes a passive activity and we dont engage in it,.
We have to learn that our food is important and that we have to own the process. plan it, pick it out, prepare it and then eat it. It makes us engage with the food
Good for you

What is the recipre for the parmesean crusted chicken tenders???

Here ya go they are soo yummy....

10-12 chicken tenderloins, about one pound
2 teaspoons salt
¼ cup mayonnaise (I prefer Hellmann’s or Best Foods Light)
¼ grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup Italian flavored breadcrumbs or Japanese Panko breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine mayonnaise with cheese in a small bowl. Coat each tender with the mayonnaise mixture, lightly roll in breadcrumbs and place on baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until almost cooked through; turn on broiler and continue to coo****il golden brown, 1-2 minutes.

WLS serving, 2 pieces about 3 ounces: Calories 208, fat 8 g, carbs 5 g, protein 22 g

Serves four, 2-3 per regular serving