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At 4 years, 9 months post-op, this is what will cross my plate today, perhaps a few tweaks will show up, but I am planning to eat on track. . .
B: half a whole-wheat bagel with melted cheese
S: Peach and half cup of cottage cheese
L: Romaine Lettuce, tomato, red onion, crumbles of blue cheese, bacon and pecans with Ken's Free raspberry dressing
S: Blueberries/cherries
D: Leftover chinese food from last night's dinner
S: Watermelon, strawberries and blueberries (gotta love summer fruits)
Vitamins, calcium supplements and lots of water
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Glad to see you, people have been asking how you're doing. . . hope all is well!
Thanks for this, as someone who will celebrate 25 years sober next Friday and as a facilitator of WLS meetings, I can tell you, this issue of alcoholism post-WLS is not a joke and I have been very outspoken about it, especially recently due to the things I have read. I made a point at the June meetings to state that the surgeons are not emphasizing this component as they need to, because what they generally say to folks is that alcohol is empty calories and should be avoided, when what they need to say is what we are hearing everywhere now. . . our bodies do NOT metabolize alcohol the way the normal digestive system does and therefore, physiologically can cause problems, then add the component of "addictive personality" and it's a train wreck waiting to happen. I remember someone at a support group meeting, prior to my surgery, pointing at me and stating emphatically that I needed to watch out for transfer of addiction, my response was, that since I had been dealing with my alcoholism/addiction for 20 years at that point, that while I am not exempt, I already have a program in place to deal with that, a program that helps me, a day at a time to not drink under any and all cir****tances. . . which was one of the reasons why food is so challenging for me, simply because I've really used up all my other addictions (lol). . .
Again, thanks Nan, I intend to join in and hear what they have to say because I do like to get informed so that I can bring it to our support groups and let people know what they can do to avoid such pitfalls as post-WLS alcoholism.
Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Good Morning Teresa,
Glad to see you and I'm wondering what is in the protein shake? Are you using milk? perhaps it is too much "sugar" and what I mean is the natural sugar contained in milk, it may spike and crash quickly because it's liquid. . . however, I'm just thinking out loud and am not qualified here to say one way or another. . . I would stronly suggest, since you are a Barix baby, you call and speak with Elena, the nutritionist; as a Barix patient, you are able to get information whenever you need to.
Other things I'm thinking is that perhaps you need a small bit of carb to go along with the shake to balance it out.
Many of us suffer with the reactive hypogleymia further out and I strongly suggest that you call and speak with a nutritionist who can help you figure out the right way to go about things.
Wishing you the best, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
I'm one of the old timers who mostly trolls OH these days but I have an issue that I have been battling a while and wanted to put it out there for feedback. I struggle with reactive hypoglycemia. I've read all that I could read (I think) on the condition so I know that I need to have a balance of carb and protein with meals. Here is the new twist of late. I've been trying to lose a few pounds so I've changed up my breakfast meal. Typically I would have a thin with PB or an english muffin with PB at 5:30 AM then around 7:30 I have a chobani. The last week and a half, instead of the muffn/PB I've been having a protein shake on my way to work (6AM). By the time I arrive at work at 7AM my sugar is crashing, today it is 66, Monday it was 39. I guess what I am wondering is why a protein shake for breakfast is no longer enough until my next morning snack?
Thanks for reading and your comments in advance.
Best,
Teresa
Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
Have a great day!
1 - 1/2 bagel w/cream cheese
2 - 1/2 bagel w/cream cheese
3 - 6" subway turkey sub on flatbread and those stupid sun chips
4 - skip
5 - tuna salad on white toast
6 - corn flakes with milk, strawberries and blueberries.
Blessings, Jill
WLS 5/31/07. Maintaining a weight loss of 141 pounds and feeling amazing!
At Saturday morning's Barix group, we talked about what one bad habit we have that we would like to work on this month. Mine is eating past my full point. Now I see that I completely forgot that I was going to work on it, as I sit here overfull and bloated from lunch. Oops. So I'm coming here to re-commit.
When I was getting sober, I posted on a daily pledge thread. I think I'm going to try to remember to come here each day just to say:
Just for today, I will not eat past my full point.
If you don't see me, feel free to PM me a kick in the pants!
Blessings, Jill
WLS 5/31/07. Maintaining a weight loss of 141 pounds and feeling amazing!
Thanks for the info. I will see if this is an option for what I need.
sara
