hey teri?
are you around still? lol
quick question - how much are you able to eat these days? just curious how we're comparing since our dates were so close.
i can eat 2 cheese sticks in the morning [i've tried eating 3 just to see if i could - no can do, nor doi even really want to!]. about a 1/2c of tuna with maybe 3 or 4 pieces of lettuce and a slice of tomato. for dinner, i can usually eat about 3oz of meat with like 2 or 3 spears of asparagus and maybe a spoonful or two of mashed potatoes.
do you eat sushi? i wish i could afford to eat sushi for every meal. it's the perfect gastric bypass meal. just raw fish - pure protein. and a little soy sauce with a lot of wasabi. lol
how about beef jerky? i am finding that i'm becoming a jerky junkie. it's about the only "snack" i can justify having. i thought i was being awful the other day, when i ate an entire bag of it over the course of 2 days. but then i realized it was 45 grams of protein, just by eating that - and 240 calories. so that wasn't all that bad!!
anyway - hope you're doing well, girlie! i'm sorry i missed you guys at the meeting. i hope rose is doing well!!!! she's in my thoughts, for sure.
xoxo,
kristen
Hey Kristen,
I find that I can now eat salads, very small bit of chicken, and very small amout of beef. Can't eat pasta, but I found I can eat couscous. It's made by Near East who make the rice pilaf. I had some last night and it was yummy along with some sauteed onions with it and steamed spinach..that my daughter threw in with the cooked couscous. It;s not a rice, but its real small and tasty with added with other stuff. I also crave something sweet at times. I found that instead of trolling around the kitchen nibbling on stuff thats not sweet, I can eat a small amout of ice cream (lite or regular or even a small cookie or a small one inch size brownie. This does the job and I can stop looking for food to eat that I really dont want. I add it along with my other food, and post it on fitday.com. I find that I can tolerate sugar...not much but a few bites and I am good...A month ago, I couldnt eat salad or other thing but in the past week, I found that I am doing much better food wise. I still go back to protein bars. I still dont get the amount of protein that I should. But thats ok with me. I take my vitamins. and my hair is stil in tact for now...thank GOD. I am down approximately 51 lbs....from315 to 264. This is according to my daughers scale. I am still in HOT Florida house and dog sitting for my daughter and am leaving tomorrow for home.
So Kris, let me know about the jerky,,,,,I do want to try some...but I am afraid I wil hold a lot of fluid....carol b
hey carol!
it's good to hear you're able to start eating and tolerating foods well. chicken is finally my friend. but it's taken a good long while to get here. i don't get to eat much starchy stuff - because i try really hard to eat as much protein as i can, and then as much vegetable as i can, and by the time i'm at my starch - i just can't do it.
i haven't really ventured into the sugar thing. the most i've tried is about a half of a regular iced coffee. i always ask for splenda - but sometimes they mess up and i don't notice until i've already left DD. i don't think i dump [or maybe i do, and just haven't had enough to get me there] but sugar definitely doesn't make me feel good. after that half of an iced coffee, my stomach felt like it was all fluttering around in my belly, got really tired and just didn't feel so hot. so i just stay away from it all. iv'e never really been a sweets eater - so it isn't too hard for me. i hope it all works out well. just becareful of the bad habits forming again, you know? i guess i see it as, any time i'm putting something in my mouth - it better be protein based or a fruit, or i'm just wasting precious space and calories!
i don't notice that beef jerky makes me hold water. it does make me thirstier than normal - but then i'm able to drink a lot more water than i would otherwise. i've noticed that when i'm snacking on beef jerky - that my weight comes off faster. i don't know if the two are truly correlated or not- but that's how things seem to be shaking down. i think it's just that I'm able to get that much more protein per day - so instead of getting my 65-70g of protein - i'm getting closer to 75-80g. i think that helps a ton.
now my next goal is to get into a gym. i've been exercising - but it's mostly cardio. i feel like i need to work with weights too - so after i get my next pay check, i'm joining one of the gyms around here. woohooo. i'm really excited about it.
keep up the good work!
kristen
Hey Kristen, I just love your little tid bits :-)
You know, I just saw the turkey jerky at Target the other night and thought of that for snacking after I have my surgery. I had heard that at the meeting about jerky also. The only thing that came up in my mind though is if you don't chew it well, omg, won't it hurt?lol
About exercising, I just joined that new gym that is opening up in Seekonk, Planet Fitness. They're having a special of $10 a month with no strings attached!! I thought it was a great plan...plus $5 more a month gets you unlimited tanning if interested :-)
Take Care
L
lol. i'm glad you like my little tidbits [my my... in a different context that could sound dirty! lol]
you're definintely right about the chewing thing. you know what's weird? i can't even think about swallowing something that isn't pureed consistancy. chewing everything to a pulp is second nature now - thank god.
the only time i've ever messed that up was at that wedding i went to about a month pre-op. decided i'd try one of the scallops wrapped in bacon. took it off the tray, popped it into my mouth and wouldn't you know that sucker was about 500 degrees. tried that breathe in-while rolling around in your mouth thing and just ended up swallowing it in big chunks.
not fun.
i learned real quickly why we chew the way we do. it's called the foamies and it ain't pleasant!
i think there's a planet fitness down here. i'm going to start scoping out all the gyms around. unfortunately, living in a super expensive place- everything is ridiculous. the jamestown gym is 80 bucks a month, and the curves is in this rickety old shack looking thing.. so i think i'll pass. lol. hopefully newport and middletown have more to offer. i may just end up at the Y - it's right next to my work - so no excuses for me.
xoxo.
kristen