Whatcha Eating Today VSGers? Saturday 8/19/17
Morning folks! I went to bed late and I should have slept in, but it didn't work out that way. My husband is teaching a class so he was out the door early and I got up to put some recovery balm on my muscles because leg and shoulder day killed me. Today is the town wide lawn sales for a neighboring town and I think I'll take the kids when they get up and see if I can find myself a cheap bookshelf for my office.
QOTD: What food do you miss since WLS? I got thinking about this last night and I'm going to miss sweet corn. I just saw that the farm up the road finally has some available. It's a lot of calories for no protein and a bunch of carbs, so it's unlikely I'll have any this year. But I'm going to miss it.
7 months post-op\Maintenance\141.7 this morning
M1: Premier Protein, Coffee & Miralax (Heavy Cream)
M2: Fage Total Zero Yogurt w/ Blueberries, Coconut Flakes & Pecans
M3: Emiepie's Egg Salad and Avocado
M4: TBD
E: I'm to the point of hobbling right now, but I will hobble around town for some sales!
Snapshot Saturday! Show me a quick picture of something about your Saturday! Here's mine, coffee and my recovery balm for my poor aching muscles!
VSG: 1/17/17
5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145
Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish
LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18
This morning the scale didn't even ask me who I was and just assumed that l'm Lance. Up 20 pounds since pre-op. Lolz. I blame this on surgical fluids, my period, ice cream, and swelling. Oops :) I know it'll go down in a week or so, especially once my eating is back on track!
QOTD: I don't really miss anything. When I was visiting my mom last time I had a delicious lunch of two ears of perfect corn. Yum. I thought I'd miss pizza, but I don't. I guess the knowledge that I CAN eat anything helps me to not feel deprived.
Recovery is going well. I mainly feel stiff and sore. I'm down from 10mg Oxy every 6 hours to .25mg every 6 hours. And I'm down to 0 Valium from 5mg every 6 hours. Pretty awesome! Planning on going out to see s movie today.
1: protein shake
2: protein bar
3: whatever the guys decide
liquid and vites: on track
Exercise: nope
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I totally agree with you about pizza, Gwen! I used to eat it so often, I just knew I was going to really crave it. But I really don't! I had lunch with my cousin and sister the other day, and my cuz got a pizza that I would have loved before. I wasn't the least bit tempted, which is so awesome.
Since I am grain free now, I sometimes think about making skillet pizza with cheese as the base, but so far haven't wanted it badly enough to do it lol
on 8/19/17 2:53 pm
For these moments, those Real Good Pizzas are a great substitution for me. Tastes like pizza with a chicken parmesan crust. 25g protein, 4g carbs.
It's totally weird though, isn't it? I keep thinking I should want pizza and I've had a bite of other people's pizzas a few times. And once when I was trapped at a thing and needed to eat I had a slice of pizza but it left me thinking "why did I think I'd miss this?" And that one slice of pizza didn't put me into some downward spiral of PIZZA CRAVING.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I should have said 10 pounds, I don't know why I keep thinking it's 20 pounds since surgery. Ten is much better :P
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
on 8/19/17 6:30 am
Good morning! Another slow start to my day. It used to be that I would get uncomfortable laying in bed too long, but as the weight goes it gets easier to just stay there. Maybe that's an NSD - non-scale defeat - because it makes me lazy!
My next door neighbors have been married 60 years this month and they are having an afternoon party today to celebrate. I need to stay away from the appetizers which are my kryptonite. Tonight we are going to a dinner party, which will have more appetizers so today is going to be a huge challenge.
QOTD: I think I figured out at the restaurant last night that I miss getting a salad before my entree. I just don't have room for it. But I love Caesar salad and watching other people eat something I love while I just sit there drinking my water is such a bummer. I also eat corn, Erin (though I know everyone is different as to what they allow!). I may only get through 1/2 an ear, but it is so delicious right from the local farms in summer. I wouldn't waste the carbs on out of season, non-local corn, but the local stuff is delish.
B - coffee and yogurt
L - chicken
D - ? Dinner party
S - try not to!
Good morning! Was up and out of bed at 5:30am to go on a walk, felt great to be outside in August and not dying of heatstroke.
QOTD: I miss appetizer salads, if I eat those, then I don't get to eat much dinner. I thought I'd miss rice. I eat a lot of asian food and it's always there at every meal, but I've had a handful of bites post-op and it just does nothing for me anymore.
B: fixed omelettes for both of us!
L: leftover mexican (chicken/black beans)
D: thai food with friends
S: protein shake
E: 13k walk! Already burned more calories than I will even eat today! :-) YAY!
Here's a pic of my tasty breakfast...
2 eggs, a dash of 1% milk, 1/4 cup of red/orange/yellow peppers, 1 oz shredded extra sharp cheddar, dash of paprika, salt, pepper, chili pepper flakes, and some cumin. YUM!
It's more than I would normally eat for breakfast (I'm happy with a protein shake), but it was a wonderful indulgence after the awesome walk this morning!
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