Eating big from 8/8 to 8/14
I was out of town from Friday 8/6 until 8/8 so i didn't log my food. We did pretty well on the diet except for wine Friday and Saturday. I didn't eat ANY desserts which was really hard because they were everywhere. I did bring a chocolate zucchini cake along to share. I tried to get in fruit and veggies. We even went to the grocery store and picked up a bag of apples and baby carrots for the hotel and when visiting.
Sunday 8/8 1975 cal
Breakfast: 2 eggs and cheese omelet; 1 sausage and a wheat thin that I brought to the restaurant with me.500 cal
Snack: apple and 2 T peanut butter 300 cal
Lunch: McDonald's chicken salad plain 370 cal
Snack: pretzels 230
Dinner: potatoes; Canadian bacon; Swiss cheese; broccoli 275
Snack: ice cream (the real stuff) 1 cup 300 calories
Monday 8/9 1340 cal
Breakfast: 3/4 c raisin bran cereal and 1 c skim milk 200
Lunch: broccoli, salsa, reduced fat Swiss cheese, banana bran muffin 300
Snack: real Wisconsin State Fair cream puff 340 cal. They are the best food in the world. I am grateful I don't dump because that is one food I would feel really badly if I couldn't eat.
Dinner: low carb tortilla, lean beef and low fat cheese; salad 300 cal.
Snack: strawberries and yogurt 200 cal
Our network was down because we needed to replace the ups. I am so dependent on the internet and email. The rest of Monday and Tuesday were ok. I pushed the fish meals to make up for my indulgence.
Tuesday 8/10 1495 cal
Breakfast: raisin bran and skim milk 250 cal
Snack: apple 70cal
Lunch: strudel using spinach and fat free cheese and butter flavored cooking spray between the phyllo sheets and veggie soup 225 cal
Snack: banana bran muffin 150 cal.
Dinner: shrimp, tilapia and scallops sauteed with lime juice and Cajun seasoning. For dessert I made strawberry crisp 400 cal
Snack: sandwich thin and peanut butter; walnuts 400 cal.
Wednesday 8/11 1330 cal.
Breakfast: multigrain sandwich thin with No Sugar Apricot Preserves and a light yogurt 180 calories
Snack: 1/2 c apple sauce and veggie soup 75 cal.
Lunch: spinach strudel; shrimp and scallops 300 cal
Snack: apple sauce; 2 walnuts; veggie soup; 1/2 cucumber and 2 tomatoes with fat free dressing 175 calories
Dinner: potato; chicken; veggies 300 cal
Snack: spinach strudel; merlot 300 cal
Thursday 8/12 1665 cal
Breakfast: yogurt; sandwich thin, peanut butter 280 lbs
Snack: roasted almond nut crunch bar 190 (tastes better, contain a lot of healthy fat and they hold up to heat better than my pure protein bar)
Lunch: low carb tortilla; 2 oz beef; 1/4 c cheese; veggie soup 325
Snack: 1/2 c brown rice; veggies and 3 oz chicken breast 275 cal
dinner: potato; cheese; bacon (more WI State Fair food) 400 cal
Snack almond crunch bar 190 cal
Friday 8/13 1325 calories
Breakfast: yogurt; toasted sandwich thin with sugar free peach preserves 190 cal.
Snack: 3 chocolates 120 cal
Lunch: veggie soup; peach cheesecake; chocolate 215 cal
Snack: peach cheesecake 150 cal
Dinner: veggie soup; 1/2 c brown rice; 1/4 c ground turkey; 1/2 c low fat speghetti sauce; 1/4 c lowfat cheese; chocolate 290 cal.
Snack: chocolate zucchini muffin 110 cal
Snack: peach cheesecake 150 cal
Saturday 8/14 1415
Breakfast: chocolate zucchini muffin 110 cal
Snack: chocolate zucchini muffin 110 cal
Lunch: chocolate zucchini muffin; spinach strudel; veggie soup 335
Snack: peach cheesecake; yogurt 230 cal
dinner: peach cheesecake and chocolate zucchini muffin 260 cal
snack chocolate zucchini muffin and apple; nutbar 370
on 8/9/10 7:51 pm
( i love the recipes on Ur site here)
Im about to make a big commitment . Today my beau and I are inspecting a beatiful waterfront home we found on Long Island ( its on y profile ) . Biy my life has changed .... a year ago I never would have dreamed i would be proposed to , much less by a man with enough means to buy us a wonderful home etc.
I am very very grateful..... but i wonder if exactly the things that attract us to each other ( we have GB in common) may not sabotage my continuing recovery from food addiction.
When i am around him and his Dad who are both diabetic I am constantly cooking and baking yummy things to keep their blood sugars leveled out .... and of course I eat constantly . YIKES !!
What is really GOOD for them is turning out to be a serious weight gainer for me .....and depressing me to no end . HELP !!
on 8/11/10 1:23 am, edited 8/11/10 9:16 pm - Menomonee Falls, WI
This is one woman's total for the day:
B: GNC Chocolate and Cookies n Creme 35g
S: Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea 23g
L: Lite Swiss Laughing Cow cheese Wedge and 5 saltines
S: 2 TBS. Peanut butter on 5 saltines
S: Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea 23g
D: KFC Grilled thigh and leg plus 1 TBS cole slaw and 1/2 biscuit plain
S: Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea 23g
Seriously, I would be climbing the walls if I ate so little. She must have a 1/2 oz pouch or a tiny stoma or a longer bypass that eliminated her appetite. Unfortunately, these posts just make me feel sorry for myself because I, like so many others, have failed WLS...So I continue to do what I do and be grateful that my diabetes is cured and I have the time to cook.
It sounds like you have found your way though. I was 40 lbs. lighter than you on the morning of surgery and at 1 year post op I was only able to keep off 14 lbs. Even though you are up a couple of pounds your bmi is still great! I would have no problem gaining a few pounds if I had gotten down to as low a bmi as you have. I hope you find a happy weight where you can enjoy food and be at a healthy weight.
I also have no problem enjoying food as long as I continue to lose weight and my A1Cs are normal. My goal is still in the overweight bmi category, but if my clothes fit and I am not obese I am going to be happy. When I denied myself tasty food I was actually worse off because I would eat the real stuff when we went out. I can diet hard all week and gain back on vacation or a party more than I lost all week. Now I bring diet desserts and share them. I almost never eat junk food. Your beau and his dad are very blessed to have you in their life. When I watch diabetics eat and take insulin it makes me feel so badly for them. I was in their shoes for many years. You are giving them a way to be healthy.
You are very blessed to find a good match. I have been with my husband, fat and almost normal weight, since high school. It sounds like your new adventure is going to be wonderful. Sharing life with a man you love is the most important.
I hope you have a blessed marriage and can settle into a happy weight.
on 8/16/10 11:02 pm
U know i never feel self concious about posting real food on the liteweights board ...I think we have all learned from each other .....I notice more people eating fat free items or the recipes iv e posted ....and ive also learned to watch my carbs from them ....
Sometimes its all about taking that extra step to give up compulsive overeating ... and DARING To let go of the excess food one day or one meal at a time. ( then realizing .. wow I can SURVIVE this !! ))
Have U ever tried OA ? Writing down the twelve steps ( ive done it twice ) with an OA workbook and in my case an ACOA ( ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS ) workbook really made a HUGE and permanent difference in my urge to compulsively overeat every single day ..... seriously .
each time i did it I lost like twenty - thirty pounds afterwards without even trying . Even now , I can overeat relatively little thanks to my past work with the twelve steps. Ive kind of ratcheted down the addiction if you will.
Overeating IS a spiritual disease . I dont overeat because im hungry .. Im usually not hungry when i take those compulsive bites for entertainment , because i feel bored , because i feel frustrated and angry and maybe even sorry for myself .
Rather than feeling these feelings .. my instincts tell me to eat something .
The only way to change the pattern is actually to go through the feelings, sit with them by NOT eating ... and realize U wont die.
Its very scary particularly if like me Uve stuffed every feeling U had since U were tiny ... and compulsive overeating is the only way U know to comfort Urself .
I have had to conciously develop other coping behaviors ( gentle exercise like walking on the beach,,, gardening ,, taking a long hot luxurious bath.... even a hot yoga class ) that give me the same relaxing "high " without the food .
Of course I have to realize I am turning to the food before i start eating in order to access these behaviors ....and thats what OA has helped with .
It has simply given me a little time and self awareness before i put something into my mouth .. to ask myslef am I actuallY HUNGRY now .... or an i eating as an emotional band - aid or for entertainment .
Self awareness gives me a chance to work on getting my house in order so there is less pain and frustration in my life and more beauty , respect and financial reward. I have less CAUSE for emotional pain every day now and much more beauty and reward . Though I cant EAT that ...I want to OVEREAT a lot less because I have a lot less pain to hide from ....
Its an ongoing process but I thank God for showing me a way out .. a way that WORKS . I may never be 115 lbs like id like ..... but im way closer to that than the 2oo lbs and binging 5 times a day and throwing everything up person I WAS twenty years ago .... I was eating like a five hundred lb person then and I had NO LIFE outside of food . It was SO INCREDIBLY PAINFUL and frustrating .
I have come SUCH a long long way from then thanks to OA and now my surgery , which really helped erase the consequences of my metabolic disorder and tendency to diabetes that i was probably born with .
the location of free OA meetings are available through their website ...just put in Ur zipcode and U will find a TON . Its an interesting avenue to explore ...if nothing else ...and there are a LOT of bariatric patients there ....
on 8/21/10 12:21 pm, edited 8/22/10 10:18 am - Menomonee Falls, WI
I only want to lose about 17 more pounds and maintain that weight. I love my size 12 clothes by my favorite designer. I had been collecting them since 2002 when I got down to a size 12. They fit until January 2009 when I gave up because my RNY and the Restore trial failed. I realized I am not like other RNYers. I realized I was alone with this weight loss challenge and simply gave up. Then I went to a really good diabetic educator/ registered dietitian at my surgeon's office. She helped straighten out my low blood sugars. Then I realized that my A1Cs have been perfect since my RNY even off of insulin and I have grown to appreciate being able to eat like a regular person. I can diet (I think all of us know how to diet) and I am getting there again and want to stay there. I probably would look best in a size 8. I am currently in a size 14 and only have a few clothes but refuse to buy designer size 14s. I just want my size 12s to fit me.
I am able to maintain my blood sugars when I eat 6 times a day. They get low when I don't eat 6 meals.
I want to enjoy food. I make food that is highly nutritious and low in carbs and fat. The other day I had 2 frosted chocolate zucchini muffins in a container as I was going through airport security. The woman in front of me looked at them and laughingly said, "Wow there's a few calories in those". I just told her I had won a cooking competition and they were only 110 calories each and almost sugar free (about 1 tsp. of sugar in each) and no white flour. She really was surprised. A regular chocolate cupcake would be about 500 calories and full of simple carbs.
I find that I just need to be patient and take it slowly...Rome was not built in a day. I am working on building life style changes and accepting a higher goal weight than I thought I would reach. I am trying to appreciate the gift of health the RNY has given me without tons of dietary restrictions and supplements. I really don't think I would be happy if I could only eat a tiny amount. I have the self control to do this forever if I put my mind to it. Maybe someday I will want to diet more strictly or get less enjoyment from food.
I still think you are doing great. Sounds like you have a wonderful future. I did look for your food log but couldn't find it. Please be kind to yourself because you have done so well with whatever you are doing. It is working for you.
Daisy 
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