A cool discovery!

Well, I had already had about 633 calories today per fitday and I was starving this evening...wanting more. So I saw some leftover cauliflower and heated it up, put some spray butter and salt on it and dug in. You know the coolest thing about that? I CAN FILL UP ON VEGETABLES NOW! Before this surgery I could never get full of vegetables before I felt physically unable to eat more out of boredom or whatever. Now I can eat a bowl of cauliflower and feel full and satisfied. How great is that? I mean - suddenly I realize what all those skinny people can do to diet...heck their stomachs are small and so they CAN get full and satisfied off vegetables. I never was able to. I was always hungry after because I had a bottomless pit. I always felt those magazine articles were full of crap telling us to fill up on veggies first, but now I understand....they are just geared toward people who have 10-20 lbs to lose...not 100+!!! Dina

Hey Dina, I ate vegetables for the first time last night. Had a thin 2oz. boneless porkchop and steamed cauliflower with melted cheese. It was to die for. I never thought I would pick a vegetable over meat, but here I am. I am looking forward to asparagus and broccoli. I am getting really tired of protein at this point. I wonder if anyone else feels this way?

I guess because I did Atkins for so long I kind of feel like I'm not dieting as I am getting more carbs in than with Atkins. I also have been eating some low-carb bread for sandwiches which helps tremendously. One of my favorite low-carb things to do is to eat roasted chicken (diced up now) heated with cottage cheese. I love this combination. I think for me I feel so much better eating protein that I'm just thankful I can move more into that than the soft foods which were more carbs and made me so tired. Dina