What are you eating/doing today (Wednesday)

RNY  6 Years 8 Months Post op

Morning

Up early to get started on all the work that needs to be done.  I find I fade in the late afternoon so anything important needs to be finished by 1 or 2 in the afternoon.  Home this evening so another opportunity to keep my calories and carbs low to balance out my days of extravagance

STEPS - 6658

EATS

B - 2 large mugs of coffee

     Premier protein shake

L - Longo's Hot Italian sausage with mustard, 1 link  - no bun

S -  - Sweet kale salad - 1 cup

D - Baked tilapia with garlic and herb seasoned bread crumbs - 1 filet trimmed to 5 oz weighed

    2-3 asparagus spears

    1 fingerling potato

    2 tsp of butter used in cooking and baking

S - Source dessert yogurt - lemon

MYFITNESSPAL totals for the above menu are:  Calories - 972,  Carbs - 66 Grams,  Protein - 84 Grams,  Fiber - 9 Grams

All water and vits

Have a great one  

Good morning Barb. I hear you about fading. Work then home to do some chores for tomorrow. Still need to finish wrapping gifts. I have an appointment with a pain clinic today. I am interested to see what they have t say. I deal with the pain most days but it can get you down sometimes. It is not as bad since I lost all the weight but still there.

b greek yogurt, raspberies

l meat loaf with salsa, SF chocolate pudding

s baby bel

d chili

s breton crackers, laughing cow

Sorry to hear you continue to suffer with pain, Pat. I know what you're saying about pain getting you down. I think chronic pain can change a person inside - their tolerance, their mood, their ability to deal with "life" in general. It seems so unreasonable to me that in this day of medical technology, there are still people who have to deal with daily pain that interferes with their enjoyment of day to day things. Feel better. xo

Afternoon all,

Not too much on the go today, despite the fact that I have a ****ton of stuff to do! lol Went to the local walk-in (they have an exceptional doctor who works there, I made sure he was working ;)) as my incision was looking a little like the start of an infection (yuck, sorry) - prescriptions filled, up to the Mandarin to pick up gift certificates, came home and collapsed on the couch. Andrew's been so fabulous through all of this - cooking, cleaning, general wonderfulness. :)

Anyway... enough with the whining! I can't tell you how much I've been enjoying the weather - incredible for December. :)

9.5 years post-op

-- coffee with cream x 4 over the day --

B - GNC Total Lean (banana)

L - muffin-tin crustless quiche (2) with a few splashes of Frank's and 1 Tbl. parm petals, all melty

S - 1/2 GNC shake, later Source Greek, clementine

D - I have chili in the freezer so I think we'll have that, 4 parm chips that I made last night (omg, the house still smells of stinky socks lol)

S - not sure yet

Have a wonderful (rest of) Wednesday!

K. :)

What surgery did you have? Is that why you have been MIA?

Well, prior to the surgery incident I've been MIA due to work and school and craziness. Unfortunately, I had to have an emergency surgery on the 14th. Long story, but the gist of it is that I had a partial bowel obstruction that was caused by my intestines being corkscrewed and strangulating my small intestine, pressing hard on my bowel and causing stretching of my colon. The root cause, as it turns out, is that 10 years ago they used to create an opening for the small intestine to pass through when doing the RNY. They don't do it that way anymore, thankfully, as it created the small intestine hernia and subsequent removal of 1/2 my colon, reattachment of my intestines, and voila! New frankenguts. They attempted to do it as a lap procedure and it ended up being a 4 1/2 hour open surgery. Onward and upward and thanks for asking :)

Sounds like you have been through a lot. Take care of yourself. Hope you heal fast