Overwhelmed!
One thing you could do is give yourself luxury coffee as a treat and a trade off.once you do, you'll think Timmy's is swill. Get a really good coffea like Kicking Horse. Get real beans and buy a grinder and a French press. You can get either half decaf or decaf beans. The ritual of making yourself real fresh coffee becomes part of the joy of drinking it. Three tablespoons of grounds per cup. Add your boiling water, let it sit while you start your wonderful lo-cal breakfast, then press your grounds. You'll get a flavour you couldn't imagine at Timmy's . Add 5% cream and stevia, and you'll never turn back. Stay away from Keurig as those pods don't give you truly fresh coffee and the pollute the planet big time. You'll also save $ and not give it to to Timmy's owners who exploit their workers terribly.
My favourite coffee since surgery is a tall flat white at starbucks - 100 calories, 10 grams of protein. I love it!
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
You'll do great. I switched to decaf before surgery and never went back. I may have 6 regular coffees in a year when decaf isn't available. You don't have to give up coffee. I drink more now than I did pre WLS.
CENTURY CLUB MEMBER at 6 months post-op.
Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
Ah, I feel your pain! I am not a coffee drinker, but I had to give up my "1 diet coke a day" habit, and it sucked for a bit :)
My first attempt, I was all ****y, and quick cold turkey. Then got headaches and was a mess.
So I started over and used my brain :) hahah.
I went from 1 750ml bottle a day... down to 1 can... down to a can of diet Dr. Pepper (less caffeine), then to rootbeer (no caffeine).. then to fizzy water. And now I am happily just drinking plain or flavored water only.
Baby steps! You don't have to be perfect.. just progressing :)
I was similar to the others with coffee. I started to mix it 3/4 regular and 1/4 decaf and did this until I couldn't notice the change and then moved the ratio. The good thing with this process is you have a lot of time to make slow gradual changes. Good luck.
St. Joes Hamilton - Referral June 16, Orientation Aug 16, Group Dietitian May 5, Nurse May 15, Social Worker Aug 15, 1:1 Dietitian Aug 15, Medical Internist Sept 18. Meet Surgeon Nov. 2/17 Preop Feb 12/18 Surgery Feb 16/18
on 5/5/18 7:42 pm
Hey Tammy I drink the Typhoo decaf tea. I buy it at Loblaws. It is a bit pricey but I found the other orange pekoe's to be a bit bland and weak. Caffeine was not as difficult as I thought it would be but I did get a bit headachey at first. I had to quit diet pepsi and coffee my true loves but am still standing!
referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
I loved and still love McDonald's decaf coffee. Give it a try.
Referral: March 2017, Orientation Humber River: June 2017, Meet Dr. Hagen: Aug 2017, Nurse, Social Worker, Nutritionist, Internist: Nov 2017, Sleep Study: Dec 2017, Follow up Nurse, Social Worker: Jan 2018, Follow up Dr. Hagen: Mar 2018, Second Sleep Study with CPAP machine: April 2018, Start Optifast (3 weeks): April 2, 2018, Follow up Internist: April 2018, SURGERY: April 23, 2018
Hw: 340, Pre-Op Weight (start of Opti) 315, SW 299 CW 218
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