What we are eating and what's eating us.Tuesday!!

Good Morning Linda,

Please do take care of Linda today.  Simone Weil said "Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility".   If you take some time for yourself today, you will have time to listen to the spiritual message within, and you will have the strength to go forward as you see fit.  Huggs!!

Today my son is home sick from school with a deep cough and generally feeling lousy.  He is in his bed reading right now.   I have an appt with my nutritionist this afternoon.  First one since way before surgery. I can't wait to see her and talk about my food plan.  I hope to get some apples added to it after today! Whoo hoo!

B - 1/4 cup Cream of Wheat

s - 4 oz yogurt

L - tuna

s - decaf hot tea

D - ??

Have a good day all!

Cara

Good morning to you our little darling you! I missed not getting on here yesterday but it was nuts here. I was gone from home for 12 hours yesterday by the time I got back and was busy every minute of those 12 hours too. I am exhausted today. I slept until 7 this morning. That is shocking to me. But it sure felt good! I was just laying in bed thinking and the phone rang and it was our little Carla. I love it when she calls me in the morning on her way to work.

Yesterday wasn't a bad day except for the dessert that I ate at Ponderosa. Trudy and I went for our pcp appointment yesterday and we always go to Ponderosa for a early dinner. We get the buffet and I eat chicken and veggies and love it. Well, I figured out with the stress I am going through at the church I am hitting the sweets. Unfortunately I can tolerate some sugar and being me I just figure out how much I can eat before getting sick instead of just saying that will get sick and I am staying away from it. Is that a compulsive eater or what?! That is a SICK person! I ate some little cheesecake squares and I know that is a no no for me. I am going to stop doing that to myself. I have come to far to fall into that frame of mind and that  compulsive eating again.

B: 1 piece of protein toast (7 grams for each slice) w/ sf applesauce on it
L: turkey and cheese
D: fish and veggies
S: not sure of this

I have to do some shopping today and get some food in here for Bill to eat when I am in Frankenmuth Friday. I am leaving Friday and then leaving for home on Saturday afternoon. I will be fine (if I say it enough I will come to believe it) since I am afraid to drive any distance by myself. It is about a 4 hour trip. But I will be fine. I just may enjoy the fact of being alone. The weather is going to be nice I think and I can play my cd's as loud as I want to. So that is not a good thing~it is a great thing.

I am going to do now and do some stuff around here. I am sending lots of love and big old hugs your way. I am saying special prayers for you and yours too. Embrace the day today and be thankful for it.

Brenda, I am so happy that you are coming to Frankenmuth, if just for a day. Hurrah!! So looking forward to seeing you.

I am driving to Maumee, Oh to pick Margo up on Thurs.
and am a little nervous about that -- it's a 2 hr. trip, then she will be with me on the ride up to Frankenmuth ..

Praying for safe journeys for both of us, and all who are coming to the GTG.

Hugs,
Pat R.

 Brenda.....

THANK  YOU AGAIN  for dedicating Monday's food thread to me.  It really helped.  I'm off to the store later to pick up the items to make some of them.  

HINT:  when you have a long drive,  I check out an audio book from the library.  It takes my mind off the drive and of course the drive goes by faster.... or so it seems.   There are so many to choose from.   

Have a safe trip

Millie

Good Morning to everyone !

Linda - I didn't have to do the yoga stuff last night after all !  LOL  The instructor was in a minor car accident and pulled some back muscles and that will be postponed until November.  I doubt that I can get off the floor in November either, but I didn't have to embarrass myself last night LOL...

I am working tonight 7p-7a and plan to go to Curves before I go into work.  I've got some clothes in the washer and dryer and need to sweep and mop the kitchen floor before I lay down again. 

Just had 1/4 of a cheese quesadilla that was left over from Sunday.  What a breakfast...

So lunch will be a protein shake on my way to work tonight.  Not sure about supper yet.  I took out a piece of mahi mahi to thaw and now I am not sure if I will find time to cook it before working tonight.  I have never fixed mahi mahi, but someone graciously sent me a box of seafood from Omaha Steaks and I decided to try it.  I looked at recipes last night but I will probably bake it with some seasonings.

No loss or gain this morning.  But my goal is set and the telling tale will be on Sunday morning !

Have a great day!

Shelia

Linda,

I just got back from seeing my bariatric surgeon.  I felt kind of sheepish weighing in at his office this morning because I still haven't lost all the weight I gained while taking Meclizine, but he was a doll about it.  He told me if I never lose another ounce, he will still consider my band surgery a success.  He also reminded me that my WLS journey has really just begun, even a year after surgery, because now I must learn to maintain my weight and not regain.  He said that dealing with a small weight regain is a lot easier than dealing with a big one and he will always be there to help me.

This afternoon I have an appt. with the administrator of the new, cheaper assisted living facility I'm considering for my mom.  The whole business depresses me.

B:  1 packet weight control oatmeal made w/ 2/3 c. skim milk, 1/2 banana, and 1 tsp PB2
S:  protein bar
L:  2 oz chicken, 2 oz oven turnip fries
S:  1 oz Muenster cheese
D:  3 oz tofu with peanut sauce, 2 oz Thai zucchini
S:  4 oz SF pudding

Jean

Hi Linda and all,

When thinking about my kids, the song "I SHOULD Have Danced All Night" comes to mind. Too late for that so let's chant NO NO NO together.

Tom went back to work, making me promise to behave. I have had phone calls from him, friends and relatives, plus two people have stopped in to check up on me. Behave? Good grief, I haven't had time to pee without interruptions. It feels good to be so pampered though.

B - cottage cheese, raspberries, Kashi
L - yogurt sprinkled with Kashi
D - chicken is defrosting
S - apple and peanut butter

Those pain pills have stopped up the plumbing - just as expected. The surgeon okayed some Colace and MOM. It may take a stick of dynamite to do the trick. I know, I know - more water.

Hello my beautiful friend....LINDA!!!!

I am still struggling with not feeling well.  Had a fever yesterday but that is gone. I worked all morning and saw a couple clients. I have paperwork to finish up and get mailed out this afternoon.....UGH!!! My Arthritis and Fibromyalgia is so flared up I can't hardly stand the pain. It hurts to write, type, sit, walk.....I know I need to quit whinning!!

Have a blessed day my friend....I love you!

B-yogurt w/ kashi and string cheese
L-Boost.....can't eat
D-chicken....in the crock pot now.

Snacks......to be determined later if any at all.

Tough Love is hard to do but in the long run it is one of the best things to do.....even to those so close to us. Keep strong!!

  You are mine!!

Love and hugs......Boo....to you!!

Hi dear Linda, and all!  I've been reading off and on, though really need to commit to
regular posting.  Am having double surgery in two weeks, so have upped the protein intake.  Today:
B - Two eggs scrambled with 1/4 LF sharp cheddar cheese
S - EAS double-scoop protein shake
L - 4 oz tilapia filet with 1TB  fresh grated parmesan cheese
S - EAS double-scoop protein shake
D - 1/2 c black beans with one TB chopped onion, 2TB sharp cheddar, 1 TB  salsa, 1 TB F/F sour  cream

My program has always focused on minimum 60 g protein daily, not to be concerned with calories/carbs.  This has worked well for me, as I've maintained weight between 134 - 138.  Am having double thigh lift with mini-panni Monday Oct. 20, after which will likely put me down to the upper 120 - lower 130 range (after all swelling subsides sometime next spring!)

Today I am recuperating from  a quick weekend flight to Milwaukee for a special aunt's funeral.  Wonderful seeing, reminiscing with cousins often in contact with though seldom seen with grandparents now gone.  Was a myriad of emotions, all in full celebration of our dear one's Christian life!  Hugs and love to all! Patti

Hi Linda

I don't post much but today I felt I had to.  I just finished watching Paula Deen cook garlic cheese grits with eggs mixed into it and then baked in the oven.  I see grits on your menu from time to time so I thought you might be familiar with this. I am a northern girl and have never had a grit pass my lips but I have to tell you that dish looked absolutely delicious.  I can't believe it would be a good diet food.  Then she made these sausage balls with bisquick, sausage and cheese.  Both looked yummy.  I must be hungry.

Anyway,  good luck with the "putting me first" attempt.  I too am a mother who never learned how to do that.  I think it's a good thing but very hard to learn after a lifetime of putting yourself last.  I truly believe God is the only one who can help us live our lives in a healthy happy way. 

By the way, this site would not be the same without you, even to those of us you hardly ever hear from.

Barb