What's eating us and what are we eating?
Yes, it's me, the prodigal bandster. I took a few months off OH to recover from my mom's and my MIL's deaths, a band complication (a flipped, inaccessible port), work demands, and a non-WLS health problem (eventually diagnosed as fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome). During all of that, I regained 20 lbs, and recently have lost 10 lbs. Now that things are settling down, I'm finding that daily OH participation helps me more than I realized before.
When I first joined OH, our dear Linda used to post a "What's eating us and what are we eating?" post each day. Has anyone been doing something like that recently? If not, I'd like to volunteer to do that, because accountability helps me at least as much as it helps you. So I will start by saying:
I had a fill in July that brought me up to a level I haven't seen in over 2 years. At first I had lots of problems adjusting to it...felt like I forgot all my eating skills...but now everything has settled in and I'm baffled to discover that I'm rarely physically hungry. Also, on my work days I'm allowed only one 15-minute break, and I cannot possibly eat anything in that short time, not even pureed food. I'm too tense, feeling too hurried, too distracted by coworkers coming and going...real food is just not gonna happen. So, thanks to an accountability partner who was looking for me to give her advice, I'm doing protein shakes during the day and solid food at night. I have preached endlessly about liquid calories being useless and only solid food working with the band, but I'm eating my words now!
My food plan today was:
B: Click protein shake (1 scoop each Click mocha & EAS vanilla + 1/2 c. FF milk + 1/2 c. water)
S: iced skinny latte (20 oz)
S: 1/4 c. granola bar crumbles (I tried to make granola bars but they won't stick together!)
L: 2 bites of pureed edamame and shrimp salad (for some reason, that just didn't work - no puking, nothing stuck, but it felt bad - blech!)
S: 1 oz havarti cheese (that didn't feel great either)
D: 2 oz rib eye steak with 1 tbl hoisin mustard sauce, 1/4 c. mixed veggies
S: Weigh****cher's ice cream bar
I know, I know, how can a pureed lunch not work but a steak dinner is OK?! All I can say is, I have to respect my band. I'm rarely physically hungry now, and my post-op policy is to always respect my body's signals.
So, what's up (or down) with you today?
Thanks,
Jean
When I first joined OH, our dear Linda used to post a "What's eating us and what are we eating?" post each day. Has anyone been doing something like that recently? If not, I'd like to volunteer to do that, because accountability helps me at least as much as it helps you. So I will start by saying:
I had a fill in July that brought me up to a level I haven't seen in over 2 years. At first I had lots of problems adjusting to it...felt like I forgot all my eating skills...but now everything has settled in and I'm baffled to discover that I'm rarely physically hungry. Also, on my work days I'm allowed only one 15-minute break, and I cannot possibly eat anything in that short time, not even pureed food. I'm too tense, feeling too hurried, too distracted by coworkers coming and going...real food is just not gonna happen. So, thanks to an accountability partner who was looking for me to give her advice, I'm doing protein shakes during the day and solid food at night. I have preached endlessly about liquid calories being useless and only solid food working with the band, but I'm eating my words now!
My food plan today was:
B: Click protein shake (1 scoop each Click mocha & EAS vanilla + 1/2 c. FF milk + 1/2 c. water)
S: iced skinny latte (20 oz)
S: 1/4 c. granola bar crumbles (I tried to make granola bars but they won't stick together!)
L: 2 bites of pureed edamame and shrimp salad (for some reason, that just didn't work - no puking, nothing stuck, but it felt bad - blech!)
S: 1 oz havarti cheese (that didn't feel great either)
D: 2 oz rib eye steak with 1 tbl hoisin mustard sauce, 1/4 c. mixed veggies
S: Weigh****cher's ice cream bar
I know, I know, how can a pureed lunch not work but a steak dinner is OK?! All I can say is, I have to respect my band. I'm rarely physically hungry now, and my post-op policy is to always respect my body's signals.
So, what's up (or down) with you today?
Thanks,
Jean
Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com
Jean
Welcome back. Hope you're feeling better.
Yes, Susan has been doing the eating thread in Linda's absence. She doesn't get a lot of cooperation from many of us slugs, but she's been hanging in there. Many of us read every day but don't post. She's been on vacation the past few days, which is why there hasn't been an eating thread.
Candy
Welcome back. Hope you're feeling better.
Yes, Susan has been doing the eating thread in Linda's absence. She doesn't get a lot of cooperation from many of us slugs, but she's been hanging in there. Many of us read every day but don't post. She's been on vacation the past few days, which is why there hasn't been an eating thread.
Candy
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