What's on your Tuesday Menu

Happy Fat Tuesday!

Today I am heading over to my mom's house then we are going to meet the caterer who is doing their 50th anniversary party. Did I mention that it's back on and I am paying for it? Ugh. Seriously no idea how I got manipulated into it all over again, but there is no use being upset about it, because its happening.

Last week Grim and I were watching a show and one of the characters said, "it's like trying to explain Dutch to a dog." I decided this is me and accounting. Accounting is Dutch and I am the dog. I'm frustrated because, I sort of like it and it would be useful to know more about it for my small business, but this professor hasn't bothered to teach. Today starts week 6 out of 7 and we have had no lectures. Not even a YouTube video--just an enormous dense, dry text book. I feel like accounting is not something that should be self-taught, especially in a graduate program. Am I crazy?

Ok, enough of the complaining. Otherwise all is good.

QOTD: How many grams of protein are you averaging these days? I pretty much hit between 50-65 every day.

Accountability: Thumbs down. All good until about 7pm, then...nope.

B: protein coffee

S: babybel cheese & almonds

L: unsure - out with mom

D: either chicken or a veggie burger, depending on what I had for lunch

Hello all!

4 week anniversary today!

Hope the costs are well contained for you Queen!

QOTD: I get in around 130g at the moment. I Am obsessed.

Food is standard but my soft mince (ground beef) was glorious tonight, enjoyed it a lot! Chewing is glorious haha

I am getting hunger signals now and loving the idea of food. Wish that stayed away for longer but probably just shows I have outgrown the purée stage.

Have a great day!

Good for you on the protein! I was averaging about 90 - 110 in my first year, but now without protein shakes I find that it's hard to eat enough to get much more than 65g by eating small meals.

Congrats on four weeks, and some mince. I remember my first bit of soft food after weeks of water and protein shakes. Heaven!

I microwaved Eggs for my first soft food and got sick very quickly. I thought I would never eat again. It was 2 years before I could digest eggs. Nothing glorious about eating at that time for me. So glad it went well for you.

People imagine eggs as very soft, and should be easy. But a great many are like you, and had a real hard time with them.

I could eat a piece of steak easier than some foods I thought would be soft. It doesn't always make sense. New folks should know that sometimes they just have to switch gears.

I buy filet mignon and get a few meals out of a six ounce steak. I can eat that easier than chicken. Ground beef is the hardest for me to eat.

Congrats on moving to the next stage. Yes, chewing is glorious!

Make sure your signals are not crossed. Meaning what you think is hunger is actually a signal for thirst. I try to drink fluids before eating something unscheduled. I have noticed that when I am actually needing more water, I can confuse it with a signal for hunger since WLS. I believe this is quite common.

Thanks :)

I've done a lot of work on the Hunger Scale with my dietician so I'm generally comfortable with how to work through the feelings but it's a learning process for sure. Spoke to her this morning and she thinks the hunger sensations are probably driven by a need to up my calories slightly. They had remained pretty small daily, I hadn't monitored them at all, only focused on protein and liquid intake but we went through it today and she's like to see another 200-300 calories a day introduced over the coming weeks.