Accountability - Wednesday

Well, I didn't win either the chili cookoff or the cheesecake one...I still think my chili was the best but the cheesecake definitely looked better than it tasted. Too much cocoa powder so it was bitter.

So here's my list of things I ate:

4:30 am 10 oz coffee w/NSA Swiss Miss
5:30 am 1/3 cup instant oatmeal, 1/4 cup fine granule TVP, 1 cup plain soy milk, 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
7:00 am 24 oz Drink Mix, Fruit Punch
8:00 am 24 oz Drink Mix, SoBe Tropical
9:30 am 1 oz cheese stick, 1 oz roasted turkey breast deli meat
10:00 am 24 oz Drink Mix, Orange 
10:45 am 2 oz Lowrey's Beef Jerky
11:15 am 12 oz Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry
12:30 pm 1 oz corn chips (fritos), 1cup homemade chili con carne with beans, 1/3 of a piece of sf chocolate cheese cake
1:30 pm 12 ox Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry
2:45 pm 24 oz Drink Mix, Grape

6:00 pm 1 large taco with beef, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

Totals for the day:

Calories: 1560
Fat: 66.9
Carbs: 136.3
Protein: 109.4

Not bad. I'm going to try bringing my protein percentages down a bit. Increase my carbs and decrease the protein.

So? How did you do?

I still think your cheesecake looked wonderful...next year.  Just wondering if you are a diabetic?  Do they do A1C's on you?  Do they draw insulin (long term and short run) levels?  Do you do home BS tests?  Do they do kidney function tests?  I am so hungry today I am crawling out of my skin. 

B:2 oz lean ham and 1 slice multigrain bread.
S:2 kiwis and yogurt
L:4 oz chicken breast, 1 slice multigrain bread, 1 bowl vege soup, a huge romaine and tomato salad with vinegar and 1 t oil,
S: soy bar after swimming for blood sugar crash
D: :3 oz chicken breast, 1 slice multigrain bread, 1 bowl vege soup, a huge romaine and tomato salad with vinegar and 1 t oil,
S:orange, apple, sf cocoa

I am going to take 50 mg of benedryl so I can sleep til morning.  I am so empty I feel like I ate nothing all day but it is over 1600 calories again.  My surgeon said I should only be eating 1200 calories, under 100 gms of protein.  Sorry....no can do!  I give all of you successful people so much credit.  I just don't have your determination and self control.  Daisy

There are days when you're hungry all day long...Me too. Those days I try and figure out what it is that my body is asking for and give it that...I think sometimes our body just knows what it needs and asks for it...most of the time we just don't listen.

I used to be diabetic. They haven't done tests on that in a long time on me (three years). I haven't had a serious crash since I started eating every couple of hours, high in protein, good carbs (no white carbs). My blood sugar the last time I crashed was 28. I don't black out, apparently but I sure feel crappy and weak.

I am considering adding more carbs into my diet and backing down on the protein but it's just in the thinking stages now. There are good carbs, I'm just afraid of the blood sugar crash. So carbs and how I'm taking my vitamins. It's hard to change things! The vitamins are a big thing because changing that makes me forget to take them and ... that's wrong.

I drink so much water that I"m just too busy running to the restroom to think about hunger. LOL.

Hi Dawn-If I were you I wouldn't change a thing!  You look and feel great and you are doing it!  Thanks so much for taking the time to run this post daily.  It is a really big help for me sort of keeps me accountable!  I also like that it has people further out posting.  I talked to my nut yesterday and she said I can eat all the fruit and veges I want and not ruin the surgery further!  At least when I need food I don't have to feel guilty for eating it.  I have to limit protein and fat and carbs.  I also have had 27 and 21 blood sugar.  I am close to non functioning at that point.  If my husband had not been with me I don't know if I would have had the where-with-all to eat!  I also drink a ton of fluid.  Sometime I feel like I pee like a racehorse!  Daisy

You know Daisy,  I don't think I can take any "credit" for being successful, truth is I'm lucky that overall I'm still not really hungry even at 4 years out, I don't ever feel like I'm going to starve, usually just combating head hunger...Truely, if you are physically hungry on what you are eating, than you will never make it to 1200 cals and I don't think it is fair of your doc to say you should be, he/she must not understand the true feeling of physical hunger very well themselves...

Have you had everything checked to make sure your stoma is not stretched and food escapes too fast to provide full feeling for 2-3 hours after eating dense proteins and veggies?  I don't know the answer to your dilemma or what I can say to help with you struggles, but you are in my thoughts, if you have lost and kept of even 50% of your original presurg weight then you are considered a success...For myself, I say if you weigh less than when you started you are a success, I know many post ops personally that have out-eaten their surgeries and are now just as heavy or more-so than when they started...

Keep plugging away, you deserve a a big thumbs up for continuing to work your program and make this surgery work for you...

Alesia

I will keep plugging along the best I can. Thanks, Daisy

Hey Dawn.. Better luck next year. You didn't win but it looked delicious. I believe you when you say that yours was your best! 

My good eats... 

Early AM: 2 Cups of Coffee w/ splenda & half n half 
 
B: Power crunch bar

S: Protein shake

L: 1  Cup of Chili w/ RF shredded cheddar cheese

S: WW Yogurt & few mango chunks

D: 2 Thin Cut Sweet n Sour Pork Chops & 1/3 of an ear of corn on the cob

S: Chocolate SF Pudding cup & 4 small strawberries sprinkled w/ splenda

1,234

46.7

101.1

105.2

That's it for me..

LOL. The chili bug is going around the board now...

Your list looks really good. I'm going to ratchet my protein down and bring my carbs up to cover the calorie loss. I just don't want to lose anymore weight so it's really important to keep the calories up but I'm afraid of the carbs...yikes. Lots to think about.

You are doing really well. Keep up the good work. See ya.

I have been craving chili all day since looking at the pictures of yours this morning. I think I will make some tomorrow! The cheesecake was pretty too! I had an avaerage day. I need to get my totals more like kay's.
B-Protein drink
S-sf banan bread
L-ww enchilada suiza-my favorite but too many carbs!
S-hummus and cucumber
S-string cheese
D-baked chicken breast and 1/2 C smashed taters and brocoli
S turkey pepperoni pizza on a low carb tortilla
I was really hungry after I got home from my run at 8:30 and dinner had been at 4PM. 40 minutes of running, all my water and vits
1600 cal, 103 protein and 160 carbs I forgot the fat but probably too high.
Mary

Fat is our skins' friend so don't worry about that..

I bought some great looking cucumbers last weekend so I can make a cool cucumber salad..I finally made coleslaw from the left over cabbage we had with the corned beef last week...LOVE coleslaw, it just takes so long to eat just alittle bit.

I was going to get out my flour tortillas last night with the tacos but dh already had the crunchy ones (formed into U's and crispy, boxed) out for us...I was too tired to do anything at all. lazy.

Your list looks great. You got in the running too..great.

Keep up the good work. See ya.