Getting it honest..

LoL thanks Pat. If you think that was good, you shoulda heard me go off on my private blog! I am a grouchy soandso Since we moved here, 13 months ago now, we have been trying to have a dinner date with his mom and her husband. However, every single stinking time we make plans, she wheedles the info out of her mother (who is clueless about her daughters manipulative behavior) and invites herself along! As of Saturday night, we have decided that the next time she does this, we will simply cancel, and keep cancelling until someone gets the hint. I don't hate children, but this woman has no common sense. You don't take a toddler to a restaraunt without some sort of diversions! She never brings toys, or anything, and he always acts like a wild animal. This time he was flinging forks and spoons down the length of the table, throwing rice back over his shoulders, he dumped out an entire rice bowl after she GAVE it to him to play with... along with a serving spoon. ARRRRRRRRRGH I feel my blood pressure rising just thinking about it! Michele

Ok. This is for Saturday. I still am not doing much with the eating thingie. 1-1 ezekiel cinn raisin toast with tab p.b. ate 1/2 2- 1/4c cottage cheese.1oz. swiss cheese 3-2oz. grilled salmon,1/4c broc/caul mix.1 tb pasta 4-1 string cheese, 3 triscuits Thats it. Have a good day. Hugs, Betty

Umm wow, I think you're doing pretty good...not 'great' but then well umm how many do lol. We try - right? you're trying. (((HUGS)))

I had a good day yesterday, 1- oatmeal with raisins 2- peanut buuter on 1 slice of whole wheat raisin bread and a small banana 3- tomatoes w/ goat cheese, leftover about 2 oz pork chop, w/ green beans and 2 bites of mashed potato 4- went to a party and saw people who I had not seen in years! one of the women kept talking about how much I changed and some of the people there never knew me fat, so the topic - how did you do it came up - and I openly said WLS. the one who kept saying she wouldn't have recognized me said she had it, turns out 6 months after me, and she had very bad luck with it. apparently doesn't tolerate a lot of foods, but tolerates junk food very well. she is blaming the surgery for making her diabetic now and she was not before. so she lost 50 and has regained 30 and might be having a revision to be more distal, but can't decide whether or not to do it. I said I am so glad I did it, the feeling better, more energy etc. I wouldn't think twice if somethig happened and I had to redo it. I ate pretty good, 4 tortilla chips w/ guacamole,, a sausage wonton thing, part of a chicken thigh,a few bites of italian beef, and a few bites of cheese potato. and some raw veggies. later 3 bites chocolate cake. the other girl there looked at me and said "she could never eat as much as I did" I almost gave in to the insecurity feeling of being critesized there. but my DH pointed out on the way home he doesn't believe she is really not eating, that she drank several beers, and I am maintaining, so don't listen to her.

I went through the "I could never..." with my eldest brother too. Now 3 years later, he's considering WLS. I don't know if he'll ever actually DO it, but at least he's not saying never now. He's a big boy - 6'1 and over 400 pounds (well not if you ask HIM , but he's bigger than I was or at least AS big as I was when I had surgery). (((HUG)S)) I think you handled yourself VERY well!

I'm in my "down" cycle after about 10 days of 1050-1300 calories and boy do I STRUGGLE to get those in!!! cottage cheese protein drink moz cheese shrimp salad with romaine, sundried tomatoes, capers and sliced almonds another protein drink small cup of split pea soup water tea crystal light Fluids consumption=74 oz Calories=860 Carbs=51 I'll do the low cal for 5 days before cycling back up to 1200. I'm throwing away my scale and going to weigh at the Dr. office once per month. This is making me way too crazy!!

Jiggy - that's what I call it - keeping my diet jiggied up lol. (((HUGS))) and I am SO loving sundried tomatoes! Chopped up in eggs is wonderful! *drool*

Excuse me for being nosey, but I'm curious as to why you do the "up" vs "down" calorie cycles. To keep your metabolism from getting in to a rut? Did you invent this 5 day cycle yourself or did you get some advice from a nutritionist? Sue O.

Naw just something that sometimes works for people on stalls.

I've been informally varying my daily calorie intake between 1000 and 1500 daily, but I've been stuck at this weight for 3+months. Maybe I should be more structured about it. I hit the -100 lb mark and my body has just shut down. I don't know what to eat anymore, this stall is making me crazy. I've had a lot of them, but never for this long before. I even did the plateau buster diet in December for 6 days, never lost an ounce. Oh well, back to getting ready to go to the gym. Sue O.