Eatin' Good in the 20's Neighborhood - Hump Day!

Still plugging away on my genealogy - it is insane, but I think that I'll be in good shape by Friday so I can go under the knife knowing I'll be okay in my school work.  I had a heart to heart with my Advanced Writing prof and he is a huge encouragement to me in my writing.  Anyway, it was a busy day but a good one. 7am - 4 oz espresso, 6 oz skim milk, 1 oz sf hazelnut davinci syrup 10 oz water 10am - 1 ka****LC honey almond flax granola bar 10 oz water 1pm - 3 oz grilled chicken w/ romaine lettuce, spinnach, diced tomato, cukes, cheese, RAW GREEN AND RED PEPPERS! (that's right - I ate and kept down raw green and red peppers!) 20 oz water 3pm - 3 oz peanuts, 1 oz almonds 10 oz water 6pm - 4 oz peanut chicken 10 oz water 7:30pm - 1 Milk Chocolate Macadamia Truffle w/ chocolate mousse/diced macadamia nut filling...oooooooh so good. Working on 10 oz water I'm probably going to actually go to bed here in an hour or so.  I'm exhausted and I need to still be in good shape on Friday for my surgery.   ABOUT THE SURGERY:  So, I'm getting my "bullet hole" fixed on Friday, which may or may not include a partial tummy tuck, except the tuck would come in my surgeon removing a ridge of excess skin that runs above my belly button instead of removing it from the panni...anyway...since the hole has caused so much scar tissue I have develped several small hernias and in order to remove them and keep them from coming back I need to have excess skin removed.  But since it is from a non-traditional angle I'm going to have a gnarly scar.  I have always said the scars don't bother me and they haven't, but I'm looking at having a scar that stretches almost all the way across my abdomen right near the bottom of my rib cage.  Not really looking forward to that...not sure how I feel about that.  So anyway - good vibes would be appreciated for me on Friday! 

(((((HUGS)))))  I know you'll do great!  I'm so sorry to hear about the crappy scar.  You'll still be beautiful to us! FOOD! 4oz cheesecake pudding with strawberry protein powder (ick) 4 oz cream of mushroom soup 16 oz crystal lite 8 oz chocolate protein shake w/ soymilk I really need to get off my butt and make dinner which will be 4 oz pureed clam chowder.  I know, not the best but I'm sick of this stage already.  I'm ready for refried beans and cottage cheese!

The thought of strawberry protien powder makes me want to .   How much longer until you are enjoying cottage cheese and refried beans?

I know dude.  I have no idea why I bought strawberry.  I must have been on crack at the time.  I'm supposed to be on those lovely foods next week and should get clearance at my dr's appt on Monday

I ate way to much yet again... breakfast-  6 oz yoplait light yogurt snack- smoked cheddar cheese stick lunch- 6 oz yoplait light yogurt and 3 slices turkey pepperoni snack- 1/2 peanut butter cookie Luna bar and 1/2 smoked cheddar cheese stick dinner- 3 oz baked chicken breast snack- no sugar added fudgesicle 60 oz water

That really doesn't sound like too much to me.  Do you mean that you felt uncomfortably full at some point?  I think you're doing better than you think

No not uncomfortable. I guess I am almost a year out and of course can eat a little more then when I was 3 or 6 months out. But I just get a little panicky ( if that makes sense) and think sometimes it's to much. Thank You!!

Breakfast- 1 packet of Sugar free oatmeal, 2 slices of 45 calorie bread, 1 tbsp. butter and 4 oz. orange juice Mid-morning Snack- 100 calorie pack of pepperidge farm cookies Lunch- 2 pieces of mushroom and cheese pizza leftover from the night before. Afternoon Snack- 1 1/2 cookies from Jason's Deli Dinner- chips and salsa, bowl of tortilla soup and tall glass of unsweetened ice tea. I was going to have a glass of white zinfandel but alas they were out of it. Consumed 95 oz. of water for the day.

I did pretty good until about 9:00 p.m....something abou****ching Kobe Bryant go off for more then 40 points to ruin Shaq's debut with the Phoenix Suns made me want to eat, alot.... Early AM - 16 oz of coffee and sf creamer 10:30 AM - Went to AJ's (a local gourmet grocery store) sampled a cracker with a scoop of delcious creamy chunky chicken salad, and a small potato skin. Decided on three small pieces of Thai peanut chicken ribbon skewers - about 2.5 ounces, and I put together a bit of salad from the salad bar - salad greens, grilled chicken, a litte bit of pasta salad, red onions, shredded parmesean and asiago cheeses and balsamic vinigrette - it was so good! I might start doing the pay per pound salad bar thingy more often when I'm out and about - conveniant and very adaptable! 2:30 The last few bites of my salad and a few peanuts, and about 1/2 cup of RF cottage cheese with SF rasberry jam and about 15 wheat thin crackers 7:00 about two ounces of italian ham and 6 little asian chicken dumpling thingies - I forget what they're called, their not potstckers, they're shaped more like mini reeses peanut butter cups 10:00 about 2 ounces of italian ham and a string cheese with 1 tbs of honey mustard for dipping 10:30 another 1/2 cup of rf cottage cheese and sf jam, no crackers - and a blue bunny no sugar added ice cream bar Still maintaining....trying to learn to accept that eating, including carbs and portions larger then I had become used to during the "active' stage of my weight loss is OK now that my goal is to maintain and not lose, and I have been sucessful at maintaining

"I did pretty good until about 9:00 p.m....something abou****ching Kobe Bryant go off for more then 40 points to ruin Shaq's debut with the Phoenix Suns made me want to eat, alot...."  So the Suns had better get their act together or you're going to need a revision by the end of the season?