Menus and Miles Tuesday Jan. 28th

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WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!!   AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!!  THEY ARE ADDICTING!!  THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!!  THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD  CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period!!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!  I go to my Drs. tonight for an injection.....YEAH!   I'm doing the happy because I haven't had much cramping this week.  I think the only thing that really cramped me was the 1/2 piece of meatloaf that I at the restaurant on Sunday.  I want to be cramp free for a few days so when my Protein drink  samples come I will know if I can drink them or not. Even with the change in my meals my scales are holding steady at 120  but I so want to see 119 again!!!

Breakfast:    Scrambled: 1 egg and 1/3 cup Eggbeaters
Lunch:          deli meat and cheese
Snack:           carrots and PB
Snack:           Laughing Cow Lite  Swiss Cheese wedge and 5 saltines
Snack:           Popcorn
Dinner:          Not Sure
Snack:           Popcorn

Calories     Protein      Net Carbs      Fat    Sugar

I'm glad you are figuring this out.  I would hate to have to change my diet at this point as I am pretty happy with it.

It has been snowing all day here but it is light so not a lot on the ground yet.  All my meetings (10, 2, 7) were cancelled so I am working on tax stuff and DH and I went to the gym.  10 minutes on the eliptical and 30 on the treadmill. 

decaf protein coffee  33g
eggbeaters, tomato, cheese
hot chocolate protein  30g
homemade leftover soup (leftover lamb, brocalli with greek yogurt, cheese, chicken broth)
lemon tea protein  13g
the rest of the soup
ham, white beans, cole slaw
protein shake  33g

I was very happy with mine too except I was starting to add some carbs in that weren't necessary.  I'm not craving carbs at all now which is a good thing.  My DH left a box of Chocolate Carmel out to soften and I had considered trying one but then I thought that 1/2 minute of pleasure isn't worth hours of cramping. 

Sounds really good Price!

Looks like you're working it and you have a nice menu so far - keep on keepin' on.

I'm starting to peel from my glycolic acid peel on Sunday - I hope I can get this over with by the weekend... peeling sucks!! :-S

I used to get peels... I wouldn' t mind doing it again - just need to find the right time!

Jody, what strength peel did you use?  I'm using 25% glycolic acid for 2-3 minutes and I think I'll go for 35% when this stuff runs out, although the bottle seems to last forever!!

That sounds really painful!  Is your skin all red? Does it make a big difference?

Sounds Good!

It can be like a burning, but mine didn't get all red and I didn't peel too bad.  Just dried out a lot.  

Yep what Jody said.  Occasionally your face can go red for a few hours which isn't an issue if you do it in an evening before bed.  I'm only using 25% glycolic acid and I think I'd need to go to 35% for a big difference.  I can say that I don't really get black heads any more and I used to use pore strips twice a week so I'd say that this is probably working out cheaper for me.

Hi Roz!  I didn't weigh today - I had my pre-op appt for my eyelid surgery on Friday.  When I got on the scale at the clinic, I was down 7 lbs from 2 weeks ago, but I had my boots on for that weigh, and didn't today. I didn't sleep well at all last night and stayed in bed an extra 45 minutes... shame on me - then had to run out the door.  Of course it was fasting too for blood work.  I had been quite delinquent in my labs and had them drawn a few weeks ago in VA.  I called the Dr's office yesterday and asked for a copy.  Today I had more blood work and it was at a Bariatric Center, and they knew I was a WLS patient - so they submitted the full gamut of tests.  It will be interesting to compare the two even though they were a few weeks apart.  My diet has changed dramatically between the two times.  I know that it takes time for vits/nutrients to show up change, but I'm curious.

Of course it was a fasting.. so nothing for breakfast.

B - nothing

S - coffee (I messed up and put a REAL packet of sugar in my coffee at the center... not sure how many carbs are in that) YIKES - 6 carbs!  After I figured it out, it was Splenda after that.... 

L - 1/2 of a leftover breaded porkchop (with the low-carb breading)

D - No idea.  I need to cook up some chicken with the breading, so perhaps a piece of that.

Vits:  not yet - but will

Water:  working on it.