Menus and Miles for March 2, 2015

Wish I was feeling as perky as Care_Bear.  I felt better thru the weekend after the sinus surgery than I do today.  Today, I have a really bad sinus headache, lots of swelling so can't breathe thru my nose very well and nothing tastes good.  My ice water I usually love tastes weird.  I came into work but thinking about leaving early.  I'm definitely sleep deprived.  Can't sleep lying down so I try to sleep in the recliner.

After my disappointing weigh in at the hospital, I bought new scales and unfortunately, the hospital scale was closer than I wanted it to be.  I just can't dwell on it though.  Just need to stick with healthy eating, plan ahead and get some exercise.  My whole life I always thought of snacks as something sweet or popcorn.  I'm trying to change that so today I had Cottage Cheese Salad for morning snack and have Baby Bells for afternoon snack.  I do love popcorn and have Skinny Pop.  Guess that's not too bad, but I'm going to try to avoid the popcorn for awhile.

Today's eats:

B: Click w/almond milk

S: Cottage Cheese Salad

L: Meatballs; green beans

S: Baby Bels

D: Pork Chop; cooked carrots

S: Chobani Kids' yogurt stick frozen

Hey JB, I just wanted to say I can't imagine what you're going through!  I had Sinus Surgery (with nothing else going on about 8 years ago) and I have to say it was one of the hardest things!  Not being able to bend over or lift and when I'd get into a deep sleep I felt like I was being smothered!  So I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS on what you're doing!  It must be very difficult - btw, I've learned the scale makes me sad :( so I had my hubby hide it from me a week or so ago - I'm way happier because of it!  I know I'm losing because someone (I think it was you) gave me the advice to take my measurements and I have lost inches!  So thank you for your support and I'm sending you some of mine! :) Carol

I'm not very perky... I'm struggling to not fall into old habits.  My grandmother is not doing well at all.  I live about 14 hours from her and it I am not able to just take leave from work anytime... My leave is low because I used it all to have surgery.  Anyway, I saw her at Christmas, which was wonderful!! But I may try and go home this weekend and see her again (if it isn't to late) :(

So, all these emotions plus the snow and ice we are getting (IN TEXAS!) :) are making me want to reach out to carbs... I would LOVE a nice bowl of my homemade potato soup.  My son would love for me to make it too ;)

So, I am staying strong and I am looking for alternatives to switch up my diet.  I have found a recipe on Pintrest to make some pizza that has crust made out of eggs, cream cheese and parmesan cheese.  I think I am going to try and make this for dinner tonight.  I will have to input the ingredients on fatsecret.com to find out exactly what the nutritional value is, but it will be low carb and high protein! :)

Syntrax Grape & Grape Crystal Light mixed with 64 oz of water to drink on today (0 carbs, 24 protein)

Breakfast: Hard boiled Egg, Colby Jack Cheese (.56 carbs, 11.62 protein)

Lunch: 3 oz deli turkey, Colby Jack Cheese, Blackened Ranch Sauce (7 carbs, 23.5 protein)

Snack: Hard Boiled Egg (.56 carbs, 6.29 protein)

Dinner:  Low carb Pizza from pintrest (???)

Vitamins: Check

Water: On Track

Exercise: ?? Not in the mood, I may get a manicure instead... :/  Not the right attitude, I know...

Daily Totals (Excluding Dinner): 8.12 carbs, 65.41 Protein, 589 Calories, 36.36 fat

2 hour school delays because of ice. Then I got to school and two tiles had fallen out of the ceiling in my classroom and ruined a ton of my files and paperwork. Ugh. But I did a half hour of cardio this morning.

B-protein shake with banana and ice

L-3 ounces of salmon and a bit of cooked broccoli

S-4 ounces of shrimp and ****tail sauce, small salad

D-chicken and green beans

S-3 Tbl. popcorn

Headed to muscle pump for the first time in 2 weeks because of ice and snow.  Hurray!!!

decaf protein coffee  33g
oatmeal, 1/2 scoop of protein
chicken, grapefruit
lemon tea protein 13g
protein bar  10g
turkey soup
protein shake  33g

Weird day here, went to day care and they were still closed and will be until next thurs (almost 2  week total) due to the heater going out.  My boss was ok about it, but I don't have the leave to burn due to the recent surgery.  what a pain, only upside is the said they will pro-rate the days they have been closed.

Pre-B=protein coffee w/almond milk (24 g P)

B- part of Chick-fil a chicken breast w/breading scraped off (no grill yet since breakfast, but about 3 oz)

Nap- got to take one since my son was staying home with me, what a splurge!

L- 2 oz smoked salmon

S- couple TBSP cottage cheese

D- 2 oz tuna sashimi (the last of it ;-()

After dinner Mint cookie shake w/ almond milk(24 g P)

really working my water today,  my lips are starting to crack painfully and I know that means dehydration.  Its weird I'm drinking so much more than I did pre WLS.  Its just so hard to get in everything... 

Isn't that Ironic, Im eating/drinking so much more than I ever did before... well maybe not size of the meals but definetly number.  I guess that makes sense, all of the food I have throughout a day adds up in size to less than one big mac value meal, of which I definnetly partook of in a previous life...

lol  Early bird gets the worm, which is protein! 

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
B - 1 protein coffee (30g)
S - 2nd & 3d protein coffees (60g)
S - a babybel cheese
L  - protein shake (30g)
S - 1/2 cup Greek yogurt w/blueberries
S - a babybel cheese
D - pork chop and small salad
S - 1/2 cup CarbSmart ice cream

VITES:
morning batch: done
4 calcium batches: done
iron: skipping 
evening batch: done
heme iron: pending

MILES:
standing at the computer all day and leaning push-ups