Re-Aquanting myself with my pouch...

My NY reselution was to get back on track. The first step in this process for me is to get reaquanted with my self and my pouch. I read the 5dpt and took some good information away from that but I don't think I can go 2 days not allowing food and only drinking. So I am just going back to Stage 1/2 diet that I got from my doc when I started this journey the first time....
This includes
1.no drinking 30-45 min before or after meals
2.eating no more then 4 oz(1/2 cup) (originally it was 2 oz and thats what I start with but found i need more sometimes) at meal times (and making sure that i measure them out!!)
3. eat 3 meals(up to 4 oz each) and 2 (2 oz each)snacks a day, take small bites (using baby utencels) and enjoy every bite (I could NEVER take the 30 min suggested to eat a meal so the 15 min the 5dpt suggested is working great for me!!)
4, Drink LOTS of water/clear liquids (atleast 36 oz)
5.Limit SALT and SUGAR intake (sugar does not cause a problem with me :( so ive eaten way too much of it but salt is keeping on some water)

I have also started adding walking/running on my Gazelle into my exercise, I didn't realize just how little excercise I had been doing (thanks to finals and kids being sick ectr) but I am adding walk/run intervals for 30 min for the first week then bump it to 45 min next week and 60 min the following week.

My bf and kids (who were not around/old enough the first time I did this) are being VERY supportive. He is trying to understand and the looks that i get from him about how "little" i am eating are interesting (but i am satified when i am "done") and the kids are getting into the swing and interested too. The worst part is that we don't have a bunch of extra money (*****ally does??) so my meals are their meals just smaller (could work out better because i think more about WHAT we all eat again... as before it was a lot of the slidder foods so i could "enjoy" more with them... ) We are making an effort to stop eating out (I got really bad about this because of lack of time... SHAME ON ME!!) and instead planning meals, making them together then enjoying them and each others company at the kitchen table for meal time.

So far I am on day 3 of my reaquantance plan and going strong. I couldn't being myself to throw away ALL of the bad foods (thats a lot of extra money in the trash) so I am working on how to add them into the diet to make them "healthier" and buying better choices again...

Day 1-
throughout the day I drank 8 oz of water and  drank 16 oz of white grape/peach juice (with double the rec. water)...mostly for flavor

Awake at 930 (god I love kids school vacation!!)
Breakfast: drank water with daily vit. (I have never been hungry in the AM and pills/water fills my pouch)

Lunch: just wasn't hungry... made sure i drank juice though...

Dinner: ate 1 oz cucumber slice and 3 oz (about 1/2 of a 6oz) beef stew toddler meal (these are a bit high in sod. but work great to bring to work and are only about 2 $ and there is a variety of diff meals.... was better then the mac-n-cheese and hot dogs the kids and bf ate, a treat for them but a sure fire way to pukeage for me)

snack: 2 oz sf/ff vanilla pudding (made with 1% milk)

snack: 3/4 cup (sipped SLOWLY) chicken cup a soup (aound 12 am)

Quick Paced Walk 30 Min

SLEEP= 1230 AM

Day 2-
Throughout the day drank 22 oz white grape mix, 14 oz water

Woke 930
Breakfast: Water with Daily Vit.

Lunch: 2 oz baked beans... (1/2 hour later drank 2 oz nsa hot cocoa)

Dinner: 1/2 cup (4oz) spagetti pie (ingred. spagetti, diff cheeses, eggs, meat pre-made spagetti sauce)--- wow was this yummy... the kids loved it too, I didn't add extra butter and there was little meat but lots of flavor.

snack: 2 oz sf/ff vanilla pudding

snack: I was feeling REALLY hungery around 1100 but wanted to make sure I wasn't just bored... I did all i could to stop the craving (took hot shower, drank water) but was still hungry so I ate      2 tbs creamy peanut butter

QUICK PACE WALK 30 Min

SLEEP=330 AM (just couldn't sleep before that)



(hope this color is a bit better... :) )