Thursday, - BOTT Cardio and Cafe

Morning, BOTTers!

Stepping in for Cathy as she seems to be running a little late (Or sleeping in, I HOPE!). Been a while since I've started this thread and it feels kinda good to be doing it again. Hope all's going well with everyone. Looks like my wait for the approval from THEIR bank is extended at least until mid-next week. Yuck. But whacha gunna do. At least I know I can relax this weekend, knowing I may hear Wednesday, instead of just sitting there, wondering. Meanwhile, weather is another fantastic mid-70's day. And guess what? I actually walked with my hubs last night around the neighborhood. He went WITH me, which was really nice, since I couldn't hit the track yesterday due to house errands. It was nice having company, and we talked a lot about what the plan was for the new house and yard and everything. It was good times.

Cardio - Hit the track, and walk the block tonight

Cafe -
B - 2 slices light raisin bread and apple butter
S - Starbucks mango orange smoothie with 2 scoops protein and skim milk
L - 1/2 stuffed pepepr, maybe some soup.
S - Protein shake
D - Not sure yet, fending for ourselves. Maybe serloin tips?
S - Might be popcorn.

Sion - sounds as though you had a great time with your beloved last night.  It's good to slow down and have those times together now and then - and you have so many exciting things to talk about right now.

Here I am - a veteran of 3 days of maintenance and doing well.  Once again I had a refresher course in starving/wanting to eat/wanting comfort from food simply doesn't mean I HAVE to eat.  I woke up alive and well this morning - hadn't perished overnight from starvation or stress - in fact I was quite satisfied and feeling full - almost too full - from my liquid drink for morning snack.  I am not in my low cushion zone nor my high cushion zone this morning - I am exactly at my goal weight.  Elected not to increase my caloric intake by the 50 calories a day as is my paln - but that is simply vanity - I see my surgeon for a routine check up appointment tomorrow and I don't want to risk eating in any way that might put me in my high cushion zone - make sense?  Absolutely not! - but, hey, making sense is not the minimum daily requirement for being a human being! LOL 

So.........food will be 1000 calories (I should get a shipment of ice cream today in time to have a pint of ice cream for dinner!!!! (By the way, RNY folks - how does your body handle the sugar from that much of the ice cream?)   exercise will be climbing at least 1 flight of stairs (I've already done that today and am happy to say my sciatica nerve has given me no pain - probalby would be a good idea not to push by climing 1 flight again, but won't promise to be sensible if I'm feeling fit) and do some walking.

Tomorrow begins a 4-day weekend for me - and am I ever ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  See you all tomorrow.  And thanks, Sion - for providing this thread for us.  Also a giant thank you for BOTT POWER - it saw me through yesterday!!!!!

HappyLap ~

You are handling the maintenance phase awesome so far . As far as the ice cream goes...if I were to sit down and have a lot of it, more than 10g sugar, I would go into a hibernation mode, lol. My body LOVES it when I'm eating it so much that its hard to stop, but HATES it about 10 mins after finishing. I don't do the traditional "dumping". I get the sweats, shakey, weak feeling and want to go lay down for about 20-30 mins afterwards. The same thing is starting to happen when I have to many simple carbs.

Another reason I'm so happy I had the lap band - it's both a blessing and a curse - the blessing is I can eat the whol 128 calorie pint and feel fine and the curse is I can eat the whol 128 calorie pint and feel fine - which isn't good if I'm on a pig out rampage.  LOL

Still - if you love ice cream and can stop with 18 g sugar (that would be 1/2 pint) then I highly recommend it!!!!

Oops - see 10g of sugar is your limit - then, poor thing, you would have to stick to the 4 severings (9g sugar) that it's intended to be.

 I better not test my will power. I'd hover the whole thing and not realize until it was too late!!!

Do I ever hear that - been there and done that more than once!!!!!!

Good morning!

Working at home today to focus on a project that I've been ignoring for a while.  I just can't seem to focus while I"m at the office. (I'll be honest tho, I"m not doing much better here at home today!) 

Today's plan -
B - Protein SHake
S - Cottage Cheese and Salsa if I"m hungry (It's almost lunch time, and I"m not!) 
L - Turkey, Crisp Bread and tomatoes
S - Cheese Stick
D - Mexican Beef Stirfry and low carb tortilla
S - Click Frappe

Funny how that works isn't it, Kelli LOL  Sometimes it takes a deadline before I finally bite the bullet and get down to business with what I have to do.  Guess that makes us human - a bother being human but we don't have a whole lot of choice. 

Have a great BOTT day

Hey, BOTTers!!!

I've tweaked my monthly goals a little bit yesterday. The water is REALLY hard to get in, but I'm getting closer every day.

Goals:
106 oz water (52 down already)
Cals @ 1200 instead of 1596 livestrong says

Cardio ~ Stationary bike 15 mins

Cafe ~
B ~ Opt Nutri Mocha Capp Protein shake & 1 Kashi GoLean Waffle (only 2 left)
L ~ 1/2 c Taco Bell ff refried beans & 1/8 c cheddar jack cheese
S ~ 2 babybel goudas  & liquid happiness in a cup
D ~ tuna salad (homemade)
S ~ turkey & Opt Nutri Mocha Capp

Total cals ~ 1188   Fat ~ 38g   Carbs ~ 82g Fiber ~ 9g   Protein ~ 134