Thursday, January 19th, Cardio & Cafe

My menu:

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	947	28.1	77.7	93.4
Coffee, decaffeinated		fl ozcoffee cup (6 fl oz)mug (8 fl oz)gramskglboz	3	0.0	0.5	0.5
Creamer/Amaretto		servinggramskglboz	35	1.5	5.0	0.0
BeefJerky/Teriyaki/JackLink/1oz		servinggramskglboz	80	1.0	5.0	14.0
Milk/AlmondVanUnswt/cup		servinggramskglboz	35	2.5	1.0	1.0
Turkey/SmokedTurkeyBreast/2slices		servinggramskglboz	120	0.0	4.0	20.0
Relish/NoSugar/1Tbsp		servinggramskglboz	0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Salad dressing, KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP LIGHT Dressing		tbspgramskglboz	37	3.0	2.3	0.1
PoweradeZero/32oz		servinggramskglboz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
WheyProtein/PntBtrChoc		servinggramskglboz	130	2.0	0.0	26.0
Rice, fried, with pork		cupgramskglboz	110	4.2	13.8	3.9
Rice, fried, with shrimp		cupgramskglboz	105	3.8	13.8	3.6
Rice, fried, with chicken		cupgramskglboz	112	4.1	14.2	4.2
PureProteinRevolution/ChocPeanCarmel		servinggramskglboz	180	6.0	17.0	20.0
		Total	947	28.1	77.7	93.4

Hope all is well.

Hi Lifebeauty:

You seem a little down.  I hope everything is okay with you.  You are doing a really good job on your food.  I hope you have a really good Friday.  Take care.

Cardio for the day week 2 day 3 of couch to 5k.

Stephanie E

Hi Stephanie:

You seems to have your cardio working for you.  How are your eats?  Are you going to participate in a 5K this year?  I am trying to talk my husband into one in March.  I think it will be really fun.  Have a great Friday.

Hi everyone!

I'm posting so late, but evening posting seems to work better for me at times.

Cardio: 21 minutes on my stationary bike.

Breakfast: oatmeal and a banana

Snack: peanuts

Lunch: grilled chicken, brown rice, mixed veggies, and a little black beans.

Snack: protein shake

Dinner: western egg white omelet

Have a good night, all!

All of your food choices so great!  Reading them this morning started me craving that western egg white omelet.  I bet it was yummy!  You are doing great, keep it up.

Thank you, Tess!  The Western egg white omelet was delicious and with it being under 300 calories, it was so worth it!!!

Long---- one issue is almost gone... now probably have ulcer ....
Finally my cold /flu is leaving... And I hate to be a whiner... but last few days I had really bad cramps and pain after eating... I took that as a side effects of the virus and the meds I was taking... but today the pain got unbearable.   Ate some tomato soup and the pain hit me 5 min after I had 1 cup of it,  That was followed by bad cramps and then 1 hr later ..BM...
I did not think I can ignore that anymore... So now I either have irritated pouch, or ulcer...
Days like today I really hate my RNY.  But ... like with everything else... it is not a first ulcer...and knowing life... not a last.  So I know what to do.  Will not even contact my doc, except to ask him to renew my script for Carafate.  Unless symptoms get do not improve or get worse while I follow doc approved protocol for that situation.
Due to that - I am on Carafate 4 x a day, plus 2 x day antacid (normally i take 1 a day) and bland ulcer friendly diet.  More restriction.  Well... that also mean that in next 4 weeks I may lose the 4-5 lbs I wanted to lose... so all is fine.... "glass half full".

Carafate worked almost immediately ... and bland - low volume diet is also helping. 
Eats today were simple:

coffee + al mil, proteins
more proteins
sunflower seeds (first major pain attack of the day)
tomato soup with chicken.. (major pain)...

took carafate and Tylenol... and antacid.  Pain gone after 30-45 min.

Flat out wrap with some cheese.
more cheese (mild)
yogurt with proteins....

On another note - I was planning to give up wine and any alcohol for Lent... well... due to the pain - there will not be any alcohol at least till April.  I do need to give my pouch real time to heal... I was playing with food and pains a bit too much lately... - pushing the envelope a bit too much... 
I still have a lot of restriction when I eat really dense proteins ...and the only way around that was to have a glass or 2 of wine at dinner.... I could eat more...But probably caused some irritation or damage... But when a dinner is served and I really wanted nice steak or pork (not that often) the only way for me to eat more than couple of bites of meat.... that was to have it with wine. 

Note: for some of you that worry and may suggest that I see my doc - first couple of years post op I had a lot of pains....every time I tried to get off antacid.  Some was caused by hernias (2) but some were due to most likely an ulcer - irritation.  My doc and I established a protocol I can follow when that type of symptoms return.  And only have to call him if the symptoms get worse, or do not improve with the protocol.  But we decided that I may need to to stay on antacid (omeprozole) for the rest of my life... Unless i am willing to give up coffee and some other foods...  and try without the meds.. (not happening).

Sorry to hear your in pain Hala.  Ulcers are not nice.  Before my RNY I suffered with GERD.  I was not lucky enough for it to disappear after surgery.  Plus I had a few ulcers during my initial post-op period.  The Dr. doubled my Protonix and Carafate twice a day and I've been fine ever since.  

The alcohol would make any ulcer sizzle.  Good idea to give your tummy some healing time.  I'll keep you in my prayers.  

Thanks for support and kind words...