Wednesday, June 5th, Cardio & Cafe

Happy Hump Day Botters:

 

I am going back for my check up today on my PS surgery.  I should get a good report!  It is a beautiful day here but it looks like with will be getting some storms later tonight and tomorrow.  My eats for today are:

 

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Snack:  Unjury Protein Shake

Snack:  Quest Brownie Bar

Late Lunch:  BBQ Pork and Baked Beans

Snack:  Lite Cream Cheese and 5 Carb smart crackers

Dinner:  Unjury Protein Shake

Snack:  Grapes

 

Exercise:  2 mile walk around my neighborhood

 

I hope everybody has a great day and please remember those vits and fluids.  

 

EATS

Early Morning:  2 cups coffee w/SF hazelnut creamer

B:  Quest protein bar

S:  Quest protein bar

L:  Ham on Whole Wheat, Fat Free Pringles, 1TBS Ranch Dip

S:  Unjury protein shake

D:  1 slice of a large pepperoni pizza

S:  none

TOTALS:   1280 calories, 98g Protein 

WEIGHT:  Pre-Op: 302, Current: 184 (Height:  5’ 7”)

I've been so busy  trying to get everything ready for my TT.  I've got a lot of things already checked off my To-Do List but still have a few things to get done.

 

Be sure and get some benadryl.  It will help with the itchiness and help you sleep when taken with a pain pill.  I also ate frozen pineapple chunks at night to help with the swelling beside taking the arnica and bromelain for bruising and swelling.  I also had a lift chair and potty chair that were worth their weight in gold.

Does the arnica and bromelain help much?  I asked my PS about them and he advised not to take them.  I will be eating lots of pineapple since I love it anyway...yum, yum.  I have a wedge pillow for my bed and I borrowed a walker.  I don't have a recliner and I thought about buying or renting one but I couldn't fit it into my budget.  Wow, I've spent a lot of money in the past month for this, lol!  I sure hope it will be worth every cent and all the pain. 

The arnica and bromelain both helped me with swelling and bruising for the first two weeks of taking them.  I am now in swell "heck" late in the evening though.  My stomach is poochy and I have thunder thighs at night but I am slim and trim in the morning!  The recliner was great for getting up and down easy out of a chair but the toilet chair was a God send.  You do not realize how low the toilet is until you start to get up from it.  I would definitely rent, borrow or buy a toilet chair.  I used mine for four weeks straight.

Wow!  Okay I will see about getting a potty.  I might go ahead and get those supplements to help with swelling too.

Good evening, BOTT friends,

 

Posting really early tonight...it's only 7:45 pm here.  Going for my root canal at 9 am, so I had to get my dinner in with a snack reserved for later if I feel like it.  Went to my granddaughter's elementary school graduation today, and celebrated at Red Lobster (her choice) for lunch.  But I chose well, especially since I'm allergic to shrimp, and just about everything there contains shrimp in some form.  And no "cheddar bay biscuits" for me either.  I got broiled crab cakes, plain broccoli with lemon, and a salad with light vinaigrette (minus the croutons).

I may or may not ride my bike tonight.  I have a lot to do before getting ready for bed, including a few errands.  So here goes: 

 

B:  none

L:  Red Lobster:  ate 1 crab cake, brought the other home for dinner tonight, salad with light vinaigrette, broccoli, iced tea with splenda (to go)

D:  3 1/2 ozs low sodium turkey breast on sandwich thin, 2 tsps mayo, 1 slice ultra thin cheddar, lettuce, tomato

S:  Probably the other crabcake, plain and maybe a few fresh strawberries

 

Hope you guys have a great evening and sleep tight :)

I hope everything goes well for you today at your dental surgery.  And, you are rocking your food choices!  Great Job!

Tess--hope your follow-up appointment went well.
Angela--remember to take some moments for yourself

Thanks everyone for your plateau-busting suggestions!!! II've taken some from everyone, as well as looking back at my own history and some advise from the RD I see. I'll be cycling calories between 800-1200, adding back in 3 cups iced green tea in early a.m., dropping the one low glycemic fruit and one complex carb the RD had asked me to add as well as Greek yogurt and cottage cheese (long suspected problems with dairy--can see below it's creeping in--and gluten), leaving dense proteins and non-starchy carbs, keep exercise at minimum of 50 minutes but wear heart rate monitor to make sure HR does not fall below fat burning range or go above into muscle building range, and increase fluids from 10-12 cup to 16. Those will be my goals anyway!

B Dannon Greek yogurt with chia seeds
S Quest bar
L cottage cheese, sugar snap peas, ranch dressing
S mango habanero cheese
D ham with Swiss cheese, romaine with carrots and Ranch
S sunflower seeds

First day in months I missed protein powder! 50 minutes on treadmill, 11 cups fluids. Sleep well all!

You go girl!  Show those pounds that you are taking no enemies!  My appointment with the PS went great.  He says that everything is healing awesome and he wants to take my after pictures in 3 weeks.  I am going to rock me some cheekie underpants to show off my wrinkle free booty!!!!