Thursday, September 26th, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

My audit is tomorrow and my boss took me out of the office all day yesterday to punch out a house.  My life will be hectic today.  My eats for today are:

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Snack:  Quest Protein Bar

Lunch:  Quest Protein Bar

Snack:  Dry Cereal

Dinner:  Left over Calazone from our B'Day celebration with our son last night

Biking

Hope everybody has a great day, say some prayers for me, and please remember your vits and fluids.

Sending some peaceful, stress free thoughts and prayers your way.

It's a beautiful morning here in Carolina. I've got the vitamins in. I've already switched over from my coffee to my tea. I've got the tiger by the tail (as my Daddy used to say).

I'm going tomorrow for my follow up blood work. It's been 2 weeks since the iron infusion and I really do feel different. The headaches and restless leg are gone. My energy level is better than I can remember it being in a long time. I'm thinking this blood work will show a great big check in the WIN box.

Breakfast -  Oatmeal & banana

Lunch - Tossed Salad  &  Ham on sandwich thin (flax & whole wheat)

Dinner -  Roast Beef w/ green beans & Grapes while I'm watching TV

Have a great day!!

- Iris

Sending peaceful thoughts your way too, Tess.  Take some time every hr to put your head back, close your eyes and deep breathe...great stress reliever.

Iris, I love the sandwich thins with flax seed on top.  When I first started buying them, there were more seeds.  I make sure to get every seed from the bottom of the bag...love to crunch them between my front teeth :)

Good Morning!
Deep Breath today Tess, you can do it!!

Today I am on Day 3 of my 5 day pouch test, and I am so happy to eat some solid food! I felt that tightness this morning already and OH my! I had a hard boiled egg and thought It was all coming back up on me!!

Here is what I have planned:

B: Hard Boiled Egg 

S: Hard Boiled Egg and half of an egg white and coffee

L: Scrambled Eggs with Salsa

S: Can of solid white Albacore Tuna with a teaspoon of yellow mustard

D: More Scrambled Eggs with Salsa

S: Protein drink

Weighed myself today and I was down another 2 lbs! I have gone from 164 to 148 in 10 days, and I just don't feel "bloated" like I was feeling.  Working on the vitamins for today.  I see everyone talking about these quest bars, I think I am going to try these!  Has anyone tried the quest pasta by any chance??

Exercise - 45 Minutes of insanity first thing this morning.

Make it a great day everyone!! 

Praying for you Tess.  :-)  God is so good...He is our strength!

5DPT, day 4

EATS

Early Morning:  2 cups coffee w/SF hazelnut creamer

B:  ground beef, 1 slice cheese

S:  Unjury Protein Shake

L:  ground beef, 1 slice cheese

S:  Unjury Protein Shake

D: ground beef, 1 slice cheese

S:  1 c fat free milk

TOTALS:   1229 calories, 136g Protein 

WEIGHT:  Pre-Op: 302, Current: 185 (Height:  5’ 7”)

Good Morning BOTTs.

Good luck for an uneventful audit Tess.  Take good care of yourself especially during this hectic time.

Iris, I'm with you on the iron infusion benefits on gaining more energy and the relief from RLS!!!  Such a great feeling.  I'm really happy for you too.

Melissa....yay for you!!!  That's awesome!!  Way to go with your control! 

I'm taking care of me in another respect today, time for the ObGyn appt for the Pap.  Is it funny that I am looking forward to blowing out of work two hours early even tho it's to hear, "Scooch down a little further and relax your knees."?      Haha 

Breakfast: protein drink

Snack: protein bar

Lunch: cottage cheese and watermelon

Snack:  peach and string cheese

Dinner:  fish and Caesar salad

Snack:  protein drink

I am looking forward to a walk in my neighborhood this evening.  Slowly getting back into the exercise regime. 

Have a good day everyone.

Gaby

HUGS... 

Morning!  Finally got my protein and I am feeling more in control and little better

eats

pb: protein shake and coffee (trying the spiced latte creamer and not sure how I feel about it....)

b: frozen waffle and half of a banana

s: another shake

l: salad and leftover grilled chicken or tri tip

d: grilled chicken breast and maybe red potato or green beans

i pour my first 32oz of water and will be taking my vitamins here in a bit. Have a great day everyone!

oh and today at nap time I'm going to try to throw in a workout video

A little late today so reporting what I did. Today is day 7 of my effort to los 20 lbs :)

B: Omelet with peppers and chicken sausage

S: Plain Greek Yogurt with Splenda

L: Chicken breast with salad and Low Fat cheese

S: Apple, Low Fat cheese, Mini Pepper

D: Chicken Breast with mixed veggies

Exercise - Walk at lunch and Gym after work.

Good evening, BOTT friends,

It's after midnight, and I have an early morning dental appt. so I'll be brief.  Bike workout done earlier this evening, 84 mins covering 12.1 miles.  I had more carbs than usual today (good carbs :) so I wanted to be sure to work them off.  Today I ate:

B:  1 c All-Bran, 1/2 c almond milk, 2 tbsps SF hazelnut creamer

S:  Iced coffee with Splenda and 5 tbsps SF hazelnut creamer, 3/4 c pistachios (measured in shell)

L:  BLT with 6 strips low sodium turkey bacon on sandwich thin, 2 tsps mayo, lettuce, tomato

S:  3 c watermelon chunks (didn't plan to go there but my mom "forced" me, lol)

D:  5 ozs homemade turkey meatballs in marinara, 3/4 c cooked cabbage, 1 tbsp shredded parmesan

Goodnight friends :)