Sunday - cafe and cardio

How is everyone BOTT? 

I am tired, but woke up to feed the kitty (he eats asnf poops and asks for more food) .

We need to run some errands, beside that I am not sure what wee going to do. Ii may try to take my BF to yoga.

 

Eats:

Coffee + Miralax, more coffee

Tea.

Protein cookies - need to make a batch so will try them...

Scrambled eggs bacon veggies 

Dinner out - after yoga - hopefully..

LNS: nuts.. 

I hope your kitty is doing better today.......hugs to both of you.

I wish I had a Costco close by......I think the nearest one is 4 hours from here !  I do have a Sam's an hour away (Amarillo)and I make a trip there about once a month....not to just go to Sam's, but usually for a drs. appointment for me or my hubby or just shopping.  My small town of 10,000 has a Walmart (not a super center, but we are getting one in the fall), two grocery stores, a JCPenneys, Bealls, Ace Hardware,three banks, small rural hospital, a Junior college, one movie theatre, etc.  I teach 9 miles away in a town of 2,000.  So my options are really limited here.  To me, Amarillo is the big city (population 193,000) !!  

Got my new sofa and I love it.....it is bigger than the old one so I had to rearrange a little in the den.  I would post a picture, but I don't know how.  😛

my eats for today.....morning vits taken.....had blood work done by endocrinologist twice since April...all my levels are good.........water started.......exercise.....I have actually been getting on my elliptical some the past few days and am building up my time on it.....to me, it is a killer !!  😳

breakfast......coffee/miralax....scrambled egg, cheese, bacon

snack...........none

lunch............homemade veg/beef soup and small piece of jalapeño cornbread ( it is really cool in our area right now..soup sounded good !!

snack.............fruit of some kind

dinner............fish and veggies

snack.............strawberry short cake....mmmmmmm!  ☺️

Have a great day and an even better week !!

Can you text or email the picture? I can post it for you...

Btw- what is your name? Hala here. !! 

Happy Sunday BOTT Family,

Feeling better today although I am still experiencing a little pain and discomfort. My appetite is still little to none, but it's okay because I'm not hungry. Hope to renew some form of exercise next week. I am down 4lbs. since Thursday.

My meals...

EM- EAS Chocolate Protein Shake - 11oz

B -   2 Scrambled eggs w/spinach & pepper jack cheese

L -   2oz Grilled Chicken w/green beans

D -   EAS Chocolate Protein Shake - 11oz

S -   Chobani Banana-Strawberry Greek Yogurt - 6oz

Milk it- the Lowe appetite - make sure you get 80-100 proterins - shakes are easy - and keep loading. Be careful with exercise -noting very strenuous.    You don't want hernia. 

You are doing great!  !  ! 

 

 

Yes H.a.l.a. B. the shakes are very easy, and while I am finding it difficult to eat, it's also difficult getting the shakes down I get full so  quickly. I am enjoying this re-visit to the "honeymoon faze" of weight loss whether I had a revision or not.  I haven't done any form of exercise, not even a slow stroll.  Surprised that I'm not rebounding as quickly as I had hoped, but then I was a little younger back then!!!

Have an On Track and Blessed Day!!!

Hala, can I send my picture to you. Every time I try and post it it says it is too big. So I make it smaller and still doesn't work. I have decided to go see a surgeon. My appointment is tomorrow in the am. I am just so frustrated b/c I eat like I should, I walk at least 5 times per week and I went back up 10 pounds after dropping the 15 in about 2 months. I want to see if maybe the pouch or stoma are large. I just want to see if I have any options at all, because I am pulling my hair out over this. I have an upper gi at 7 am tomorrow and then meet with surgeon. I am just so frustrated and I need to do this. I will continue eating the way I should and exercising, it is just so frustrating to gain after losing.
I don't mean to be negative, seems as though everyone is doing an awesome job-keep it up!!

Ugh... Typed as lot. And OH "ate it" .

Anyway - if you want to post opopr email me exactly what and how much you eat - I can tell you what my body would do. 

Some fake foods - liked protein bars - make me gain like crazy .. But same calories but real food - and I slowly lose.  

I also practice IF - intermittent fasting - it works surprisingly well for me. 

I don't eat for 12-14 hrs every day.  I have to eat before bed (typically nuts ) so I chose not tyo eat until 11am or 1 pm. 

This what I eat to lose: 

Cal goal: 1100 

Proteins: 30% (90 gr)

Fat:45 % (55 gr)

Carbs: 20 % (60 gr) (all carbs not net)

I don't get more than 90-100 proteins a day. If I need to increase calories - I get more fat - nuts, avocado, olives, bacon..

I am allergic to dairy - so no milk, cheese, whey, yogurt, etc. 

I try to limit very drastically any artificial sweeteners.  They make my BS drop just like real sugars - probably thery affect my insulin.  Too much insulin = weight gain . 

Hala

 

 

Thanks for that great advice! The upper gi showed a small pouch. I will have an endoscopy on July 31 for a more accurate picture. Meanwhile the surgeon said to exercise more (like walk faster) and get no more than 1200 cal. per day or less. I may not be keeping track of my calories as close as I should. He does not think revision is necessary nor would do any good. So it is back to the drawing board for me and more trying. He gave me a prescription for 15 mg of phentermine, which I know is a stimulant. He said the purpose would be to suppress the hunger I sometimes get and maybe a little more energy because I am so tired all the time. I will go get my labs done too this week and make sure everything is on the up and up. I am not to happy about using the phentermine, but I will try it for a few weeks. It is only meant to be taken for a few weeks anyway and one must be extremely careful with it. So that is what happened and I guess no revision for me . oh well.

When I am low on iron - low for ME- I have very little energy.  And not even realizing it - I move less (tired - limiting many efforts I don't need). Even making dinner - or just having something not so good for me will happen on low iron. 

Now I had already 3 of 4 iron infusions.  The changes in me - huge. I started going to yoga, started some house renovation, started organizing the house . I am pack rat - small horder. Time to orgasniuze the stuf.  

When my iron is low - I rather go buy new stuff that try to look through my stuff to find the 5 I probably have - bought on sale... Ugh...Ugh. 

Remember " I can't outrun bad diet" - I know I can't. I used to be very fit 235 lbs -fat person.