Feb. 17

Good afternoon botts:

My meal planner today:

B: jimmy dean delight

S: Greek yogurt, nectarine, small nsa bran muffin

L: turkey, broccoli, tortellini and tomato sauce

S: Greek yogurt, nectarine and granola

D: shrimp, cod and rice

S: nut crunch protein bar, Metamucil crackers

Have a great day everyone. Tri

3 days coke and sweet tea free.  I mindlessly ate a brownie tonight before I even realized it, otherwise not bad.

Working on my shopping list to try to do induction like low carbs for 2 weeks-premier protein shakes(need to double check stats)eggs, canadian bacon, hollandaise sauce, low carb soup ingredients, steak, low carb bars, pork rinds, dill pickles, cheese and researching what else.

Watch for some so called "low carb bars" . I got really "burned" by that.  In many cases - the low carbs is calculated by substructing SA and fiber. But our body gets very smart and can still convert that to simple sugars... They are still carbs - just may be slower carbs... Watch for cravings if you introduce them... 

Things like quest bars, pure proteins, etc etc..always afected my BS.. Not in a good way... And they either stalled my WL or make me gain... 

The only "bars" that I personally use are epic bars...they are made from meat, nuts and some fruits. They are my emergency food. And since they are weird (i call them "acquired taste") I only eat them in emergency...not when I want some tasty snack... They are OK to eat...but not that good to enjoy them as food.... I take them with me when I travel and always have some in my purse in case of emergency... And it has to be an emergency for me to eat that...lol..

I'm not a fan of bars.  Trying to help get past the hump of feeling like I'm on dieting.  The more I try to control my food, the more my brain will not shut up about being "hungry"

yeap. I know.  I want to lose 8 last lbs of my regain... but once yu so close to goal.. and clothes fit good,  you feel good.. motivation is not as strong as it should be... grrrr...

But I am having eyelids lift surgery in less than 2 months.. so less fat - more he can pull and tuck..no? Once that is done - I hope to get some face lift.... 

I am one of those "skinny biotches " that complains about 5-10 lbs.. 

Hala

When I had my eyelid lift surgery the surgeon also did a eyebrow lift.  She drilled 4 holes in my head and put in dissolving plastic hooks above and to the side of each eye.  She laperascopically pulled my eyelids up and to the side with strings and attached them to the hooks. The hooks dissolved over time.  Then she tightened my eyelids.  I have no forehead wrinkles or crows feet.  Unfortunately she made the eyelid incisions about an 8th of an inch too high so I have visible scars.  She also pulled one eye and eyebrow higher than the other.  She was a new surgeon without much experience.  The idea however was good and I would have looked great if it were done properly.  Insurance paid for the whole procedure because my eyebrows were causing a lot of my sagging eyelids.  I also wish I had had her do the lower face lift at that time to save money in the long run.  Best of luck to you, Tri

Thanks. Ouch... The doc who is doing the surgery is an ophthalmologist.  I have dropping eyelids..that makes my night vision not that good. He is not a plastic suurgeon and he is suppose to very experienced with doing that correctly.  When I went for consultation with my plastic surgeon - he took one look and hold me to get my eyelids medically fixed (muscles and skin) then come back to him. I hope insurance pays for my eyelids. My doc was confident that they will. 

I always had "droopy eyelids" one worse than the other... End since I got older and lost the weight - they got worse...

My doc does that surgery on twilight - so he can adjust the muscle pull and not get the "Kenny Rogers" effect... And makes sure both eyes are "rather even". Wil see... 

BTW: when my body needs some "comfort food" I let it have it - no more than once a week.. for me it is natural organic PB NSA. 

or salsa and pork rinds.. 

or unlimited chicken or pork loin..