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I really had hoped the scale would go down. I know this is going to be a long journey because I eat so much. I wish I could eat less, but I can't. I will keep plugging along. Tri
I bought croissants and ate 1 of them yesterday. Last night I ate the other 2 of them. From now on I will follow my plan and not purchase those red flag foods. If they are not in the house I am better off. If I want something that calls out to me I will simply buy 1 of them rather than the 3 pack. Other than that 600 calorie poor choice my day went well. I ended up eating around 2400 calories yesterday...oh well. I am not hungry at all this morning so that is good. I had one Weigh****chers leader recommend counting calories from lunch through the following morning breakfast so that if I cheated at night I could skip breakfast. I did that for a while. I also bought sugar free fudgesicles yesterday. They are a nice treat for 40 calories. I will get bot today. Tri
I had another 1800 calorie day yesterday. I feel like I am building new habits that will bring me under 200 lbs. for the first time since 2012. I am accepting that it may take me a year to get there. I view it as practicing my lifestyle rather than dieting. Tri
I am making a lot of good food choices every day:
1. a bowl of my veggie soup before dinner
2. a salad with fat free dressing before lunch
3. a slice of my cheesecake
4. a nuked chopped apple and walnuts with cinnamon and sugar free syrup
5. Slimfast snack and sugar free Snack Pack pudding
6. 1/2 plain Greek Yogurt and 1/2 Kroger Carbmaster yogurt blended together
7. alternate coffee and water
8 Santa Fe tortilla crust veggie quiche as a breakfast choice
9. Great Value Canadian bacon, egg white and turkey on whole grain English muffin as a breakfast choice.
10. Santa Fe tortilla crust "pizza", wrap or quesadilla for lunch
11. Lean meats and whole grain starches for meals
12. Nature Valley Peanut and dark chocolate protein bar
13. Great Value low carb Chocolate protein powder added to ho****er or coffee
14. Sugar free Blue Bunny ice cream bars...worth 100 calories!
15. I forgive myself quickly when I go off track and take a short walk with the dog.
I feel great this morning. I ate 1850 calories of healthy food yesterday. I ended up eating 10 meals. I drank 56 oz. of water and too much coffee. My goal is to drink 64 oz. of water and less coffee today. I am determined to do whatever it takes to get under 200 lbs. This is going to take a long time, but each pound makes me feel healthier. Tri
Yesterday I baked a cheesecake. This is my recipe:
Coconut Lime Cheesecake
Process in a food processor until smooth:
15 oz. fat free ricotta cheese (high in calcium and lower in salt)
16 oz. fat free cream cheese (high in calcium, but salty)
12 oz. dry curd cottage cheese (high in calcium and low salt)
1/4 cup corn starch
1/2 cup Splenda
5 eggs
1/4 cup lime juice
Stir 2/3 cup unsweetened coconut into the mixture.
Spray a springform pan with cooking spray and spread 1/2 cup granola crumbs on the bottom for a crust. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for an hour at 275 degrees. Turn the oven off and bake for another 30 minutes. Cool completely and then refrigerate.
Spread 1 container of lime Greek yogurt on top of the cheesecake. Refrigerate.
Serves 12
Today starts a new week and I am going to give it my all. I think Fridays will be my weigh in day. I am going to fine tune my meals. I haven't felt like I have swallowed food since 2 weeks before my rny when I started the liquid diet. If I overeat, food rapidly raises my blood sugar. If I take extra insulin, my appetite goes crazy. I am not really sure what my diet plan should look like. 6 meals is still sending my on a blood sugar roller coaster. I have split my Lantus into a morning and evening dose. It is helping my blood sugars. I am now going to try smaller more frequent doses of Humalog this week. Maybe I need 8 or even 12 meals a day. I think today I should experiment. Over the past 15 years I have been physically helped by a few wonderful doctors and hurt by many doctors. If a surgery can be botched it has been. For years I have a recurring nightmare of being strapped onto an operating table and repeatedly stabbed. I am actually scared of going to the clinic. This makes a revision impossible for me so I have to find a way to manage my weight and blood sugars on my own. Tri
My meal plan today:
7 B: 1/4th Santa Fe crust veggie quiche 170
9 S: clementines 70
10 S: plain Greek yogurt 90
11 S: salad 100
12 L: brown rice, turkey, broccoli 350
2 S: Slimfast snack and sf pudding 170
3 S: my fat free/sugar free cheesecake 150
4 S: my veggie soup with cut up turkey dog 150
5 D: pasta, Italian veggies and 1/2 sausage 350
9 S: apple and walnuts 250
1850 calories
7 glasses of water
Yesterday went well until we ate out last evening. I skipped the bread bowl, drank water and skipped the desert. Unfortunately the server brought a bowl of chicken dumpling soup instead of the lighter veggie soup I ordered. She offered to exchange it, but all those dumplings were calling out to me! I looked up the calories when I got home and 1 cup was 240 calories. This bowl was loaded with those tasty morsels. The bottom line is 1900 calories instead of my planned 1800 calories. I am determined to stay under 1800 calories today. This afternoon I had a salad with fat free dressing, lean deli beef and my veggie soup. We are invited out to dinner tonight and they are serving sausages. I will skip the bun, eat the salad and drink water. It will hopefully be ok. I need to get my body back together. Tri
Yesterday I ate 1900 calories. I really need to consistently eat 1800 calories every day. For now though, I would be happy with one 1800 calorie day. I ate a nice salad but did not eat my veggie soup. That is something positive I can do each day. I also drank 2 mugs off water instead of only drinking coffee. I am definitely moving my body more for the past few days. I might go to the gym to ride a stationary bike for a mile today. It doesn't burn many calories but my legs feel stronger when I do that. That would be a positive thing to do. Tri
I ate 2100 calories yesterday. This morning I weighed 226 lbs. Today I ate 2200 calories. It is amazing how easy it is to eat a couple hundred extra calories. For example: 8 pecan halves and 1 oz. of shredded cheese on my salad added 200 calories. 4 soda crackers and a slice of cheese added 160 calories. It goes down so quickly without even thinking about it. I also realized that I drink about 4 mugs of coffee with about 1/4 cup of 1% low fat milk in each. That is another 100 calories that slides down so easily. That is 460 calories added to my 1600 calorie plan. I burn 10 lbs. per pound of me which adds up to 46 extra pounds on me. I rarely drink water...mostly coffee. I need to work on that tomorrow. Maybe that will help. Doesn't this sound so simple? I should be able to do this... seriously! Tri
I ate around 2000 calories yesterday. I am 225 lbs. today...down 3 lbs. I will try to eat 1800 calories today. I did laundry, cleaning, shopping and cooking for exercise yesterday. I am continuing healthy habits like a salad with fat free dressing and my veggie soup which is fat free broth, chopped celery and low carb veggies. I also made a fat free/sugar free cheesecake. It is very high calcium. I will continue cleaning out the basement today for exercise. Tri
I haven't been here for 6 months. No one else is here either. I would post on other forums, but this is a safe group. I am around 228 lbs. now. I have been trying to get it together, but it is so difficult for me. I take both Lantus and Novalog insulin. After I take it my appetite increases sharply. It is like my brain senses the littlest drop in blood sugar and calls out for food. I eat healthy food, but too much of it because I don't feel like I have swallowed anything. I consistently eat around 2300 calories. I move less after my toe and metatarsals were amputated last year. I also had a silent heart attack some time since the RNY. I wish I had never had this ridiculous rny. It is the gift that keeps on giving. Maybe I can turn it around and get under 200 lbs. I should be able to eat 1800 calories or even 2000 calories. Hopefully I will have a good day and post again tomorrow with happy thoughts. Tri
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