Witching Hour

this is the middle of the hardest part of the day. THIS is when I am STARVING. dinner was 5 hours ago.  Breakfast is another 8 hours away and my body is DYING .  what I want is to clean out the fridge. what I have on hand could be fruit, veggies, but what I want.. oh what I want is something fast, crunchy and takes a lot of work to chew. tonight. I do believe black eyed peas it is, but I WANT Nachos or Chips or Popcorn.. ggrrr. I better get a drink as well. I see a 20 oz of crystal lite in my furture before my tummy knaws through to my back.

Hi Katherine,
I know how you feel.  I have problems sleeping so I usually wake up between 2 and 3 am.  I make my coffee and after an hour or so, am looking for something to eat.  The one thing that I did before that helped me before, was making a day's worth of vanilla protein drink.  This way, I could add any type of pudding mix or s.f. caramel to each glass for a different drink througout the day.  While this isn't crunchy or chewy, it will help get you satisfied to work through that time span of "wanting something, fast", and slowly change those cravings.  I hope that this helps with those "head munchies"!
Deb

yes, the sleeping thing has got me over a barrel.  I had my RNY 5 years ago and a hysterectomy 3 years ago and my sleep went south about a year after that. I do not partake of coffee after noon, and any caffiene after 3 pm or I would NEVER sleep.

I should drink more shakes.

Hi Kat:

I need something crunchy and quick sometimes and I get the mini Biscotti from Bari Wise.  I get them from Diet Direct and they are yummy with only 15 calories a piece and 1 gram of protein.  They are kinda expensive at $7.99 a bag for 20 but are so worth it to me.  I also buy some of the Kay Products crunchy chips at 140 calories a bag and 10 grams of protein.  Raw vegetables and I do not get along very well but you may be better with them.  Just some food for thought.

I should bake some of my own biscotti, I mean, how hard can it be right? as for veggies. I have a LIMITED number on my safe list.

I can eat carrots, broccoli, asparagus, celery. the rest generally give me the foamies.

Hi Kat,

I too have the same issues and what I found worked for me was eating protein often through out the day. I found if I did that I would not have those nasty cravings at night.  It may take awhile to get the sugar/carb cravings out of your body but this will help big time. Also find something to do to take your mind off eating.  Part of this is head hunger also.

If you live where it's nice take a walk, bike ride. If not, put on some music and dance, dance, dance.

Please when thi****s eat! Yes I said eat....  but make it something like an apple with almond butter or greek yogurt with SF syrup, fruit and if you need crunch some natural granola.

Try these and if they don't help came back and we will find a plan B

Take care,
Kathy

I should eat throughout the day, and I alway intend too but with my family situation (I still have 5 kids at home) and I homeschool around the clock it seams. finding time to do more than a cheese stick on the run is my own fault for not stoping and putting myself first. I did do it yesterday, you should have seen my girl. heehee. I said .NO. I am going to sit here for 5 minutes and you are going to do what I have shown you how to do it and she was arguing with me that she couldnt do it. I had just demonstrated how to. she just was not confident that she could. but I had to insist that I needed to SIT DOWN and chill for 5 minutes. that is stil the hard part. each one of my family thinks that I am INDEPENSIBLE and INVENCIBLE. she would rather wash the dishes than learn to make Royal Icing.  Finally I wrote it out for her and she was able to do it. but she really was not sure she could. that is pretty typical. so I run ragged.

as for excersize. technically I am in the tropics, and I should be able to go out for a walk, however. like I said. it does take a concerted effort to do it, finding me time was never my strong suit. there are 5 kids, 2 spouses, 2 grand kids, one on the way next month and if each one only needed 1on1 time for an hour a day, well that would leave me 4 to sleep. it is a crazy life style to be sure.

the most challenging part of post op for me was not eating or not eating, but what to eat. anything with dairy with the exception of string cheese gives me the worst dumping. not even an ounce of milk on cereal if I want to stay vertical. so no 'smoothies' as everyone talks about in my future. no granola that sends my glucose through the roof. definitely loved but can not eat the greek yogurt.  

safe choices:
lentils
black eyed peas
black beans
egg
cheese sticks 1-2
cottage cheese
ice cream 1-2 Tbl
toast
crepes
tenderloin beef grilled
turkey baked
very moist chicken grilled
flakey salmon burger
asparagus / alfredo
broccoli / alfredo
carrots / ranch
celery / cream cheese
apples / pbutter
dried veggie chips

I was really happy with the black eyed peas 'pop' yesterday, they have a good chew to them, much better than the mush of the pinto. so glad I tried them.