melissa_whitener
A long week at work, a cold, and ...
Feb 17, 2012
PMS!! These demons have joined together to make me HUNGRY!! I feel like I did back when I first stopped drinking soda and cut waaay back on carbs. I am craving carbs and so very hungry, and not sure how to get thru the day. I am enjoying my job as a 3rd shift QC Inspector at Flourtek, Inc., and I have been sleeping well, but this week has been tough! Cold medicine before work and again before bed, sleeping almost all the time I'm not at work, and still feeling at the low ebb of energy at the end of each workday. Hopefully the upcoming long weekend will help me to whip this cold and get caught up on my rest. My weight continues to drop, very sloooooowly, but drop it does, at least until today!
I have been really hungry all day, starving in fact, and did not sleep when I got home from work. Instead I caught up on my TV shows and deleted them from my DVR and tried to think about what the boys needed for their weekend. They are camping with the Boy Scouts and competing in a Klondike Derby this weekend, so Bob and I have the place to ourselves. Sadly, they did nothing to prepare for the camp-out, so today was a crazy as I got them to pack up all their gear and go over their list of required materials for their competition. A quick trip to our favorite neighborhood market and they are all set for a great weekend in the Poconos with their friends, and I can look forward to having a nice dinner out with Bob tonight or tomorrow. Meanwhile, let the hormones rage, I will just try to drink as much water as I can stand and ride out this hunger or maybe get some sleep eventually. I know I have been a total meanie with my guys today, so irritable with my hormones all over the place. Hopefully all will be resolved before the weekend is over and I return to work.
I have to say I am amazed and pleased that I continue to lose weight. When I started the WLS journey back in November, I knew it would be a long haul before I could have surgery, and I committed myself to eating smart, and to really change the way I think and feel about food. I am practicing the "I don't eat that anymore" attitude, instead of feeling deprived. Today, my son Jack asked me if I liked lemonade. I told him that I really do like it, but the sugar in lemonade is really not good for me, and I don't like the flavor of lemonade with artificial sweetener, so I choose not to drink it.
The other day Jack and I had a good talk about food and weight. He has been quite chubby the last year or two, but since I got rid of all the junk food in my house we are all eating healthy and he has started to slim down. He is very happy about this, but still doesn't completely get the connection between the change in eating habits and his body changes. I explained to him that I am not a dog, so I don't think of food as a "treat" any more. Instead, I think of food as fuel for my body. I try to give my body the fuel it needs each day, protein, carbs and a little fat, plus lots of water and my vitamins. If the fuel is tasty that is a bonus, but all that I require is that the food provide my body with all it needs to be healthy and function properly. He commented that I have really changed how I think about food, and I said yes, I am really changing how I think and feel about food and my body. I'm hoping that he and his brother will begin to think this way too!
Working has been a good thing for me, surprisingly. I pack a lunch each day and I enjoy Light & Fit yogurt or cottage cheese and tomato, or a lean sandwich on whole wheat bread. Often I am so tired when I get home that I eat a yogurt and then go right off to bed, and I often hit the "snooze" button for a few extra zzzz s instead of getting up in time to eat a meal before work. Luckily I am allowed to take a water bottle in with me, so I can practice sipping all during my shift as I work. I started working on January 25, and so it has been just 3 and 1/2 weeks since I started, but I am feeling at home there, enjoying talking with my coworkers, and really enjoying bringing home a paycheck! How nice it is to be earning again, to be contributing to the family's financial well being as well as doing the "Mom thing". I have really missed this, and I am so glad to be working again.
The next big question, "What to do with a 3 day weekend??"
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I have been really hungry all day, starving in fact, and did not sleep when I got home from work. Instead I caught up on my TV shows and deleted them from my DVR and tried to think about what the boys needed for their weekend. They are camping with the Boy Scouts and competing in a Klondike Derby this weekend, so Bob and I have the place to ourselves. Sadly, they did nothing to prepare for the camp-out, so today was a crazy as I got them to pack up all their gear and go over their list of required materials for their competition. A quick trip to our favorite neighborhood market and they are all set for a great weekend in the Poconos with their friends, and I can look forward to having a nice dinner out with Bob tonight or tomorrow. Meanwhile, let the hormones rage, I will just try to drink as much water as I can stand and ride out this hunger or maybe get some sleep eventually. I know I have been a total meanie with my guys today, so irritable with my hormones all over the place. Hopefully all will be resolved before the weekend is over and I return to work.
I have to say I am amazed and pleased that I continue to lose weight. When I started the WLS journey back in November, I knew it would be a long haul before I could have surgery, and I committed myself to eating smart, and to really change the way I think and feel about food. I am practicing the "I don't eat that anymore" attitude, instead of feeling deprived. Today, my son Jack asked me if I liked lemonade. I told him that I really do like it, but the sugar in lemonade is really not good for me, and I don't like the flavor of lemonade with artificial sweetener, so I choose not to drink it.
The other day Jack and I had a good talk about food and weight. He has been quite chubby the last year or two, but since I got rid of all the junk food in my house we are all eating healthy and he has started to slim down. He is very happy about this, but still doesn't completely get the connection between the change in eating habits and his body changes. I explained to him that I am not a dog, so I don't think of food as a "treat" any more. Instead, I think of food as fuel for my body. I try to give my body the fuel it needs each day, protein, carbs and a little fat, plus lots of water and my vitamins. If the fuel is tasty that is a bonus, but all that I require is that the food provide my body with all it needs to be healthy and function properly. He commented that I have really changed how I think about food, and I said yes, I am really changing how I think and feel about food and my body. I'm hoping that he and his brother will begin to think this way too!
Working has been a good thing for me, surprisingly. I pack a lunch each day and I enjoy Light & Fit yogurt or cottage cheese and tomato, or a lean sandwich on whole wheat bread. Often I am so tired when I get home that I eat a yogurt and then go right off to bed, and I often hit the "snooze" button for a few extra zzzz s instead of getting up in time to eat a meal before work. Luckily I am allowed to take a water bottle in with me, so I can practice sipping all during my shift as I work. I started working on January 25, and so it has been just 3 and 1/2 weeks since I started, but I am feeling at home there, enjoying talking with my coworkers, and really enjoying bringing home a paycheck! How nice it is to be earning again, to be contributing to the family's financial well being as well as doing the "Mom thing". I have really missed this, and I am so glad to be working again.
The next big question, "What to do with a 3 day weekend??"
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12/31/2013
Surgery Date
Nov 30, 2011
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