Day 12 on OH

Dec 12, 2010

I am trying a Chobani Greek Yogurt for the first time right now!  I bought it and it sat in my fridge for a week, as I was scared to try it.  I made myself today.  I made myself taste the plain, fat free flavor.  I guess it wasn't awful?  I could imagine adding some Tastefully Simple Onion Onion to this for a party dip.  So then after tasting a few bites, I added some sugar free zero calorie vanilla syrup to it, to try that.  I can honestly say I am now enjoying this lunch.  17 grams of protein packed into 100 fat free calories, guess that makes it yummy!!  I can imagine it would be a great fruit dip! 

I am so happy that I have started and kept up these positive changes.  I can hardly wait til Tuesday when I attend my 3rd workshop and go weigh myself.  I lost 10 lbs. in the first week of trying, and am excited to see what this week has brought! 

Last night was a challenge.  I went to my mom's holiday party.  She served pasta w/meatballs and sausage.  She also had more food that one can imagine in such a tiny setting.  I feel like I enjoyed myself without over indulging.  I could have done worse, and also could have done better.  I had one glass of white zinfandel.  I had a few jumbo shrimp dipped in cocktail sauce.  I had a small handfull of a sweeter version of Chex Party Mix.  I had a 3 tortilla chips dipped in 9 layer dip (they were reasonably small dips!).  I had 3 wheat thins spread w/fat free cream cheese and jalepeño pepper jelly.  For dinner I had the smallest portion of pasta I have ever served myself (about 1/2-3/4 cup) and one meat ball and one sausage.  The other half of my plate was salad.  I had a sliver of pound cake and a sliver of ricotta cake and a sliver of ricotta pie.  Then later a very small cookie and a small brownie (made w/splenda).  I know this looks like alot.  But I also know that if I was not in such a good frame of mind, I would have eaten 3-4 times that amount at this party.  I also know that I went into the party at under 500 calories for the day.  I am not ashamed, and realize that I will not be able to eat that way post surgery.  That is partly why I did induldge.  I may never truly enjoy some of those foods again after I have this surgery. 

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