Not Expected, But... Moving On

Jun 20, 2016

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Alrighty then... a gain of 2 oz.Barely any change, but not thrilled that it's in the opposite direction.

However, I did go from a week of clear liquids to 5 days of full liquids/soft foods and on the weekend, we had two restaurant meals. Saturday we went to dinner with my uncle at Olive garden. I was having some "movement" issues (too fast from liquids to soft foods I guess) and had two small plates of salad hoping that would help. I also had one bowl of minastrone, and a piece of salmon ala carte. I felt I chose wisely, but I was shocked to see that the herbed salmon was 490 calories all by itself! 

I need to make an apppointment with my doctor. I'm kind of winging it at this point, but I'm not really sure what I'm doing.

1. How much fat is too much?
2. How much sugar is too much?
3. How many carbs are too much?
4. How much protein should I be eating?
5. What is a realistic calorie level to shoot for at meal times?

Right now, I am WAY under what my calorie level should be for the day, yet I am not hungry for more food. I don't want to have to eat 12 lbs of salad to raise my calorie levels, but I don't want to eat crappy foods to reach it either. 

I'm doing ok with my water and vitamins. Had a couple of misses last week. I need to get something to carry pills in my purse. The water has been a bit more difficult. Because I am eating different foods and feeling more full, I'm not reaching for my water bottle as much as I did the week before.

I have three free phone apps that I am using to help me manage all of my new changes.

• Medi Safe-Reminds me when it's time to take my vitamins (and which vitamins those are) and keeps track of previous days so I can look back and see if and when I missed doses.
• Hydro Coach-Reminds me to drink water and keeps track of previous days as well. It also allows you to select the quantities that you usually drink at a time which will gauge how many reminders you receive in a day.
• Lose It! -Keeps track of weight loss, caloric intake, saves nutritional information for foods and custom recipes. Shows you how many calories you should be eating in a day per your weight, height, age, sex, and activity level. It scans grocery items with barcodes, or you can search for things such as fresh produce or restaurant menu items.

At some point tomorrow we should be receiving our Torani syrups! I can hardly wait! 

I ordered:S/F Almond Roca, S/F Brown Sugar Cinnamon, S/F Coconut, S/F Salted Caramel, S/F Pumpkin Pie, S/F gingerbread, and 6 dispensing pumps.

There are 3 of us in the house that will be using them, and the six pumps will allow each of us to use whichever one we want without having to commit to finishing one bottle. (Especially if someone finds they don't much care for one of the flavors). Options people... options. I will use these in protein shakes, overnight oatmeal recipes, flavorings for plain greek yogurt, etc. Lots of good ideas on The World According to Eggface. LOVE this blog. If you know of others like it, please share with me.

Later today, we should be getting our mandolin slicer and some silicon cupcake 'wrappers' to hold small treats in our bento boxes. I'm excited about the mandolin because it will allow me to (more easily) slice zucchini to use as noodles in lasagna, and also cucumbers for little roll up sandwiches. (But I am way more excited about the syrups). 

Have a good week!

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