I'm struggling to keep away from the carbs today too. I'm having Unjury in lemonade/water during the day here, along with coffee and tea. I do plan to eat some protein tonight - I made some turkey chili, so hopefully that will be enough for me. I'm really trying to water load today so that I feel full. OK ladies, let's keep this ball rollin'!! We can do it!!! Hugs, Nancy

Hi all, Yesterday was a good day, I had a snack of dry bran crunch but other than that not too bad. I need to plan better. I'm so busy trying to keep my kids schedule up that I neglect myself. I think if I sit and make myself a weekly plan I might do better. Something to ponder. Anyway...... today I don't have much of a plan so I won't post it. I'll post what I actually ate tomorrow but wanted to stop by and say I wish we all lived closer where we could have a real time support group! Wouldn't that be fun?

Well hello to all, I have been having a love affair with carbs so yesterday I went back to the post op diet of liquid....protein drinks, had to have my coffee, tea, pudding....and so on...so today I am on the liquid/soft food again. I had NO carbs yesterday in the form of breads...rice..etc. and I thought I was going to die by lunchtime....I had a terrible headache.....I really need to break the cycle as I have been craving carbs something terrible......no headache today so we shall see....I was 165 yesterday which is up from my lowest so I will weigh tomorrow or Thursday to see if I can get back down and back on track. Hugs to all.....I feel I am over that first day hump of NO CARBS.....I will pray for strength to keep going as they are my real downfall...... Karen 299 - 165 - 149

You beat me here today! In regards to peanut butter, I guess I'm pretty lucky. Even one sandwich will sometimes cause me to dump, and TWO sandwiches will definitely have me feeling miserable! Yesterday's MEAL plan went just fine, although I had a little trouble with the snacks. And it's not even that I wanted to snack...I made muffins to kill time (and they're bran, so a filling snack) and wound up having one in addition to the snacks I'd already had. I don't think I went over 1500 calories, though. But I guess only the scale will know! Also, no exercise. B: english muffin L: chicken wrap, cottage cheese, grapes D: penne with peas and some sort of sauce mix my hubby found S: bran muffin Exercise: I absolutely, positively MUST get in 30 minutes today! Pamela 4 up from lowest point

Hi Pamela! I don't have a good suggestion for your situation beyond brainstorming with the parent some options. You may need to give the parent a sense that you want to help her make other arrangments as you can't accommodate the arrangement long term. As far as eating... I was running late today, so I didn't have a good plan in place and I fell into the quick eating trap. I ate polish dog and bun today, of all things! Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Hope you had a great day!! Denise