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MelissaF
on 10/24/08 4:01 am, edited 10/24/08 4:02 am - Northwood, IA
Topic: RE: TGIF!!! Accountability
Good job girlie.  You could have eaten more after the PB crackers but you stopped THERE that is what is important.  You head gets right back in the game and do not let a little slip up detour you!  I now drink my tea with just ONE tsp of heavy cream (atkins style) and it really helps satisfy me.  Might try that.. it makes your tea into dessert when u add that and splenda.  Fat actually helps satisfy our hunger.  So I don't get so worried about fats, never have actually other than I try to limit saturated as much as possible.  I use a lot of extra virgin olive oil in cooking that is cold pressed b/c it is so good for our health anyways.

I want to thank you for doing this each and everyday Elaine.  I admire your accountability and its darn contagious... You know I can't sit still and watch others do so well and me not follow in their footsteps.  So I thank you for everything this past week.  I needed it after the week I had last week.  It was such an emotional ride the past month for me and I am finally able to focus on ME and not anything else other than my husband and my two little rugrat dogs :)  SO you started this at a great time for the both of us.... thank you. 

Starting today I am going to start logging again... I promised u that and I am holding to it.  I am inspired by your logging!  Great job!  I made a plan for today and here it is, I plan to follow it.... I am also going to go to the gym here in a bit and work my fanny off :) I will run 3 miles and do 1 hour of weights again.  Man was I sore after not doing it for so long.. makes me realize just how out of shape I was.. I was never sore when I was doing it all the time and had nice muscles to show for it.  I will get there again.

Breakfast: Protein coffee with 1 scoop protein powder and SF syrup.  I am not into eating in the morning anymore, anyone else like that?  So this is what I do.  Wish I was that way late at night!

Lunch: 4oz chicken breast, 1 egg, 1 tbsp of mayo

After gym workout: Atkins RTD protein shake

Dinner: Salad with fresh mozzarella, red onion, red pepper, and itallian dressing (regular, I am done with FF stuff... I just only need a drizzle anyways). 4 oz of grilled chicken with greek seasoning and olive oil.

Snack: Decaff Tea (3 cups) with 1 oz total of heavy cream/splenda

Cals: 1146, protein: 95


Hugs, Melissa 

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6166c1bf498224d5a8b93e&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

RNY- 12/04/06 with Dr. Matt Glasock

LBL - 4/28/09 with Dr. Rene Recinos


    
Geminidream
on 10/24/08 3:59 am - Spokane, WA
Topic: RE: does anyone else feel like they never had WLS?
There are times I'd say I feel that way too but since I've lived with a surgical pouch since '99 my feelings on it are a big different than yours.  Over the nearly two years since we all had our surgeries, I've gotten a lot better at recognizing head hunger and physical hunger.  There are just some days when my body and head just crank into overdrive to stimulate me to eat.  If there is that driving urget to just eat, eat, eat then I make better choices.  (usually!) 

What Melissa posted about her food capacity is nearly the same for me.  I think friends who see me eat away from home think I've never had surgery either because I'm usually downing a massive plate of salad.  Maybe next time we get together I should order fish or chicken for them to get a truer picture of my pouch capacity.    But who wants to sit there twiddling their fork while everybody else eats?  At a social occasion it is much more fun to keep shovelling food in like they do....I just choose soft veggies or salads so I can keep up with them. 

Sorry, rambling again.  Hang in there when you feel hungry all the time.  You must still be making good food choices since you are doing so well with your maintenance.  It is going to be a lifelong process for those of us who choose to keep working at being successful and I'm happy to be sharing that journey with you and our little 12/06 family here.

Hugs!
Molly

HW 268, SW 230, LW 130,Restart weight 228

Geminidream
on 10/24/08 3:30 am - Spokane, WA
Topic: RE: Dream Breasts... PS?
Good questions!  At my biggest (breastfeeding) I was an H cup and then deflated to a DD.  Went from that to a B even tho I'd asked to be a C before the reduction.  It was ok till this weight loss.  Now I have those 'breast envelopes' ...what a term.  They are just sort of squishy skin bags hanging there waiting for something to develope.  (pun intended)

Being 5'4" and hovering in the lower 140's I'd say a C would be my dream cup too.   Seems like cup size and proportion have a lot to do with your height.  Too short and a D cup would just add extra visible pounds.  Not to mention being a heavier implant to haul around the rest of your life and we all know from past experience how much that hurts. 

Can't get excited over the prospect of spending money on PS when I have such big car repairs to deal with, getting a new kitchen door and still working at paying off my recent bridge work.  Yeesh.  Not to mention the holidays coming! 

My DH is no help on the situation...he's a butt guy.  He's very gentlemanly about it all and my guess would be if he ever had any PS dreams for me it'd maybe be a booty lift.  hahaha  He's repeatedly told me I look just fine to him and only to do something to myself if it would make me feel better about myself.  Heck, I may complain about him from time to time but he's such a great guy at the core.

Molly 

HW 268, SW 230, LW 130,Restart weight 228

Elaine C.
on 10/24/08 12:20 am - Lawton, OK
Topic: TGIF!!! Accountability
So I slipped off-plan last night...did my elliptical and then about 9 I reallllyyy wanted a snack...tried some hot tea-did not work. Ended up eating 2 graham crackers with PB.  Could have been worse I guess. 

Plan for today is still a work in progress...going grocery shopping tomorrow so trying to finish off what is around the house.

B- protein shake
S. 2 cups coffee with s/f creamer
L- I think I'll get my PB craving out of the way and have those crackers w/PB (I used to have it on rice cakes but those are a trigger for me and I will eat them all day! Graham crackers not so much but since that is all I have in the house to put the PB on it'll have to do)
S-boiled egg
D-leftover from the freezer- can't tell bu think it is chicken sante fe soup (is it ban that I am not sure what is in the baggie?)
S- yogurt w/granola

Does anyone have a hard time on weekends?  My hard time is eating on schedule...I have a tendency to skip meals, like breakfast and then at lunch eat something stupid or not at all because I've enjoyed too many cups of coffee and just not hungry.
Elaine C.
on 10/24/08 12:08 am - Lawton, OK
Topic: RE: Accountability Wednesday!
My travels only take me as far as Walmart. LOL  But with a 4 YO I usually keep handy, wipes (for the face and hands), a snack of some sort (for me and him), water bottle, oh and the kitchen sink LOL
(deactivated member)
on 10/23/08 2:18 pm
Topic: RE: Dream Breasts... PS?
Thanks for checking out the site...

I am soooo Duh sometimes... the part of the PS site that I wanted you to look at was the case of the month area, but I forgot to mention it.  There is a woman who needed facial reconstruction that seemed amazing to me.  Here's that link:

http://www.101plasticsurgicenter.com/feature.cfm

I like the idea of a full C.  It would seem that you'd have better results with implants after a reduction.  Have you gone for any consults?

  ....    Better put your request on Santa's List...  or I'll have to go state-to-state to meet each Dec. MB member's request for a "squeeze test"    
(deactivated member)
on 10/23/08 2:04 pm
Topic: RE: does anyone else feel like they never had WLS?
   2 Cheers... sore muscles and protein commitment!  Of course, You can do it! 

(deactivated member)
on 10/23/08 2:01 pm
Topic: RE: Angela?
Hope so...   Thanks for the update.   Maybe she's just MIA and will return to our little gang soon.
Ro
MelissaF
on 10/23/08 1:38 pm - Northwood, IA
Topic: RE: Angela?
I saw her reply to someone on the grad board a while back, thinking it was a few weeks ago?  Not sure.  She seemed well at that time.
Hugs, Melissa 

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6166c1bf498224d5a8b93e&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

RNY- 12/04/06 with Dr. Matt Glasock

LBL - 4/28/09 with Dr. Rene Recinos


    
MelissaF
on 10/23/08 12:00 pm - Northwood, IA
Topic: RE: Accountability Thursday
Great Job Elaine!!! You are doing terrific, keep up the good work and momentum with this.  It WILL pay off!

This is my eats today:

Breakfast: Protein coffee using 1/2 scoop protein powder.

Lunch: Salad from Subway (grilled chicken)

Snack: Coffee with two tablespoons of half and half and splenda and SF syrup (out with a friend)

Dinner: Protein Shake

Snack: Protein coffee with 1/2 scoop protein powder.

I need to start logging, I haven't logged that yet.  I will start logging with you tomorrow Elaine. I promise!

As for moves: I did not formal exercise today b/c my muscles are SO sore from weight lifting.  I did do a lot of walking around shopping though :)

See you tomorrow and thanks again!
Hugs, Melissa 

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6166c1bf498224d5a8b93e&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

RNY- 12/04/06 with Dr. Matt Glasock

LBL - 4/28/09 with Dr. Rene Recinos


    
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