"The Best Laid Plans..............
Hi Loris,
You must have "magical powers" if you flipped the pan over just my looking at it. Maybe you could do like Samantha in "Bewitched" and just wiggle your nose, and the whole place would be cleaned!! Oh, how I've always wished for that kinda action!
Have a great day and week-end!
Hugs,
Virginia aka Ginger
I'm trying to figure out what "cheating" consists of, exactly. If something tastes good, is it cheating? 
When I eat things I like, I still feel guilty, even though my most ambitious "meal" is probably 200 calories, tops. I never seem to go over 950 calories a day.
I do eat regular peanut butter. I eat regular cheese. I drink 1% when I could be buying skim (except that I hate skim milk). I learned that I can eat chili con queso (aka, 1/4 C cheese, 2T mild salsa, 3-4 corn tortilla chips). This is the giant "meal." 1/4 C of cheese has 100 calories. The salsa has 20 calories a table spoon. Chips? Dunno. Probably not 60 -- we really are talking 3-4 here. It's chock full of protein, and my body tolerates it very well (no puking -- I've puked chicken soup, probably because I ate it too fast and eggs that my mother put nasty munster cheese in).
I still like food. I'm not one of those post-op people who has zero interest in eating. I have a 45 calorie half juice/half water popsicle as a treat once a day (hydration and vitamins...and I like the taste). If I'm eating 6 times a day (as my nutritionist likes), taking my vitamins, getting at least 60g protein a day and staying at 900-950 calories a day, am I cheating?
I don't know why I feel guilty. I lost 40 pounds in 28 days. Maybe it's because I started out at such a high weight. Unlike a lot of people, 40 pounds doesn't really alter my wardrobe choices. No one looks at me and knows I've dropped weight (a friend of the family actually said to me "Have you lost any weight at all?"). I know I should just drink protein shakes and not eat anything that tastes good. I guess.
I'm going back to the Y tomorrow to try lap swimming for the first time since surgery. I used to do half a mile (like, six weeks ago before surgery). I want to go to my water aerobics class and see how I do. I think getting back to my preferred workout will help.
So am I guilty, or do I just feel that way? Feel free to cast the first stone
When I eat things I like, I still feel guilty, even though my most ambitious "meal" is probably 200 calories, tops. I never seem to go over 950 calories a day.
I do eat regular peanut butter. I eat regular cheese. I drink 1% when I could be buying skim (except that I hate skim milk). I learned that I can eat chili con queso (aka, 1/4 C cheese, 2T mild salsa, 3-4 corn tortilla chips). This is the giant "meal." 1/4 C of cheese has 100 calories. The salsa has 20 calories a table spoon. Chips? Dunno. Probably not 60 -- we really are talking 3-4 here. It's chock full of protein, and my body tolerates it very well (no puking -- I've puked chicken soup, probably because I ate it too fast and eggs that my mother put nasty munster cheese in).
I still like food. I'm not one of those post-op people who has zero interest in eating. I have a 45 calorie half juice/half water popsicle as a treat once a day (hydration and vitamins...and I like the taste). If I'm eating 6 times a day (as my nutritionist likes), taking my vitamins, getting at least 60g protein a day and staying at 900-950 calories a day, am I cheating?
I don't know why I feel guilty. I lost 40 pounds in 28 days. Maybe it's because I started out at such a high weight. Unlike a lot of people, 40 pounds doesn't really alter my wardrobe choices. No one looks at me and knows I've dropped weight (a friend of the family actually said to me "Have you lost any weight at all?"). I know I should just drink protein shakes and not eat anything that tastes good. I guess.
I'm going back to the Y tomorrow to try lap swimming for the first time since surgery. I used to do half a mile (like, six weeks ago before surgery). I want to go to my water aerobics class and see how I do. I think getting back to my preferred workout will help.
So am I guilty, or do I just feel that way? Feel free to cast the first stone 
Rebecca,
Doesnt the rest of that quote go something like "he that is without guilt can cast the first stone?" Well, girl, it wont be me. If guilt were a commodity, I'd be rich!!! When I was reading what you can eat.....I was amazed. I can eat twice that. I know when I'm full, though. Its just so strange that the nutritious food can fill my pouch up so fast. But the "guilty" food slips right through and leaves plenty of room for more.
In my eyes, Rebecca, youre not guilty at all. But I'm sure that you will have a few bruises from some stones. Tsk tsk tsk............whatever happened to live and let live? Oh well.........Good Luck on your journey. We are all in this together .
Take care
willby
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