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Morning everyone!
A quick post to get us started...I've been doing pretty well on my weight loss. I am six pounds from the lowest weight I reached after surgery.
Today my meal plan is to have the protein drink for breakfast, turkey with cheese for lunch, and dinner is a combination of what is available at Happy Hour. They usually have cheese and fruit available. I think I will run to the fruit stand to get a watermelon. We are harvesting zucchini and other squash now. I need to research recipes for those. I will make a soup tomorrow and throw some in too.
The weather has cooled off here the last few days and I have been in the yard some gardening. There is still plenty to do there.
I hope you at all well.
Julia
Yvonne, approximately 2 years post op I was feeling horrible. I had lab work done and the doc could not find anything wrong with me. I still felt horrible . One get on OH asked to see my results. I requested them from my doc.. ****il then - they would just told me things are normal) and she pointed out to me some things that the docs did not noticed : I had number of blood markers very low normal.- they were theoretically normal - but barely. Plus they did not test my ferritin, or my detail thyroid panel (T4 or T3) . I went back and requested the additional lab done. By that time - end of year 3 - my feritin was just 9-10 (the low limit is 10 or 18 - depends who is testing) and my D3 was low, as well as T3..
I started B12 shots..(apparently sublingual did not work for me) I got iron infusions increase my proteins and started taking large dosages of dry D3. On top of that my cholesterol was very low - and low cholesterol can cause low energy, depression, hormonal imbalances, etc etc. I started eating coconut oil and produce made with coconuts... Plus more eggs....
Within a few weeks I felt sooo much better.
Make sure the doc test all of those items. And ask for results to check them for yourself.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I make a lot of homemade stuff. I like homemade ideas... looking forward to it. (FYI - i can't have grains - i.e.oats, rice wheat, or any milk product or soy, too much sugar..or SA.)
What i like about these bars - taht at $2.50 each - I can buy bunch and they will keep good without fridge for a year.. in a car or in my purse.. There are not many bars that I can buy and eat..and that takes good...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Yvonne,
I am still so tired from last week's readings. My poor eyes are feeling and looking tired too...I think sometimes we just need to do what our bodies tell us and mine is telling me to rest....so rest it is.
I love Greek yogurt.....
Hala,
Snacks are always my area of most struggle. If I make them and bring them with me, I do fine; however, I don't always bring them. Lately, I have had a a ton of fresh vegetables that I keep on hand but sometimes, I just need a cracker or a chip. I make a really good energy bar and it requires no cooking...I'll post the recipe and you guys can try it. They are delicious and very filling.
Hi ladies
I'm having a tired day again. I don't know what is causing it. I do get my blood work done end of next month for my 2 year checkup. Hopefully it will give me a clue. I even went to sleep earlier than I normally do.
Breakfast egg whites ham and cheese omelet and string cheese. Lunch salad, little bit of cottage cheese and some prime rib probably for supper I'll have chicken and dumpling stew. Snack no sugar added fudgesicle, Greek yogurt with chia seeds, and apple.
Everyone have a good evening.
Yvonne
still reading... not much going on in my life...
I ate really not good for me food last night ...and got rewarded with a lb lower than the day before... I guess high carb meal - caused a good BM.. no..eating carbs does not make me lose fat-weight... butI do follow a rather very low carb diet- so my body "demands " re-carbing once in awhile. Apparently taht helps with restoring leptins and leptin sensitivity.. plus insulin is needed to properly convert thyroid hormones: T4-T3
on another note - since i am allergic to dairy and soy, and I have low sugar tolerance.. I have to make my own snacks.. and i always look for new snacks - the portable foods I can just grab on a go, taht is both- tasty and good for me.
I found a new snack - it is paleo and it does not have noting that I should not have. It is rather sweet, and more like grain free granola bar. Yummy. I found them in WF.. and bought one... it took me 3 weeks to get the courage to eat it... I was pleasantly surprised that the "bar" was very tasty and that it satisfied my need for a sweet snack without messing up my BS.
https://www.stevespaleogoods.com/Paleo-Krunch-Bars-s/1978.ht m
so far I tried the Original and Kale Krunch. I can't taste the Kale...( i really don't like kale). Both have reasonable carbs and real fiber from nuts and fruits (that does not affect my BS).
They have more real food -protein bars - but for me - the 6 or 7 gr of sugar is about what my body can handle....
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I didn't want to start the thread two days running but here goes. Hey Ladies, I hope you are moving, making smart food choices, and meditating. Today, I had a breakfast burrito for breakfast that included an egg, some picante sauce, and some cheese. Lunch will be potato soup. Dinner will probably be vegetable soup.
Hope you guys are on track....eat, move, drink, think...or something like that.
Hi Ladies,
I walked this morning and did my exercise dvd this afternoon. Breakfast was a McDonald's egg mcmuffin and string cheese. Lunch was cottage cheese and watermelon. Supper is chicken and dumpling stew. Snack no added sugar fudgesicle, Greek yogurt with chia seeds and apple.
Must of slept good last night, I got up better this morning. I have Bible study tonight. Tomorrow I'm having lunch with my dad so I'll have to get up early to eat breakfast since they eat lunch earlier than I do.
It supposed torain but hasn't yet. Hopefully it will wait till I get home.
Everyone have a good evening.
Yvonne
Linda,
DH and I eat out for seafood about once a week. He eats shrimp but I go for the steamed crabs and the fried soft shell crabs. I think I love crabs because they require so much work; the same reason I love pistachios....you know the fiddling with the food.
Be ready to face the heat....I swear it is like a oven outside. My grands want me to take them to the park to play this evening but it has been so freakin' hot that I just cannot do it. So, I have a PhD student who said she would take my grandkids with her when she takes her daughter and her daughter will have playmates....yeah!
