QOTD: Meal planning and prepping. I'm back at it but it was much easier in the beginning when I had so few choices.

B: Coffee and protein bar

S: Protein shake

L: Cheese wrap w/turkey, mayo, & lettuce

S: Protein bar

D: Grilled chicken breast wrap

AD: Low carb ice cream

W: 120 oz

E: 5 miles and 15 minutes of cardo fun

AC: Day 3 of 30! Daily goal of 30 carbs or less...

TSS: 2 years 7 months

I'm finding that during the week it's pretty easy to stay on track plus I only have one meal a day to share with someone. I pretty much eat the same thing for breakfast 7 days a week, you'd think I'd get bored but I think it's because I don't like to eat in the morning and this just goes down so much easier! I've been on a turkey/chicken meat kick, I've also mixed up the wraps I use. Since I'm do really low carb right now I've opted to a wrap with 1 carb vs my normal is 5. It's also food I can eat at my desk and still work. That way I can walk on my lunch hour to get my 5 miles in.

Does anyone have an easy eat at desk lunch they'd be willing to share?

Thanks!

Good morning Em!! Friday eve, yay!!! I'm sitting in the San Jose airport ready to get home; last night I finished a book about midnight, went to sleep as have been awake since 230. That's not a lot of sleep even for me -- but they have coffee samples in the souvenir store here at the airport and I keep going back and getting more. Costa Rica coffee is the bomb!

qotd - it was so easy to plan the day and stick to it early out. I need to get back to planning for the week and then just sticking to the plan.

Accountablity - I had Maduros as dessert at lunch yesterday - they were so good, cooked down with butter and cinnamon. I only had three slices and I enjoyed every bite!

Menu - breakfast options here are not thrilling me so I'll have a protein bar and grab some kind of cheese/meat snack for lunch when I hit Houston. I have to go to the grocery store when i land so planning on some ever roast chicken with a cheese for dinner (you've had a hatch green Chile cheese on your menu - is that from the deli? I am interested in finding it!)

ex will be a hip stretching streaming video / I have sat a lot this week and need to get some flexibility back.

have a great day all -- I'm going back for more coffee samples -- wonder if they'd notice me filling my to go cup?

Please stick to your doctors orders. If you need to anything else, call the office first. Commit to yourself that you will not 'go rogue' without checking with your doctor first. If you are really "worried I'm messing up and setting myself up for failure" then you will not deviate from your doctors orders. Especially in the first 6 weeks, when you are recovering from major surgery.

If you had an operation to repair a broken a broken bone and you were supposed to stay off it for 6 weeks, would be begin playing football 9 days later? Probably not. Even if you wanted to really badly, even if it was football with Tom Brady or dancing with JLo. You get the idea, no means no.

I can tell you that after a week post op, OMG, OMG, all I wanted was a piece of a crab cake. 4.5 years later and can still remember standing at the kitchen counter and having visions of a broiled crabcake. I just wanted just one succulent little morsel, not even the whole crabcake. Instead, I had a SF popcicle. If I (formerly one of the biggest diet failures on the face of the earth) can now make good decisions, then so can you. Really.

Also, because we all get off track, being able to get back on track quickly is a key skill - reset at the next meal, not the next day/week/month. Take this as an opportunity to practice getting and staying back on track. Take that learning from this experience and stay on the liquid diet until the dr says otherwise.

Also, when did you eat the eggs - that may be a clue to a specific difficult time in the day, or other stressor, that let you forget that you are only days post-op. You may need to develop a plan for this cir****tance in the future so this does not become a 'slip hazard' again.

PS What would have happened if you did not have the eggs?

Would you have had a seizure and died? Prob Not. Would lightening have vaporized you? No.

Would you have rolled up in a ball and cried like a baby - OK, go ahead, so what, just stay on your dr orders. Your dr will tell you when you can go off menu - and what choices to make.

PPS This message is for you, but also for others who are contemplating ignoring medical instructions. Hopefully, it may keep someone on track for another few hours, and in a few hours, the world may look different.

PPPS This message is also for me - At 4.5 post surgery, I am attacking regain and I face the same situation as you do. And I can make good decisions, too.

WLS is a reset, not a cure. We can learn to ignore the "I wanta" for can make good decisions for our health.

I totally agree - being obsessed helps me too! When I get lax, I just start to ingest too many damn calories.

I am so impressed that you're in the 120s! You are teeny tiny! Way to go with the recent loss. It's amazing what we can do when we put the effort in and weigh, measure, track. It's a great reminder for me :)

hi!

I also have been frustrated with regain. ive had to lower my calories and up cardio the scale is still not budging yet. yes I'm not being patient but I'm so annoyed.

QOTD: the overeating for sure. I ate very little, had a little 'flip' sensation then was done. now my mind almost gets mad like you deserve more, keep eating or something in my head says, you are not satisfied yet. its hard to disconnect that.

food plan today:

coffee

water

protein pancakes

salmon/kohlrabi riced veg (green giant)

unsure of the rest

GYM later: cardio and weights