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I forgot about the vending machine and pints of ice cream! A lot of the foods I ate I no longer want, or found subs and created hacks to scratch the itch, but it's never the same. The camera was a brutal reality check, still is. While I writing my answer, I was thinking it was sort of a 600 pound life before, but it was never on that level. How often I ate, maybe, but the quantity not even close.
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
I remember potatoes, rice, spaghetti, lasagna, rice, cake, pie, donuts, cookies, candy bars, and lots of ice cream all washed down with Diet Coke.
Lunch was a whole sub sandwich or a restaurant meal. Morning and afternoon snacks from the vending machine and plenty of good things to eat while watching TV.
Always on a diet but they usually lasted three days. Always at Weigh****chers. Going shopping for clothes and getting depressed because nothing fit right so getting food instead.
Reading every diet book and trying all of them. Looking at beautiful clothes and telling myself I could get down to a lower size and buy it as a reward. Then gaining more. I dreaded seeing pictures of myself. I could fool myself but not the camera.
After surgery I still wanted the old foods. I never go a day without weighing myself. I feel awful when I see others struggling with weight. I wish nobody had to struggle with food.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Good morning weekenders ~ I hope you are having a lovely weekend so far! I had a very lazy day and besides some errands, I barely moved! On one hand, I didn't feel like doing anything else but enjoying the down time and recharging... but in the end, I feel like a wasted a perfectly good day! I need to find a better balance in my life. Today, I am doing house stuff and getting organized for the week. The kids are coming over and we are going to grill last night's dinner since we ended up eating leftovers. I fell asleep during the Halloween movie and then slept through the Dodgers game, but they won! 2 down, 2 to go!
QOTD - What was a typical food day for you pre-WLS?
I was always winging it and eating at every opportunity. Starbucks latte, donuts in the break room, cookies here, candy there. Full restaurant take out (Thai, Mediterranean, Indian, Chinese) for lunch every day and I would eat the whole thing. Dinner was usually high-cal carbs/fat - alfredo, lasagna, pot pie, or fast food. Or - when I was dieting -this kills me, a 2000 calorie low carb salad with avocado, nuts, bacon, cheese and full fat dressing, SMH. I can't imagine how many calories I ate on an average day. I feel sick thinking about this....
Accountability - I switched out planned dinner for leftovers even-steven. 0 active minutes and only 3,676 steps. Today I am 168.2 and in need of movement - not sure what that will look like so I'm just going to roll with the day. Maybe I need the rest days on the weekend, but I feel like I have more time and should be doing something...
B- coffee, eggbeater cheese wrap
l - rotisserie chicken w/salad
d- grilled chicken and asparagus
s- quest chips w/plain greek yogurt
Have a great day!!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
What are some exercises I can do at 350 pounds.I can barely walk without getting breath easily
We had a tea room in our city for a while and I could never get any of my friends to go. They thought it was a weird idea. Now I wish I had just gone on my own. There is none around here now. My family was Irish and we did have tea every afternoon. The kids usually had very weak tea with a lot of milk and the grownups had strong tea with whiskey and lemon or coffee with whiskey. There were sandwiches cut into 4ths and sometimes little cakes.
Other kids had milk and cookies after school. We had afternoon tea.
Have fun today.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
The QOTD was very interesting and I wanted to chime in.
I usually lurk, as in do a quick read about every body and go about my business, but your question stopped me to think. And that's a good thing.
SW:261 6/26/17 GW:150 10/6/18
CW: 140.6
PGW: 140-142
And I forgot to write - Nice to see you here on the weekend!!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
I agree about consistency being more important, not dwelling and moving on!! I want to stop my negative self talk in-between, it's so hard wired.
Do you have a topper for your mattress? My chronic hips pain improved quite a bit after getting one.
High tea with the grands sounds fabulous!! Pic's please!!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
Rob does that too! I've been overwriting those normie adjustments with my food obsession forever. I listen to my body more now. I have gotten SO much better at stopping at 1 discretion and not letting it roll in to a whole day, weekend or more.
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
Good morning. I'm with Mary. It's not what you do occasionally, it's what you do consistently. Back on your wagon, girl.
I also was a total fail yesterday. Not food. When I have so much pre-planned and stocked like I do right now, I do well on food. But I did zero exercise and had 2 glasses of wine. I did lots of little chores and lots of running around, but nothing close to exercise. My hip is real unhappy. Pretty certain I have Bursitis again. Like Amy's foot, the only real cure is extra care and time. Hoping to keep moving and find a way to accommodate the pain. Dr. Google says, walking yes, stairs no. Under accountability... 335 move calories, 9 minutes of exercise, 8,066 steps, 94 grams of protein. I did not meet a single goal. Poop.
Today we are taking the girls for High Tea. Finally paying off the birthday gift from February. Dang those little girls are busy and scheduling this has been a challenge. But today is the day! And we have great friends coming for dinner on the patio, fire pit and spending the night. This means I am in high prep mode to feed us all, but I love my menu and I'm having fun pulling it together. I'll be doing lots of little steps and I hope to walk to High Tea which will give me about 20 minutes of actual intentional movement.
QoTD: I really just try to own a new day. I review (when I am weighing in first thing) my day, admit where I blew it and move on to greet another day. Can't go back in time to fix it. Onwards.
Bites today
B: a little chicken to push me through to High Tea
L: at 11. So early for me. Soup, and a few bites of this and that. I expect it to be very carby, so I will be careful.
D: yum. Can't wait. Authentic from the Mexican grocery store Carne Asada, chicken thighs, fun cheeses, mixed veggies grilled way down on the flat top, refried beans. I bought coffee creme brulee's for all of them, and none for me.
I'll fill in with some yogurt and rotisserie chicken since it's going to be a weird day.
I'm off to make some fresh chimichurri for tonight and basil pesto for tomorrow's breakfast. Have a great Saturday!
Peace.
Height 5'3"
HW 200
surgery date 10/29/19 177.9
CW 121.4
goal weight 125
