Friday, June 15th, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

Last night I started swelling like a bullfrog.  This morning is not much better and I am up a pound on the scale.  I know this is normal but I certainly do not have to like it.  My eats and cardio for today are:

Prebreakfast:  Coffee & Miralax
Breakfast:  Quest Cinnamon Bun Bar
Snack:  Vitatop
Lunch:  1/2 a grill cheese
Snack:  Protein Shake
Snack:  Peaches
Dinner:  1/2 6" sub-steak & cheese
Snack:  Mini Ice Cream Cone

Exercise:  walk around the neighborhood

Have a great Friday and thank goodness the weekend is here!

Happy Friday !!

Had my 7yr surgiversary appt yesterday, went better than expected, thought I would get a lecture from my surgeon about picking up a "few (10)" lbs, but he said not to worry overmuch about the weight, still well within normal BMI numbers & of course, reminded me that if I follow the basic pouch rules the weight will evenually come back off...My bloodwork was all good, only concern is my continuing indigestion when I wake up 1st thing in the a.m on an empty stomach - he scheduled me an endoscopy to check out my pouch & esphagus to make sure all is working like it should...

Breakfast  :  protein coffee & a petite scone
Snack  :  2 breakfast sausages, a provolone cheese stick & 4 crackers with pb
Lunch  :  a roasted chicken thigh & maybe a side salad from wendys
Dinner  :  looks like a slice of pizza from Pizza Hut & deli chicken with hummas roll-ups
Cardio  :  2 miles power walk with DH & the puppies

PS :  Tess, even the bubble on the frog goes away eventually , keep smilin', sound like you're doing great with your recovery...

I am planning on having a great day today
breakfast:
Tea
Sausage
Working on keeping my mind in this moment. Left my purse home and so did not have my keys for work. Called someone to bring them to me. fun fun fun

Tess--I have several girlfriends who had the surgery and they experienced swelling for almost a year after the surgery...it slowly diminished.  They said it was more likely to occur when they overdid it :-) and sometimes it just happened.

Alesia--congratulation on your surgiversary and a great appointment!

Day 4 on the 5 Day Pouch Test went well.  Still really hungry but SF jello has helped. My eats yesterday were:
B - 24 oz protein coffee
S - 2 hard boiled eggs (really day 3 foo but wanted to eat the, up), SF jello
L - ate snack too late for lunch
S - 6 oz shrimp
D - 6 oz grd sirloin
S - 5 oz grd sirloin, SF jello

Today will be ham, chicken, and (ugh) all beef hot dogs (I will HAVE to add sauerkraut).

Jenn

Hello... some swelling may be expected. I do hope you feel better soon. At the end - it is worth it,

Stayed home today, My BF had a minor surgery yesterday and I decided to just make that a long weekend.  I took care of him and cooked and cooked and cooked.  I usually send one whole day every 2 weeks to cook main dishes. Then just pick up and eat.

Doing some more cooking today. I may also bake some protein cookies.  fun.

eating today;
coffee + coconut milk
protein pancakes ( they were eatable - but not great - need to adjust the recipe)
few nuts
meat sauce and veggies
some proteins and veggies..
same
sunflower seeds - LNS.

May go to movies or just walking later tonight.