doreen967
Welcome back flavor!
Mar 27, 2011
Happy! That is the best word I can use to describe how I am feeling this week. Happy to have progressed to soft foods. Happy that I am still free of any problems with my new pouch. Happy that I can be active for hours without getting tired. Happy to be getting out and doing more things. Happy that my fiancé is enjoying my soft food meals as much as I am. Happy that friends and family are starting to notice my weight loss. Happy that I will be returning to work on Tuesday. What can I say, I am truly thankful to be where I am and to be progressing so well.I did a lot of research and planning last week to start the soft foods stage, and I am pleased to report that it really has paid off. So far, my meals - which my fiance has been eating with me - included:
Friday:
Breakfast: Huevos Rancheros
Lunch: Refried Beans and Cheese w/Taco Sauce
Dinner: Mushroom and Cheddar Frittata
Saturday:
Breakfast: Crab Stuffed Deviled Eggs
Lunch: Ricotta w/Marinara Sauce
Dinner: Crock Pot Chicken Chili w/Beans
Sunday:
Breakfast: Greek Yogurt
Lunch: Chicken Salad
Sunday: Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche
I am eating 1/4 cup at each meal. Best of all, flavor has returned to my life. That has been the thing I have missed the most and now feel completely content. Best of all, we had several friends dropped in last night. and offered them dinner. They raved over how much they loved the chicken chili! Yeah me!! That was my whole goal. To have foods that nobody would suspect were fitting into any special diet and enjoy them. Success!!!
My activity level as been slowly increasing and I am feeling like I can get back to work now without getting too tired. I spent 5 hours yesterday morning at a photo shoot and at a Keep Florence Beautiful cleanup event. Though I was on my feet most of the time, with periods of sitting, I really did not get tired at all. I brought water and a protein shake along, and really did not feel like I wanted to go home, except that I had to get home for lunch and to take my anti-ulcer meds. It was a good day and made me feel better about returning to work this week.
My weight loss has slowed and I feel like until I get back to work and increase my activity level to a normal pace this will continue to be the case. I plan on trying to do my walking over my lunch break and to start doing by Biggest Looser DVDs in the evenings to let Jillian Michaels kick my tail into gear. Activity is the key to everything. To loosing weight, to better health, to maintaining weight, to staying young, to feeling good, to everything. This is what I have learned over the last 20 years of my overweight and underactive life, and I need to remember this as I continue through my weight loss journey. I now have the tool that will allow me to learn for my mistakes and make new priorities in life. Not taking advantage of this second chance would be a waste. A waste of time, a waste of money, a waste of my life. And I want to live, truly live again, and I promise to myself and to anyone else who cares enough to read this blog that I will never waste my life again!!
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30.4
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03/03/2011
Surgery Date
Feb 14, 2011
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