What a holiday season........

Jan 07, 2010

Well....wasn't doing too bad for awhile...like at Thanksgiving.....sugar wouldn't touch my lips without coming right back up BUT then I was able to "taste things" BAD CHOICE!!! I made good choices for the MOST part and if I did taste the holiday traditions then I usually only took one or two bites then I was done. So I tasted a bite or about a quarter of each type of candy that we make for about 40 different families for Christmas, one bite coconut cream pie (which is NOT my favorite anymore), one bite of pecan pie (which was ok but not appealing like it used to be).  I guess I am glad that I tasted these things because it took my MIND CRAVINGS away.....now my head is telling me that its really not something that I care whether I have or not.  I pretty much tasted or ate what I wanted over the holidays but like I said I would only take a bite or two then I was done.  I got on a ham kick over Christmas and New Years and was eating ham almost every meal because of course I still cook like I have an army but only have 3 of us....well usually just my husband and I at dinner time lately....so there are TONS of leftovers daily! Well.......I got on the scales on January 5th and almost died right there....I had GAINED 8 lbs! Told myself.....to get up and do something about it.....so told my husband that I was going to do the 5 day pouch test....and he said ok....well I didnt have to because I realized that maybe it wasnt the foods that I had "tasted" maybe it was the salt intake from the ham....holding in all the water.....so I stayed away from the ham.....got on the scales on the 6th and I had lost 2.4 lbs, then yesterday got on the scales and lost 3.5 lbs, then today I lost 2.6 lbs. WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE the ham but needs to be in some serious moderation......still can't tolerate chicken though......used to be pretty much the only meat that we ate at our house and just over 8 months out from surgery and doesnt pass my lips without returning to the toliet bowl within minutes.
That is something that I wonder about....I know the Dr. told me that the 3 things that bother bariatric patients the most is: chicken, milk, and eggs and I'm fine with the eggs, milk I have never tolerated and then the chicken used to be a daily intake......wonder if the chicken is in my head.....Fried Chicken used to be my FAVORITE food and maybe when I was preparing myself for surgery....trying to make myself understand what I had to change.....I subconsciously told myself that chicken couldnt be tolerated to force myself from WANTING Fried Chicken......just a thought.....not that I care....I have found that I like other things now....and dont think Fried Chicken would even be something that I like anymore....I cant stand greasiness on my foods anymore.....well....I have rambled enough but needed to post this so I admitted to things I did and will remember what I did wrong....thanks for being here to vent to! On my way to the smaller world again!

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