moxiemommy
Holidays just around the corner
Dec 09, 2010
I can't believe it has been so many months since my last post! I am now almost 5 months post-op, also post Thanksgiving, and Christmas is just around the corner.I have learned so much about myself in the last several months, and lots about eating and cooking 'the right way.'
I must say--for the most part, I am not denying myself any foods, with the exception of sugar. Even with sugar, I have been taking some in--in MAJOR MODERATION--rather than denying myself 100%. For me, that seems to be a much more realistic way to go. One thing I learned from my past is that if I try to completely deny myself something, when I rebound I hit it hard. I do have a physical aversion to sugar, but nothing so dramatic as the symptoms that many people describe as their dymping syndrome.
WHERE I WAS
I've learned that much more than sugar or anything else, my problem before WLS had to do with a high fat intake. I have learned, through monitoring my daily food intake religiously on fitclick.com, that my fat intake was actually quite high. Although I never really ate 'all that much,' it turns out I was eating a pretty high concentration of fat; much more so than I ever imagined. How many of you have learned the same thing? Keeping to an average of 30 grams of fat a day or less sure has taught me a lot about how I got to where I was!
WHERE I AM
And now...for where I am...5 months post-op I have lost a total of 53 pounds! That may not seem like a whole lot to some of you. For me...it is HUGE! My doctor's PA told me that since I didn't have a tremendous amount to lose to begin with, things would probably go kinda slow for me. All I can say is, at this point I can see and feel the difference and I don't care if it takes another year or more to take the rest of the weight off--the scale is moving in the right direction. Finally, my propensity to focus on everything else I NEED TO DO besides going to the gym and exercising slows progress, to be sure. I'm okay with that, too, while I'm in transition.
WHERE I'M GOING
Christmas is just around the corner and there is soooo much to do. Deadlines at work, decorating and cooking; shopping, if and when the money rolls in. I have every confidence that I will be able to survive the holiday food festivities with as much success as I did at Thanksgiving. I ate a little bit of everything I wanted, all in moderation, making sure to keep my protein high and my fats low. There was moderate loss in the two weeks surrounding Thanksgiving, as compared with substantial gains last year. Staying the course is my plan, modifying recipes where it is practical and makes sense, but not denying myself any of our beloved traditional Christmas foods.
I'll check back in on the flip side and let everyone know how I made out! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!
