My restriction almost 4 years out...

Jul 04, 2011

Well if you've been "following" my WLS highs and lows then you'll remember I posted on June 25th my STRUGGLES with feeling powerless for lack of a better word in this whole WLS scheme...I was lost and honestly felt like I couldn't find my way back.  I had been floundering for over 6 months just lost at sea.  I was truly in a world of Gilligan's Island of my own making.  I took a 3 month break from WLS and all the "protein" first rules to end 2010.  I spent the last 6 months of 2011 trying to "figure out" how to get back on track.  It wasn't until I REALLY reached out to my OH family that someone finally made it to my island to "rescue.  It wasn't until I really reached out did I realize that like Dorothy in the wizard of oz that "I had the power to come home ALL the time, I just had to BELIEVE."  Yes during that time I had lost faith in myself.  I lost faith in my sleeve.

Well thanks to a few special people Sublimate who provided me with a list of supplements to help with my cravings and detoxing and thanks to Frisco for his advice on my eating and thanks to myself for ACCEPTING that when I want to LOSE carbs (even from fruit) have NO business in my diet.

Oh yeah this post was about restriction.  Approximately 2 years ago, I made a T-Bone steak and measured it.  It weighed 10oz.  I sat is down in front of me and to my SHOCK I was able to eat 8oz of it.  I weighed the bone after and well that steak was 8oz of meat.  While that didn't make a big difference then over the last year I have given my restriction 8-10oz depending.  Meaning when I would do my meals (since I could eat so MUCH) I allowed myself about 4-6oz of meat and 4-6oz of vegetable.  I have been SET in that mindset for the last 12 months.  I would measure out my meat and eat that.  So after talking to Frisco his advice was simple.  He suggested UNDER eating my meals to check my SATISFACTION level on less.  Since I was doing so well I thought...what the heck.  So all this week if you've seen my Whatcha eating thread you may have noticed my "meals" didn't include my normal Meat + Vegetable it was just meat.  So that brings me till TODAY.  I made some Mahi Mahi and it came with a sauce..NOW normally I can eat MORE fish then anything so I figured ok Ms Shell you'll have 3oz fish, 1/2oz sauce and compliment it with 3oz lettuce & .5 tomato, for a 7oz meal.

I started writing this post because out of my 7oz meal I have over 2oz left over.  I can't remember the last time I felt so full I had to STOP myself from finishing those "last couple of bites."

What does this all mean to me and you....well shit I don't know I just know that the last few days of eating just protein and not eating to "full" has given me some serious restriction.  And reminds me that just because you may have forsaken your sleeve, your sleeve hasn't forsaken you and is just waiting for you to remember it's here to HELP you.  Just giving THANKS to all you guys...

Ms Shell

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