What I Ate Today --- Day 18, 17 &16

Dec 12, 2011

This weekend was hard. It was payday, the weekend and cold outside. The eating fest trifecta. But i did ok. Saturday i went grocery shopping and bought a lot of low carb foods. meats, cheeses, hummus, celery, lettuce and low carb yogurt, and i cannot forget the cottage cheese i went to 3 stores to find. i splurged and bought a diet cranberry sierra mist. But overall Day 18 Saturday went well. I even went to the theater with my best friend who looooves to eat. She had extra buttery popcorn and was dipping it in cheese sauce. i was prepared though. i brought my premier chocolate shake and drank that throughout the movie. a few times i caught my hand wandering towards the popcorn bowel as a habit of mindless eating but then stopped myself. reminded myself of the hard work of the last 2 days, the surgery complications and the withdrawals of having to start all over again on the preop low carb diet.

On Day 17 i was bored as can be. I tried to read, watch movies and clean but by the afternoon i was having a hard time. my will power was wearing down. my son really wanted some brownies, so i made some and then ate some :( i had enough carbs available to have one, i couldnt stop at one sadly. I ended up having 4 servings of them damn brownies.

Today, Day 16. I got up and packed my lunch. measuring out servings of cheese and egg salad that i made saturday in preparation for the week and other low carb items i bought. i put on make up and dried my hair (havent done for years). and out the door. its monday, the start to the day. it has to be perfect right?! RIGHT?! i called insurance first thing in the morning and sure as shit i was APPROVED!!! on 12/8/11 and apparently there was a letter sent but after talking to the insurance coordinator she has yet to receive the fax. thank goodness i asked for a copy be sent to my work. if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself lol. the insurance coordinator is an angel, its not her fault, she is taking care of hundreds of patients and all i have is me. I am waiting right now to get that over the fax machine. i have already checked it a million times lol. i can finally get my preop visit with the physician and get my labs drawn... finally!!!!

ok... here is what i plan to eat today:
Breakfast: Carbmasters vanilla chai yogurt
Snack: Lowfat Cottage cheese
Lunch: Egg salad wrapped inside a romaine lettuce leaf and 1/4 c. shredded cheese
Snack: 2 celery stalks and 2 tbsp artichoke, spinach hummus
Dinner: Premier protein shake
Snack: Strawberry Jello

Water: 72oz
Exercise: 30 minute walk around work (up and down hills with stairs)

The brownies made me creep up a few pounds but that just makes me even more strong about not cheating for the next 2 weeks.

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