Thanksgiving Weekend Recap (A.K.A. Confession Time)

And so it began...

I flew down to my parents house on Thursday morning.  We cooked up a storm in the kitchen getting ready for the big turkey day meal.  If you scroll down a little, you will see pics from the amazing spread of tastiness.

As I have said before, my downfall is snacking between meals, not actually hungry, just eating because the food is available.  That is why I usually don't really snack and avoid having any snack foods in the house.

I ended up eating way too many candied pecans...WAY TOO many prior to the big meal.

At said big meal, I had:

• one bite of turkey breast
• two bites of stuffing
• bread roll with lots of butter. YUM

Then, three hours later:

• average sized slice of pecan pie with freshly whipped cream. YUM.
• average sized slice of pumpkin pie with freshly whipped cream.  YUM.

The weekend progressed and included:

• more of those bread rolls with butter, lots of butter
• more slices of pecan pie with the whip cream
• caramel sundae with nuts from McDonalds
• Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate from Starbucks
• In-n-Out Burger: half of a Double-Double (incl. bun) and 6-7 french fries
• 2 mini-slices of pizza

Oh yeah, did I mention no exercise...at all...!

I noticed that I was not drinking much water during the weekend (only a bottle a day) and by Sunday afternoon I was soooo thirsty and pretty much felt nauseous.  ICK.  Nice negative feedback :)

Today, I am back on the healthy lifestyle of lots of water and high protein eating.  Current calorie count so far for the day: 380.  Protein: 41 grams.  I feel better already.

Fun with Fat Photo...

Random photo find from 2007...260+ lbs

PS: Can't wait to tell you about all the poor food choices that I have made in the last few days..definitely a gain is expected this week...sigh.

What I ate on Thanksgiving

and I loved every bite!

Weigh-in Day...and the results are...

A loss of 0.5 lbs.

Total lost: 109.3 lbs

Happy Thanksgiving!

The dirty little secret of gastric banding...

constipation. 

Yes, I am going there.

That's what this post is about. 

If this is TMI for you, then move along to the next blog and read about thanksgiving or something more cheerful.

Since bandsters eat small portions of high protein foods, constipation becomes a problem.  It's wierd how no one ever told me about this when I was pre-op.

Well, I gotta hand it to my primary care physician to tell me about Miralax.  It's a stool softener....NOT a laxative.

I mix the packet of powder into my moring 16 oz water bottle/crystal light and drink it on my way to work.

I have been taking the miralax now for 6 days.  OH MY GOODNESS.  What a difference. :)

So this is today's public service announcement:

Give Miralax a try. just be sure to mix it into a beverage that has a strong flavor.  I use grape crystal light...most crystal lights cover the slight taste of the Miralax.

PS: My Zumba game for the Wii came in the mail yesterday...can't wait to tell you all about it.

Early Weigh-In This Week

Thank you all for your comments on previous post. 

Most of you mentioned that you can't eat pizza.  Perhaps I have never been filled enough or I might be a good chewer...but at 13 months post-op, I have never PB'd....never been stuck....don't hate me. 

I'm at 6.9 ccs in my 10 cc band.  I have to take things slow in the morning even drinking water/coffee, but I'm fine after about 11am if I eat slowly and chew, chew, chew.

I kinda wierdly wish that I could experience being stuck/PB just once so I can:
1) know what you all are talking about
2) have some negative reinforcement/feedback on eating bready/doughy foods.

I'm sure my day will come....just a matter of time.

Due to my holiday travel schedule an early weigh in will occur on Thursday morning, not the usual Friday morning.  My fingers are crossed for a loss...!

ZUMBA tonight! :)

This Is Why I Was FAT

Don'tcha love coupons that come into your email inbox?  I love coupons in general...emailed, clipped out of the Sunday newspaper, or coupon codes online.

I notice that I have quite a bit of "unsubscribing" to do on these distribution emails that I get from various companies offering their products and services...especially restaurants.

One of these restaurants is Pizza Hut.  Yummy, greasy, plastic cheese Pizza Hut.  I can smell the tastiness of it all in my head if I try real hard.  I remember how I used to order online and then pick up a pizza on my way home from work.  Then it would be just me...and the pizza....and a night of sitting in front of the TV....a bad combination!

Well, guess what I got in my inbox today?  Yes, let's all give thanks for poppable cheesy bites...shall we?














The nutrition facts for this pizza is unavailable on the pizzahut website....hmmm....I wonder why? (note: sarcasm).

This emailed coupon reminds me of the website:  THIS IS WHY YOU'RE FAT.  Check it out.  Beware: Food Porn Alert!

13 Month Bandiversary - Monthly Tracking

You all know how much I love a good spreadsheet...well, here's the monthly tracking for ya!

Weigh-in day...and the results are...

a gain of 0.2 lbs....yep, pretty much maintaining...

Start Weight: 256 lbs

Current Weight: 147.2 lbs

Total Lost: 108.8 lbs
 
HAPPY FRIDAY!

1 Year Labs & a BIG girl fill

I got my 1 year post op labs back this week.  Comparing with my 6 month post op labs (April 2010):

The Good:

• Triglycerides are down from 235 to 166
• A1C is at 5.1 (down from 5.8)
• All vitamin levels are in the normal range, except...

The Not So Good:

• Vitamin B1 is very low at a "2".  Normal is 8+.  This is a common deficiency with those who do Atkins (high protein/low carb)....I don't really do low carb eating...i think?

So I ordered some B1 sublingual from vitalady.com.  No way am I going to attempt to choke down these huge pills I bought yesterday from the hippie skippie healthy vitamins store....not sure what I was thinking.

I also got a BIG girl fill today....I went in to the fill appt with the thought that I needed .2 or .3 cc at the most.  Well, the water went down so well, that I ended up getting .5 ccs.  We will see how it goes.  Maybe this is what I need to kick those last few pounds to the curb.

Weigh in day tomorrow!

PS: thanks for posting what you eat on your blogs and commenting in the post below.  Lots of great ideas for bandster meals!