sonyamarie75
Almost 3 months post op
Nov 15, 2013
On November 20th, I will have officially hit the 3 month mark. To date I have lost almost 64 pounds.
I've really struggled with a lot of emotions on this journey. Some of it is anxiety. Can I really make this work and keep it up for the rest of my life? Surgery has definitely made weight loss "easier" but it is my no means easy. I still have to make good choices- especially now that I can eat more. I still need to choose to get some exercise in. Even when I don't feel like it, which quite frankly is every day. Most days I do pretty well. Some days I don't. There were a couple of days I had a couple of smaller pieces of Halloween candy. I felt really disgusted with myself afterwards and guilty. I am learning that each day is a new day and a new opportunity to make better choices. For the most part, I don't crave sweets- so usually this is a nonissue. What I do love is popcorn. I found that I could eat a WHOLE bag of microwave popcorn without ever getting my "full" signal. I was horrified. Did I REALLY just eat the WHOLE bag? I checked the calories-- 420!!!!! What??? I put it my MFP log any ways. Its my way of staying accountable. I try very hard now to stay away from popcorn and the starchy, salty slider foods. My husband makes it often however, which is torture because the whole house smells like popcorn!
I also am still trying to find an exercise that I like. I probably exercise 4-5 days most weeks, usually walking on my lunch hour. I did do pilates one day this week. I'd like to find a strength training class at the YMCA as I have a membership there. I don't usually go because of time, but I need to figure something out for the winter. I can't see myself out walking in the snow. I thought maybe I could do a cardio video a couple of days at home, then maybe take one cardio class at the YMCA and a strength training class? I hate being gone in the evenings though. I feel so guilty! My little guy is in daycare until 6 pm as it is. I hate the idea of leaving to go work out right after I pick him up. We have a very small living room so is hard to do cardio videos when the rest of the family is home. When I was doing pilates the other day, my little guy was down on the floor with me trying to do it too and we kept kicking each other. We also only have one TV. Up to this point, this has been by choice-- we want to spend time together so we all share one tv. I am thinking about picking up a cheapie and making an exercise area down in the basement. I don't have a treadmill or any equipment and its definitely not in the budget right now. I really need to work on the toning. My loose skin is starting to become apparent.
I made a crustless sugar free pumpkin pie which was amazing. It's low carb.
Its one 15 oz can of pumpkin
1 can evaporated skim milk (12 oz?)
3 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup of splenda (the regular- not the splenda for baking)
1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp salt.
Preheat oven to 400. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce oven to 350 and bake another 30 min or until inserted knife comes out clean. Its about 50 calories of deliciousness per serving and serves 8.
I love pumpkin recipes in the fall.
I miss my Starbucks Pumpkin Spice lattes and they don't have them in sugar free. I bought a botttle of the SF Torani syrup in pumpkin pie and have been doing my own lattes. I put a little SF FF whip cream on top and sprinkle on some pumpkin pie spice. Its delicious!!
