THE SCALE MOVED!!! WOO HOO!!!! (142 pounds gone!!)

Jul 14, 2009

I did a happy dance this morning after stepping on the scale and finding that it had moved in the right direction!!  I still can't believe how much weight I have lost, and I'm still very scared about keeping it off...but I know that I am doing the right things probably 95% of the time. Sometimes I will have a few bites of thin crust pizza or have fried chicken fingers or fried shrimp - but as a general rule, I really try not to eat unhealthy things.

I have found that when I have that salty snacky craving, sunflower seeds work quite well - especially during a 4 hour airport layover! I get the salty flavor from the shells, but I don't eat a whole serving of them (which is good cuz they are not really a low calorie food). Each serving has 9 grams of protien, 190 calories, and 15 grams of fat - YIKES - okay...maybe they aren't that good of an idea! Note to self, read labels closer. This is for a 1/4 cup size serving and I can't eat that many of them. Hmmmm...a serving of Doritos has less calories and fat then sunflower seeds and so Lay's potato chips (however, neither of these snacks would last very long like the sunflower seeds do). That's not a good snack and I will be looking for a better one!!! LOL  Here I thought I was doing good!!! Woops!

I guess that reinforces the idea that there are really no "bad" foods - as long as the portion is under control and you take the calories and fat content into consideration for your daily meal plan. I have decided that in situations where I am pretty sure there isn't going to be anything I will be able to eat, I always take a protien bar with me. It fills me up, gets me 20 grams of protien and keeps me out of the more fattening foods that might make me not feel so good.

I went to a friend's wedding reception and BBQ this past weekend and I was helping her set up the food at her house for the BBQ. She had gotten a chocolate fondue fountatin, and I was setting that up for her - setting up the trays of yummy things (Oreos, Nutter Butters, sugar wafers, biscoti, strawberries and pineapple) and I also melted the chocolate chips for the fountain. I had chocolate everywhere!! But I didn't like my fingers, I had a towel on my hip to wipe my hands on and washed them a few times during the chocolate experience as well. It smelled good, but I didn't really want any of it. I kept swiping the strawberries though! Those were good! I was so proud of myself for NOT getting into the chocolate and cookies - no matter how much that little evil voice told me I wanted to try it, I kept reminding myself that it made me sick (even if it doesn't make me dump - it made me fat before which in turn made me sick). Almost 5 months post-op and I have not tried sweets - they will make me sick and I keep that in my head. I also make the choice not to have them, I don't ever tell myself I "can't" have them because then I will want them. I just chose not to have them.

I found that I really like the sugarfree, decaf General Foods International coffees. Sometimes they are hard to find, but they are a treat when I can find them. My favorite of course is the Suisse Mocha, but the vanilla is good also. The only thing that I really "miss" having sometimes is pop. And that is mostly when I'm around a lot people drinking it. I've been tempted to try it, but then I think about how long it's really been since I've had any, and then change my mind.

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