OKAY GIRLS!!!

Let's do this thing! Let's just take it one day at a time and see how it goes. You must COMMIT to coming on here daily and logging EVERY SINGLE BITE you put in your mouth, as well as the water you are drinking (water....what's that??), as well as the activity you had for the day. I'll start....this is going to be reallllllly hard for me:think , but here goes.....HONESTY, remember HONESTY.....aka accountability amongst friends;)

BREAKFAST: 1 egg, 2 pieces Canadian Bacon
LUNCH: 1/4 cup mashed potatoes, 1/4 cup fajita vegetables, 1/4 cup flank steak
(came home and crashed)
SNACK: vanilla ice cream cone from McDonalds
about 15 pringles when I got home and raided the cabinets
about 1/4 cup whole cashews
DINNER:
1/2 cup chili topped with melted cheese and dollup of sour cream
lots of tortilla chips! (I would estimate 2 "normal" servings, maybe 20 chips)
WATER: NONE.....MAYBE 2, 8 oz servings of tea
EXERCISE: Probably on my feet for a total of 2 hours out of the 10.

There...I did it, and now I feel incredibly motivated to be better tomorrow so I don't feel like such a big toe.
THINGS I DID WELL: I actually ate breakfast which I usually dont.....did okay for 50% of the day.
WAYS TO IMPROVE TOMORROW: Don't crash at the end of the day!! No snacking....drink more fluids throughout the day....exercise.

So I'll just try to remember/guess

Breakfast - 93% ground beef, onion, peppers, asian sauces (rice vinegar, lite soy sauce, sesame oil, brown sugar splenda), sour cream, cheese cubes

Snack - Mixed nuts

Lunch - Two tuna burgers with asian sauce (rice vinegar, lite soy sauce, sesame oil, brown sugar splenda)

Dinner - Ground beef w/ sour cream & cheese. Big Portion

Water - ummm I'm thinking 72 oz? Maybe 96 so far.

Exercise - 30 minutes denise austin

HOLY COW! 72 ounces of water--that is awesome Cate!

One thing I'm always good about is water.

Oh and I decided to eat something sweet, and found a small serving of SF jello. That's hittin the spot.

Wake up 9:15am

Drink 24 oz. water (total 24)

10:45-11:00am/ Meal 1 Tuna burger (3.2 oz), 4 tbsp asian sauce, 2 oz. mixed nuts

Drink 24 oz. water (total 48)
Drink 24 oz. water w/ 1 crystal light on-the-go (total 72 oz.)

2:25-2:45pm/ Meal 2 Fajita burger (2 oz), 4 tbsp. salsa, 4 oz. refried beans, 2 oz. 2% cheddar

Drink 24 oz. water (total 96 oz.)

5:10-5:20pm/ Snack 1 oz. turkey pepperoni, 1.5 oz. cheese cubes

Drink 24 oz. water (total 120 oz.)
Drink 24 oz. water (total 144 oz.)

7:35-7:50pm/ Meal 3 Weight Watchers Smart Ones Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Wake up, chew through leather straps....

Start day with Crystal Light Fruit Punch

8:30 am Breakfast...yummy delicious Slim Fast Meal On the Go bar...Milk Chocolate peanut butter.

Wait one hour...begin flooding system with Crystal Light (fruit punch # 2 and Iced tea). So far 3 1/2 liter bottles.

Stare at clock and think about delicious peanut butter sandwich waiting for lunch time....trying to wait until at least 1pm...or i'm hungry...since I only want the peanut butter cos I love peanut butter.

12:45 pm ate peanut butter on pita for lunch...mmm Peanut butter

Waiting until 1:30 or so to resume building "Lake Crystal Light".

6:00 pm so far im on 1/2 liter bottles of crystal light #7, I can officially tell you that the plumbing in my office works perfectly, i'm checking it every hour or so....LOL. Almost time to head home for dinner...chicken wings tonight...salad with olives tomatoes and cucumber...and my favorite zero calorie dressing. If I don't update tonight I will come back and add it in tomorrow.

7:30 pm was starving at dinner, had a huge salad with tomatoes, olives and cucumber and this great zero calorie salad dressing, then I had like 12 chicken wings. I checked in with fitday...I'm at 1400 calories for the day. (I included the bomb pop I had for dessert at like 10:00pm.

Total calories for the day = 1426, and total water for the day = 5 liters or 165oz.

I missed this. Ok yesterday was umm... thinking...

- Didn't eat breakfast, I'm usually too tight.
- Lunch was a Starkist Lunch 2 Go, so 3 oz tuna, 6 Ritz crackers, and mayo in the tuna, and I think I had some pepperoni chips. Water was about 100 oz.
- Dinner was leftovers, half of a Chipotle bol w/ chicken, black beans and cheese, and I added lowfat sour cream at home.
- After dinner was a protein drink made with 2 scoops protein (40g), about 12 oz orange juice, and a packet of Splenda.

Today I'm just now eating my first meal, lunch, which is full fat cottage cheese, about 4 tbl, and about 25 pepperoni chips. Not sure what dinner will be... and I know I'll have a protein drink for "dessert".

HELP!! HELP!! I'm crashing.....I've done soooo awesome all day, but they are having a farewell reception in the cafeteria and I made the mistake of going down......THEY HAVE A FREAKING CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!!!! :faint: I just want to stick my mouth underneath it and open wide!!!!!!

I had 1 pretzel, 1 strawberry, a cookie stick thingy, and 1 cream puff (ouch) all dipped in chocolate.......dangit!!!!

THE AGONY:think Can't I just be good for one freakin' day?????........

Robyn, don't stress or beat yourself up over it. Just take a walk when you get home.

Okay girls....Don't make me do this on my own:phanvan . How did everyone do? Here goes for me....I thought I did much worse than I did, but after I actually logged what I ate on FitDay...it actually only came to 1032 calories, which is actually pretty good I think. Here goes:

Breakfast: 80 calorie ff yogurt, coffee with equal and creamer
Lunch: Immitation crab sticks (60 cal), 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup salad with a serving of ff ranch
Snack #1: 4 med peanut butter cookies (over the course of about 3 hours):o Darn things were calling my name from the breakroom table........
Snack #2: 1 pretzel stick, 1 strawberry, 1 small cream puff, 1 cookie stick all dipped in chocolate fondue:o
Snack #3: 3 small cubes of cheese
Dinner: 1-2 oz of a broiled hamburger patty, (maybe) 1/4 cup (if that) of baked chopped up potatoes, corn, onion mixture, all topped with 1 Tablespoon bbq sauce
Exercise: Worked a 12 hour shift, very busy...probably walking and on my feet about 3 hours of that total. (I need to figure out how to work that free pedometer they sent us after the surgery to figure out how many steps I take in a day at work).
Water: Surprisingly...this has been an eye opener for me today.....I drank more water than ever, but I'm still only at 4, 8 oz servings....so that would be 32 oz? Need to work on that some more before I go to bed.

Totals for day: 1032 calories, 44 gms protein Not Bad all in all......How about the rest of you all? Don't leave me hangin';)

Robyn My stuff for today is post #5

Gotcha Cate....I read your post earlier at work, but didn't scroll down to see you updated it later in the day:biggrin1: . You've done AWESOME today!! I am absolutely amazed at your water consumption. You give new meaning to the word 'hydrated':clap2: . Have you worked out at all today?

No :( I should, i just am not motivated at all!!!!!!!!

Late Night Snack!

So Hungry! Really tummy growling. So I had a beef/veggie/cheese/low-fat-sour-cream/asian-seasoning mixture (leftovers). Plus 24 oz. more water. Now time for bed!

That's where I was yesterday, and here's how I ended:

Protein drink.

Never got hungry lastnight, but did the protein b/c I knew I had to. See what I mean? Just absolutely no appetite. I haven't chewed food since noon yesterday, and I'm still not having the slightest sign of hunger. This is how it has been for me since day 2 of the pre-op liquid diet, so for almost 6 months now. I very, very rarely feel hunger, and certainly eat when I do... I just don't have an appetite any more.


About 3 mos into this I called the dietician and asked her if I needed to worry about anything. People are starting to get concerned because I eat such small amounts when I do eat, and on top of that I'm just not really eating that frequently. She said that as long as I got my protein in, I had nothing to worry about. *shrug*