What Have I Been Eating

South Beach Diet Deli Wraps. I normally try to eat just one wrap for lunch. Its got a lot of protien. Yesterday I had a Lean Pocket - I was surprised how low in fat it was and high in protien. It didn't really agree with me - I didn't vomit, but I felt bloated. 1 pc of whole wheat bread with low fat herbed cream cheese and sliced turkey. YUM. Umm what else do I have for lunch or dinner? Oh - one egg and 3 slices of turkey bacon for breakfast, or half a packet of oatmeal with sugar and milk and then half a container of light and fit yogurt.

Snacks: I haven't been and I need to - I need to add protien since my hair has begun falling out. Bag girl! I have been trying to drink a glass of mikl though. I just hate those shakes.

Dinner - mmmm - tonight I had a lamb tenderloin with mint jelly. Yummy. I love the lamb! So does Wyatt - which is good he's keeping in tradition with a good Aussie meal.

I was eating those 100 cal museli bars, but got sick of them, plus they really don't have any nutritional value. I have had a cookie this week - didn't like it. Plus I also tasted everyone's bread final. Didn't eat later that night - so that's very naughty - NEED PROTIEN!! I'm trying though. I should start recording my protien intake and then make adjustments. Maybe when I go on vacation I can start that. Too busy right now.

149.5! 56 pounds lost

I am so excited. I have finally reached the 140s. I am hoping to reach 145 by New Years Eve. So I have to lose .5 - 1lb a week for the next 6 weeks. I am going to be so happy if I can do it!

Me at 151 - minus 54 pounds

Halloween Costume?

I went as a chef. I haven't lost any weight since the last time I blogged 1.5 weeks ago - that's crazy. I thought it been a month or something like that. I'm so spoiled with losing weight so fast that it seems like an eternity since my last pound came off. I just had company for the week end so I didn't eat very well - oh well.

53lbs Lost - Current Weight 152.5lbs

Things have been going well lately. I've been drinking a lot of tea, eating Chewy Granola Bars, beef jerky, ummm and what else this week? I forget...I suppose that's the way it goes. I don't think about food very much - just enough to get my protien and that's it. I can't beleive it. kOh! Bananas - I've been eating bananas and avocado. I did order baked beans at a resturant last week and threw them all up. I guess you can never be sure what is going to agree with you. I should have known better - plus I ate undercooked broccoli which doesn't like me very much yet. I'm going to keep trying though - luckily I don't mind vomitting.

What's On The Menu Now?

I am mostly eating normal food these days. I did get a few post-op cookbooks and they have helped tremendously as far as ideas of what and how much I should eat I have been eating veggies and fruit too! I still can't eat tomotoes without throwing up - the skin doesn't settle in my tummy.

I also had three glasses of wine on Friday. All red wine - pinot to be specific. I had the three glasses over a 6 hr period. I was buzzed, but didn't get sick or anything. So that's nice for me - to be able to have a drink on occaission.

I've been eating lamb and chicken without any problem and enjoying cheese and milk - dso no lactose issues. Its all very exciting. I have been splitting a South Beach meal with Wyatt for dinner and that's awesome since I don't have to do dishes afterwatds and we both get a healthy meal.

50 pounds!

I can't beleive it! I have lost 50 pounds! Isn't that amazing?! I could never have done it without the surgery. I now weigh 155.5lbs. I remember weighing this when we lived in San Fran. Of course, I was depressed and not happy to be 155. I was struggling with my weight even then - and that was 8yrs ago. That really puts it into perspective - how long I've been battling my weight.

Now I feel like I am on the homestretch to succeess. It feels good to be this weight and still have the energy to keep going. Every 10 pounds that comes off will feel amazing. I can't wait for the next 10pounds to drop - I am hoping I can drop them by Christmas. The surgeon said my weight loss should slow down quite a bit now and to expect approx 18pounds to drop over the next 3 months - that was a week ago and I've already dropped 1.5 pounds.

Surgeon was happy with my progress and my bloodwork came back saying that my vitamin and mineral levels were looking healthy - that's good news. Sometimes I choke down my pills.

Here's a list of the pills I take every day.
Morning: 2 calcium pills, 1 x50mg zoloft (I am on the lowest dose now, which is good news), 1 prilosec pill, 1 colace pill(to make bowel movements easier.)
Evening: 1 multivitamin for women plus 1 iron pill (the iron pills make me feel sick, so I take them at night. Plus you can't take iron and calcium together as they negate each other.)