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Another Day Gone By

By circa

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Feeling even better today. Mid mornings I get fairly tired - trying to find my groove of calorie intake while i'm still in this liquid stage. Today was the first day that I was truly hungry several times throughout the day. The broth and jello was quite fulfilling. Its amazing. I HATED chicken noodle soup and brothy ANYTHING before my surgery, but I really do like this chicken broth from Noodles and Company. Funny how things change :)

 

Went to the grocery store and got some stuff to finish out this week and to start my full liquids on Friday. Picked up some stuff for dinner for hubby too. He doesn't need to keep eating out - Lord knows he's not gonna cook! :)

 

He's finally getting better about eating in the same room as me. It doesn't bother me, but it does bother him. Its not a big deal to me. I'm able to satisfy my hunger with my allowed foods now. If I wasn't able to, that might be another story. As the diet progresses, we'll be eating much of the same things - other than I'll never eat rice and he wants red beans and rice for dinner - so no problem making that for him :)

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    Helen the Cat

    LAP-BAND Patients

    One of the things I FINALLY figured out (and it took me long enough to figure it out!) is to always eat protein first! I would dish up my meal, and dive right into the small amount of carbs I was allowed. I LOVE carbs, be it potatoes, rice, pasta, breads, sweets; I LOVE carbs! But I have found that if I do the protein thing first, usually I don't have room for the carbs, and my weight loss seems to be more even, less of the yo-yo thing when I get my protein in.

    I am still struggling with getting all the protein that I am supposed to have (and I am 7 1/2 months post op now!). But weeks when I am good and drink my protein drink and eat my protein first, I see more of a weight loss and less of the yo-yo thing, where I gain a pound, lose a pound, gain a pound and half, lose a pound, etc.

    I don't know why it took me SO long to figure this out. I had read it here on this very web site dozens of times. But it really does work, protein first, then a few carbs if I still have room.

    Best of luck to you! Keep it up. (BTW, I have lost 100 pounds as of today! WOO HOO!)

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    circa

    Gastric Sleeve Patients

    Congrats Helen! That's a great loss!

    I have always been a protein first eater. That will definitely benefit me for getting my protein in every day.

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