Okay...here is what I ate that was on plan today...

decaf coffee with 6 oz of steamed milk

1 cheese stick

2 tblsp hummus with 2 cracker like sticks

2 wedges of laughing cow light cheese

1/2 english muffin

1 another cheese stick

sugar and fat free hot cocoa with 6 oz of steamed milk

50 oz of Water total

8 oz of fuze

Total calories 530, protien 47 carbs 55, fat 14.5

but then...I had 3 peppermint patties......the mini ones...and I dared hubby to say a damn word about it. Am I loosing the will power. The damn things cost me 170 calories, 34 carbs, and 3 fat grams.

I could have had another couple of cheese sticks and another 18 grams of protien instead . And to top it off...I didn't work out today....couldn't. I worked the whole time day care was open, and had Karah with me. I'm going to try and work out tomorrow before our lunch meeting at the y near there. Going to try and go about 9:30 or so if anyone wants to join me .

Oh i also had to start taking some Fiber caplets.....boy...all this cheese is getting to me. I get to add fish on the 10th...but no veggies till Dec 1st.

Melissa

3 peppermint patties??? only three???

I remember my surgeon telling me something that I will never forget!

He said, "the band was designed for the individual to continue eating a food selection of what they would normally eat - just a smaller quantity."

Just think, if it werent for the band, you probably wouldve eaten the entire bag! (I wouldve)

Ahhh Melissa. I see what you mean by wasting 170 calories, 34 carbs, and 3 fat grams on dumb ole Peppermint Patties. But that's only a snack in the big scheme of things. Plus you had less than 600 calories today before you add that in. Helloo!!!! Shake it off. You are doing great! I'd go nuts not having veggies for so long. You and Angie are following Bauman's menu so well. I wanna see it! It's working! Can't wait to see you tomorrow and see what the 25 pound loss looks like on you. You rock!

I lost my chips to Halloween Chocolate

need I say more

looser

Yeah...I know..before band I would have eaten more of them....but the fact is, the band isn't really what is keeping me from eating more now...not in the physical sense. It's actually the fact that I have EVERYONE watching me to loose weight now and sheer willpower has carried me this far. I haven't been hungry...but before surgery that never stopped me before. And restriction right now...a joke I think. So far haven't eaten enough to feel restricted...worried there might be NONE..and afraid to test the theory. I haven't lost any weight in a week either...so thats really starting to bum me out. I mean before surgery I was eating easily twice as much and maintaining. Now I'm eating so little, still exercising and maintaing it just does not seem fair. I'd even be happy if I saw inches going but when I measured yesterday...there wasn't THAT much difference. Well except my boobs, lost a freaking inch there. I might go from an apple shape to a pear if that keeps up. And if I really must pick a fruit, can we go for bannana? I guess I'm just afraid whats going to happen when willpower and the fear of embarrassement give way. Willpower is much easier too when you see the scale moving.

Melissa

Are you getting enough calories & protein?

Just banded 10/22 and thought that I didn't have any restriction too. That is until last night when I accidently,mindlessly tossed a chunk of roast chicken down my gullet. I was talking to my grandson and popped a piece of chicken, chewed a time or two and swallowed. ( now I know why I am fat..Mindless eating)

O-mi-god. The pain hit me in the solar plexus..doubled me over. I stretched, burped, hacked and finally after about an hour yacked it up. Just a bite of unchewed chicken.. pain, pain, pain.

Believe me...don't test the band...the band will win. You have restriction!

I feel like a moron, hope I didn't dislodge the band but I learned my lesson.

Amen. I did the same thing with a hot dog.

Holy smoke. Thought I was having a heart attack.

A hot dog eh? Nice tubular shape but trying to zero in on the hole in the band.good luck. I am still suffering a bit..taking it easy on the chewable stuff. Soup etc... Pretty nervous about having another episode and have been glaring at the leftover roast chicken in the fridge like it gave me Bird Flu.