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.

I'm not a "TRUE" SMMC Chica...i'm more of an interloping Chico, so I don't know about the doctor's office stuff, but my dietician, doctor and sundry other office types love that i'm posting, logging, discussing and torturing them with endless questions. Appearently they feel that A. I'm getting a ton of feedback from my own information and B. they can get a clear picture of any issues, mistakes etc by reviewing this info. I would say if your docs are against it, give em a good smack in the back of the head.

Today's Events (thats right...events people, not food)

8:45am: Doctor's office for another fill. Found out I have the VG and I am 8.5cc filled...still no restriction, hopefully this last .5 does the trick. I also found out that I lost 11lbs. So I would like the thank the Chicas...as clearly posting here and reading what you ladies are doing is helping me out A LOT!.

12:30pm: 3 bottles of water in and 2 jello-o puddings (60 cal sugar free chocolate puddings...yum). No problems eating...but i'm not pushing my luck. I will hold off on non-liquids until Saturday.

7:30pm: I've had 7 bottles of water, and for dinner I had some campbells soup (broccoli cheese).

9:00pm: I had some Jello-o sugar free pudding.

When I finally had restriction, I definitely felt it. I took a drnk of protein drink and YUP! I felt it sitting there. It wasn't uncomfortable, nothing at all like when someone is stuck, I could just feel the "pressure" of something there. I could probably stand to be more restricted in terms of quantity, because I'm still the one stopping myself from eating more than a bandster portion, not my band, but with as tight as I get when I travel, and already figthing to get the amount of calories I do, I'm just not going to push it right now.

BTW, I'm 2.5 in a 4cc.

Oh and today I've eaten:

25 pepperoni chips

3 Ritz crackers

1 - 2 oz tuna w/ light mayo

And as always, lots of decaf tea & water

Iced coffee w/ half and half, 1 equal

24 oz water

Beef, onion, pepper, and asian seasoning with sour cream and 2% cheese

24 oz water

16 oz water

2 oz cheese and 2 oz turkey pepperoni

Okay girls (and bear:) ).....I don't know why, but I've had a rough band day.....I think it's because I'm tired and my inhibitions were really low today. Here goes:

Breakfast: 80 cal yogurt

AM Snack#1: 4 bites of thinly sliced bagel/ 2 tbsp peanut butter

AM Snack#2: 3 pieces of Hershey's Dark Chocolate w/Almonds

Lunch: Not counting this because I hurled :cry (it was a small salad, but I made the mistake of yet again trying 2-3 bites of chicken on it)

PM Snack #1: 2 small Peanut Butter cookies

PM Snack #2: 2 bites of carrot cake

Dinner: Tortilla Chips/Queso (for the chiefs game) ....and lots of them...(this is where the majority of my calories came from today)

Total Calories: 1252 with 50 Grams of Protein (and the night is still young)...I'm gonna go lock myself upstairs in the bedroom, far far away from the kitchen.

Fluids: 40 oz water, plus 16 oz coffee

Exercise: 5.25 miles walked at work:bored

Scale isn't moving....but I'm also PMS'ing...(hence the carb attack today).

I'm not a "TRUE" SMMC Chica...i'm more of an interloping Chico.

You are so funny! We would be glad to adopt you:p ....Do you mind me asking your name, where you are from, when you were banded, and stats (like your starting weight etc).....

My curiousity is getting the best of me....or you can remain anonymous and I will just call you bear;)

Hey Robyn - You know I've recently figured out that PMS-ing Carb Attack Connection myself. (I'm a slow learner) BTW 1250 cal isn't bad by my reckoning. OK you could watch your carbs and up that protein a little but give me a break you can't be expected to keep that up every day! If we were that dedicated why did we need this blankity blank "Tool" called the band.

I also just got off my TOM last Fri/Sat which may have contributed to the weight loss spurt. Not that its ever helped any the previous 11 months.

Well for my food today:

Wendy's Chick Strip (Only 1*) with Ranch Dressing

Protein Bar

Grits w/Butter - One instant package shared w/son.

64oz - Water

Exercize - walked 1 lap behind work and lots of manual labor trying to get things moved out of the office for some new carpet we are getting at work. Pathetic but better than nothing.

*I gave the other 2 Chicken strips away - was TOO Full on one. Funny less than a month ago I could have managed all three given 45-60 min to work at it.

Approx - Totals for today 550 cal / 40 protein. HMMM was going to go to bed but know I think I'll go down and have 1/2 an Isopure Protein Drink to get in another 20g. Think that will bump my cal up to 650ish range.

Iced coffee w/ half and half, 1 equal

24 oz water

Beef, onion, pepper, and asian seasoning with sour cream and 2% cheese

24 oz water

16 oz water

2 oz cheese and 2 oz turkey pepperoni

2 oz. nuts

24 oz water?

buffalo chicken dip with 1 oz. turkey pepperoni chips (it WAS delicious!)

HUNGRY LIKE A WOLF TODAY.

i think its bc i am getting back to low-carb, especially after my sugarfest yesterday. on days i'm getting back to low-carb, i let myself eat as much as i want as many times as i want as long as i don't do carbs. on day 2 or 3 my hunger goes back to normal.

Also - no exercise bc i have a sore on my thigh from chafing. ugh, that will be the sweetest nsv, when THAT doesn't happen anymore!!!!

My real name is Chico...j/k

My name is Ralph, im from New York and I was banded on 12/06/05 (I keep typing 06 but that day hasn't come yet)

Stats are my board name....503 starting weight, 250 goal, current weight 456 as of today.

You are so funny! We would be glad to adopt you:p ....Do you mind me asking your name, where you are from, when you were banded, and stats (like your starting weight etc).....

My curiousity is getting the best of me....or you can remain anonymous and I will just call you bear;)

My real name is Chico...j/k

My name is Ralph, im from New York and I was banded on 12/06/05 (I keep typing 06 but that day hasn't come yet)

Stats are my board name....503 starting weight, 250 goal, current weight 456 as of today.

Hi Chico....I mean Ralph!! You made me laugh....my husband came in here and asked me what I was laughing about.....he kiddingly told me "You better not be chatting with any men on-line!"

You are doing great Ralph! I'm glad to know a little more about you. Keep on posting in chica-land;)

:clap2: Diane-You have had an AWESOME day!

Cate-what a great idea on the way you switch over to the low carb thing....I might have to try that. BTW....I see your ticker has moved again! You go girl!:clap2: I'm off to the store tomorrow to buy some pepperoni chips and make that buffalo dip

robyn, you won't regret it.

yeah, the way i've always done a low-carb detox is to just eat like hell the first day (not when i'm not hungry... but i am always hungry) and keep switching it up with lots of high-protein snacks. then i get back to that nice place where i'm not food-obsessed and having powerful cravings all the time. for me, it takes 2-3 days, but i do NOT force myself to go hungry.

I got a placement at a bank downtown! It's on the bus line, indefinite, and good pay.

24 oz Water

Buffalo chicken dip with 1 oz. turkey pepperoni chips

24 oz water

16 oz water

Asian beef with vegetables, queso with 1 low-carb tortilla (3g - I put it in the broiler til it was crispy - less carbs than chips!), two bites guacamole with 1 chip, no-sugar chocolate bar (really, no sugar! or sugar alcohols! and 14g fiber)