Why is it that when you are on a diet or had WLS (weight loss surgery) or diabetic that the only thing that comes to mind are the things you can't have. Marc called me on his way to get Krispy Kreme's for his staff and asked if i wanted any.... Now he wasn't being mean he was going to actually bring me a cream stuff glazed donut. Oh what i wouldn't give for a warm Cream stuffed glazed donut. So now that is all I can think about... Oh the raspberry filled chocolate covered ones... or the hot just plain glazed. I have found that all the "bad" things that I can't have usually come to the fore front of my brain. Chocolate covered Strawberries from Godiva Chocolates in Tulsa came to mind the other night when I fixed White Chocolate SF Pudding and mixed in some strawberries. It wasn't the same and didn't take away the thought...At Easter it was Mom's Potato Salad that I couldn't get off my mind.... and what I wouldn't give for a coke. But I made this change knowing I wouldn't be able to have these things and I am sticking to it... No just "trying" it out or "just one bite won't hurt"... Unfortunately it will hurt... getting stuck is not something that I want to have happen... and "throwing up" is getting to be a bad thing for me... slimming and pb'ing are still things that I don't want to have happen either... so I sit here dreaming of what that Krispy Kreme would taste like drinking my soy milk and whey powder (chocolate) wishing it were the Krispy Kreme of yesterday.
hey all it has been raining so much here I have an Olympic sized pool in my back yard. my puggies were out swimming in it yesterday... Daisey my sweet little mentally challenged girl would just get up and move to another puddle after the one she was in grew to hot... her poor fat belly kept dragging the ground as she went from puddle to puddle... and lay down... Chloe on the other hand thought that she should jump all through out the back yard making a mess and getting mud on her blond hair... Blossem my old lady... just stood at the back door looking out like a little old lady never once wanting to get her paws wet...you know she is the sensible one of all three... Chloe found a turtle to bark out and raise hell with... it trespassed onto her back yard... I actually believe that it was swept into the back yard with the rolling water. hmmm Turtle surfing in Oklahoma... but that was the only thing that drew Blossem off the cement back porch and into the water... My girls are going to grow gills and webbing in between their toes before to long...
well tata for now..... love ya
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Protein
Did you know that "PROTEIN" is essential to muscle repair, hair and nail growth, and healing... I didn't until I had bariatric surgery. That is why i drink protein drinks, and eat my protein (meat) first... before veggies and fruits...my typical day is like this...
Breakfast -
1 egg
2 slices of bacon
1/8 cup of cheese
2 tablespoons of soy milk light
1 pat of butter
OR
1 cup of soy milk light
1 scoop of protein powder (usually EAS chocolate or NECTAR Chocolate Truffle)
Morning snack
1 scoop of protein powder (usually NECTAR Strawberry or Cherry or even Lemon)
1 packet of crystal light Whatever flavor matches the Nector
2 cups of water
Lunch
1 small can of tuna or can of chicken
2 tablespoons of light mayo
2 dill pickle slices chopped
1 slice of onion chopped
1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
1 cup of chopped spinach leaves (try to eat dark green leafy lettuce)
Afternoon Snack
1 scoop of protein powder (NECTAR)
1 packet of crystal light
2 cups of water
Dinner
3 to 4 ounces of beef, chicken or fish (pork and I do not agree for some reason)
1 cup of spinach or romaine lettuce (again dark green leafy lettuce)
1/2 cup of some kind of veggies (green beans, squash, etc)
2 tablespoons of salad dressing (i use the regular stuff i don't eat that much so i eat it to go down)
2-4 tablespoons of something to go on top of my meat to go down usually a sauce of some type i have to have this because if not i throw up i usually make up something using 0% Fage Yogurt...
Evening Snack
Something low carb like Sugar Free Fat Free Pudding or a "cake" made from protein powders (as seen on www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com) or as most nights nothing at all
so as you can see i do not starve at all. My calories stay between 900 to 1200 per day 100 of those are protein, and 30-40 are net carbs (carbs minus fiber). I don't feel hungry and with the solid protein's i stay satisfied longer through out the day. I don't get the pangs of starvation like I did eating the high carb stuff i used to eat...
I have to tell something funny... I am drinking these high protein drinks and on saturday i went to see my niece off to her prom (by the way Lairen was beautiful) but on the way i was talking to my nephews the weight lifters. I know that they are weight lifting and we talked about drinking protein drinks well being the expert I gave my opinion to them... it was funny because i thought they had been drinking these drinks for the last year or so because they are gettin muscles... and they way they talked they knew about EAS and had drank the drinks and like them... i found out on Sunday after talking to their mom that they had only drank 4 of the premade ones (which are gross in my standards)and that was the extent of their knowledge and that their coach had told them what to get.... I was so impressed with myself because i could talk to them that i never stopped to realize that a lot of what i said they never heard of...Sometimes i am too full of myself
tata for now folks
Breakfast -
1 egg
2 slices of bacon
1/8 cup of cheese
2 tablespoons of soy milk light
1 pat of butter
OR
1 cup of soy milk light
1 scoop of protein powder (usually EAS chocolate or NECTAR Chocolate Truffle)
Morning snack
1 scoop of protein powder (usually NECTAR Strawberry or Cherry or even Lemon)
1 packet of crystal light Whatever flavor matches the Nector
2 cups of water
Lunch
1 small can of tuna or can of chicken
2 tablespoons of light mayo
2 dill pickle slices chopped
1 slice of onion chopped
1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
1 cup of chopped spinach leaves (try to eat dark green leafy lettuce)
Afternoon Snack
1 scoop of protein powder (NECTAR)
1 packet of crystal light
2 cups of water
Dinner
3 to 4 ounces of beef, chicken or fish (pork and I do not agree for some reason)
1 cup of spinach or romaine lettuce (again dark green leafy lettuce)
1/2 cup of some kind of veggies (green beans, squash, etc)
2 tablespoons of salad dressing (i use the regular stuff i don't eat that much so i eat it to go down)
2-4 tablespoons of something to go on top of my meat to go down usually a sauce of some type i have to have this because if not i throw up i usually make up something using 0% Fage Yogurt...
Evening Snack
Something low carb like Sugar Free Fat Free Pudding or a "cake" made from protein powders (as seen on www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com) or as most nights nothing at all
so as you can see i do not starve at all. My calories stay between 900 to 1200 per day 100 of those are protein, and 30-40 are net carbs (carbs minus fiber). I don't feel hungry and with the solid protein's i stay satisfied longer through out the day. I don't get the pangs of starvation like I did eating the high carb stuff i used to eat...
I have to tell something funny... I am drinking these high protein drinks and on saturday i went to see my niece off to her prom (by the way Lairen was beautiful) but on the way i was talking to my nephews the weight lifters. I know that they are weight lifting and we talked about drinking protein drinks well being the expert I gave my opinion to them... it was funny because i thought they had been drinking these drinks for the last year or so because they are gettin muscles... and they way they talked they knew about EAS and had drank the drinks and like them... i found out on Sunday after talking to their mom that they had only drank 4 of the premade ones (which are gross in my standards)and that was the extent of their knowledge and that their coach had told them what to get.... I was so impressed with myself because i could talk to them that i never stopped to realize that a lot of what i said they never heard of...Sometimes i am too full of myself
tata for now folks
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
50 lbs lost. Yippee
Hey everyone... I have lost 50 lbs. I got on the scales this morning and i have done it. Yipee. can you hear me shouting. Dr. Khouw had taken me off all my meds but yesterday because my sugars still hadn't gotten below 120 he put me back on one pill. can you believe it... i can't it is like a miracle and I still can't believe it. Of course I am still going through withdrawal from all the drugs... you never understand how that feels until you go through it. but I am almost drug free and I am going to be thin. This was the best thing I could have ever done. and even with all the throwing up I would still do it again and again.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Something that just Clicked
Well I am not sure if this is something that everyone knows but somehow it just sort of clicked with me. It's about diets. I have been going over and over everything in my mind about how calories work, protein works, carbs work and so forth and this morning on my way to work it clicked. I think I have been sleeping on it too long and it just popped into my head. OK I decided that if I wanted to be 150 lbs or so I needed to go on a good diet and I say diet because I am cutting back on the food and limiting myself on what I can eat. I know that many people call it a lifestyle change and it is because it is something that I will have to be with the rest of my life but in my mind it is still a diet and how i need to eat. Well this is my clicked moment. If i want to be 150 lbs I need to eat like 150 lbs. Most recommend that you eat like a 265 lbs cut back on calories by 500 and you lose a lbs a week. But I thought if i want to be 150lbs I eat like that. So most good diets statistics say 150 lb woman should eat between 1000 to 1200 calories. OK easy enough i say well not that easy when you are used to eating like a hayhauler on his last meal before hauling hay. OK so knowing that I need 1200 carbs how do i go about figuring out the protein, carbs and fats. well as you know i am an accountant by degree and numbers really do come easy for me so I sat down and researched. Being single allows me to do that because in the evening I have plenty of time not that i am complaining just i have plenty of time. So in my research, which i have to say is boring as all get out so many have different ideas about how much of this and how much of that and how you count it but I narrowed it down for myself. because of my diabetes, which by the way never goes away just into remission if you eat right, I need a low carb diet. But I want to keep my muscles, my hair, my memory, and my engine going so I need to fill in those other calories with Protein and Fats. And not wanting to get fat and have heart problems I need to mainly fill it with protein and not so much fat. So this is my formula that I have figured out.
To figure my Protein grams per day I should have half of my calories in Protein.
My Calories (1200) divided in half (600) equals my Protein calories which means this is how much of my Calories should be in Protein per day. And by all accounts 4 calories equal 1 gram of Protein. So I should have 150 grams of Protein a day.
To figure my Carb grams per day my carb calories should be no more than 25% of my diet. I don't need the added sugar in my life. I am now pill free and insulin free so I don't want to go back.
My calories (1200) times 25% equals 300 carb calories a day. And by those doctors and researchers in the world 4 calories equal 1 carb gram so on a 1200 calorie diet 75 grams is all I need a day. And if you cut it even closer you won't lose weight.
Now to figure my fat grams per diet and that was an easy one... if I have 50 % protein, 25% carbs the other should be 25 % FAT, that means the Mono and the polyunsaturated stuff not so much the saturated and the trans. 9 calories = 1 gram of fat. so i need 33 grams of fat a day.. not over.
OK to review this is what I figured out for a 1200 calorie diet... I need 150 grams of Protein, 75 grams of Carbs and 33 grams of Fat.
well that is what i will be doing when I actually get up to 1200 calories a day right now I am stuck around 900 to a 1000...and I figure all this by writing every thing that goes through my lips down on a piece of paper or you could do like I do and go to www.fitday.com and use their Food Diary and you don't even have to remember any formulas...
OK that is my hmmm moment for the day...
Of course I still have to figure out the exercises component and how it affects the above items and how to adjust but that is for later research.
To figure my Protein grams per day I should have half of my calories in Protein.
My Calories (1200) divided in half (600) equals my Protein calories which means this is how much of my Calories should be in Protein per day. And by all accounts 4 calories equal 1 gram of Protein. So I should have 150 grams of Protein a day.
To figure my Carb grams per day my carb calories should be no more than 25% of my diet. I don't need the added sugar in my life. I am now pill free and insulin free so I don't want to go back.
My calories (1200) times 25% equals 300 carb calories a day. And by those doctors and researchers in the world 4 calories equal 1 carb gram so on a 1200 calorie diet 75 grams is all I need a day. And if you cut it even closer you won't lose weight.
Now to figure my fat grams per diet and that was an easy one... if I have 50 % protein, 25% carbs the other should be 25 % FAT, that means the Mono and the polyunsaturated stuff not so much the saturated and the trans. 9 calories = 1 gram of fat. so i need 33 grams of fat a day.. not over.
OK to review this is what I figured out for a 1200 calorie diet... I need 150 grams of Protein, 75 grams of Carbs and 33 grams of Fat.
well that is what i will be doing when I actually get up to 1200 calories a day right now I am stuck around 900 to a 1000...and I figure all this by writing every thing that goes through my lips down on a piece of paper or you could do like I do and go to www.fitday.com and use their Food Diary and you don't even have to remember any formulas...
OK that is my hmmm moment for the day...
Of course I still have to figure out the exercises component and how it affects the above items and how to adjust but that is for later research.
wow what an eye opener
Well last night I desided to find out how much I was actually eating before WLS (Weight Loss Surgery) and it added up. Lord I was eating 2500 to 3000 calories a day. Its amazing being a single woman I would just stop and grab a bite on the way home. Why cook just easy to stop and pick up. Well those little stops added up. and now i am down to eating between 800 to 1200 per day. that is a big change.
Chloe last night had an attack. She had snuck off the bed about midnight to go snooping and little did she know she was going to stick her nose in the wrong place. Pugs by nature are Nosey and just plain out and out Curious. Well last night in the dark Miss Chloe was trying to get to her treats. and knocked the box over spilling everything. she ran fast and hard into the bedroom and under the bed barking the whole time. It took me 30 minutes to get her back on the bed and another 1 just to get her to lay down.
My cousin Katherine gave me a new website to try Eatingwell.com it has some really good recipes.
well that is all for now.
Chloe last night had an attack. She had snuck off the bed about midnight to go snooping and little did she know she was going to stick her nose in the wrong place. Pugs by nature are Nosey and just plain out and out Curious. Well last night in the dark Miss Chloe was trying to get to her treats. and knocked the box over spilling everything. she ran fast and hard into the bedroom and under the bed barking the whole time. It took me 30 minutes to get her back on the bed and another 1 just to get her to lay down.
My cousin Katherine gave me a new website to try Eatingwell.com it has some really good recipes.
well that is all for now.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
A very Cool Site
OK Guys I am really getting into this diet thing... but I found a Really Very Cool Site.... www.caloriesperhour.com Only thing is when you go to start Calculating what you used to eat... It will make you sick.
OH on a good note.... 47 lbs gone... since January 9, 2009.... this is great great great... high protein, low carb, right fats... I am getting it
Found another cool website for all of you out there that need the nutrition facts on your recipes http://www.nutricook.com I know that I have to keep this information so it helps out a lot
OH on a good note.... 47 lbs gone... since January 9, 2009.... this is great great great... high protein, low carb, right fats... I am getting it
Found another cool website for all of you out there that need the nutrition facts on your recipes http://www.nutricook.com I know that I have to keep this information so it helps out a lot
Did you ever think...
Wow did you ever think about how some people are unobservant and clueless about things even the important things in life--their children. Yesterday I was at Wally-World when this lady with 5 children all between the ages of 3 to 9, was looking in the frozen foods section i am not even sure that she even knew what she was looking at. when her children 4 of which were inside the buggy standing up and the oldest pushing it, started out pushing the buggy fast down the aisle. The children inside were screaming and being loud and they were dodging other people or items that were on the floor. the woman who was pushing her own cart full of food just said "hey stop that" and went back to looking in the freezers. Of course the children didn't until a manager came over and said something to the woman and that only lasted for about two seconds... it took another 5 minutes of the kids running through the fresh veggies before the cart tipped and all were thrown out before the mom actually took notice. all kids were crying, one had a bloody nose and the mother was screaming at the kids, the manager and anyone nearby before she grabbed up her kids and stalked out to the parking lot.
Well yesterday was a bad day I didn't really feel well but I kept doing my diet thing then the unthinkable happened... I had placed my 2/3 cup of food on my plate I ate slowly and in the end i still threw up. I don't know if I am over eating or what I ate that was so bad. I had fixed on of my mini pizzas. 1/2 of a whole wheat tortilla, crushed tomatoes, hamburger meat and cheese. My band is not filled yet but I know if I eat too much i throw it all back up. and then my stomach is messed up. So all liquids today.
Well "the girls" were funny last night. (the girls are my three pugs). were playing in the yard last night running and chasing each other when I saw Chloe (the youngest) get the biggest stick in the yard. she was running with her neck bent back pulling this limb the others were chasing close behind when Chloe ran into one of their toys tripped over it and the other two Blossem and Daisey tripped over her... it is funny. Well got to run... Have a great day.
Well yesterday was a bad day I didn't really feel well but I kept doing my diet thing then the unthinkable happened... I had placed my 2/3 cup of food on my plate I ate slowly and in the end i still threw up. I don't know if I am over eating or what I ate that was so bad. I had fixed on of my mini pizzas. 1/2 of a whole wheat tortilla, crushed tomatoes, hamburger meat and cheese. My band is not filled yet but I know if I eat too much i throw it all back up. and then my stomach is messed up. So all liquids today.
Well "the girls" were funny last night. (the girls are my three pugs). were playing in the yard last night running and chasing each other when I saw Chloe (the youngest) get the biggest stick in the yard. she was running with her neck bent back pulling this limb the others were chasing close behind when Chloe ran into one of their toys tripped over it and the other two Blossem and Daisey tripped over her... it is funny. Well got to run... Have a great day.
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