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Slipped a little off the plan

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hserra

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Well, I was given a 5 day break off of my pre-op liquid diet, and I didn't do nearly as good off of it as I hoped I would have...

 

Recap: Wednesday (two days before surgery), my surgeon's office called, we have to reschedule for the following week, not a big deal, but I was on day 9 of 10 day liquid diet. still wasn't going to complain because it's really not a big deal to me to have to do it a few days longer, but they gave me a 5 day break.

 

In my five day break I was hoping to try and stay on track as best as possible, that was my goal.

 

Wednesday I just stayed on my shakes.

 

Thursday My mom was in town already to help for the surgery I was supposed to have on Friday, and decided to stay until the weekend. Luckily, she is a very healthy person, so it's easy to eat healthy around her. Anyway, I stay on my shakes on Thursday, except for dinner. She made a yummy baked chicken, corn on the cob, homemade bread, and steamed rice. Between my mom, daughter and I, we split one ear of corn, one 1/2 cup of cooked rice, and one chicken breast. I was very proud of myself.

 

Friday, I stayed on the shakes for breakfast and lunch, but we had a back to school picnic at my daughter's school, and my mom had brought some teriyaki chicken, salad and rice. She and I shared the kid’s meal she brought :thumbup:

 

Now when it starts getting bad....Friday Night, my husband and I went to a movie, something we rarely get to do. He decided to get the largest tub of popcorn available, which is 1) Extremely out of character for him, and 2) Something I don't particularly like (thankfully). But it just smelled so good, and I noticed myself taking many more handfuls than I had intended, but I definitely didn't go over a serving on it (again I don't like popcorn). Then we went to dinner, Applebee’s, one we hadn't tried in our new city yet, plus they have the 2/$20 deal. So we went, and on the deal menu, they don't have many choices, so we ended up with Mozzarella sticks and each had the Three Cheese Penne (Yeah I know bad choice). Well we could have split one, as we didn't finish the sticks (they were pretty nasty), and I didn't even come close to finishing my meal (Partly because they BURNED my chicken, and the pasta / sauce had been microwaved, and it was kind of disgusting). No dessert (one plus)

 

Saturday, one of the local schools was having their annual fundraiser carnival, called Sausage Fest. My daughter and I split a hamburger and a small fry. But for dinner, my husband decided that he was craving pizza, and I am EASILY talked into pizza, I just asked that he order a small or a personal sized one, so I wouldn't over eat. So what did he order...a Medium! Why? Because it came free! Well I ended up having a slice or two more than I intended, but at least I didn't eat the whole thing! Between my daughter having a few pieces, and my husband had a few, there were a few still left in the box.

 

Sunday, I made cupcakes. I limited it to two, and sent the rest with him to work for the week, but I, for who knows what reason, made popcorn, I DON"T LIKE POPCORN! Didn't eat very much of it because I remembered how much I really don't like it!

 

So, back to today, Monday, I am back on my shakes only, hopefully I didn't spoil it to much this weekend that I get the headaches and hunger pains again. I tried really hard to limit how much of things I had, whether they were good or bad, but I definitely ate WAY more carbs that I intended!

 

I have to say, that I was having pre-surgery jitters and starting to think/feel that maybe I can do this on my own, until I got off my diet for five days, I immediatly realized...I NEED THE BAND!!! Pre-surgery jitters are gone...at least in the aspect of if I really need this or not! :thumbup: (still nervous about the actual surgery, but who isn't!)

 

If you suffered through this long blog, I applaud you! :thumbup:

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LOL! Your post made me hungry thinking about good food! You could have done much worse, so you did pretty good considering the temptations. Pizza is my downfall, too. Everyone at home is under strict order not to get it while I am on this 10 day diet. BTW, Applebees's menu has some Weight Watchers meals on it that are low calorie and really tasty. I can have a Lean Cuisine or WW meals for dinner, after drinking protein shakes all day, under my 10 day diet and the Applebee's meal tasted soooo good the other night. When i looked up the nutrition facts before I went, they were surprisingly similar to the frozen meals....and MUCH better!

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My mouth is watering....... Its lunch time so I'm good with that.

I have a couple suggestions. Can you get your husband more on board with eating healthier? He seems to be a trigger -- popcorn, resteraunt, pizza etc. It will help you a lot if he doesn't make the purchases/suggestions he did. Just an idea.

Secondly, if you know you are going out to dinner, look up resteraunts ahead of time, check out their nutrition guides and pick what you are going to order before you go. Like QT said (above) Applebees actually has some great options that are high protein, low calorie, low carb.

And the last suggestion -- when you go out to dinner tell the waitress to 1) take away bread and 2) bring you a doggie bag container right away. Eye your meal to make sure it doesn't fill more than a small plate (1C), and put the rest in the doggie bag and cover it up.

We are all with you on this process. Best wishes to you :-)

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I think you did a fabulous job, considering! Now that I have the band, it is easier for me to make some better choices, but I'm not so sure I could have pre-band. Maybe it was a good sign for you to see that you need the band? I know I went through the same questions. Good luck on the rest of your pre-op diet. It sounds like you are going to do well.

I did want to second what Sandra said about seeing how you can work with your hubby to help you along. I'm sure he definitely doesn't mean to trigger you, but he mind need some pointers on what to do to help you. Choices will be easier once you have some restriction, but you still have to make them.

Keep at it, chica!!

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Thanks for all the suggestions! My husband is a terrible trigger, and I think he knows it. He is starting the P90x, so hopefully we will do better together!

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