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Good Stuff And Bad Stuff

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Dr. appointment on Thursday morning to add fluid to the band. YAY! I'm excited about this. I'm trying to eat less but seem to be failing right now. I've understand the first 6 weeks are for healing after surgery and I'm still shy of 4 weeks. Doesn't mean I'm not irritated. I'm doing my part of choosing healthier alternatives but having trouble with the smaller portions right now. Just trying to substitute fruit for sugar cravings and vegetable juice for salt cravings. Still eating protein packed foods and making good carb choices. taking vitamins too to help me continue healing and getting better.

 

Okay I'm listing out what I had to eat yesterday maybe that will help me see that it wasn't as bad as I thought: Burrito bowl (spanish rice [brown rice, enchilada sauce], ranch style beans, fajita beef strips (4), cheese, salsa, guacamole), water, mango and strawberries, water, Pringles (maybe 8 total),V8 Spicy Hot (12 oz), Goldfish crackers (1/2 cup), water.

 

uh oh... not enough protein yesterday. Then again it was a busy day and I had only made dinner. At least tonight will be different, Making meatloaf, potatoes, and broccoli. Made pancakes this morning for breakfast and had a strip of bacon. Took my vitamins. Grrr... Have things to do.

 

 

***UPDATE*** Started a myfitnesspal account last night and logged my food. So far I'm not doing too bad, according to the site I'm not even hitting my calories for the day that they have alotted for me. Going to check with the doctor's office to see how many I should be getting a day, then adjust the settings as needed on MFP.



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I'm sorry, but the only food choices in your list of what you ate that sound like good ones for weight loss are the mango, strawberries, and water.

You might want to try using an online food tracker (sparkpeople.com, myfitnesspal.com, livestrong.com, etc.) to get a more accurate idea of how many calories you're consuming and whether any of them are providing good nutrition. It helps me, anyway. I'm expert at rationalizing bad food choices. That's one of the ways I got fat in the first place.

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I started a myfitnespal account yesterday and logged this list of food. Total for the day: around 800 calories. WAY less than I would have thought too. When I go to the doc's office tomorrow I'm going to ask the nutritionist how many calories I should be getting a day. According to myfitnesspal, I should be getting a little over 2,000. I'm not comfortable with that at all. That seems like too many. Anyway, if you look at the foods it's a lot of carbs, some protein, fruits, and good fat (the avocado). I think knowing what foods go where in the food scheme of things helps (ie the food pyramid). The worst thing I ate this day was the crackers.

Portion control is the hardest part of all this. My tastebuds are saying "give me MORE" but my stomach says, "no way! I'm done."

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