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Momentive....is ....slowing....down

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My momentive is slowing down. Does that mean I throw in the towel and forget it? Nope. But I will admit I am having a little problem staying on track. I have lost 13lbs on my self imposed pre surgery diet. I am already practicing for life after surgery. It has been pretty easy for the most part, but I have had a little bit of backsliding. I am not talking chocolate cake and pizza kind of backsliding. But I have overindulged in some of my "healthy" choices. Too much cheese, too many protein bars. Today I had an errand to run at lunch. I had already come into work late, so I needed to grab something quick. Taco Bell ( not normally a choice for ANYTHING healthy) had the protein bowls/ burritos this summer. The chicken bowl is pretty low calorie and good protein. I would even allow myself a "cheat" of guacamole & chips with it. Well I get into the drive thru ( this one is designed that once you enter you cannot exit) and low and behold the protein items are gone! Ugh!!! I went with the cantina bell menu as a back up option and got the chicken bowl. But I really wanted the guacamole and chips, so I got the combo. MISTAKE. First off they screwed up the order and I ended up with a side of guac and a side of salsa- plus TWO bags of chips. Then my bowl just was NOT what I wanted. I realized the Cantina bowl is very similar to the protein bowl, just bigger and loaded with white rice. I should have never ate the chips, but I ended up eating most of them with the guacamole. Then I started to eat the bowl. After about a third of it I realized I was full. A guess a small victory in the fact I stopped eating it. In the past I would have ate every bite because I paid for it! But today it was just not what I wanted and I was able to easily stop eating when I was full. ( side note- I realized after the fact I had ate more than "just full" as I sit here with a rock in my stomach) I debated whether to keep the rest and eat later but decided to just pitch it. Why eat something that was not what I had intended in the first place? So now my quick food options (pre op) are even further limited. My other issue is with eating fast/drinking with meals. I know both of these things will have to be changed once I have surgery. I really, really need to practice both now to get into the groove. Yet I keep putting it off. I can eat sometimes w/o drinking. But not all meals. And I still eat way too fast and too large of bites. I need to get used to chewing my food to oblivion and pausing between bites. Otherwise I will have a very rude awakening if I forget to do this post op! I guess my biggest problem right now is time. Having to wait to get to the next step in my journey. Knowing that I will worry until I hear my insurance has approved me for surgery. Not knowing if I will be able to get the surgery when I hoped. ( original goal was October) Just a lot of variables that are out of my control. I won't go as far as say I am a control freak, but I do feel better when I can create my destiny. ( at least in something as life changing as this) I just want to get there. I want to be past the "scary" parts and get to living the life I dream of....

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good job making a tuff choice in the moment. What I do going thru a drive through like that is I tell them i want a beef burrito without the tortilla. So i tell them to leave the carbs out..... :P It works for me......just an idea.....

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Please keep in your mind you are pre-op so right now there is no damage to you. This is when you should fall and pick yourself right back up. They and start a food journal with foods and amounts and work your way back from there. We all fall but, as you said, that is no reason to throw in the towel. Each day write down something you are really wanting out of your surgery (other than just losing weight). Maybe it is getting off meds. Maybe it is wear clothes you dreamed of. Try and set markers so you have small victories. I went on the front lawn (when I hit 50 pounds loss) and danced to "Can' touch this". This was my victory. I don't care what the neighbors think, they don't get it. I wish I could be more of a help but if you follow these steps I believe it will help you more than concerning yourself with what has already been done.

Good luck to you.

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Easy thing about eating/drinking post-op? You physically CAN'T drink while, or after, you eat. It hurts. Seriously - I have to wait a good 30 minutes after a meal to even think about sipping something (I'm almost 12 weeks post op). Even if you don't get the habit down pre-op, you'll be forced to do it after!

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Thanks for the suggestions! I am trying to figure out ways to dine out without guilt or undoing what I have accomplished. My main go to is looking up menus in advance and checking the nutritional values and making up my mind what I want from that. Makes it easier to not have to think about it when I am hungry. But on the fly is still an issue. I know I will figure it out over time. I am a food addict in some ways. While I do not eat mass quantities for the most part, I do eat junk. My choices are a huge part of my weight issues. I am just trying to get a grip on that now. I have been journaling. Not so much the food (although I do write some about what I eat) but about my emotions. And I have been blogging here. I know now this is going to be about 70% (or more) mental for me, so I am trying to get "my head into the game" so to speak. And my biggest victory of all will be when I am no longer in pain daily from arthritis. I am not on any meds that will be stopped due to weight loss. While I cannot imagine how great I will feel when I can wear smaller sizes, I long for the day when I can walk without pain. That is my biggest goal. The rest will be hummus on the tofu as icing on the cake is no longer part of my world!!! LOL

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