I've Been So Bad

[Dobeigh 69]

I've been so bad. I had surgery February 26, 2013 and I've lost 95 pounds. However, I've eaten so bad the entire time since I had surgery. I can't eat much, obviously, but I eat awful! pizza, cupcakes, etc. I don't drink water; I drink diet soda. My weight loss is starting to slow down so I think that I need to start eating better and the weight will come off faster.

The first thing I'm going to do is start drinking Water. I'm not saying that I'm going to give up pop all together BUT I will try to get my 60 oz of water in per day. What else can I do? I work a lot. I'm a nurse and I have a full time job and 3 PRN (part time) jobs. So I need things that are easy to take with me. I don't even know how much Protein I'm getting in a day.

[CrystalW 35]

I'm a nurse too. I live on individual cups of cottage cheese, cheese sticks, Peanut Butter and celery/carrots, cold grilled chicken.

It's really not hard, but it does require planning. And I get in SO much more Water if I drink out of a water bottle. I kept it on my med cart at all times.

And I'll be honest - I was WICKEDLY addicted to pop and I had to give it up cold turkey. It's even almost 2 months and I can honestly say that I don't miss it anymore.

[Mkak 251]

I'm with Crystal, I was on a 6-8 a day diet Coke habit and cut cold turkey. Yes, the first week sucked so much but it was honestly the best decision I ever made! And I wouldn't drink much Water if I didn't have my 20 oz. bottle glued to my hip. Highly recommend getting something you can take with you everywhere.

As far as Snacks go, do you have access to a fridge? If yes, my go-to Snacks are light string cheese, hard boiled egg whites, shredded chicken (just thrown a bunch of chicken breast in crock pot on Sunday and shred it up for the week), Protein shakes, lean ground beef, Greek yogurt, etc. Others eat jerkey, Protein Bars, nuts/seeds, etc.

Hope some of that helps? You can do this, good luck!

[Arts137 1,811]

Best of luck Dobeigh...

I agree that planning is your salvation, and as a part of planning, always have 'good' Protein based food options around for you to eat.

But a 'grab and go' lifestyle gives (IMHO) way too much power to your fat brain... and your fat brain will try to convince you tat "a little bit of this and a little bit or that" is OK. In the long term, it aint.

Please look at some recent "food addiction" threads...

and like I said, keep letting us know how you are doing.

[Branmuffin 190]

I'm just 9 days post but already know when I go back to work on my 12 hour shift I'm packing tons of healthy options. If I don't want one thing I can eat the other. My biggest problem is keeping my coworkers out of my lunch bag!