food log 6.10.08

breakfast: 3/4 chicken in peanut sauce “lean cuisine” left most of the noodles
snack: 1 slice of swiss cheese w/ 1 T. honey mustard, 3 chunks of pineapple
lunch: 1 slice of swiss cheese w/1 T. honey mustard, 1 slice tomato (as a side note, I couldn’t finish the rest of my slices due to a coworker reminding me of the salmonella business running rampant in tomatoes. Euch.) 3-4 oz of Raspberry light and fit yogurt
snack: 1/2 C. imitation crab meat
dinner: 3 oz porkchop, 3 oz corn with salt
snack: 1 sugar free freezer pop
late night snack: 2 celery stalks with crunch peanut butter
even later night snack: handful of bbq baked lays.  bad choice.  move on. deal with it.  night time is trigger time for MUNCH TIME!

exercise: none.  I suck.  berate me, please. 🙂 (now I shall just have to rise early and go make up for this!)

thoughts: hey, I kind of like that my diet is closer to natural than processed.  I love eating fruits and veggies *so* much.  Cheese is like, my new best friend.  *nom nom nom*

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Warped

I have come to the conclusion that I have a *very* warped idea of what I put in my body these days. I *feel* like I ate SO much today, but looking back on my food log, I really didn’t have much at all.

Breakfast: 1/2 serving of quaker weight control oatmeal, 1/2 cup of coffee
snack: 4 oz low-fat cottage cheese, 2.5 thick slices of tomato with salt
lunch: 1/4 C of hummous with celery, carrots and broccoli, 2 club crackers
snack: 1/2 piece of pita bread, 2 T of hummous, slices of celery and carrots

Mike and i will be supping with our small group tonight. BBQ chicken, fruit, veggies and the like. I get nervous when I can’t plan or measure what I’ll be eating. Especially since I’m growing increasingly more paranoid about my weight loss and my food intake.

Meghan has inspired me to exercise like I mean it.  Euch.  I wish I wanted to.  And I think I’m psyching myself out of it.  But regardless, it’s going to have to be a necessary and vital part of my goals and daily living.  It’s not a means to an end.  It’s the end itself…to just be more active!

I think I need to get back into doing this food logging and doing it consistently so my brain can perceive more clearly what I’m eating.  Not to mention, I can stand confidently and look in the mirror knowing I’m doing the right thing by what i fuel up with.  That can take me through the long droughts of weight loss when the scale won’t budge.

I think it’s a myth that people who have WLS immediately drop all the weight and don’t struggle with the choices of what to eat, how much to eat, exercise, motivation, etc.  It’s all still there!  In fact, I think about it more now than I ever did before, merely because it’s something I MUST think about.  Changing your life requires some serious introspection and discipline and I’ve had some help, but the ball is still in *my* court.  In case you were curious, I can still eat most anything the rest of the population can eat.  In fact, I’ve yet to encounter something I can’t consume.  (although, I haven’t indulged in sugar.  No cookies, candies, cakes, or what not for me!)  I have however, had bread, chips, rice, potatoes, and all that other stuff that can slow down your scale movement.  So really, it’s still my choice and my responsibility.  It’s my ball to drop.

Hopefully, with some careful choices and intentional thinking, I can see myself through this rough spot to the other side where it gets a little smoother.  Munchies, leave me be!!

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