Day 4 is coming to a close, and Praise the Lord, all is still well! I am truly amazed that I'm not having bad cravings and hungerpangs! I even tossed out a bottle of fudge sauce and a chocolate poptart! Now that's strength from the Lord! I think I have most all of the tempting items removed, now.
I'm looking forward to trying some new recipes. I want to try some tofu! We will call this 'interesting' and not gross! I've actually found some pretty tempting recipes on the Internet. I've also found some really good web sites for people like me who are trying to diet on a low budget. I'm encouraged even more, now that I see that others have found a way! I'll share some of these in future posts.
I'm keeping up with my food journal. The food guides that I received from the weight loss center (I'll refer to this as WLC now) have been great! Ok, here's an example: a one hundred calorie portion of cooked broccoli is 2 cups! Yeah, put 2 cups of steamed broccoli on your plate! There won't be room for anything else! I'm telling you, the quantity of food that I can have is phenomenal! I won't have a chance to be hungry!
I will weigh in no more than once a week. Speaking from experience from a past weight loss adventure, it is dangerous to weigh yourself every day! Some may disagree with me, but if you have, or have ever had an eating disorder, you will understand the dangers that are crouching in the corners of one's mind when you get discouraged, or desperate. I've even considered not weighing myself here at home at all, and just wait for my monthly visits to the WLC. I guess this is something that I will figure out as I go along.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Day 2
So far so good! The hardest thing that I'm dealing with is coffee with no creamer. I really think that I'll have to simply do away with coffee all together, as I just can't stand it with skim milk, or sweetener, or heaven forbid---straight up black!
I was told that snacking is a no-no. For the life of me, I don't understand why? Perhaps after surgery, that will be a must, but right now, I can't make it without a couple of snack per day. I'm actually dividing the food that would make up each meal into a couple of light meals. For example: the apple that I would have with breakfast, I'm saving until a couple hours later to have as a snack. In doing this, I'm having very few hunger pains. I think that 'head hunger' will eventually be more of a problem. Right now, I'm dealing with it. Perhaps it is the 'honeymoon' phase of the beginning, or perhaps it has something to do with the Farmers Almanac actually being correct! Whatever it is, I'm sure that the real credit belongs to my Lord, who has given me the strength to face each day when it would be so much easier to pull the cover over my head as stay there.
It is going to be difficult to have a variety of food in my diet, as my income is so low, and I just can't afford it. I'll end up having tuna fish, instead of talapia or flounder. Fresh fruit, this week is a bag of granny smith apples. Everything else was just too expensive. If it were only more affordable.......but then, if it were, we probably wouldn't have so many obese folks out there needing this help! We live in the land of opportunity, to the point that we have shot ourselves in the foot.
I was told that snacking is a no-no. For the life of me, I don't understand why? Perhaps after surgery, that will be a must, but right now, I can't make it without a couple of snack per day. I'm actually dividing the food that would make up each meal into a couple of light meals. For example: the apple that I would have with breakfast, I'm saving until a couple hours later to have as a snack. In doing this, I'm having very few hunger pains. I think that 'head hunger' will eventually be more of a problem. Right now, I'm dealing with it. Perhaps it is the 'honeymoon' phase of the beginning, or perhaps it has something to do with the Farmers Almanac actually being correct! Whatever it is, I'm sure that the real credit belongs to my Lord, who has given me the strength to face each day when it would be so much easier to pull the cover over my head as stay there.
It is going to be difficult to have a variety of food in my diet, as my income is so low, and I just can't afford it. I'll end up having tuna fish, instead of talapia or flounder. Fresh fruit, this week is a bag of granny smith apples. Everything else was just too expensive. If it were only more affordable.......but then, if it were, we probably wouldn't have so many obese folks out there needing this help! We live in the land of opportunity, to the point that we have shot ourselves in the foot.
Friday, February 18, 2011
So it Begins
Today, I started my diet to lose the required amount of weight before weight loss surgery can be performed. I chose this day in a scientific way: I consulted the Farmers Almanac! According to the Farmers Almanac, today is the best day in February to begin a diet to lose weight. Don't laugh! I consulted the Farmers Almanac in July 2009, in order to see what day would be the best to quit smoking. Turns out, that particular day in July had already passed, so I looked into August. The August date was the 12th. I'm proud to report that I have been smoke free since 8-12-09!
I wanted to quit smoking, so that I could pursue weight loss surgery. I had been told that one had to quit for 6 months before he/she could be considered for weight loss surgery. I made the commitment to quit, only to find out 6 months later that no weight loss surgeon in East Tennessee took my insurance. To say that I was devastated would be a gross understatement! I cried for weeks, as I was sooooo ready mentally to charge ahead! I had all but given up, when a year later, a sweet friend discovered that there was a way after all!
Several circumstances prevented me from making the appointment with the Weightloss Center in August. (I'll address those in future posts.) Long story short, I saw the practitioner on February 2, 2011. It is not absolutely certain that I will be approved for the surgery. I am praying that the Lord will see fit to allow this to happen for me. I want to be healthy for so many reasons. I'll post most of them in future posts as well.
I wanted to quit smoking, so that I could pursue weight loss surgery. I had been told that one had to quit for 6 months before he/she could be considered for weight loss surgery. I made the commitment to quit, only to find out 6 months later that no weight loss surgeon in East Tennessee took my insurance. To say that I was devastated would be a gross understatement! I cried for weeks, as I was sooooo ready mentally to charge ahead! I had all but given up, when a year later, a sweet friend discovered that there was a way after all!
Several circumstances prevented me from making the appointment with the Weightloss Center in August. (I'll address those in future posts.) Long story short, I saw the practitioner on February 2, 2011. It is not absolutely certain that I will be approved for the surgery. I am praying that the Lord will see fit to allow this to happen for me. I want to be healthy for so many reasons. I'll post most of them in future posts as well.
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