Happy New Year! It is going to be a great one, or at least I hope it will be. For New Year's we have been totally lazy and unmotivated, even with a to-do list the length of my arm.
I seem to have an aversion to the protein shakes now. I became quite nauseous yesterday while drinking one. I am unsure what happened, but it did. So, yesterday at the grocery store I picked up some Carnation Instant Breakfast with no sugar added. I will need to be extremely careful with it because it does have some added carbs, but it is lower in calories. It has only 5 grams of protein per serving, but that is better than none.
I am having the hardest time with drinking and eating at the same time! I know why it is important for me not to drink at the same time as eating, but it is hard. I knew this was going to be my toughest challenge. Tonight while having my cream of potato soup I was dying for a swallow of my tea.
You would think with a 2 year old, I would be getting tons of exercise. That is not so. It has been either wet or cold outside the last week limiting what we can do. So tonight Mark and I will be heading downstairs to workout in the basement. We have a weight machine and an elliptical. I have been cleared for the elliptical, but not the weight machine. At this point, there are no excuses. I just need to get up and move more.
I am glad to see my blood sugars getting better. I was hoping to be one of the lucky ones to get off of diabetes medications before leaving the hospital. Not so. I was removed from Lantus and Metformin, but I still take Glimipiride. Regardless, the blood sugars are coming down. That is what I want to see over the long haul.
I was also hoping to be a big loser by now. It looks as if I will be a slow loser. I can handle that as long as it remains steady and consistent. It looks like I am losing about a 1/2 pound every 1-2 days. At this point, including my pre-op weight loss, I am down 43 pounds. As I told someone earlier tonight, I have NEVER lost that much weight and kept it off.
Here is the menu for the last 2 days.
Day 13 Post Op - Sip through day -water with propel or Fruit Falls by Minute Maid 32 oz
*Sip through morning - 8 oz of skim milk (9g) with 1 scoop Unjury (20g) - 29g protein
*Breakfast - 3oz cream of chicken soup
*Lunch - 2 slices of 2% American cheese - 8g protein
*Dinner- 4 oz cream of potato soup with skim milk - 3g protein
*Exercise - Learned to play poker and had some sugar free pudding while doing it :)
Daily Protein Total - 40g protein
Daily Water Total - 32oz
Daily Milk Total - maybe 16oz
BG - 8am 137, Noon 119, Post Dinner 131
Day 14 Post Op - Sip through day - decaf tea with splenda and water with propel 32 oz
*Sip through morning - 16 oz of skim milk (18g protein) - 18g protein
*Breakfast - 1 softly scrambled egg (7g) with a slice of 2% cheese (4g) - 11g protein
*Lunch -3oz cream of potato soup
*Dinner- 3 oz cream of potato soup with TBS of fat free sour cream and pinch of soft shredded cheese -4g protein
*Sip through the evening 8 oz skim milk 9(g) with Carnation Instant Breakfast no sugar added (5g) - 14g protein
*Exercise -clicking the mouse on facebook!
Daily Protein Total - 47g protein
Daily Water Total - 32oz
Daily Milk Total - 24oz
BG - 8am 134, PreDinner 122
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