February 20, 2008 Backing Off A Bit

So I lowered my calories to 1300-1500, and it seems to have gone better today. Also, Judy (nutritionist) emailed back and told me that was OK and what I should cut out. So tomorrow I'll try to do it her way. It seems like she cut out all protein, so I may do a hybrid.

For breakfast I only had 1/2 cup of oatmeal instead of a cup. Judy said I can decrease my sausages from 3 to 2, which I WILL do--it only drops 2/3 of a Protein. She also said to cut my AM snack in 1/2, so instead of 2 ounces of turkey, just have 1, and only 1/2 a fruit. I can do that too! I had honeydew with my turkey today, it was yummy!

Lunch was a finely chopped salad of carrot, celery, pepper and tomato with 2 ounces tuna and a T of dressing. It was yummy and went down with NO problem! Also a small sweet potato with healthy margerine. For once I didnt' feel overwhelmed by the amount. Maybe avoiding lettuce is a good idea? I also divided up my ginormous Omega 3s at lunch, took 1 before and 1 after. In any event, I was fine after lunch! My apple and nuts were fine too. Judy says I can go to 1 T of nuts instead of 2, but that seems to me to be a "why bother?" I think I'd just as soon knock off a starch, thank you very much! For dinner I took it really easy. 2/3 cup of rice with 3/4 cup of my meat and veggie sauce. It was yummy, not overly filling, and settled fine.

So now all that's left is granola for a snack. I've even gotten in all my supplements with no problem. Just have a very few left for bedtime. I've split them up into 5 seperate times--breakfast, AM snack, lunch, dinner, and bedtime. I've got 40 pills a day to take , this is the ONLY way to do it!

I saw my PCP today and their scale says I've lost 10 pounds in less than 4 weeks. For some reason, their scale is only 5 pounds up over mine, rather than 9. That 5 pounds is easily attributed to clothing and food/water intake. I know I've really only lost 6.5 in that time. Not sure why their scale is so much "better" this week, but I'll take it!! I got clearance from the doctor to use the treadmill, and the elliptical when the ortho clears me for it. YAY!!! Now I just have to convince the ortho that the treadmill is no different than walking down the street, and I will be back to the gym!!!!! I was so determined to walk today that I did 10 laps of figure 8s around the kitchen and hall. Only got in about 0.2 miles, since I was running kids around, but at least I walked! I'll do more tomorrow. WAY too cold to walk outside!

PT went well. I was with Heather again and she is SO much more gentle than Charlie! Just passive stretching, followed by ice. It felt MUCH better today than Monday. I even went to the Chiropractor this AM for a much needed adjustment. My neck was way out from wearing the sling.

I'm determined to be in bed by 10 tonite so I can get in my 8 hours of sleep. This AM I was actually tired and considered going back to bed, but I didn't do it.

I was just looking at the photo of me from 2004 and I'm amazed at how much thinner I looked, even though I was only about 30 pounds or so lighter than now. It will be good to get back down there again. Hopefully in time for Scotland--that would be awesome!