I'VE BROKEN THE 250 MARK!

WOW! I can hardly believe it! I mean, I expect it, but here I go! My scale, unlike the ticker on this page, is at 248.5! The ticker can't register .5 pounds, and how stupid is that, since every half a pound counts! Anyway, I erred on the side of caution and put in 249, since I still have that half a pound to go to hit 248. hehehe Yes, I'm going to quibble about half a pound!

My first indication that I was losing again was when I stepped on the Wii Fit yesterday and did my weight. It said I lost 2.5 pounds since I last was on it...six days ago! I know, I need to do it every day, but I'm still a little over three weeks away from being able to really work out. Actually, I may have done more than I should have yesterday because this morning I woke up and had two severe bouts of vertigo! It was really scary! Luckily I was still in bed, but I have no idea why that happened so I'm going to take it a little easier today!

I'm just happy that even though I'm not hungry often, I'm still fighting some cravings for "just a bite" and I realize it's my head, not my hunger, so, so far, so good. I'm also happy that I'm experimenting a little with my foods I can have, like my canned chicken breast. I heated up 1/2 cup of that with a sprinkle of Mrs. Dash, 1/4 cup of Weight Watcher's shredded Mexican chesse and a tablespoon of chicken broth to give it more moisture and it was actually palatable! The only thing that would have made it better was having it on a slice of bread! But I'm definitely not there! I am getting really good at knowing my head hunger from my body hunger, because nine times out of ten when I "feel" hunger, it's because I just saw a commercial on tv or heard someone say something about dinner. If anything I need to be a little more diligent in making sure I eat the meals I need to. More than one time this week I didn't eat my evening snack before bed. That's not good.

I'm only averaging about 600 calories a day, but I'm usually hitting my proteins right on or above. Yesterday I think I had about 83 grams of protein and only 600 some calories, so that's pretty good, and I made sure I had all my meals, even if I wasn't hungry, because I know I have to get my protein in. It feels like it's been forever, even though I'm only two and a half weeks POST OP! hehehe It does feel pretty good not to ruminate on food so much, always having to think about what my next meal is going to be. Right now I have so few options it's not all that difficult! And I do like what I'm eating. I LOVE yogurt, and could eat that at each meal! I do find I can eat the entire 6oz. container, which is nice. I thought I was going to have to waste some of it! I also love cottage cheese, and actually mixed some with a little bit of tuna the other day and found it to be pretty good.

Well, with all that talk of food, and my two vertigo episodes this morning...I better get down and eat my egg beaters! :)