Happy Friday Maintainers!
DD: Thanks for the exercise wishes. I go back to the doc for my first post-op visit on the 11th. I went for a long walk at a pretty brisk pace last night. I hit 13K+ on my pedometer yesterday. It felt really good to move and break a sweat. It was almost 90 degrees here yesterday but I didn't mind the heat. I'm going to try to do it again today.
Liana: Hope you find your "cocktail". Too bad it can't be a more fun one, like a Mai Tai or a Cosmopolitan(my fav).
Bootros: I don't recall being hungry in P2. Quite the opposite actually. I had to reduce the 8 oz. of natural protein at lunch because I did it the first couple of days and felt sick from being overfull.
Shasta: Yay for reaching goal! Isn't that exciting? You got this! But you're right. Constant vigilance or it could get out of hand and the next thing I know I'll be way over my scream weight. It hasn't happened yet, and I don't want to go there ever again.
Ishbel: I hear you on the full fun day and feeling sick. I experienced that as well. Now it's an occasional treat and a small one at that or I still feel gross and puffy and my stomach hurts.
Amber: So sorry to hear you are having trouble. I hope you and your doc can sort that out. 10 lbs! That's a lot in a short period of time. It sure does sound like your body is saying NO in a big way to something. Hope you feel better soon.
I discovered something interesting today. I forgot my lunch and was very busy so decided to make a sandwich with some of the items that my company keeps in our kitchen instead of going out. I used a couple of pieces of Orowheat bread and some turkey lunchmeat. There aren't any vegetables around so that was it. I felt guilty the whole time I was eating it because I knew it wasn't a proper lunch. No veggies. Ugh. An hour later I feel gross and I have a stomach ache. This is odd because I eat the Dave's Killer breads and don't have this reaction. Those breads are so good and nothing but good stuff in them. But I went back and looked at the label, WOW, so many things I can't pronounce and don't know what they are. I would have done better going out to get a salad or something. So I won't be doing that again.
Have a busy weekend planned with two concerts, a hike, and the usual weekend chores. Hope everyone has a great weekend.