Tuesday' picture food blog

It's official! YAHOO I weighed in @ 144.0 today. That makes my total loss @ 150 pounds even. pinch pinch

I'm taking pictures again today of the foods I eat. No other reason than I'm just sharing. I like seeing or reading about what others eat and/or how much post op, so I thought I'd give it a try. I eat" normal" sized meals now (or what should of been normal). I pretty much can eat whatever I choose in moderation. My surgery does keep me in check. I understand what happens if I eat to much sugar or eat to much and so far I have respected that over the past two years. I don't need all the "extras" that come with a meal anymore. I eat my protein first and have a bite or two of the other things on my plate. Everything is just much small now. I don't count calories but I do think about them and what's going into my mouth. If I can take off bread, buy low fat or pick that off- I do. I need to stay aware, so I'm trying to learn and make this a habit so someday it just feels natural to me. And I feel that more and more each day. Overall I am very proud of myself as most times I make the right food choice. Pick the garden burger over the all meat hamburger, salad over fries, one piece of bread rather than two, cottage cheese on my salad rather than a ton of dressing and so on...Now I take two or three fries from my family and I got to taste them, and I'm good. I'm trying to think about the little things and make healthy habits that feel normal. Forever habits, cause that's what I need to do forever to maintain a healthy weight for myself. I've learned my surgery is my tool and it's still all up to me. I don't trust myself with shit food in the house (not one bit), so there's not to much crap in the house. Keep good choices in my reach rather than crap fatty, sugary, high calorie foods. I've learned I will still pick the pop tart over the carrots unless there is no pop tart in my house. So pop tarts come into the house as a treat and they don't hang around in my house and are not welcome. LOL I know myself and learned that the last two years. It's easier for me to just not have "trigger" foods in my face. I'm trying to never let myself down again like I always have in my past. Doesn't mean perfection-what it means to me is- I can never look away again and lie to myself. I looked away long enough, had enough pain. Be the best I can be and make myself proud. With no regrets. The things that really matter in life I am sticking by that rule forever. And I put myself on that list 2 years ago for the first time ever. No Regrets

(gosh that just got mushy for a food blog) LOL

So here goes...

Tuesday's picture food blog:

Wake up protein drink-

Blended drink with ice, orange yogurt, orange protein and OJ. With 2 spoons of benefiber, creatine and glutamine.

Breakfast

My step mom Carolyn gifted me with this cool electric egg cooker for Christmas. She found it at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Every time I made a poached egg it never turned out for me and I was in the kitchen cussing over my eggs. Frustrated I asked her for some kind of pan or something to cook poached eggs in. I love this new gadget. Perfect poached eggs!

One poached egg
one slice of bread- 3/4 with my egg. 1/4 with peanut butter
1 small banana

Lunch @ our favorite Cantonese (Chinese) restaurant

tea

Egg flower soup- I only eat 1/2 of my soup or I would be too full for green beans.

Garlic Green beans- I ate less then half of my green beans and a quarter of my fried rice.

One fortune cookie

Starbuck time

Green tea frappuccino

Snack

one banana

one South Beach protein bar

Dinner

1 small apple

2/3 cup of oats

cinnamon and sugar (equal)

Other things I put in my mouth today:

I'm done taking pictures of my food for awhile. My son thinks I'm nuts and Derrel just doesn't "get it". I think it's been kind of fun and silly. I like to be silly- so it fits me. So rather than be called crazy and take my son's comments I can't keep taking pictures of every bite. silly gurl Anyway that's 2 days in the life of Susy's food blog. I eat pretty much the same foods each week. Same ol same kind of days. That works for me and I prefer it that way.