sparksofjupiter
calories, protein, full liquids, and scales, oh my!
Jan 20, 2013
Well i've gone down to 197 pounds! Unfortunately, the scale hasn't changed in two days, so now i'm kind of worried about that....it's a little too early to be hitting a plateau!!!
let's see, i've been trying to figure out the whole full liquids diet thing, i mean i get to move onto purée phase tomorrow or wednesday, depending on how I feel, but it's been such a struggle with the meals and protein.
first of all, it takes me at least 30-45 minutes to eat one pudding cup!!! my goodness!! and I don't really know when I should be stopping because then I feel like i'm not getting enough food in me.
let's see, a typical meal would be, pudding cup with a scoop of cookies and cream protein (25 g), 4 oz soup with tasteless protein (10 g), and yogurt....and basically repeating the meals for the day until I reach the 50 grams of protein and for the following days because i'm out of ideas...and honestly, im exhausted of pudding and soup already. I don't even think im doing anything right!!!!
i've bought some stuff at publix for purée phase, though..maybe that will help! lets see, I got some cheese grits, more soup (low sodium of course), baby food of different kinds which are perfect and easy for work, fat free light cream cheese, some fat free mozarella shredded cheese, and refried beans, hopefully more ideas will come to me!
the protein powder is a bit of a bitch because i hated mixing it with soy milk, skim milk, any milk, it made me sick and grossed out. so mixing it with pudding worked out well, and then i got tasteless protein which is a godsend to be honest because if not i wouldn't be getting the protein i need for sure.
i'm also going to try some atkins daybreak shakes at work, maybe that will help with the protein intake, as well.
as for my liquids, i barely get a bottle and a half of water in a day. i know how horrible that is, i'm well aware of it!! it's just so hard, i sip and sip and keep getting a pain in my sternum and it just takes so long!!!! to drink an entire bottle of water would take me about 4-5 hours. sigh.
it's just becoming harder and harder and i'm becoming more and more nervous about what i'm putting in my body, what i should be eating, and if i'm actually getting healthier or just depriving myself of necessary food!
