I got an award!!

 

I've been putting this off because I didn't feel like going through the whole rig-a-ma-roll but here we go...

I want to say thanks to Yani and Beth for this award. Thats so sweet that you thought of me :)



RULES:

Thank the person giving the award. check

Share seven things about yourself.

Nominate 7 newly discovered blogs.

Let your nominees know about the award.

1.) I could live off stale day old pizza and/or french fries. Though I seldom ever have these things.

2.) I don't like milk. I use it to wet my cereal or cook with or put in protein shakes. But I wouldn't drink milk by itself. Haven't liked it since I was a kid.

3.) I'm really funny off the cuff but when I try to be funny, it doesn't work.

4.) I tend to give TMI with no shame. Is it just me?

5.) I love baby blue, baby pink, baby purple. I love pastels.

6.) I love ska music.

7.) All I want is a job I enjoy with co-workers I get along with. I don't want to wake up each day hating my job.



Other bloggers I nominate for this award: *if you have already gotten this award just ignore this :) *


1. Steph
2. Angela 
3. Jaquie
4. tessierose
5.  Maria
6. Ice Queen
7. Grace

Newly discovered blogs (all food related)


1. http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/
2. http://gastricsleevefoodie.blogspot.com/
3. http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/
4. http://www.vsggoodlife.com/


and one special non wls related blog


My lovely cousin Erika at http://www.erikaandronnie.blogspot.com/
now the people I nominate for the awards are:( I dont have 7 people 

How do you track?

Do you count your carbs? Proteins? Calories? Sugars? What do you concentrate on?

Do you ever have a slice of pizza? Ever have a snickers mini?

I have to know! I need to hear it. To make me feel better.

I hear so many ppl on the forums who never eat carbs ever. Never eat bread of any kind. I can't live like that. You girls are great. I love your attitudes and how you eat in moderation. You're not too militant. Those militant people freak me out and push me in the wrong direction. Not that i'm looking for the green light to eat junk because i'm not. I swear I'm not. I look forward to eating fresh flavorful foods and experimenting with substitutions. That being said I just want to know that once in a blue moon its ok to indulge. One slice of pizza. Just one. All I'm asking. lol. right now i feel like i'll never have regular pizza ever again.

First workout since surgery

Yesterday I pulled the last bandage off. Aside from some scabbing I'm practically healed on the outside. So I finally decided to get off my butt and go to the gym today.

I did 10 min on the treadmill then I hit the weights. Boy am I out of shape. I felt like such a weakling! :( I used to be pretty strong in the upper body but since surgery and all this liquid diet for over a month those muscles have been eaten away. So now I have to build them back up. It felt sooo surreal to struggle on the easiest setting for weights. I felt like I was 80 or something. I really want to make a point of going there regularly because I have to build up my strength again. Not only to tone up and look good but just to feel strong again. I hate feeling weak. I also did the machine for my thighs. I hope I feel the burn of everything tomorrow. Feeling the soreness after the gym makes me feel like I accomplished something. After doing what I could with the weights I went back to the treadmill. I was only gonna do 20 min so I would have a total of 30 min walking but it turned into 30 min. I have to admit, all this walking after surgery has given me pretty good stamina when it comes to walking. Which feels great. But I really have to bring my upper body up to par. After getting off the treadmill I went back yet again to do another small round of the weights. Just to make sure I got as much as I could out of it. Now to drink some protein to replenish my muscles. I've discovered that EAS vanilla isn't bad. So I'm sticking to that. It has an after taste of a waffle cone.

As I was wrapping up in the gym and getting ready to go I noticed it was pouring rain outside. I don't know if you know this about me but when I get worked up I don't sweat. I just get really red like a tomato and I overheat. The only way to refresh myself is outside cooling because my body can't regulate my temperature. So that means splash cool water on my face, shower, fans, cold a/c, even touching cold metal will help. That being said I looked at the rain and thought, how refreshing! So I walked back to my apt in the rain. It felt sooooooo good and refreshing. I was kind of bumbed when the big drops turned into sprinkles and the sun came out again.  But it was lovely. I really should walk in the rain more.

As far as how I held up with the workout. Its almost as if my lungs aren't used to it. So that was weird. I couldn't chug water like I normally do when I work out which was also totally weird. But I think I got along just fine. My body just needs to get used to breathing while working out.

All in all I think it was a success. 40 min of walking plus weights. And the gym was empty! score!

Have you tried Max Protein?

Shelly at The World According To Eggface swears by Max Protein. So I went to GNC and low and behold they had it there! I was so excited! But it was like $60 for a 2lb tub. Sheesh. Not only is that expensive but what if I don't like it? I have a tub of protein powder sitting around. I already have lots of other protein powders I don't like sitting around. But none are 2lb tubs. But if its that expensive maybe it is tasty. 

So this is where you guys come in. Have any of you ever tried it? If so, is it possible for you to send me a sample (perhaps in a baggie or a tiny gladware container)? I would pay for it of course. That would help me out tremendously. 

some nice moments in the midst of misery

so i don't know if you know this but i'm fucking miserable. if i had it my way i would sleep till sept 17th. but then i would miss out on a ton of fluid and protein. wish i could hook myself up to an iv and get protein and fluids pumped into my veins. along with a steady stream of pain killers to keep me sleeping.

this liquid diet sucks big fat donkey balls, which by the way is the way all liquid protein tastes to me. i haven't eaten food since august 1st and i can't eat again till sept 17th. i'm miserable. i have 2 modes. hungry and uncomfortably full. every time i drink protein i get the whole " i wanna barf" feeling. i feel like i'm constantly putting things down my throat so i can meet my quotas of liquids and protein, which i never meet. so yeah. the days suck and they're so long and slow. i'm miserable. i feel so deprived. its keeping me from enjoying my life. i feel like if i can have a little bit of something i enjoy (real food like meat or cheese or cooked veggies) then i can be happy and move on with my day in a better mood.

i couldn't start my life before because i was healing. now i'm almost all healed up and i still feel like i can't start my life because of the food thing. ugh. so frustrating.

but anyway, nice moments here and there. i don't even remember what the hell i was writing this about in the first place. oh yea....today for the first time in over a month i shaved my legs! i can wear shorts now. and i might go to the gym this week. gotta get out of this apt.

i can't wait till the one month mark (sept 17th). then i can eat. i can weigh myself. i will finally reveal myself to my friends and start going out and living life again. can't wait! my incision tape will be off by then, they're falling off now. so yes....i'm miserably getting by day by long ass day till then.

shirataki noodles

has anyone tried these? they look yummy enough.

tuna patties recipe

ok I can't eat food yet. but i saw this on the message boards and i wanted to save it. feel free to try it out and tell me what you think.


1 can tuna in water (I used albacore which gives you 4 oz tuna after being drained, regular chunk light would give a little more)
1 raw egg
3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
dash onion powder
dash garlic salt
dash lemon pepper

Combine all ingredients, shape into patties. Pan fry until browned on both sides. I made 3 patties out of mine. Each patty has 85 calories, 4g fat and 13g protein! One patty was just right for my lunch. Yum!