Tuesday, I met with the psychologist and
dietician. Both appointments went well, but let me tell you, I got two totally different messages from them.
See, the psychologist was banded in May of this year. So far, he's lost about 27 pounds and has about 30 more to go. While he is doing well with his weight loss, he isn't doing it the way that the
dietician recommends. He still eats
McDonalds (although not much, a kids hamburger without the top bun, a couple of french fries). But he still drinks diet soda. He did say he lets it go flat a bit, and it takes him all afternoon to drink a large soda from
McDonalds, but still. And he doesn't exercise much. I swear, he talked more than I did. He didn't ask me about my support group. Didn't ask if I am telling people or not. It was not what I expected.
The meeting with the
dietician (or dietitian - can be spelled either way), was more like I was expecting. She said no more bread, EVER! Although, she said, if I have to have bread, to make it 1/2 slice of wheat bread, well toasted (this is more for after the band rather than
pre-band). She put me on a high protein, low
carb diet, which I started Wednesday. The reason for this is to shrink the size of the liver. When doing the operation, it is done
laparoscopicly, and to make it easier to get to the stomach and work with it, they want the liver to be reduced in size, meaning reduce the fat around the liver. The best way to do this is with a high protein low
carb diet.
Some surgeons make you go on a liquid high protein diet to achieve this, but mine does it with solid foods. I did have to call the
dietician back on Wednesday to ask her how much protein and how little
carbs I should eat, as I forgot to ask her this. My goal is 105 grams of protein a day and 150 grams of
carbs. So far, I have done very well with the protein, but I'm quite low on my
carbs. Today, though, I added an orange to my breakfast, and will have another piece of fruit with my lunch, so I don't go too low again.
Last night I fixed us T-bone steaks (trimmed the fat off mine), mashed cauliflower (
OMG, this is so good!), and butternut squash. Only problem was that the squash was so big, it took too long to cook, so we didn't eat it for dinner last night as we had a church event to go to. When we got home and I put my dinner into my calorie counter, yeah, while the steak was great for protein, not so good in the calorie part. I'm aiming for about 1950 calories a day, which would result in one pound loss per week. Next time, I won't eat the whole darn thing!
I'm doing pretty good with drinking lots of water. However, at lunch yesterday, Hubby and I got into an argument and when I came to work, instead of just drinking one soda (my goal is to eliminate all sodas by the time I have my surgery) I drank two instead! I felt like I was drinking alcohol, it made me feel better, like I was drowning my woes in something bad! Thank God it was diet cokes I was drinking.
lolI called the surgeon's office this morning to see if they had my psych report in yet, but they don't, plus the doctor is out today, so even if it were there, it would just sit there until Monday. I'm ready to set a date. I want to get this done so I can start getting healthier. I've already taken the first step, with this new diet I started Wednesday, but that is just short term. I'm ready for the long term changes.
Thanksgiving will be interesting. I am hosting it at my house. I am making the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, and I think I'll make the mashed cauliflower too, that way I'll have something that won't be loaded with
carbs. I'm not going to not eat, but I will definitely try to be sensible and have small servings rather than filling my plate to overflowing and stuffing it all in.
One thing I need to do is check my scales and see if they work. They're not that old, maybe a couple of years, but I think I might have somehow broken the display. If that's the case, I'm going to go buy a new set so I can keep track of my progress at home. We've already taken my measurements. I need to take some before photos too. One gal on the forums I read said she was going to take nude photos to track her progress. Yeah, no, I won't be doing that. I will either do it with just my bra and panties on, or shorts and t-shirt. I am modest, you know.