Since I've been running this has become increasing more of an issue for me: THE CARB MONSTER!!
we had a nutrition clinic after training yesterday and I was made known of this thing they call the carb monster... wow. I did not realize what I was doing had a name! and mine is a real BEAST too... Now, since I'm so not supposed to be eating carbs, most of what the nutrition expert spoke to us about was not applicable to me. However, I'm still in the process of learning what works best for me and I AM still losing weight at this point in my weight loss journey... My Dietitians words are lingering around in my mind about what is allowed as I do my training so this week I'm going to re-focus my efforts and stick to the plan!
I also really really need to concentrate on my water intake and taking my iron. I have been great about getting in my multi vitamins and calcium lately - probably because my hair is thinning like crazy right now and I'm scared of losing too much!! on the bright side it IS growing pretty long and I think I'm ready for a cut!
I talked to a friend earlier this week. A friend I met through this whole surgical process and I was sad to hear she was losing motivation and that her weight loss had stalled. It made me realize that I NEED to post about the bad days and maybe even more so than the good days... So what did my carb monster make me eat this week?
-oyster crackers - probably the most obvious of the problem b/c I start to feel an urge to munch - not hunger just the need to munch... these little bastards are tiny little bites of crack and what does crack do to people? it makes them crazy and crave more crack... so... no more crack-er's!
-bread - yes, bread. I've convinced myself that it's okay if its less than half a piece. well right now it's not okay. back to basics. no bread, rice, pasta, or potatoes. nuff said.
-chips & salsa/queso. On Thursday this guy from Cantina Laredo popped in at work and dropped of some chips and queso and salsa. I think I had like 10 total. problem is I said one more and that's it, but had 2 more after that... and btw, it did NOT settle well in the tum tum. Dori does not like Cantina Laredo any more! <-- this may have contributed to my awful run on thursday night! ijs
-rice. I had rice - very little, but still rice, in my chinese food yesterday and today.
Anyway, it seems un-realistic to think I'll never eat these kind of carbs again, but for right now they are out of the question b/c they truly are addictive and lack the nutrition qualities that I need to be focusing on! Even though my weight loss is going well, slower now than the beginning (as expected) but going well, I still need to remind myself to make the right decisions for long term success!
One of the things that stuck out to me yesterday with the nutrition expert was about eating a larger breakfast than dinner. Well, this doesn't work for me. It seems like it takes all day for Dori (the little voice of my tummy) to build up the tolerance for food. I can definitely eat more at dinner than I can at Breakfast. Most days I'm good if I get in half of a protein bar for breakfast but dinner usually ends up being around 4 oz of meat and about 5 bites of veggies.
...and I lost my train of thought... I got side tracked watching one of Kellawanda's video updates where ironically, she talks about the carb monster...
I guess that's all for this update. I want to get some more pics up here and I will once I learn a little more about this new laptop!
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