January 23rd 2011

This morning i had no breakfast... no suprise there. For lunch i had half of my new favorite sammie which i posted a pic of a few days ago. I am woking on my coffee and no luck on water today yet :p. Will post dinner later. Dinner was tuna hotdish. Sorry for not updating.

January 22nd 2011

Today is already not a good day! for lunch i ate a WHOLE sandwhich... the kind i had yesterday but only ate half yesterday! Today i ate the WHOLE thing AND almost a whole yogurt. Im snacking on puppy chow have had one cup of coffee and 1/4 of a bottle of water. uggers! will update dinner later tonight or tomorrow! oh right an update! I had a whole piece of Taco pizza.... it had lettuce tomato oh boy i dont even remember but it was topped with doritos..... and i ate the whole piece :( oh well it was good.

January 21st 2011

Today i didnt want to get out of bed. its to dang COLD! anyway i got some free lunch meat from pinecone research delivered to the door yesterday so i took two pieces of bread out of the freezer and decided to be different..... it was actually yummy! AND i took a pic with my web cam. DUH! im dumb! it doesnt look pretty but hey its a pic. Heres what i did. I took a piece of cheddar cheese, a wedge of "laughing cow" cheese and cut that up into chunks put that on the bread then took a piece of ham lunchmeat and turkey lunch meat and put it in a pan and made a ham and turkey melt with cheddar and swiss cheese! YUMMO! i will update dinner later not sure whats gonna be up for that yet. For dinner i had a cup of tuna hotdish that gooey bug made. It was elbow noodles, tuna, peas and a can of cream of mushroom soup.

January 20th 2011

well today for breakfast i was BAD! I had some puppy chow and doritos. what a combo!!!! i was trying to upset my tummy to make myself go and it worked. for lunch i had a grilled cheese sammie..... dinner Amanda and mike took us out so i had half a cup of soup and two french fries Nevaeh fed to me..... i just ate a pretzel and im in bed so night night

January 19th 2011

POKE POKE POKE!!!!!!!!

giggles to self with amber!

January 19th 2011

Ok so i woke up feeling like poo again today. Im freezing and cant get warm :( I ate half of a blueberry duets yogurt and im sipping coffee. I will update lunch and dinner a little later tonight. I ended up having a beef and cheese stick earlier before dinner. For dinner i had half a chicken thing with ham and cheese inside and a few bites of yogurt..... I have had some coffee and a fruit punch juice box. No water really bad on my liquid intake. Oh well. life will go on..... I hope. I think that i will snack on some puppy chow or chips later but im not sure..... Im not real hungry today :( love you two! (i found out that i have another loyal fan thanks sister amber! Man i just made you sound like a nun hehehehe!!!!!!) I think that is all. See yall tomorrow! Well ok not see but yall know what i mean! I think i might go to bed early to WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!!!

January 18th 2011 Update

OK so update from yesterday.... I did end up eating a half a piece of fish and half of a baked potato and some corn. See the thing is when i eat at my gooey bugs parents house i feel bad because i feel like i am imposing and i hate when people pay for me. and yes they bought that food so they paid for it. But the nice thing is my gooey bugs mom had the same surgery as i did so we can split a potato and other foods. On a side note here I'm kinda going backwards for lunch yesterday i did eat because his brother left his daughter here because she didn't want to leave :P so gooey bug made tomato soup and grilled cheese with ham. I ate half a sammie and gave the other half to Nevaeh. We shared a bowl of soup but she was pigging out on the soup so i only got what i dunked my sammie in :P we share good :P I might have gotten a little extra protein because she was blowing in the soup ya know and maybe spit a few drops of protein :P jk ewww right..... I know i just made amber puke! I was feeling kinda down yesterday but when they left Nevaeh I perked up because i was having fun. Not that I'm not having fun but i was able to not be a 24 year old and i was able to play. I'm weird. so we ate then we played a little bit then she fed me a few skittles. Then she went to the counter and started drinking my coffee with me. Yes she likes coffee. anyway when she left it was an alright afternoon. Like i said we went to his parents and had fish then came home and i got so cold on the walk home that i am still cold the next day :( i think I'm getting sick :s After we got home i did end up eating a turkey stick because i was hungry by then. overall i guess food wise it was an OK day.

January 18th 2011

Im not really sure why i feel like crap alot lately. My tummy pains come and go but today i just dont feel like im in my body at all. Did that make sense????? No breakfast for me.... what went down was this. got woken up by gooey bug then showered then sat around for a few min then went out to go get eggs, look at rings (BLAH i told him i dont need/ want another one.... he doesnt listen!) Then we went to where he works to get a few things. Then went to his moms work to get a box taped up and meet his moms co workers.... then we went to the post office and then back home where i sit now. His brother called and wanted to take the couch so i made a comment saying now what am i gonna sit on and i think it made gooey bug mad cuz he called the place where he bought a new couch and they are going to pick it up. I also think hes upset with me because i didnt want to go with..... Id just take up space because im not much help anyway. I have had two cups of coffee today and half of a grape juice juice box. I dont feel much for eating i actually want to go home and curl up in my bed with my two cats...... thats so bad! I want to find a job so i can take care of a few things. In fact i got a phone call for a second interview today and i cant go because im not at home :( Anyway enough complaining. When gooey bug gets home he will be having a grilled cheese sammie and tomatoe soup im not sure if i will eat or not. then for dinner we are going to his parents for fish.... again not sure if i will eat and if i do how much. I will keep up with my coffee because its keeping me moving. anyway thanks for the one person who reads this.... at least i know at least one person cares even if i havent had the energy to read and comment on yours...... i will go over to yours now tho because im alone and have time :) Love you girl!

January 17th 2011

This morning i had a yoplait duets blueberry vanilla yogurt for breakfast. I had a grape juice juice box to. For lunch i had a turkey stick and a baby cheese thing. again mmmm! Its those cheese things covered in the red wax that are round! I made coconut coffee so i am enjoying that. I do not have my fancy coffee pot here so i have a 4 cup maker and bought some flavored grounds :) For dinner i will be having a chicken brat with apple flavor.... they were sent to me as a sample thing so i hope they are good. I know that i will snack on a few things as my tummy is driving me nuts with noises. I know i will have some puppy chow and maybe the rest of my chips. So yeah :S my updates will not have pictures as i am not at home i am at my gooey bugs house for a week. I thought maybe it be rude to take pics at his parents house when we eat over there. Plus some dummy forgot her camera download cable! shhh it wasn't me!

January 16th 2011

Today i had breakfast at a diner that we have in our home town that was in St. Cloud as well. I had half an egg and a piece of toast. THEN the cook surprised us with this apple crisp bake thing because we chose to keep the money "local" cuz its the same owner at our home town one to. I ate three bites being it was really sweet but i didn't want to be rude and not eat it right! Well then we went to the Bridal Show and man we should have skipped breakfast! There cake was shoved in my face! I samples about 8 different kinds mostly taking a bite and giving the rest to my mother who came with me. Then i had a shrimp, a piece of chicken it was small... then another booth had chicken i again took a small piece and then oh boy i cant spell this..... a piece of olive breshetta? hey i tried to spell it LOL!!!!!!!! then we went to starbucks and i had a venti cinnamon dolche latte. My gooey bug then came to pick me up and we transfered all my junk into his dads car and then we left. For dinner he cooked steak and baked potatoes. I had a little chunk of steak and half a small baked potato. I passes on the lettuce as i was full. They later had ice cream which i also passed on. I came to his place and drank a grape juice juice box. In bed i had a few cheddar bacon potato skin chips as my tummy was KILLING me last night. but overall i didn't snack to much but had alot of cake :( but i had to take at least a bite right!?!

January 15th 2011

Todady i didnt eat breakfast. Lunch i had a turkey stick its like a beef stick only turkey. No wait i think i had a beef and cheese stick.... yeah beef and cheese! we were on the road and stopped at a yummy meat market! We went to St. Cloud and had Ihop for dinner. I had a bowl of nasty baked botato and bacon soup... well a few bites anyway. Then i had a crepe with yogurt, granola and fresh fruit on top. I took the other one to the hotel which i ate later...... Yeah then i had a cheese wedge... its like a laughing cow just a different brand. I had some cheddar bacon potato skin chips and a grape juice juice box. Then somewhere in there i had a baby cheese thing.... YUMMY. I also had a 3 muskateer (cant spell) crisp bar which was NASTY! That was all.

January 12th 2011

As i sit here with a massive headache trying to think of what could have caused this..... I cant think of anything except for the fact that i didnt eat much today..... I started off with lunch which was some chinese. Ive had 4 8ounce cups of iced coffee to drink. I had a bowl of my bean soup with cheese which i didnt eat all of. a few bites of cottage cheese to go with that and a small piece of swiss steak. I have not snacked much today but i am snacking on some cereal mix to try to calm my tummy. I didnt take pics today i know i know im bad. I am hoping to feel better tomorrow and will be on top of my game. Sorry all.

January 11th 2011

OK people.... today was NOT a good food day for me and i am embarrassed so much that i will not be posting the pictures that i did take :( I started off the morning with a can of protein drink.... then i had a few bites of omelet..... then i had a plate full of Chinese food followed by about 10 pieces of sponge candy....... I have been bad on fluids today as well. i haven't even had a venti glass of coffee...... I then had some potatoes and a drumstick from KFC a few hrs later i went out to eat with a friend and had a piece of bread with honey butter and a cup of soup and some of my pulled pork sandwich with deep fried pickles. I have also had 1/2 cup of snack mix and 4 pieces of very sweet candy. I THINK that was it but like i said it was a BAD food day for me today :( Sorry if i have disapointed anyone.... I think i have disapointed myself more then anyone.

Vitamin Reviews

I use Bariatric Advantage vitamins because i am unemployed and i am not able to buy the vitamins i need. They have a program where you take a paper to your surgeon to fill out and they will send you what you need for free. You just need your surgeons approval. I will post the link to this program below.

http://www.bariatricadvantage.com/filecabinet/recover_form.pdf

now i will be honest they are not the best vitamins i have ever tasted. They are really gritty and the calcium's i was sent burn the crap out of my mouth but i have started to take them again because i don't want to get sick. I have orange and berry chewable multi vitamins, cinnamon calcium, b-12, and passion fruit iron that i was given for free. I have taken pics of them and will post them at the bottom.

I also take bariatric advantage biotin just for the sake of my poor hair!
I have been prescribed two pills. One of which my surgeon said i could stop taking them when i run out. Ursodiol for my gall bladder and Omeprazole for my tummy. I will stop taking the Ursodiol when i run out. I also take a couple stool softeners and sometimes a fiber pill.

In the past i have won items from Bariatric Advantage. I won a jug of advanced fiber powder which i used once took a sip and spit in the sink. I cant stomach the smell and grittyness. I also won wild berry punch crystals which are crystals you put in water and has your multi vitamin and calcium intake for the day. I also did not like this. It was to sour for me! If i knew someone who lived close to me i would pass them off or if i had money i would ship them to others but i don't so they are just collecting dust! I cant think of any other pills that i take but i thought it would be a good idea to share the program that i use and to give my opinion. If this information can help at least one person GREAT. If not well to bad :P

I found this program through Chanda!

January 10th 2011

This morning I didn't eat breakfast.... no suprise there! I had lunch about 11:00am which consisted of swiss steak. I also had an apple cut up and i will snack on those for the rest of the day. (hey its healthy right!) I have also made my coffee a venti iced coffee sweetened with two inches of cream. (x3) I need that much cream otherwise it burns my pouch just so you all know why i like a little cream with my coffee! My mom is home today so i don't see myself running to the fridge to eat eat eat today which is a good thing. It is currently snowing here which is NOT a good thing as the roads are bad enough! I think i will work on my blanket a little bit more today and try to get this color out of the way and on to the next. It really isn't a pretty blanket..... I'm just using up my scrap yarn lol so its kind of wacky! I will keep updating throughout the day with my pics and stuff. I also took my vitamins and my B-12. For dinner mom and i decided to do the chinese buffet take out. I FILLED my container at $9.00 a container i want my monies worth! jsut means i will be eating it for a few days but hey who cares right! I took a picture of my plate before and after so you can see how much i truly ate! GUESS WHAT! i have NOT snacked ALL day!!!!! (so far) but im  so full now i dont see myself eating more tonight! Also i did not eat all of my apple i ate two slices of it. I took my calcium as well!

Very Important

I took this from my Friend Chanda's Blog. Please check her out!

http://chandasaccountabilityblog.blogspot.com/

Sunday, January 9, 2011

VERY Important document- an WLS Emergency Room Cheat Sheet !

Straight off the press of my facebook  mail from WSFA. If you don't know who they are  they are pioneers in the WLS community helping those who can't afford WLS , raising awareness and empowering our community  with support education and more.
You can check them out here:
http://wlsfa.org/

Well they have posted a cheat sheet that no WLS patient should be with out. So get on the ball people. The link is posted below.

http://wlsfa.org/wls-resources/emergency-room-cheat-sheet-for-er-doctors/

January 9th 2011

Today I stated off in bed sick.... I didnt officially get out of bed until 2:00 PM. :O i know! I didnt have breakfast obviously and for lunch i had some mini ravioli with meatballs. I actually measured out 1/2 of a cup. For "desert" i ate one Ricanela which is a Mexican cookie/ cracker with cinnamon on it. YUM! (thanks Amber!) A little later I had a piece of sponge candy. BAD JEN! I had a venti iced coffee sweetened with 2 inches of cream (x3) Just so you know i reuse my glasses but i make my coffee at home. I get great satisfaction thinking i bought it from Starbucks when i reuse the cup. I made some orange tang today as well. I'm enjoying a glass of that now. It was a premade mixture but i water it down so i don't get sick. I have Swiss Steak in the oven cooking as it didn't get done in my crock pot :( I will include a picture of that later showing how much i ate. I really haven't snacked today so im proud of myself for that. As for working out today Ive been working my fingers, hands and wrist crocheting a blanket because i do not feel well enough to do anything else. The weather is cold here and I'm not enjoying it at all. The roads are pure ice here in town. You would think they would do something about it but no! My lacrosse team lost last night so I'm a bit angry about that but i shall live. I miss my fiance :( i haven't seen him since Christmas! UGH! i will live tho. I am going to wait for dinner to get done while working on my blanket then i will upload a pic of my dinner and any snacks i shouldn't have later. To my dinner i aslo added three sections of grapefruit. I did end up snacking again :( i had some chips and dip and another piece of sponge candy. I thought i was doing good today but i guess not. Oh well tomorrows another day!

January 8th 2011

Accountability buddy: Today I started the day off with no breakfast. Lunch I had half of a bean burrito from taco bell. Followed by a Venti iced coffee sweetened with 2 inches of cream (x2)I have been snacking on a whole grapefruit with a little sugar (x2)I had a breadstick and a bowl of 15 bean soup that i made. I also snacked on some Doritos and freench onion dip. I had a christmas tree ice cream as well..... :( As for working out..... well does dishes and laundry count..... sigh no ok well then none!