Hello wonderful readers! :)
So, I had my three-month follow-up appointment last Thursday. I totally spaced posting about it that night, and over the weekend. *sigh* But that's ok, since it was all good news, and will kind of be boring.
I met with the dietitian first, and we talked about my biggest issue right now, which has been snacking... I've started snacking a bit... and it's not like I'm going all out, and eating things I'm not supposed to... with one exception, but she didn't correct me on the one exception, so... maybe? *shrugs* I've been doing 10 yes... 10... SF Hershey's chocolate chips. I counted out how many would fit into a teaspoon, and 10 is my magic number. I do that when I'm craving something sweet. They're not low-fat, but they're sugar free, so, they semi fit into the plan. She told me to look into 100% cacao bars instead. They give the chocolate flavor, but they're so bitter that you don't want to eat much.
So, what else have I been snacking on? PowerCrunch bars! I ended up eating 1/2 of one today, just because it broke really funny, but I usually only eat 1/3 bar. As I said in a previous post, it's kind of like a two crunchy wafers with a mousse in between, covered in chocolate...
Since my last post, I've tried the Cookies and Cream, and the Mint Chocolate flavors. The Cookies and Cream is amazing. It's a white chocolate coating, with chocolate wafers, and the mousse is a Cookies and Cream mousse. The mint Chocolate is all chocolate, with a hint of mint. It's ok, but it's definitely got less flavor than the others I've tried so far. Still really good though. Again, the dietitian didn't seem too concerned about the PowerCrunch bars, maybe because they're a protein bar? My husband went to GNC yesterday and got me a bunch of flavors... Triple Chocolate, PB Fudge, Chocolate Mint, Cookies and Cream, and Red Velvet. They also have a Mocha flavor, but I don't like coffee, a salted caramel, vanilla, and berries and cream flavor, but none were in stock. I'll have to try those later.
She suggested I drink a second protein shake, but most days that puts me up over 100g protein, so, not so much? She said 90g protein is good though. :)
So my final snacky thing that I've been eating is All-Natural No-Stir Creamy PB. I LOVE Peanut Butter. And I found out that Great Value has an all natural one that has a whopping 3g sugar per serving (It's $3.32 at Wal-mart... same thing, just Aldi Brand is like $1.52... I LOVE Aldi). It's high in fat, but, I'm only eating LITERALLY a cooking tsp. of it... just enough to get me the flavor. And honestly, I think that's why the dietitian wasn't concerned about that either. The thing she's concerned about is how much I'm snacking. She wanted to make sure I'm not grazing all day (I'm not... just a small snack when we get home, and maybe a second one after dinner). Two snacks a day is still a lot though. Part of it was it was that time of the month for me. I'm sure I can cut down my snacking. :)
After I met with the dietitan, I met with my surgeon's PA. She is once again thrilled at my progress (17# down since my last appointment), and told me to keep it up. She ordered my labs that I have to get done before my next appointment (It's like 5 pages of tests they're going to run... I wonder how many vials they'll take), to make sure that I'm not experiencing any vitamin deficiencies, which can happen when you have Gastric Bypass because of the bypass of the duodenal switch. They're also checking my A1C, Thyroid, Protein, Liver, Kidneys... all sorts of major functions. Yay. I hate the vampires... Oh well. The tests are very important, because if I develop deficiencies, it can be VERY serious.
They gave me the option to switch to non-chewable vitamins, but, to be honest, I LOVE my Celebrate Vitamins multi 2-in-1 chew... 4 of those babies a day, and I get all the vitamins I need except iron... which Celebrate has a berry-flavored Iron chewable that I take to fix that. It's awesome. :) I told her I'm sticking with my vitamin regimin because of how easy it is... which is a necessity when you have a two year old. ;)
So, how are your weeks going so far? :)
~♥~
Lady D
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