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That is really what I am working hard to avoid. I say "working hard" because it is so tough, but it gets easier each time I slip.
I was really low on calories at dinnertime yesterday, so I decided to make myself a "treat" dinner, because I was cooking for friends. I made some half-carb rotini pasta, tossed with peas and sausage in homemade alfredo sauce. Delicious, I must have had 1200 calories in that meal. It was a nice long one, we munched on it for a good hour or two, and I felt pretty good... until my stomach started gurgling and I spent the next couple of hours in the bathroom.
I feel like I must be a complete idiot to not remember what the rich food does to my stomach now... *sigh* It tasted good, but I wished I had thought to separate the veggies, so I could focus on them more.
I'm not sure it would have solved the problem though; my stomach has been acting up if I eat too much vegetation, too. Anything but meat and cheese seems to make me into a gastrointestinal wreck this past few weeks, and I don't eat too much of those.
Well, I'm doing pretty well today so far, I hope it wasn't just my medicine messing with me last night. I am so tired of this diabetes crap...
 
I know exactly what you're saying here. My family took me out for lunch for mother's day and while I only had a couple of forkfuls of the tortilla and and accompanying veggies/rice/beans, I was a mess for the next couple of hours. But yeah, it sure tasted good. It's gotta be rough with the diabetes stuff.
 
Qjay said:
Oh, I am still a good ten inches or so from reaching my first goal (a 42 inch waist), so I have no intention of going back to my old eating habits. I still am feeling better than any time in years (I'm already at my lowest weight in the new millennium) and am looking forward to a lot of things; I just like to remind myself that failure doesn't have any drastic consequences.
I need to remind myself about the lack of horrible results if I fail at something, it takes the pressure off (weird, I know) and lets me just get on with things. Basically, if there is nothing to lose, I worry about it less. If there is no place to go but up, then I enjoy the process more than if I have to worry about big problems. A happier QJ is a more successful QJ :D
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I think I picked a semi-random long term goal and left it at that for the same reason.
Qjay said:
That is really what I am working hard to avoid. I say "working hard" because it is so tough, but it gets easier each time I slip.
I was really low on calories at dinnertime yesterday, so I decided to make myself a "treat" dinner, because I was cooking for friends. I made some half-carb rotini pasta, tossed with peas and sausage in homemade alfredo sauce. Delicious, I must have had 1200 calories in that meal. It was a nice long one, we munched on it for a good hour or two, and I felt pretty good... until my stomach started gurgling and I spent the next couple of hours in the bathroom.
I feel like I must be a complete idiot to not remember what the rich food does to my stomach now... *sigh* It tasted good, but I wished I had thought to separate the veggies, so I could focus on them more.
I'm not sure it would have solved the problem though; my stomach has been acting up if I eat too much vegetation, too. Anything but meat and cheese seems to make me into a gastrointestinal wreck this past few weeks, and I don't eat too much of those.
Well, I'm doing pretty well today so far, I hope it wasn't just my medicine messing with me last night. I am so tired of this diabetes crap...
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who forgets things in that way. It could be worse - I forgot why my husband didn't eat snails one time and happily let him put them on his plate from a buffet - he finally checked what they were a few seconds before he gave himself anaphylactic shock in a foreign country! (I can be almost as oblivious about my own issues most of the time.)

I hope your stomach issues are over and done with - and that all is well with your medicine too.



Qjay, I just read your post about weight fluctuations and ... even waist measurement fluctuations!! Woh!

I sooooo relate to that!! I bought scales in the full knowledge that this would happen to me and I am not down about it but .... I am getting 1.2 kilo (3 lb) fluctuations between when I wake up and when I leave for work. Or is just that I forget the numbers between weighing and writing them down? Why should my brain bother to bed the figures down when they're so obviously wanting to stay out dancing around!! That slippery little tape measure is not much better, either. When does "normal posture", become "sucked in gut"? Should I be recording a sucked in gut measure as well? Was the super low, or super high figure I remember getting at one stage an artefact of my stomach movement or was I measuring from the wrong end of the tape measure that time.... Well I doubt you have all those aging brain issues but even when they are out of the picture there's still plenty of unreasonable fluctuation. Some nice reliable numbers would be good to have I reckon. Thank goodness for the believable realities of old clothes and belt notches!! :D

It's great that you find the ways to enable yourself to keep this up and you keep going - that counts more than any other thing, don't you think? I hope you stay happy, stay pissed off with the diabetes and the awkward food issues, stay tolerant of the fickleness of the scale gods and their associated evil minions. :D (And hopefully, of the long winded posters from other diaries who butt into your space.) :eek: :rolleyes:
 
Hello! I'm new and just wanted to say hi and that I have read over some of your diary. I'm kind of trying to find people who had a starting point close to where I am. You seem to be doing great! I'm off to read some more....:cool:
 
Thanks for the support folks; it really does make a big difference for me.
I found something to respond to in each individual post here, so if you want to just skip ahead to your section, feel free. ;)

Mana, I am always amazed at how well you do with your plan, I see you are already down several pounds from the fallout of that Mothers day meal! :D
I love tortillas and the other starchy deliciousness I eat, I just wish I didn't like food so well. It tastes good, but it's only when I get into the really rich, creamy delicious foods that I really start to suffer.
The idea of having "a couple of forkfuls" of that sort of food just still seems like such an impossibility; I really need to work on that. Keep telling me it's possible :p

Felici, how could anyone with food allergies go around and NOT check what they are eating? My brother has the same sort of allergy to Strawberries and other related fruits (Kiwi, guava, etc) and if something even is colored like on of those fruits, he checks on it.
At least it isn't something common! I have a friend who is allergic to WHEAT, and a few others who are allergic to caffeine or nutrasweet. One who is allergic to Splenda, too. She spends a LOT of time reading labels...
Oh, and feel free to come butt into my space anytime you like, your adventures in better eating are so much more interesting than mine!

Kelly! The Alfredo was delicious in practice; even better than the theory. The only problem was the hours of stomach cramps afterwards, lol. I still have to wonder if it wasn't worthwhile; I'm thinking about making some pasta again tonight, but skipping the rich creaminess for some simple tomato goodness.
I do this one very strange, but tasty, dish with spaghetti, tomato sauce, eggs, and some assorted veggies... pretty good. Maybe I'll make something with my peppers tonight.

Donia, welcome to my thread, try to ignore most of the whining I do, I save it up special for this thread and try to avoid it elsewhere. ;) Post here all you want, if I find your diary, I'll drop by when I remember to do so. :D


For now, dinner calls. See you all later!
 
Qjay said:
Thanks for the support folks; it really does make a big difference for me.
I found something to respond to in each individual post here, so if you want to just skip ahead to your section, feel free. ;)

Mana, I am always amazed at how well you do with your plan, I see you are already down several pounds from the fallout of that Mothers day meal! :D
I love tortillas and the other starchy deliciousness I eat, I just wish I didn't like food so well. It tastes good, but it's only when I get into the really rich, creamy delicious foods that I really start to suffer.
The idea of having "a couple of forkfuls" of that sort of food just still seems like such an impossibility; I really need to work on that. Keep telling me it's possible :p

For now, dinner calls. See you all later!
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Yep, I'm actually back down to my lowest weight as of this morning. :D My biggest weakness is Mexican food. I'm way too addicted to that stuff. Which is one of the reasons why I don't consider them an option when we go out to eat usually because I don't have any willpower once I start smelling those tortillas. :rotflmao: Yeah, I also have to avoid the "rich creamy delicious foods" too. One of the reasons I love this WOE is it gives me a good reason to avoid it entirely. Although I do have a yummy coconut custard recipe that works for this WOE when I'm not doing strictly meat & egg.
 
I've always wished that I was one of those people who don't like food and don't like to eat. My husband thinks that those people are just a myth, but I believe! :D

Anyway, it's your diary...whine all you want! I'm just trying to learn something from all of you.
 
Well I find your food adventures and other adventures very interesting Qjay and only wish I could read more about them.

As for how you could not check.... At the time of the near miss with the snails we were in Hong Kong - our third Asian country in 2-3 weeks and we were trying everything different we could - just looking out for foods we might not have the opportunity to eat at home. I had some evil rice whisky and my husband (then boyfriend) tried some rice wine with a dead snake in it... But mostly we enjoyed (or didn't mind) the new things we tried - sea cucumbers, algae, different fungi etc. The snails were in Hong Kong on a buffet of French food and I recognized them. However they had no shells and he just thought he was trying something else new. He didn't associate them with the night they'd called his sister into hospital, because they thought he might die!! (I wasn't around at the time and forgot why he didn't eat them, I just thought it was nice that he was going to give them another try....)
 
Doing pretty well tonight :D
I just came back to read over all of the nice things I pay you people to say for me; and I feel even better. ;)
Had a nice lazy day, turned my nose up at all sorts of comestible badness, managed to stay on top of my snacking habits. There were chips and other assorted snacky horrors being offered to me... I turned down a gourmet dessert platter with lemon bars and three-chocolate brownies! *whimper*
Mind you, this was all FREE and being forced on me by beautiful women! I think that deserves a special brag here, so I had to come post it. :p
Anyhoo, my week and my weekend are going quite well, and now that cruel felici has me wondering about what sea cucumbers taste like.
I've had some Korean rice whiskey before, and wouldn't mind trying a few other types. Soju is okay stuff, but now I'm interested in trying some of the other rice-based hard alcohols. :D

I am willing to try just about anything that is described as food these days, but I always want to know what it is I am eating, even though I don't often have food-sourced allergic reactions. About the only thing I have to worry about is eating to many handfuls of raspberries. :S
Just lucky I guess. *shrugs and looks sympathetic*
 
Qjay said:
Doing pretty well tonight :D ...
I turned down a gourmet dessert platter with lemon bars and three-chocolate brownies! *whimper*
Mind you, this was all FREE and being forced on me by beautiful women! I think that deserves a special brag here, so I had to come post it. :p ...
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ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!! What a wonderful moment!

(Your gold medal is at the engravers. :))

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Anyhoo, my week and my weekend are going quite well, and now that cruel felici has me wondering about what sea cucumbers taste like.
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:) Forgettable :)
 
wow you turned that down? YOU da man!!! :O

Thats gotta be like one of those challenges they have on biggest loser lol.
 
I am VERY impressed that you turned down the sweets. I don't think I could have done it. Sugar is my weakness...kind of like Superman and kryptonite. Good job!
 
Well, for me sweets aren't my biggest problem, I mean I like them but it's only when I get some mad cravings that I have to have them. My numero uno problemo is normal, healthy food, eaten in huge amounts. Junk food is kind of hit or miss, and sweets aren't a problem as long as I don't eat them very often, but it is food like Pizza or steak-and-veggies (especially breakfast, like bacon and eggs) that is reasonably healthy to eat in a normal portion... well, my portion controls get stuck sometimes.
Anyhoo, It's late, I'm grumpy, and I really am glad to see all the nice things. I really could use a gold medal right about now, so I will be waiting by my mailbox in eager anticipation.

Thanks everyone, it really helps to get good support like this.
 
Ugh, pizza! I used to be able to eat a whole large by myself AND manage to stuff down a couple breadsticks. LOL
 
I haven't been able to do that sort of eating since I was a dumb kid (Pizza challenge dumb), unless I were to spread the pizza out over the whole day, that is.
Even so, I can easily eat 4 or 5 large slices if I am not careful, I have to pay attention and make sure I am eating other foods in there, or else that I will not be around the pizza after the second slice, or else I just keep shoveling it in, unfortunately.

The easiest thing for me to do is to go for a walk after I eat a couple of slices, I'm usually okay after an hour, but it takes a LONG time for the "full" message to reach my brain... if it gets there at all. That's the hardest part for me, really, is the "always hungry" aspect of eating normal food. It has been particularly rough the past few weeks, but at least I am getting past last month's sugar/ice cream cravings.
Well, I am off to go do some stuff this evening, so I hope everyone else wins the lottery and discovers a way to make celery taste like bacon and lettuce to taste like slices of roast beef :D
 
I know what you're saying about the "always hungry" aspect. But I gotta say eating the way I do has really changed that for me. Now if I eat a small breakfast I can literally go at least 5-6 hours without any hungry feeling. If I eat a large breakfast I can go 9-10 hours. Before I was lucky with 2-3 hours.

Have a lovely weekend!
 
Hey all, I'm still here, just a bit on the busy side.
One nice thing about being busy is that it helps keep my mind off that gnawing beast that lives in my gut, and the only thing I have to be careful of is making sure I get SOME food if my blood sugar crashes :D
I just have to watch out for the late night "ready for bed" feeding frenzy
I hope all of my fellow Americans do something good for the holiday!
 
glad u conquering that beast!

i find taking a cup of tea near bedtime helps curb those cravings. can try that. but i understand some ppl won't be able to sleep after drinking tea lol.

oh it's holiday in the states? hv a good one.
 
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