As a lot of you know, I have been struggling to EAT enough over the last 3 months and have posted many times on here about it recently. I have been dealing with the 'unintended consequences' of losing a lot of weight in a short amount of time and having a real fear of becoming a FAT ASS again. (I NEVER would have thought I could fall victim to thinking this way. On the road to an eating disorder). I'm working that out now, as best I can. Well, I started to increase eating last Thursday (I believe) and gained 3 pounds over the next couple days. I also realized that (a TMI moment here) I hadn't had a BM in several days either so I freaked out- and then calmed down when I figured that one out. More on this later...
But my dinner victory TONIGHT was that I ate! (Cue the Drum Roll music): I ate 5 ounces of grilled boneless/skinless chicken breast that I made (standing in 104 degree Las Vegas weather.) I cut the pieces so small, and ate like a mouse, and I ate it all! There wasn't much room for the steamed broccoli I planned to eat with it, but I was extremely thrilled to be able to consume more than 2 ounces of chicken. (And this was my first chicken breast since surgery in March.)
I lost 1 1/2 lbs since my gain the other day and did go to the bathroom, finally. On Thursday night I started to retake my nightime sleep meds I took for 25 years and had stopped two days before surgery. Even cut up, these are mini volkswagen sized pills and I could NOT swallow them after surgery. Worse, was crushing them. Never again. So I took the pills for a few nights and was plugged tighter than a cork in a wine bottle... and walked around like a Zombie on The Walking Dead for the past 3 days. I told my husband there is NO way I am suffering through this crapola. SO back to melatonin.
I just had to share my 5 ounce chicken VICTORY! (And I am STUFFED!)
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