Yesterday I got my Gi (karate uniform) in the mail. I was so excited!! I have been waiting to be able to order and wear this for months!! I quickly took it out of the package and threw it on. Well the shirt sort of fits. I'm going to have to lengthen the ties on it and shorten the arms but all in all it fits. Then I tried on the pants. No way!!! They don't even go over my belly. Well let me take that back...they will either go over my belly or my butt but not both!! My heart sank. The weight I have put back on is keeping me from wearing my new Gi.
Last night for dinner, Jim and I walked up to the Chinese restaurant. I know what do I think I'm doing eating Chinese after my Gi won't fit. Honestly it didn't cross my mind. Well it sort of did but not enough to change my mind. We got the lantern special for two. It was a lot of food so we ended up bringing half of it home. I felt fine after the walk. It actually felt good to be moving again.
This morning I took my blood sugar and it was 98!!! How can it be that good after eating Chinese food?!?!?! It's supposed to be the other way around. But I was happy with the result anyway.
I made some pan fried pork loin medallions for breakfast. I made Jim some eggs and toast to go with it while I had a yogurt. I only ate 3 1/2 ounces of pork. I took small bites and chewed them slowly. I thought that I was eating slow enough but I guess I wasn't. Part of my breakfast came up. So I really only ate 2 ounces of meat. But that's ok. I didn't eat anything else.
Lunch came around and I made some rotisserie chicken sandwiches. Once again I tried it and once again, part of it came up. But I still didn't eat anything else.
Now it's dinner time and I'm going to have a protein shake. Jim is having the leftover Chinese, and I don't even envy him. I am tired of things coming back up. So I am now going back to the beginning of how I'm supposed to eat. I think I will do some protein shakes for awhile until I can get my portion sizes back to normal. I'm going back to using my baby spoon so I can see what a bite is, and I'm going back to eating and chewing slow. It's going to be hard but I have to do this for myself. I am not willing to screw up the surgery I've had.
So it's now back to the scale for food, and back to eating protein first, then veggies, and if there is room enough in the cup, maybe some carbs. I'm giving up carbs except for potatoes again to see if that will help too. We'll see. Tomorrow is another day.
