Soooo,
i had my 1st weight in after being on the diet for 2 weeks, im very proud to say that i lost 12Lbs, yay!! im happy with that, i hope i can lose another 12 for my next appointment, even tho the Dr only expects me to lose about 6Lbs, he says you lose the most in the 1st couple weeks because the diet is so new to your body, but after it gets use to eating a certain way the weight loss slows dramatically!! I dont want to hear that, i still have 122Lbs to lose, so it better not slow for a while!! after my appt i went to the Store in the office and treated myself BIG TIME !! got pancake mix and syrup, hot cereal vanilla Almond flavor,Walden farms dressing, pork rinds, protein shake mix, hummus, jalapeno cheese crisps, shirataki noodles, fettuccine, angel hair and spaghetti style, and the yam shirataki noodles in white and brown, Alfredo sauce, 2 loafs of power flax bread and chocolate muffins...omg spent a fortune but at least i will have a variety the next 2 weeks..i think im more motivated now that i have all of this to keep me going:)
Last night i tried the fettuccine tofu shirataki noodles with the Alfredo sauce and added chicken breast to it for my dinner last night, i have to say, it didn't taste so great!! The Alfredo sauce was kinda sweet which i find odd since there is no sugar in it, and it really didn't taste like Alfredo sauce at all, i added garlic and a small spoon of allegro vegetable cream cheese to make it taste a bit better. The shirataki noodles were very rubbery and hard to chew, going to take some getting use to. I tried to have a half of the chocolate muffin for dessert but that was very dry and bland, couldn't even get half of it down. this morning i tried the vanilla Almond hot cereal, and added some bacel margarine and a packet of sweetener and that was discussing too!! i spent almost $100 on a bunch of stiff i don't like!!
geese listen to me, i sound like a spoiled brat, complaining and throwing a fit, its all just going to take some getting use to, i don't even need to eat this stuff really, i just wanted to treat myself with some different foods, i lost 12Lbs the first 2 weeks and didn't have anything from the store, so if need be, that's what i will have to do if i cant get use to the food.
I'm going to the trailer this weekend and that's where i usually do alot of eating, but my plans for the weekend's menu are: BBQ Haddock Fillet's with a Garden Salad for Saturday and Sunday i plan on having BBQ Shrimp and Veggie Kabobs..for snacks i will have some veggies with hummus maybe a cheese crisp or two and lots of water, diet coke and what always helps, sugar free gum:) Should have bought myself some chocolate from the store, stupid me, didn't buy many snacks this time.
well i shall get packing for the trailer, have to pack for me, the hubby and 3 kids!! should be fun:)
Thanks for reading
xoxo
Steph <3
Friday, 20 May 2011
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
My 1st two weeks of my new Life
My 1st appt; i didn't know what to expect, i was a little frightened on what to expect, i have heard very mixed reviews on this Dr and his harsh diet. In the waiting area as i read through the papers,i got this awful feeling in my stomach. They were asking me what i usually eat and a normal day and part of me was so ashamed that i wanted to lie, but obviously once they take one look at me they'd know i wasn't eating very well.
so they call me in and asked me to take off my socks, and all i could think is omg, my feet look terrible, then asked me to step on the scale, when my weight showed up i was so embarrassed 286LBS!!! This is the biggest i have ever been, last i checked i was 245LBS that was when my baby was about 6 weeks old, so about 13 months ago, i was completely shocked to see how much i had gained in a year, and thought, if i go on like this, 40Lbs a year i will be over 400Lbs by the time i turn 30 in 3 years!
i was then sent to another room where i met one of the Doctors, he took a look at what i eat and basically crossed out everything, including what i thought were good things, only things he kept on there was meat and diet coke, i was ecstatic that i could keep drinking my diet coke:)
After my appt, i decided to take a look around the Ontario Health Store, i was really quite lost and didnt have much money, so i decided to pick up a little pack of Jelly belly jelly beans, a little baggie of about 20 sugar free gummie bears and a small package of vanilla macaroons, that alone cost me almost $14. Later in the week i realized i should have spent that money on some tofu noodles or salad dressings or flax bread.
i started taking pictures of the meals i did make and posting them on my facebook for my friends to see and got some incredible support and also some people talking me down about the diet and how unhealthy it is, i had some people telling me how disgusting my food looked and others telling me how delicious it looked.
i Go back for my 1st weigh in on May 19th and although i wanted to have lost like 15Lbs, i think im lucky to have even lost 10 because of my lack of exercise, sure im eating better but im still just sitting around, until Sunday the 15th, i got Dance Dance Revolution for my birthday and just started using that, but beginner level doesn't give you that much of a work out and i would never be able to keep up with anything other than that right now.
The following are some pictures of some meals i have made or eaten over the past 2 weeks
3 egg white/1 egg yolk omelet with spinach and mushroom wrapped in a romaine lettuce leaf
Salad with romaine lettuce, green pepper, cucumber and grilled chicken strips No dressing
3 egg white/1 egg yolk omelet, with spinach, mushroom and garlic ( a fav of mine for breakfast you will notice)
Stuffed green pepper, with extra lean ground beef, chopped green pepper, mushroom, garlic, celery, pepper
egg white omelet wrap with spinach, mushroom, garlic and jalapeno allegro 4% lactose free cheese(found at walmart)
Beef and veggie stir fry topped with a little allegro cheese
1st time eating out, at Tim Hortons, i got the chicken wrap, without tomatoes or sauce, added cucumber,ate what was in the wrap and gave the actual pita for my son
extra lean ground beef, with mushroom, green pepper, garlic, cucumber, celery on top of romaine lettuce
AGAIN a spinach and mushroom omelet
by far my FAVOURITE meal...Sheppard's pie made with cauliflower instead of potatoes, soooo Delicious!!
my lunch one day; Spinach and garlic sauteed with Tofu and a side of grilled zuchinni
grilled skinless chicken breast with a side of green bean, spinach and mushroom mix
i attempted to make extra lean gound beef burger ( without a bun of course) and it turned out extremely dry and honestly uneatable, so i made a broccoli sauce with a tbsp of 5% cream and small cube of allegro cheese and blended it to a puree and topped the burgers with it and it was actually delicious.
so there you have it, i know some of the meals may not seem very appealing, but the meals i use to prepare consisted of hot dogs and fries, pizza, fried chicken legs with potatoes and corn, i never had to create my own meals from scratch, so please bare with me as i learn, and i'm very open to suggestions and meal ideas.
i will write again Thursday after my weigh in...thank you for taking the time to read:)
XOXO
Steph<3
so they call me in and asked me to take off my socks, and all i could think is omg, my feet look terrible, then asked me to step on the scale, when my weight showed up i was so embarrassed 286LBS!!! This is the biggest i have ever been, last i checked i was 245LBS that was when my baby was about 6 weeks old, so about 13 months ago, i was completely shocked to see how much i had gained in a year, and thought, if i go on like this, 40Lbs a year i will be over 400Lbs by the time i turn 30 in 3 years!
i was then sent to another room where i met one of the Doctors, he took a look at what i eat and basically crossed out everything, including what i thought were good things, only things he kept on there was meat and diet coke, i was ecstatic that i could keep drinking my diet coke:)
After my appt, i decided to take a look around the Ontario Health Store, i was really quite lost and didnt have much money, so i decided to pick up a little pack of Jelly belly jelly beans, a little baggie of about 20 sugar free gummie bears and a small package of vanilla macaroons, that alone cost me almost $14. Later in the week i realized i should have spent that money on some tofu noodles or salad dressings or flax bread.
i started taking pictures of the meals i did make and posting them on my facebook for my friends to see and got some incredible support and also some people talking me down about the diet and how unhealthy it is, i had some people telling me how disgusting my food looked and others telling me how delicious it looked.
i Go back for my 1st weigh in on May 19th and although i wanted to have lost like 15Lbs, i think im lucky to have even lost 10 because of my lack of exercise, sure im eating better but im still just sitting around, until Sunday the 15th, i got Dance Dance Revolution for my birthday and just started using that, but beginner level doesn't give you that much of a work out and i would never be able to keep up with anything other than that right now.
The following are some pictures of some meals i have made or eaten over the past 2 weeks
so there you have it, i know some of the meals may not seem very appealing, but the meals i use to prepare consisted of hot dogs and fries, pizza, fried chicken legs with potatoes and corn, i never had to create my own meals from scratch, so please bare with me as i learn, and i'm very open to suggestions and meal ideas.
i will write again Thursday after my weigh in...thank you for taking the time to read:)
XOXO
Steph<3
from the begining
Let me start from the beginning, I'm Stephanie, I'm 27 years old, and i have 3 adorable little boys aged 9,6, and 15 months....I'm currently struggling with my weight. i have been over weight since i had my 1st child almost 10 years ago, was only slightly overweight back then and have just kept packing on the pounds ever since, before Dr. Poon i was at my heaviest weight ever and was beginning to become depressed, i was a smoker but quit back in September 2010 and put on even more weight. i was desperate to lose this weight once and for all, so i went on youtube for suggestions. i watched a few video's of people who have had gastric bypass and their incredible transformations from 300Lbs to 120Lbs in less than a year and i was convinced that this was my only way out!! i was sure that my Dr would agree considering that weight related health issues run in my family and i thought i presented a great case as to why i would be the perfect candidate for this surgery. unfortunately my hopes and dreams of being a happy thin person in just a few months were crushed when my Dr told me that the surgery was for people who were older than me and bigger than me and who have tried absolutely everything they could to try and lose weight and failed, he also told me because of all this, OHIP would never agree to cover the cost for me. i wanted to cry right there in the office.
My Dr. then asked if i had ever heard of Dr.Poon and explained that he was a Dr who specialized in weight loss and was covered by OHIP. and then he sent off the referral, Little did i know how much my life was about to change.
My Dr. then asked if i had ever heard of Dr.Poon and explained that he was a Dr who specialized in weight loss and was covered by OHIP. and then he sent off the referral, Little did i know how much my life was about to change.
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