If I summed up today in one word, it would be 'headache'... Is this ketosis? I suppose it is, I've been googling it like mad all day and not just the headaches but the dizziness plus the pressured feeling in my head and the nausea, I have it all.
If I was at home today, I would have spent the day in bed no doubt but being at work, it was difficult to concentrate. Although I can't imagine being at home either, working kept my mind off food...
Headache was the worst. I woke up with it and it just stayed with me all day. Around 4pm I was getting tearful because even painkillers didn't help. Then I drank 2 glasses of water before I left the office 5ish and walked back home. I was sure it would be worse after the walk but in fact it was quite the opposite. When I got home it was gone, phew!
I didn't feel hungry today but the milk made me a little sick. I couldn't finish my second cup of milky coffee and I hit nowhere near 3 pints of milk today. I checked with my patient care coordinator and she said it was ok to have less.
Although I didn't really feel like it, I thought I should try the oxo cube and prepared myself one by melting a cube in hot water. Took one sip and it was bliss :))) I must have really needed something savory!
So here is my day:
08:00 am - Weightwatcher's cherry yogurt
09:00 am - Blueberry green tea
10:00 am - Decaf coffee with 100ml semi skimmed milk, topped with hot water
11:30 am - Blueberry green tea
12:30 pm - Slim Fast cafe latte shake
13:00 pm - Blueberry green tea
15:00 pm - Muller Light banana & custard yogurt
16:00 pm - Decaf coffee with 100ml semi skimmed milk, topped with hot water (could only have half)
19:30 pm - Oxo cube in a mug of hot water
20:00 pm - Slim Fast rich chocolate shake
21:30 pm - Weightwatchers nectarine yogurt
Total:
2 pints of milk (some with shake, some in coffee)
3 yogurts
1 oxo cube
I was dreading the milk diet but now I think I'll be ok :) x
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Saturday, 22 September 2012
Pre-Pre-Op Diet - Day 6
Today I woke up with a headache at 7:30 and couldn't go back to sleep... It's not the first time this week, I had headaches a couple of times in the week. I hope it's because of ketosis! I should probably drink more.
Even though it's weekend (meaning huge cooked breakfasts in my past life) I had my all-bran in yogurt. So glad I found a way to eat this bran and the new Weightwatchers apricot yogurt is lush - only 50 kcal!
After breakfast it was the usual Saturday morning routine - cleaning and tidying up, such fun :P Then I cooked lunch by stir frying extra lean turkey breast mince, onions, leeks and a tomato. Rather bland on its own but a few spices cheered it up a little. At least it was filling with high protein.
My husband took me to a car gallery in the afternoon - we've been talking about changing my car for some time now. Any other time I'd be bouncing in excitement but today I felt really weird about it. It just felt wrong looking to buy an expensive thing when I didn't know if I'll be alive in a month's time... I'm not all doom and gloom about the operation, not at all, but I am terrified of general anesthesia and paranoid about what might do wrong when I'm under knife. I don't really think I'm going to die on the table but I'm just aware of the risk.
I think my life is a weird place right now. It feels like I'm putting everything else on hold until after my operation. It's a major thing to go through and I don't think it's right or wrong, it's just what it is. There is a much bigger emotional aspect of this operation, any operation, over the physical side of things. I thought my husband was a tad disappointed that I didn't show much enthusiasm so I explained how I feel to him as good as I could and we decided to think about it at a better time and left without committing to buying anything to my relief. All paranoia apart, I would like to be in the mood when I'm buying my next car, thank you very much :)
The highlight of the day was eating out, yay! After much consideration and spending half an hour on my phone's Myfitnesspal app, Nando's low cal food won. I had a butterfly chicken breast with no sauce (I didn't eat the skin) with mixed salad (with balsamic vinegar) and a corn on the cob. I didn't hurry and ate slowly, chewed my food properly and enjoyed it. Funny how I was full after such a small meal compared to my previous visits to the same restaurant where I had a bowl of olives as starter, then ate a half chicken with chips and coleslaw. Pleasantly surprised indeed and it was yummy.
Not much exercise today I'm afraid, other than tidying the house up a little.
Breakfast
All-bran original with Weightwatchers apricot yogurt
Lunch
Stir fry with extra lean turkey breast + onions + leeks
1/2 small pot of Total 0% yogurt
Afternoon snack
1/2 fillet of smoked mackerel
Dinner
Nando's butterfly chicken, plain with no skin + mixed salad with balsamic vinegar + corn on the cob
Dessert
Hartley's sugar-free strawberry and kiwi jelly
Total 1057 calories
Looking forward to seeing my friends at a baby shower tomorrow, dreading the cakes, cookies and the food though... I'll make sure I eat and fill myself up with something good before I leave the house and make sure I come back home for dinner so I don't have to eat anything while I'm out.
Tomorrow is the last day of week 1 pre-op. 3 weeks to go. Butterflies in my stomach...
Even though it's weekend (meaning huge cooked breakfasts in my past life) I had my all-bran in yogurt. So glad I found a way to eat this bran and the new Weightwatchers apricot yogurt is lush - only 50 kcal!
After breakfast it was the usual Saturday morning routine - cleaning and tidying up, such fun :P Then I cooked lunch by stir frying extra lean turkey breast mince, onions, leeks and a tomato. Rather bland on its own but a few spices cheered it up a little. At least it was filling with high protein.
My husband took me to a car gallery in the afternoon - we've been talking about changing my car for some time now. Any other time I'd be bouncing in excitement but today I felt really weird about it. It just felt wrong looking to buy an expensive thing when I didn't know if I'll be alive in a month's time... I'm not all doom and gloom about the operation, not at all, but I am terrified of general anesthesia and paranoid about what might do wrong when I'm under knife. I don't really think I'm going to die on the table but I'm just aware of the risk.
I think my life is a weird place right now. It feels like I'm putting everything else on hold until after my operation. It's a major thing to go through and I don't think it's right or wrong, it's just what it is. There is a much bigger emotional aspect of this operation, any operation, over the physical side of things. I thought my husband was a tad disappointed that I didn't show much enthusiasm so I explained how I feel to him as good as I could and we decided to think about it at a better time and left without committing to buying anything to my relief. All paranoia apart, I would like to be in the mood when I'm buying my next car, thank you very much :)
The highlight of the day was eating out, yay! After much consideration and spending half an hour on my phone's Myfitnesspal app, Nando's low cal food won. I had a butterfly chicken breast with no sauce (I didn't eat the skin) with mixed salad (with balsamic vinegar) and a corn on the cob. I didn't hurry and ate slowly, chewed my food properly and enjoyed it. Funny how I was full after such a small meal compared to my previous visits to the same restaurant where I had a bowl of olives as starter, then ate a half chicken with chips and coleslaw. Pleasantly surprised indeed and it was yummy.
Not much exercise today I'm afraid, other than tidying the house up a little.
Breakfast
All-bran original with Weightwatchers apricot yogurt
Lunch
Stir fry with extra lean turkey breast + onions + leeks
1/2 small pot of Total 0% yogurt
Afternoon snack
1/2 fillet of smoked mackerel
Dinner
Nando's butterfly chicken, plain with no skin + mixed salad with balsamic vinegar + corn on the cob
Dessert
Hartley's sugar-free strawberry and kiwi jelly
Total 1057 calories
Looking forward to seeing my friends at a baby shower tomorrow, dreading the cakes, cookies and the food though... I'll make sure I eat and fill myself up with something good before I leave the house and make sure I come back home for dinner so I don't have to eat anything while I'm out.
Tomorrow is the last day of week 1 pre-op. 3 weeks to go. Butterflies in my stomach...
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