Yummy Waldorf Salad

• Apples (any kind you like)
• Raisins, craisins, dried cherries…any type of dried fruit that tickles your fancy (i stick with raisins & crasins)
• Greek Yogurt – Vanilla (greek yogurt is ALOT thicker than regular “runny” yogurt. More flavorful, too)
• granola – your choice

chop the apples into cubes. How many is determined by how much salad you want to make. (I suggest only make enough to be eaten in a 24 hour time period. Fresher is better for this recipe). Throw in the fruit & yogurt and toss to coat. Top with granola before eating.

DELICIOUS. I could eat this every day and not get sick of it.

Fatty Girl Food Journal Day 3 (3/3/2010)

Yo! I ate soooooooooooooo good today! I’m full. and I feel good about my choices. When in doubt, I researched and/or looked at the serving size to make sure I wasn’t actin a foodie-fool.   Some days may be harder than others… Bur thus far – I’m confident I can keep this up! *woot* 

P.S. Tomorrow, I’ll start adding a big salad to either lunch or dinner. Then both…. Baby steps 😉 

Breakfast: 

• Lowfat Strawberry Cereal Bar
• Banana
• Crystal Lite (Sunrise)

Lunch & Afternoon snack: 

• Chicken Wrap (see “Favorite Eats” post)
• Apple Sauce cup
• Handful of  Hot & Spicy Cheeze-Its (serving size 25 crackers)
• Little Debbie Oatmeal Pie (small)

Dinner & Evening Snack: 

Good Eatin!

 

• BBQ chicken breast (thinly sliced, scallopini style. Grilled, then 1 TBLS BBQ sauce splashed in pan)
• corn & pea mix (pre packaged, lowfat)
• 1/2 baked potato w/cheddar & bacon (I FULLY intended to eat the entire thing, but I couldn’t *lol*. See previous post))
• 1 ginourmous navel orange
• 1 Low Fat/60 Calorie Fudge pop

Water intake: 40 oz (40oz more than yesterday!)

There’s Hope

//editor’s note: this is a comment from SOMEONE ELSE on a different forum – NOT  my personal experience (YET!) Just hoping it can be used as encouragement for someone else as well… //

Below is a reply to my portion control rant from my Lapbandtalk.com forum. I can’t say how encouraging this was. Between what I’ve already begun, and the info/advice garnered from others – Imma have this thang on lock…

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I started my LAP-BAND® journey on September 18, 2009 and had my surgery yesterday, March 2, 2010.

During the wait I lost 95 pounds and attribute almost all of it to portion control.

I was basically eating the same things I always ate. I was just eating less of them. Just 20 – 25% less. But I did cut out soda and fast food

If I snacked between meals I wasn’t the health freak just eating fresh fruit and other rabbit food. I ate cookies, chips and I ate chips and ice cream but never more than 150 calories at a time or 400 calories a day or this crap.

I followed the following rules very closely:

* Drink at least 64 ounces of clear water a day
* Always eat breakfast
* Stop eating when you are no longer hungry. There is no need to clear your plate!
* Journal EVERYTHING that passes your gums

I also started walking a lot more. At least 3 hours a week. This was usually 30 – 45 minutes 5 days a week.

I was not hungry and it didn’t even seem like a diet.

I did have another tool. My Bodybugg but this just told me how many calories I was burning and gave me a place to journal my food.

Another tool I used and probably the most important was a positive attitude. I never once thought, “I can’t do this” or looked back at what I wasn’t eating. I focused on what’s ahead for me.

You can do this but you have to want to. My initial motivation was my approaching 45th birthday but a I had a heart a week after I started my lapband journey and 3 days before my birthday.

Hopefully, you can find other motivation.

I’m glad I got the lapband in before my motivation and attitude dwindled leaving me to rely on will power alone.

I also enjoyed the wait time and it flew by. I spent it reading every post on this site, read hundreds of blogs and making sure I knew exactly what I was getting myself into.

Good luck!!