Don't Eat That

I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I like to eat.  And, having found some relief for my jaws in the last week or so, I’ve managed to find some pretty good food that’s still easy to chew but not just pure liquids. 

Last night’s meal was a baked potato and a bowl of chili, honestly, that doesn’t seem too much like solid food to most people but trust me, it’s a far cry over the stuff I’ve had lately.  And, even still, it required some doctoring up. 

Here’ what you get when you take a baked potato, add chili and ranch dressing and top it off with bbq sauce…I am so not kidding on this….

I know it doesn’t look like much but compared to yogurt and soups (of every variety known to mankind), this wasn’t half bad. 

On the other side of the table though, my husband started with this….

and honestly, if you think that looks like a pile of food……just look what transpired in a matter of minutes with my dear husband in control of the fork…

And, before I turned around good, this was what I was looking at…..

and then…this….

We are talking about 20 minutes here……in the meantime, I was busily gathering myself a plate of this……

Any questions as to why I can’t seem to lose any weight consistently?     

Yes I know, I’m a slacker, go ahead.  You can say I’m a slacker and have it ring true in many ways.  Let’s start with my weight.  How in the heck I can balloon back up to 220 pounds without having good food to eat is beyond me. 

Wait, let me rephrase that, without having good nutritional food to eat.  You see, this not chewing thing has me eating ice cream at an obnoxious rate.  And, returning from a weeklong trip to Disney where pineapple ice cream was just taunting me around every corner would probably be the reason why I have gained all this weight back.

But, indeed, I have some solutions tucked away.  Just before leaving for Disney I received the Wii game from Ubisoft and Jenny McCarthy called Your Shape.  Hopefully once I find my family room floor again (it appears that the dirty laundry from a week of vacationing has exploded there for now), I will get my backside in motion and get some of this weight off. 

And, then again…………….argh!

This will probably be the shortest post I’ve ever written.  But, as I planning my trip to the oral surgeon next week, I don’t know if I will be given the go ahead to chew or not but if not, it will probably be only 2 more weeks. 

And as I watched my favorite reality show, Survivor, I thought about how they had been without real food for 33 days and then they had a reward where they eat way too much.  Many seasons I’ve seen sick survivors. 

And my husband was quick to let me know that he was really scared I might go bizerk when it comes time for me to “chew” my food instead of just slurp it.

Who knows….but I’ve got a few things on my mind….

Nacho’s and cheese,

steak

friend pickles and ranch dressing

salad

If it has to be chewed, I’ll probably be on the prowl.

I’ve always said that I simply couldn’t make changes to my nutritional habits and that I would just have to exercise more.  And, as I was able to get more involved in the EASports and do some of the more active exercises (games really), I was expecting to see a larger weight loss.  And, I did..kind of.

I dropped down to 205 and that was two weeks ago today.  I had jaw surgery on Thursday of that week and by Monday, I had gained up to 213.  UH?  No, I wasn’t exercising at all, I was barely moving around I was in so much pain, but I was not eating anything to amount to much.  I am on a no chewing diet for 6 weeks (5 more if you are counting). 

But, again, there’s no way I’m getting moving like I had just started to on my EASports just yet.  I am in a bit of pain still and the thought of any hard landings on the floor makes me shutter.  But, I’m telling you, I’m eating nothing.

And, so, back to the title, I have always had poor nutritional habits.  I grew up on Burger King and honestly, that’s how we eat now too for the most part.  And, I couldn’t imagine changing that.  And, I had made no efforts at all to change them, I was merely exercising.  And, I was getting results. 

Of course, everyone tried to make me feel better by telling me that I had only gained the weight back because of the swelling and such.  And, as big and chipmunk as my jaws look and as much as I’d like to think it was “just swelling”, I think it was more like…..something that can’t be explained.

Either way, for the last 10 days, (really more because the 3 days before I had surgery, I had severe gastritis), I have had jello, pudding, and yogurt.  I’ve had chicken noodle soup twice but I’ve been content to eat this low-fat yogurt which is a total surprise.  Tell anyone I know and they would tell you that “Jerri Ann does not eat that kind of food”.  And, it wouldn’t be a matter of disrespect for my size, it’s just that people who know me, know that I am a very picky eater. 

Low-fat yogurt?  Never

Jello?  Once a year

Pudding?  Twice a year

Chicken Noodle Soup? Once every two years or more

But, when you have the surgery I had and you had the pain prior to the surgery and the pain afterwards, you will do exactly what you are advised by your doctor to do………..because, you certainly do not want to ruin a good thing……

And, with that, today, I weighed 208.  That’s back down five pounds…..but here’s your warning..my Grammy makes the best Fried Apple Pies in the land and I will be getting some at Thanksgiving and freezing them until I can eat….sorry, everyone has their vices.

I’m writing this post a day earlier than normal.  I have a couple of reasons why, one being I am going to be extraordinarily busy tomorrow and I have some awesome news. 

I am currently down a total of 16 pounds.  I am still doing static exercises and if you think I’ve lost my mind and that I should just get over it already and do more exercises, you have to know that the bone graft area hasn’t healed an I’ve already fallen once when putting all of my weight on that food while stepping off my porch.  I have to have more strength in the ankle. 

The other reason that I’m writing this today…..is…I’m treating myself to a piece of apple pie.  And, when I say a piece, I honestly mean a tiny minute piece.  This little piece of pie is probably nt even 1/4 of the size I would normally eat.  But, I bought it pre-made and I”m assuming that the folks that marketed it had ever intention of me eating only one serving of it. 

So, as of October 11, 2009, I am down a rockin’ total of 16 pounds….but next week…..let’s just hope the apple pie doesn’t show up….

And, no one even noticed. Not one person has noticed. I finally asked my husband today and he said that I wear my clothes too baggy for him to notice….whatever!

I’ve done really well with my food consumption.  And, for some reason, as of late, my favorite midnight snack has been carrots and ranch dressing.  Too bad I can’t get addicted to carrots without the dressing, but at least I’m leaning toward the lowfat and such.

I worked hard on Sunday inside the house realizing late into the evening that I had not eaten all day.  And, as I heated my soup, I searched for the last remaining crackers that I just knew were in my fridge.  And, lo and behold I found carrots.  My eyes widened, I yelled to my husband in reference to where in the world did the carrots come from and why in the world was I not told that we had them.

He had plans.  He was making sushi.  It was pretty apparent, the shrimp, carrots, crabmeat, cucumbers and mayo and yea, rice lots and lots of rice.  We never got the sushi this weekend but those carrots…….they wont’ make til he is in the mood for sushi, I can promise you that.

At least if my exercise plan is slow my eating is better than it’s every been…I mean, carrots?  or ice cream?  And, I chose carrots…no really I did.

Holidays at Casa Reason are usually filled with food.  But, as usual, I dont’ like hot food in the summer time.  I consume wear more fruits and veggies int he summer than the winter because most of them (the ones you eat raw anyway) are best when kept cold. 

So, for the 4th, we will celebrate with friends and family, hotdogs, hamburgers, strawberry shortcake pie, watermelon, home ice cream and red (strawberries), white (marhmellows) and blue (blue berries) Kabobs. 

So, hang on, have a good time and work at the day to be safe!