The Further Adventures of Deluzy: A few shopping coups

Health and Wellness

The Google 15
An excellent weight-tracking tool that keeps track of your moving weight average over time so that no single weigh-in is a cause for ecstacy or despair.
Understanding Your Tests
A good preliminary resource for understanding your lab work (though of course it's no substitution for discussing results with your doctor)
FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
An essential tool for me during my first 6 post-op months -- and a good reality check for anyone keeping track of daily food intake (e.g., calories, fats, carbohydrates, etc.) and activity levels
Gmaps Pedometer
A wonderful tool that allows one to map exercise routes and calculate miles covered and calories burned

Products I Like

Spanx
A line of comfortable foundation garments (and even easy-to-pack clothing) that comes in handy post-op to corrale that wayward, formerly obese flesh and make you feel comfortable. Available online, at Lane Bryant in larger sizes, at Nordstrom in smaller sizes, and sometimes at outlets for less.
Pure Protein RTD shakes
At an average of 35 grams of protein, 3 grams of carbs, and 160 calories, these ready-to-drink shakes work for me because I can chill them, grab them, pack them, and go. Available from a variety of online sources or at GNC stores.
Perfectly Sweet
Expensive but excellent source for sugar-free and no-sugar-added bakery and candy items.
Low Carb Corner
As near as I can tell, this site sells nothing but two kinds of breakfast cereal -- but as one who's avoided cereal since my DS surgery because it contains virtually no protein and far too many carbs, Protein Crunch is a wonderful option (i.e., 27 grams protein, 2 net grams carbs). It's horrifyingly expensive but for WLS cereal lovers, it's worth the occasional splurge.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

A few shopping coups

I avoided work most (but not all) of the day, in part by heading to a fairly high-end outlet mall about half an hour away and ended up coming away with a few deals from Coldwater Creek:

Two floaty spring/summer skirts, both originally priced at $89.95, for $9.99 each
A black, Asian-print, jacquard vest that can be dressed up or down, originally $49.99, for $12.50

Cool!

It was a pretty, sunny day, though cool, so I enjoyed walking around a bit. At one point I settled myself at an outside table with a grande sugar-free vanilla latte and a petite vanilla scone to people-watch and then later I stopped in at Fresh Choice and sampled a few different kinds of salad, had a grilled breast of chicken, and some chicken soup (I find I no longer get my money's worth from buffet-style places, but I wanted soup and salad, and that was the most convenient option).

Never mind that I had three madeleines when I got home. (Suffice to say it was not a Proustian moment, either. As I dimly recall, he limited himself to one.)

And there's the evening to get through, my most vulnerable eating time. Dinner was a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, courtesy of my husband, which isn't a bad choice for a DS patient, and if I want to eat something later, popcorn is what works best for me.

If I stick to that, I'll be happy. The protein bars and the shake earlier in the day ensured that I got to my protein minimum and then some.

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