Advice from a friend

It's not secret that I've really been struggling the last couple of days. There's a fine line between hungry and not full. I've experienced this and there have been times in the past where I worked on training myself to stop eating when I'm no longer hungry..before full/stuffed. Fine, I can handle that feeling. However, the last 2-3 days, I am HUNGRY...like stomach growling hungry.

I already increased my injections from 12.5 to 15. The next step is 20 and for whatever reason, I didn't want to have to go up to 20. I guess I thought it was mind over matter and I wouldn't need the max. After starting to feel defeated and feeling like I was barely keeping my head above water, I emailed Rachel. A very good family friend who has been here before.

She obviously sticks to the food list but gears more to the 500 calories rather than the portioning sizes, if that makes sense. Most vegetables (especially the ones that are allowed) have very little calories so there is little difference between say 1-2 cups. She told me she ate a lot of apples. I have never been a big fan of apples but I am developing a better liking to them. I mean, I've always liked them but if I had the choice between an apple and any other fruit, I would chose the other fruit. So she would eat an apple for breakfast and eat the Melba toasts for snacks. She at the 3.5oz of protein with lunch and dinner but ate as many veggies as she needed to be "not hungry". She also ate fruit for lunch and ate an apple before bed. She also gave me a little trick I hadn't though of. Slice and apple, sprinkle with a little cinnamon (no sugar) and bake. Makes a yummy dessert! In order to keep track of calories, she uses a calorie counter to make sure she stays within (or close to) the 500 calories alotted.

I also learned today that she was at 20 for her injections as well..made me feel better, definitely! I am going to try this new mindset tomorrow and see where that gets me. I didn't eat "lunch" until 5:30 and dinner was around 10:30. This may come in handy tomorrow night while I'm at the hospital. I drank A LOT of tea today and kept busy otherwise I would've never made it to 5:30 with no food LOL!