beer bloat!
I was out to a hockey game this weekend and had dinner and drinks before the
game with friends. The original plan was to eat at a pub which always means limited vegetarian choices for me. I was very happy when someone suggested a Mediterranean restaurant instead. It was so yummy and much better than the artery-clogging nachos I would have been stuck with at the pub. I planned on having 3 beers (haven't had beer in ages). Halfway through the second beer I started to feel very bloated and uncomfortably full. I gave the rest of my beer to DH and went for some water. I felt so full all night, all I wanted to do was go home and lay down -- or barf LOL. I don't think I've ever felt like that after one and a half beers before and although it tasted quite nice I think it will be a while before I desire a brew again. Since I had planned on nachos and 3 beers I came out under my cal limit for the day, but I was way too bloated to even think about eating anything else. It continues to amaze me that I can still eat things that before I would have considered "forbidden" and still lose weight -- all it takes is a little preplanning. The concept is so simple, I don't know why it wasn't so obvious to me before! I happily report a 2lb drop this week. Willow ---------------------------------------------------------- Willow Darcy Shaw from Atlantic Canada Current Loss: -16 lbs Mini Goal: lose 25 lbs by 1st week May Ultimate Goal: lose 70 lbs |
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H. "Willow Darcy Shaw" wrote in message news:PuwUd.14452$TB.2124@edtnps84... I was out to a hockey game this weekend and had dinner and drinks before the game with friends. The original plan was to eat at a pub which always means limited vegetarian choices for me. I was very happy when someone suggested a Mediterranean restaurant instead. It was so yummy and much better than the artery-clogging nachos I would have been stuck with at the pub. I planned on having 3 beers (haven't had beer in ages). Halfway through the second beer I started to feel very bloated and uncomfortably full. I gave the rest of my beer to DH and went for some water. I felt so full all night, all I wanted to do was go home and lay down -- or barf LOL. I don't think I've ever felt like that after one and a half beers before and although it tasted quite nice I think it will be a while before I desire a brew again. Since I had planned on nachos and 3 beers I came out under my cal limit for the day, but I was way too bloated to even think about eating anything else. It continues to amaze me that I can still eat things that before I would have considered "forbidden" and still lose weight -- all it takes is a little preplanning. The concept is so simple, I don't know why it wasn't so obvious to me before! I happily report a 2lb drop this week. Willow ---------------------------------------------------------- Willow Darcy Shaw from Atlantic Canada Current Loss: -16 lbs Mini Goal: lose 25 lbs by 1st week May Ultimate Goal: lose 70 lbs |
Willow Darcy Shaw wrote:
It continues to amaze me that I can still eat things that before I would have considered "forbidden" and still lose weight -- all it takes is a little preplanning. The concept is so simple, I don't know why it wasn't so obvious to me before! I happily report a 2lb drop this week. Very cool, Willow. Keep it up! It's also fun to realize foods you thought you really, really loved (and of course were off the calorie & fat charts) don't quite *do it* for you anymore. I seldom use butter or mayo anymore. -- Snowshoeing . . . Laurie in Maine 207/115 New Scale Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Willow Darcy Shaw wrote: It continues to amaze me that I can still eat things that before I would have considered "forbidden" and still lose weight -- all it takes is a little preplanning. The concept is so simple, I don't know why it wasn't so obvious to me before! I happily report a 2lb drop this week. Willow ---------------------------------------------------------- Willow Darcy Shaw from Atlantic Canada Current Loss: -16 lbs Mini Goal: lose 25 lbs by 1st week May Ultimate Goal: lose 70 lbs WTG Willow! Two pounds is great. Beverly |
Snugbear wrote: It's also fun to realize foods you thought you really, really loved (and of course were off the calorie & fat charts) don't quite *do it* for you anymore. I seldom use butter or mayo anymore. Mary responds: Way true. I lost 60 lb from last September to now, on a low carb/low fat diet, and I'm finding higher fat stuff tastes ick. Fried stuff actually taste gross. Dunno why that is, but its pronounced. We have a KFC place near us, and sometimes on the weekends when no one feels like cooking, we get take out for our three kids, and I'm not even remotely tempted to eat the stuff anymore. I also find I'm doing the math in my head all the time and calculating the trade offs ...lets see...if I can have X calories, I can either have one tiny micro serving of this (pick some high fat or high carb item) OR I can have a huge amount of this low cal alternatives. Right now, my heads way more into the volume - probably because I'm thinking about ways to NOT end up hungry. I even do the math on condiments...okay, if I put butter or mayo on it, that means I can't eat that extra tub of low fat yoghurt...which I'd rather have! Mary G. |
planned on having 3 beers (haven't had beer in ages). Halfway through the
second beer I started to feel very bloated and uncomfortably full. I gave the rest of my beer to DH and went for some water. I felt so full all night, all I wanted to do was go home and lay down -- or barf LOL. I don't think I've ever felt like that after one and a half beers before and although it tasted quite nice I think it will be a while before I desire a brew again. If you've been on a diet for a while you probably have less capacity in your stomach than you did before, the stomach is elastic. Beer can be very filling, especially if you don't normally have fizzy drinks as part of your diet. It continues to amaze me that I can still eat things that before I would have considered "forbidden" and still lose weight -- all it takes is a little preplanning. The concept is so simple, I don't know why it wasn't so obvious to me before! Yeah, I went to Starbucks on Sat & had a blueberry muffin & caramel macchiato with cream whilst still staying under 1200 cals for the day. I had cereal & fruit for b'fast but nothing after Starbucks, it wasn't a temptation I couldn't resist, I had planned all along I'd have a fattening coffee & a muffin. You have to indulge sometimes. Maybe I didn't get enough protein & nutrition that day but one day of 'nutritional defficiency' hasn't killed anybody... I happily report a 2lb drop this week. Congrats... |
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