posted 2 new pics in my summer of 09 folder....

one is my car

one is me


thx for looking
Tammy

Good Morning, Friends and family this is another day I did not take a dirt nap and I am thankful. This is a combination praise report and prayer request. Praise reports: My youngest son, Alphie won a notebook (laptop) at National Park Community College. He really needed a laptop. Then a couple of days later my daughter Katie (WLS) won an essay contest. She did not know the paper was entered into the competition. Here is the link to see her accepting her check. http://baconian.bacone.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task =view&id=1193&Itemid=149 On Saturday my grandpeach performed at Philander Smith College. He did a wonderful job. He opened the service and ushered in the presence of the Lord. He shook the devil into action, because 4 hours later he and his dad were involved in a car accident. They were not hurt. Praise God. Prayer request: Last Tuesday I had an MRI on my upper back and they discover a mass on my throat which is pressing against my thorax. They scheduled me for an ultra sound on Monday. When they discovered I don’t have a thyroid they immediately did a cat scan. I am waiting for those results. I had my thyroid removed in October 2001 and ended up in ICU for three days. Why? Who knows? I know God’s got this and I ask that each of you pray and agree with me for the VICTORY! When the enemy comes in to steal and destroy, God says, "NO! NOT MY CHILD!"

Sybul, thank you for having the courage to post. Isnt that a wonderful feeling to let it out. See we are all human. It can happen to any one of us at any time. You have taken the most important step and that is to admit you have a problem.

So many of us hide it and put it out of sight out of mind so to speak.

I did great all day yesterday on shakes and water only then I started to feel like crap. The smell of the shakes made me very sick to my stomach. I ended up eating soup and then major fell off the wagon with popcorn.

Today I had two eggs for breakfast, I will do shakes the rest of the day until dinner and it looks like my other half is cooking some kind of pork in a green tomatillo salsa. I rarely do bread and rice. I dont eat alot of veggies......I usually have a corn tortilla and queso fresco (fresh cheese).

Anyhow, when I eat like this....my ulcer acts up for about 1-2 days then it calms down. I can do this but it is going to take some tweaking. I am still with trace ketones in my urine which is good....hope to get higher on the stick.

My family all smokes. My sister spends about a grand or more on her and her husbands smokes. She smokes Carltons (highest on the market) and she goes through a couple packs a day as does her husband with his. I dont get that......I have never smoked and could not imagine such a costly habit. I know it is a horrible addiction and feel for all who try to quit and applaud all who do.

well have a good wednesday, I will try to stay on track today.
By the way....there is a BACK ON TRACK group on here....I joined. It is under the groups tab, ask to join....

Bye
Tammy....see u saturday.

As a former smoker (quit when they were about $1.25 a pack), I often wonder how people can afford to do it now with them being so expensive. $600 a month is HUGE!!! Think of all you could do with that, not to mention how your health would improve!

I know people who have had success with Chantix, maybe you could look into that.

Now, the carb thing. You DO need at least 50 grams of carbs a day for healthy brain function. But, if you eliminate "white" carbs and keep to things like fruit, sweet potatoes, brown rice, etc., you will do better. Don't forget, you can subtract the fiber grams from your carbs to give you the NET carb total. Does that make sense?  Let me know if it doesn't and I'll try to explain it better.
Anyway, try to start your day with a mainly protein breakfast, then maybe a protein drink as a snack mid morning. I find that if I keep the protein up during the day then I can add my carbs later in the day/evening when I have less time to eat more carbs.

Hope this makes sense. It's early and I'm still groggy....lol

I am bringing my stability ball and will show you how to do crunches on it to save the tail bone.
Also got some food logs too if you like and I can show you my journals I bought from amazon.

hope I remember all of this

tammy