Tuesday
Jeannie
sorry about your knee. Hope it gets better soon.
Yesterday I did nothing. Sunday I overdid it at YNP and about 3 am I woke up with my leg in huge cramps. I felt like some one took my thigh and twisted it like they were wringing out a wet mop.
I think I got dehydrated. It is so easy to do here. You can be sweating and not even know it. I drink a lot of fluids but the humidity is so low. So I spent the day drinking pickle juice, and water and eating bananas. Today I am better.
Breakfast - toast with peanut butter and bananas.
Lunch - roasted Chicken and smar****er
Dinner - roasted chicken and veggies
snack - fruit
Linda,
My legs cramp so badly too but mine is from the MS. I eat mustard and it does help a little bit. Dehydration is a horrible thing and it comes on so quick....I feel it happening and almost pass out....but it's easy to prevent.
Isn't it great having the ability to go on hikes or walk around museums?
You eat mustard and I drank pickle juice. Remarkably it really did help. I assume you eat prepared mustard. wonder if it is the vinegar in both products. I can handle calf cramps but the thigh is awful. Happened in Galapagos as well. Both places are dry and easy to get dehydrated without knowing it. Sometimes I leave for a short hike and forget to take my water but ironically Sunday I had water with me and I drank it. It was also a fairly easy hike. But there were a few inclines of more than 8% and about 20 steps one way. Anyway I am better so I'll profit from the experience.
It is wonderful to be able to go on hikes. I can only do that here and at home during the fall and early spring. The heat and humidity at other times defeats me and I become a cough potato and a prisoner to the AC.
Hi Jeannie,
Pulling up the rear here. I'm at my friend's house, the one with ALS. She fell asleep and I'm keeping busy. We spent a couple of hours handling beneficiary details and sending out questions to medical professionals. This is a disease that causes a myriad of detail issues. I would have never thought of the details if I wasn'****ching this happen. She has a lot of mucous but not a lot of strength to cough. It's a dripping of problems that will only get worse. I would be crying, but she is very stoic.
My problems are so small...anyway this is my day. I have my weight loss meeting tonight and I'm hoping that I lost a bit of weight.
Breakfast- protein drink
Lunch- tostada with beans
Dinner- scrambled eggs with a piece of bacon
Snacks- peanuts
I am grateful to have this site to come to for inspiration and friendship.
Julia
