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Hi Laureen
Go to NYC and ENJOY your concert! Sorry about your back but so glad you have access to a gym at work. You've got this.
I am running around putting out fires here in Arkansas. I am having to terminate a real estate contract and evict an early occupant. It is such a weird situation. Other than that I am nesting.
I have suffered a devastating loss. A friend of 27 years. I haven't felt these emotions since I loss my mother. In many ways it's worse. My mother was 93 and had lived a good life. This is just to say that my eating and movement are off. As far as eating goes......I can't. I am living on peanut butter crackers. Anything else either comes up or sends me to the bathroom with diarrhea. I know this will pass but in the mean time I am making sure I take my vitamins. I am sleeping a lot during the afternoon. At night I am in bed by 10 and awake by 4am. In the big picture I guess I am sleeping the right amount of hours and still walking 6,000 steps most days. My food is the only area in which I feel I am not doing well nutrition wise. I'm doing the best I can and waiting for the gray fog to lift.
Hope everyone else is doing well and having a great week end.
Good Morning Friends,
Sorry I've been absent, but really been busy and not too active on the computer, with the exception of Candy Crush, which kind of soothes me after a busy day. . .
Food choices have been mostly good, movement so so, based on my back, which since the move at work, which caused a set back, has not been good. . . I have started back at the Chiropractor, as he really got my back in good shape until the aforementioned move and my lack of time to see him. So weight is still kind of flat and stuck, but oh well, my main objective is to get myself in better shape, so that I can actively build my core and the weight will take care of itself. With that being said, not sure I spoke on this before, but my company has an onsite gym, open 24/7 for those of us who work for the company, it's not big, but has the right stuff to aid in what I want to do and so I set up a consult for July 6th to begin the process of reclaiming my strength and happy place. They boast a small staff of people to help get you started, small classes and the usual assorted gym stuff, personal trainers are available, but expensive, so I will likely forgo that for now. Got a plan and I'll be darned, I am not going to let myself down.
So today is a day where I will be going to the Chiro, then hair dresser, then home to hang with the doggies until I need to leave for New York where I will be attending a Dead & Company concert this evening with my cousin and her husband at Citifield (Mets' baseball stadium), the weather is supposed to be low 80s, low humidity, which will make it perfect for concert going. I will sleep at my cousins and then head home tomorrow, taking Monday as a PTO day to do whatever I want and that's my weekend in a nutshell.
Food choices since I am going to New York, will likely be somewhat off, but I will not stray too far, just enough to feel like I'm home. Last week me and few friends went to Coney Island for the Mermaid Parade, which was mostly a lot of fun, and I got to have a real Nathans hot dog (half bun) and I indulged in French fries, at the original Coney Island, they are cut daily, not frozen, and they were as good as I remembered as as kid, but I walked and walked that day, so I did not feel guilty and when my friends had ice cream, I was not even the least be challenged and choose not to have any, so I can practice restraint when I go to NY. The temptation is always to stop at this wonderful bakery I know of and buy a loaf of good Italian bread and a couple of pastries, I will try to forego that temptation. . .
Have a great day one and all!
Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Hi all...my eating could be so much better...have gained 9 lbs since January and should be minus all that and more...too many carbs and more...still allergic to sugar but seems not so much to sandwich lunches, so know what have to do!
Keep posting what you eat, is helpful to sinners like me...?
Good evening ladies!
It is late...almost 9pm EST & I have not been on here for awhile.
It has been busy the past few weeks w/Jazz finishing 8th grade & starting her basketball league for the summer...2 nights a week. Plus all 3 of us scheduled our yearly medical & dental appointments so almost everyday we have been running around. Additionally, I am working, but still not getting the 20 hours a week I signed up for.
So it's been crazy...
I have pretty much stuck to my walking as planned & I am moving a great deal. However, my eating could be better & I am so sick of saying that! I have stayed in this 2 steps forward...1 step back pattern since before surgery. I am okay with my weight, but remain 35-40 pounds from goal. Not healthy & no margin for regain...
I am hopeful perseverance will get me thru this long term block. I am happy to report my sleep apnea results this month indicated I no longer require cpap, I have had my blood pressure meds reduced or eliminated & my daughters are bringing me their size L shirts!
So at least holding steady & moving.
I guess the boards quiet down over summer as folks get busier, but I do enjoy reading even if I don't post.
Everyone enjoy...kudos to those losing weight & working their programs...it's motivating!
Kathy
Julia,
we are getting so much squash and zucchini too. I do cut some to freeze. I love to slice the squash down the middle and scoop out the seeds, rub with olive oil, bake in the oven until fork tender and stuff with sauteed mushrooms, onions, peppers, and celery. I cover with cheese and turn the oven to broil and let the cheese get a little over done....
I am taking my grandbabies to their mom's for the weekend and will pick them up on Sunday for the final week of the scholars program. Man oh man am I tried.
The weightloss is so good. You are doing great. I am not sure if I have lost more but I am going to the doctor next week, so I will see.
We have a great support system going here and it is showing the results....
Hi Ladies,
I'm feeling better today. I walked twice already. I changed my supper last night to the leftover prime rib and small piece of chicken breast. Today I had egg whites ham and cheese omelet for breakfast, lunch I had cottage cheese, red pepper and baby carrots, supper I'll have the chicken and dumpling stew snack will be no sugar added fudgesicle, Greek yogurt with chia seeds, and apple.
My niece bought a house last week and last night I found out my other niece came in to town so I'll go sometime this weekend to see them.
Everyone have a good evening.
Yvonne
Morning everyone!
A quick post to get us started...I've been doing pretty well on my weight loss. I am six pounds from the lowest weight I reached after surgery.
Today my meal plan is to have the protein drink for breakfast, turkey with cheese for lunch, and dinner is a combination of what is available at Happy Hour. They usually have cheese and fruit available. I think I will run to the fruit stand to get a watermelon. We are harvesting zucchini and other squash now. I need to research recipes for those. I will make a soup tomorrow and throw some in too.
The weather has cooled off here the last few days and I have been in the yard some gardening. There is still plenty to do there.
I hope you at all well.
Julia
Yvonne, approximately 2 years post op I was feeling horrible. I had lab work done and the doc could not find anything wrong with me. I still felt horrible . One get on OH asked to see my results. I requested them from my doc.. ****il then - they would just told me things are normal) and she pointed out to me some things that the docs did not noticed : I had number of blood markers very low normal.- they were theoretically normal - but barely. Plus they did not test my ferritin, or my detail thyroid panel (T4 or T3) . I went back and requested the additional lab done. By that time - end of year 3 - my feritin was just 9-10 (the low limit is 10 or 18 - depends who is testing) and my D3 was low, as well as T3..
I started B12 shots..(apparently sublingual did not work for me) I got iron infusions increase my proteins and started taking large dosages of dry D3. On top of that my cholesterol was very low - and low cholesterol can cause low energy, depression, hormonal imbalances, etc etc. I started eating coconut oil and produce made with coconuts... Plus more eggs....
Within a few weeks I felt sooo much better.
Make sure the doc test all of those items. And ask for results to check them for yourself.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I make a lot of homemade stuff. I like homemade ideas... looking forward to it. (FYI - i can't have grains - i.e.oats, rice wheat, or any milk product or soy, too much sugar..or SA.)
What i like about these bars - taht at $2.50 each - I can buy bunch and they will keep good without fridge for a year.. in a car or in my purse.. There are not many bars that I can buy and eat..and that takes good...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Yvonne,
I am still so tired from last week's readings. My poor eyes are feeling and looking tired too...I think sometimes we just need to do what our bodies tell us and mine is telling me to rest....so rest it is.
I love Greek yogurt.....
