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Wow.. How do you manage doing all of that with low iron anemia?
I do remember that when I had low iron I was very tired but I also often could not sleep ..I could sleep in small chunks. Not not getting real long restful sleep.
Lindt truffles - love them. Mostly the dark blue or black. My BF eats the white and milk chocolate.
In mixed packages - I pick and hide the caramel ones...he he he... But I would share the PB balls. I call it a "compromise"
I am managing. ... My lower back is bothering me since the accident last Monday, but I think it is getting better.
Work is crazy.
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...."
Here I sit Wed am at 4:30...wide awake.
Spent the day doing errands in the Falls, then to Bulk Barn for baking stuff and gold-foiled chocolate coins for stockings (Dutch custom)...then I met an old friend for lunch at Swiss Chalet..we always exchange home made baking..what a treat! Then I picked up the tickets for our club's Murder Mystery fund raiser...home for twenty five minutes to freshen up and change and then off to the bigger city to our sorority Christmas dinner party! Home by 10 pm...whew.
Wednesday means another Christmas gathering
Breakfast: hot chocolate protein drink
Lunch: salad and chicken (skipped the fries and bun and took the Lindor chocolates home to hubby)
Dinner: grilled salmon and Italian Wedding Soup..I ate 4 chocolate truffles but stopped there!
Bedtime...hot protein drink and meds....but here I am, still wide awake.
(Most excess chocolate truffles have been already handed over to my skinny JB and I also added a lot more into a gift package that I am donating at Wednesday's lunch/Christmas meeting for local businesses)
Back to bed for another busy day......
It snowed all weekend. It can go away now but i know this is just the beginning. At least ill get a break from it this week, im going to south Carolina for a long weekend with my friend. We will leave tomorrow night or Thursday morning.
My eating has been all over the place and its showing on the scale. Today im going to eat what i plan and nothing extra. Ive been drinking extra water and that seems to help. We will see what the night brings thats when i seem to binge.
Have a good day
Hmm What happened to the Weekend? Well I had my Grandchildren overnight by myself with My friend. My daughter went to a hotel overnight with her husband.
I had fun.
Then yesterday we had a birthday dinner for my daughter for her 35th Birthday.
Timorrow I'm going for a scope.
I fly home Monday!
Where did the weekend go? I know..right?
Hematologist - it is a must. Make sure he checks not only your iron but also copper. We need copper to create blood also. And post op RNY - some of us malabsorb that as much as iron.
I am slowly dealing with all my 'projects' face lift recovery, rental house damage and the car accident. For the face and the car - I got a few extra appointments with my acupuncturist. She does amazing job fixing me up.
Plus a few chiropractor adjustment. That should help with my lower back pain.
I still have very low appetite. I eat because I know I need it, and I chose protein forward food. But my pouch is tight. Yesterday I had beef-veggies soup for dinner...and later I tried to eat a grapfruit, but I only could fit 1/3 of it. When I have "small pouch days" soups made with chicken or beef are my "to go" meals. Better than protein shakes that I can't stand lately.
I had pork chop for late lunch yesterday and it was too dense. I barely could fini**** That's why soup was my only choice as dinner.
Today eats? Lunch out - then I'll probably make some eggdrop soup, and some chicken soup.. Maybe I can fit in some nuts...I got to eat more. Ugh.
PS: before RNY I used to dream of not wanting to eat anything... I got my dream ...now what? Be careful what you wish for.. (i need to gain at least 5 lbs of muscles)
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...."
Hello, everyone!
Saturday was JB's family Christmas and I managed my eating rather well. Sunday , we spent at Danny's house...all of us, and, as always, laughed and ate and played gin rummy..such a rowdy bunch. Driving home was very scary. We were in JB's Cadillac but the snow was deep and heavy on the country roads. Derek was driving his four wheel drive pick up truck and had no problems but I sure was glad when we all got home.
Monday, I saw my family doctor about the anemia and he insists that I see a hemotologist about my bone marrow.
I spent the rest of the day stopping at the Dutch store for chocolate initials and other traditional Christmas treats for the gang that they enjoy. Then stopping at two different "GIANT TIGER" stores featuring Dan's favourite coffee on half price. There was a pkg limit/purchase but the second store manager told me that I can take what I wanted since the sale ends tomorrow so I ended up with 16 pkges of TASSIMO Nabob Morning Blend coffee for Dan. I am thinking that even he won't run out of coffee for a while. I also got a few more stocking stuffers.
I have been at a loss at what to buy young ladies (11 and 14)...I am craeting hand made MEMORY BOXES designed for each of their own personalities and a few small things and some art books suited to their interests. But now I have decide3d: I will make a GIFT CERTIFICATE for each girl:
An "AFTERNOON WITH OMA" - lunch at their favourite place and then shopping for an outfit of their choice. One girl at a time...a one-on-one afternoon.
Breakfast: Hot Chocolate protein drink
Snack: banana
Lunch: Yogurt
Snack: piece of hard cheese & 3 rice crackers
Dinner: fillet of sole, brussel sprouts, jasmine rice
Bedtime: Hot Chocolate protein drink
Stay safe and warm!
40 lbs is great. Congratulations!!! Job well done.
As you said - your sisters don't see you often that's why they did not noticed or if they did - may be they thought they remember you bigger than you are so they did not say anything.
In a year I lost app 20 lbs.. And I personally only see that in my legs .. And feel it in my butt. My tailbone hurts.
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...."
Hello, everyone:
I have been lurking irregularly..always enjoying Eileen's writing too. Suddenly it is two weeks before Christmas and I am at a loss. Just buying a few things for the girls...giving cheques for the boys..they need that more than socks.I am making 'memory boxes" for the girls and have to get to the Dutch store this week to get everyone's chocolate initial...a family custom...and the tiny ginger-nut cookies. It's all so commercialized these days and none of us fall prey to the social leverage of buying. For us, we enjoy being together...that is enough.
Derek showed up a few weeks ago with a 12 pound turkey he had found (Grade A) at TOPS at 48 cents a pound! He was so proud and we all cheered..it's little things like that that we enjoy. Into the freezer it went, to be deep-fried for Christmas dinner! Each of us makes something for the meal...even the girls.
After my regular 3 month bloodwork, it has been determined that I am severely anemic...I will see the doc this week to find out what is next. It does explain the additional fatigue and my constant sense of being very cold regardless of how I am dressed.
We had our BROERSE FAMILY Christmas yesterday (Saturday) and I made homemade Dutch Pea Soup with Kielbasa and fresh crock-pot bread. After soup, I stuck with the veggies and multigrain crackers and cheese, some fruit and avoided all of the candies and cakes. Of course, not one of my five sisters-in-law noticed that I have lost almost 40 pounds in this last year (especially given that we never see them) - well, I am not doing this to impress THEM! pfffftt~
Today, Sunday, we are headed to Danny's place for dinner. I am making a ravioli casserole..heavy on lean ground beef, salsa, cheese and veggies. Yes, cheesecake for dessert but I always cut the pre-cut slices in half again, first.
Breakfast: hot chocolate protein drink
Lunch: multigrain crackers, hard cheddar cheese and raw carrots
Snack: yogurt
Dinner: green tossed salad, casserole (avoiding the pasta) and 3 bites of cheesecak
plus lots of tea and laughter.
I am at my lowest weight in years but bouncing up and down 2 pounds....of course, being out a lot, I cannot take my fluid pills (needed due to lymphodemic legs) on a regular basis. It's more PSYCHOLOGICAL for me, seeing the numbers. No one else will notice a 2 pound water gain on me but i KNOW it's there. BLECH!
Love and encouragement to all!
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I know some people got help using vyanese for BED. And that really helped them.
If it was easy not to buy stuff and not eat it because we know it is bad for us - most of us would not need WLS.
Maybe just increasing the meds helps? Watch and see.. ..if not..Maybe it is time to shop for a new doc?
Hugs..
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...."
Ive been around but dealing with demons in my life. I went to the Dr the other day. He increased my antidepressant to see if it will help me. He told me to use the SADD light for an hour and dont sit in the dark. He wasnt much help on the binge eating. He just said dont buy the stuff. I said i try and he like can someone else shop for you and i told him no. Just dont buy it. He said white stuff is poison and you dont put poison in your body. It didnt work when i went to the store but its gone now but it didnt taste as good as it sounded. Today i noticed i didnt eat as much. I actually got sick when i ate my yogurt. Maybe the meds are helping.
I hope everyone else is just busy.
Good luck in your recovery.
