Hunp day ramblings....

It's a beautiful day here in North Carolina.

Trying to keep things on plan while I've not been feeling 100% has been difficult (to the say the least). Grab and go foods are normally carb laden around my house and there have been way too many grab and go type dinners lately. Every day is a new day. I think poor ole Skinny Man has really started to understand the extent of my knee pain...I've got to give him credit for at least trying to be sympathetic. Although sympathy is not what I want. I want to feel better. Period. Pain makes me grouchy, mean, moody and less than lovely.  I'm beginning to think that this is really not the right stage of my life to come off the hormones....My sons always called them my Anti-***** pills. I think there was a valid reason for that.

My plan for today is less about food and more about balance. I really need to be taking better care of myself in multiple ways than just food. I'm on bottle #2 of my water. The morning vitamins are in. I work a desk job so I'm trying to make myself get up and simply walk a lap around the office and vault more often. It's a vicious cycle when your joints hurt...simple movements seem to be just as painful as more major activities. It becomes easier to avoid things all together.

I did take dinner out of the freezer for tonight so that's a plus.

Yall take care and have a great day.

- Iris

Glad you got the thread started....

I can relate to knee pain....had my knee replaced in 2012 and although I don't hurt as bad as before and I am no longer falling because it would totally give out, I still have pain.  I hope you can find some relief.

My morning vits have been taken......working on water.......AND walking........

breakfast......coffee/miralax.........cottage cheese and pineapple

lunch...........tuna salad, oyster crackers

snack..........cantaloupe

dinner..........chicken and veggies

snack...........cottage cheese and strawberries

have a great day !!

Pain Pain Go away, Don't bother coming back another day!!!!!!  Iris, does yoga and stretching cause you pain? Or is it mainly when you walk and put pressure or weight on it...I just wondered because the yoga instructor was saying that gently pushing and increasing stretches makes our bodies create a lubricant in our joints which helps ward off pain.  Prayers for you as well because an extra prayer here and there never hurts!

I am officially addicted to Swiss Miss Diet Hot Cocoa.  It has 25 little calories in it but I only like it with a handful of little marshmallows.  In addition to that, I have been tossing in a "coffee shot" which has as much caffeine as 2 cups of coffee.   The downside to this is the calories in the marshmallows and the helacious build up of gas from the artificial sweetner (splenda) which lasts for HOURS.   I guess it's better than my previous addiction of stupid effing cheez-Its.  I am not a fan that there always seems to be a downside to things.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. 

I had to run several errands around town today and since I was out of the office for lunch, I went thru Weinersnitzel....a hot dog fast food place.  Yeah....I know.....my day went from bad to worse....I have adopted ****for-brains regarding healthy choices today, a kraut dog and a chili cheese dog.  I was about half way thru the chili cheese dog when THE DUMP kicked in hard and fast!!!!   I gently crumpled up the wrapper back around it and stuffed it in the bag to throw it away with my trash and then proceded to lay my seat back in my car and moan while I regretted my WTF choice for lunch today.  I remained in the supine position for about a half hour and then dragged myself back into my office.  Just shaking my head at myself.  Old habits, skeletons in my closet, pre-RNY surgery actions, whatever you want to call it, all comes down to the fact that I let my guard down, ignored the knowledge that I have acquired over the past 6 years, and for what???  To feel like the miserable, uncomfortable, unhealthy being that I was for so many years.  AND.....I did this in the broad daylight!  Not even the typical blow-it that I lean toward in the late evenings.    I've been lagging on my steps this week too...ha!  Go figure.

Okay....time to be a grown up....pouting only leads to continued crappy decisions/actions. 

***** session concluded.

By the way....Yoga was really good again Monday night.  What a saving grace.  H.a.l.a.....are you listening?  YOGA YOGA YOGA

Our weather has been very pleasant this week....heat spell is over (for now).  Lots of clouds in the sky...niiiiice.

I think I will bloat myself on water now.  I am behind and at least I know that kind of bloat will go away when I pee.  haha

Vits on track

Steps.....slow but happening....

Water....ready....aim.....glug glug glug

Have a nice end to your Hump Day.

Gaby

Hugs Iris. So sorry to hear you are in so much pain. Time to see new Ortho.

Weather is nice here also. Too hot for my taste.. But I would like it to be lovely 65-68 all year round. I will settle for 68-70... My cast likes that. 

I am doing OK.  Did a few stupid things yesterday and paid for that.  And still paying today. (I ate some Fig newtons - like "Really?" How stupid one can get in old age.  Not only I have gluten intolerance but the sugars and casrbsd in those made me crash, crash very hard.  Today is a followup day with joints pain and all over feeling icvky. I know better.... Yea ...I guess not. 

What was done is done.  Now moving forward.

Had nice cucumber+dill+avocado salad wityh some meat for lunch.  Dinner will be ribs + some veggies. 

Hugs.

It sounds like we all made some pretty terrible decisions lately. Time to crack that whip and get things back under control.