Tuesday cafe and cardio...

It si a beautiful day in SC... nice and sunny... cool in the morning.. but it is going to be warm today...

I still have issue with adaption to time change from the mountain time... (2 hrs) and ended up going to bed too late   again.. ugh..

eating will be simple again - my gut healing diet is super restrictive... but if that would help me with  my food allergies... I will do it...

today: 

coffee + Miralax

bone broth... 

more coffee

L:chicken and cooked veggies

same

same

D: maybe I will make some simple chicken salad: fresh cucumbers, pickles, chicken + 1 Tbs of homemade mayo... 

LNS: nuts, frozen berries and coconut milk instant ice cream..(blend frozen berries with just enough coconut milk to allow for blending... eat it...- I may add a few drops of stevia...) ( I use full fat coconut milk - the can type.., but that can be used with real milk or yogurt...even with RTD protein shake...

Things are good here in sunny NC. I'm loving this taste of fall weather. I've lost and regained the same 3 pounds all summer. I swear I've got stalker genes. lol. At least there has been no further regain. I've had to fight the damn stress eating monster this summer. Yall will recall how touchy things were with my Mom's health last year. We'd been having a great year and she started having really bad shortness of breath....still trying to get some answers to why. Lungs seem fine. No problems showed up during the latest heart cath. The cardiologist is leaning toward a diagnosis of a "stiff heart". hmmmmm.....not something that I'd ever heard of but according to "Dr. Google" (Where else would I do research?" it's pretty common in women her age and explains the high blood pressure issues too.

Skinny man is once again trying to quit smoking. I applaud his efforts. My motto is to keep trying until you finally succeed. My boys and my kiddos are doing great. Kiddo just finished the driving part of drivers ed and is patiently waiting to get his learners permit----just waiting on report cards. There had been a couple of unacceptable grades at the time of progress reports so he's realizing that we're serious when we say driving is a privilege and not a god given right.

I'm headed to the hospital after work to see a friend in ICU. She collapsed and went into cardiac arrest Sunday afternoon after a 5k obstacle course run. She's had a history of heart problems and had gastric bypass 6 months ago. Turns out she hadn't been feeling well the past few weeks so she hadn't really been eating and drinking like she should. Dehydration. Plus the run. Imbalance of electrolytes, magnesium and potassium sent her into afib and then her heart just didn't restart itself. Scary. She's on the road to recovery and it looks as if things will be okay. She had some very good EMTs and emergency room docs.

The combination of all those heart folks around me (and a bunch more that didn't end so well) recently have me rethinking my commitments to my own health. I'm taking the AA approach to life and trying to take it one day at a time. It's not about making it to a goal weight so much as what did I do today to stay on track and head in the right direction?

Breakfast: scrambled egg, cheese & salsa

commute: Coffee

snack: cheese & 3 whole wheat crackers

Lunch: Chopped salad with grilled chicken & French dressing

snack: Greek Yogurt & almonds

dinner: Tuna Salad w/ extra veggies on flat bread at Subway (minus 3/4 of the flat bread)

Beautiful day here, too !! Fall is definetly in the air....I love it !

my eats for today.......morning vits taken.....water done...working on 3rd jug now

breakfast........cottage cheese/ pineapple

lunch..............one taco with salad 

snack...............orange

dinner...............chicken broccoli and rice

snack...............maybe a mini ice cream or popcorn....depends if I am wanting sweet or salty

I still need to make a serious trip to the grocery store !  Been putting it off because we are going to Amarillo on Friday (I have a day off...woohoo) and Amarillo offers more variety than our small town grocery store. Just gotta work on planning ahead instead of flying by the seat of my pants !!