Tuesday November 22

Morning all. 113 for me. No snacking last evening so in addition to sans candy at work I'm calling that a win. Now, to repeat!

A day off for running errands, cleaning, etc. probably not much down time. I find it hard to only have one day off at a time. I feel like I just get physically rested and there's no time to do other chores, let alone do fun stuff. Hopefully things will get better when DH gets mobile again and I hopefully pass my probation at work. For now I must just go with the flow. That lack of control/down time is likely contributing to my lax food choices. 

I wish you all a wonderful day. We all have much to be grateful for, despite life's challenges. 

Greetings Holiday Buddies

Well we all gotta stick together for the upcoming food onslaught.  So grateful for not having to cook it all which means no house full of leftovers. 

Still at 133.5 and not thrilled. While I know food reduction is the way to lose weight, I expend the calories of a banana slug each day and really need to move more. Rain is threatening. I don't envy you with major cold. My southern cal brother is going out to my mom's in Nebraska where its raining and snowing. Ha Ha, he really hates that stuff.!!!!!! His turn since I have been back 15 times. Let him manage the logistics with the crazy ex roommate who can't remember anything. He gets to go have thanksgiving dinner with her in the dining room since my Mom really can't tolerate the commotion and has trouble eating. 

OMG concussions! Who'd a thunk you could get one from a frisbee? Does that mean helmets for disc golf - a really popular sport around here. 

Our entire Christmas decorations consist of a table top fiber optic christmas tree. That and dog toys artfully scattered about plus chewed up cardboard and junk mail. 

Yesterday at Safeway a nice man unloaded my cart for me. I thought, boy I must look like an old decrepit lady. Then he bagged his own stuff at the speed of light. The clerk told him he was the fasted bagger he had ever seen. The guy used to work as a grocery clerk. 

Best wishes to all the injured, stitched, swollen or grumpy. My new motto is "Be a Dog", live in the moment, be happy, eat only nutritious food and be grateful for it. 

Diane S.

The three pounds I picked up on Sunday has been peed and pooped away! Food choices are still somewhat relaxed, but not horrible. I have had only protein and fat (in the form of cheese) so far today. 

Been to school, had a conference for one of my foreign students, got prepped for next week and have been to Whole Foods for fresh sweet batard bread and sage for stuffing.

I've already started prepping for Thursday's meal. I figure the more I do ahead of time, the more relaxed I will be on the day. We are not over doing it and I decided I'm not going the sugar free route on Thursday. The sugar free pumpkin desserts I'v made since VSG are okay, but not over the top delicious. Since the two with diabetes and dumping syndrome will not be around, I'm splurging and doing a traditional pumpkin pie. 

I got to broken record vent at the shrink yesterday. She suggested that perhaps I turn my frustrations and anger inward and soothe and punish myself simultaneously with food. Really? Lovely..... She suggested again that I go to the nutritionist. I again flatly refused. The last nutritional therapist I saw said that I had more knowledge about nutrition than some RDs. Shrink a dink thought it might be good for an accountability factor. I'm like, "Uh.... If I already know what to do and am not accountable to myself, do I really need to pay someone $120 per hour to go over what I eat, how I react to it, etc...? Will it make me accountable? Maybe, maybe not. I just can't see spending the money. Little bit miffed with myself here. Oh well, the only alternative is to give in and that's not an option. So onward. 

Paula - sorry about #3 son. Worrisome, I know. I don't know about such things, but isn't he sort of out of the woods after 24 hours as far as life risk goes? I know the after effects can last months, but as long as he's out of danger the rest is doable. 

Linda - I empathize with your hectic schedule. Welcome to my life. I am currently trying to juggle appointments into February. 

Liz - You seem to be doing great. Don't worry about the exercise. It's activity over time that really matters. A day of here and there is negligible. 

Shel - I totally get the want to look fantastic. I carefully chose an outfit to wear for my 1 year appointment. My biggest compliment that day was from the male nurse who said I looked like I had never been heavy. He was fascinated by the fact that I didn't have a ton of loose skin. 

Hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday! I'm off to trim Ella, meet my trainer @ 2:30 and then have a client coming at 4:00. A relaxing day off! 

It is the long term problems with post concussive syndrome that I worry most about. I have a current patient that had a severe concussion over 5 years ago and suffers daily from headaches and dizziness. Very disabling for him. I think this is a pretty minor one fir DS #3 but since he has already had a major one and he is only 13 (14 in Jan) and wants to play football in High School and college, I worry. I've already told him, one more bad one and he is done.