Saturday - 04/17/10

Apr 16, 2010

The last three weeks have been a little stressful thanks to a new job.  Due to the downed economy I sadly had to leave my last employer of nearly 6 years (trim & door company).  But equally thankful to be employed, now I am working for a food products company.  Great job for someone who is committed to eating better, huh?  LOL.  Fortunately, their line of foods are healthy ones.  At least when consumed responsibly.  Ha-ha.  Primarily they make salsa and avocado based food items and they are all natural with no added chemicals, taste enhancers, etc and are processed fresh.  And even luckier for me, my trainer and co-worker is on her own personal quest to lose weight and get healthy.  She has been so excited to 1) have desperately needed help and 2) someone with whom she can share, give, and receive support from about all things weight loss.  I have been able to provide great tips I've learned here at OH along my journey that apply just as well to non-WLS folks.  We are close in age too which just seems to add to our common ground in a lot of other things besides weight loss.  We are a good fit it seems.  And that's a good thing given the job we have running the order processing dept can be very stressful when you work for a company who ships nationwide and internationally.  So to relieve our stress and escape the bonds of sitting in front of the computer for hours on end, we take (or try to at least) two breaks each day.  When we are able to do this, and we strive hard to make it happen, we throw on our walking shoes and head outside to the parking lot where we make two, brisk laps.  Just enough to start feeling warmed up but not enough to break a sweat.  I'm in Texas for those who may not know.  It's mid-April and yes, we've had 80 degree temps already.  Spring is VERY brief here.  Soon, the blaze will be on.  Thank God I am 86 pounds down now.  I feel cold almost all the time when I'm not up and moving around and I know it's because my blood volume is now more normal, plus I tend to have low blood pressure as opposed to the high blood pressure I used to have.  Also, diabetes is still gone.  I did have a scary moment last weekend.  Before I became a type 2 diabetic, I had been hypoglycemic since my teen years.  I've read here where some RNY folk develop hypoglycemia over time after their surgery, sometimes severe cases of it like Melting Mama who has seizures.  I know exactly what the initial low blood sugar experience feels like and I know how to treat it and so I was able to deal with it when it happened last weekend.  Since I don't consume sugar and follow a fairly low carb diet I'm not sure what happened to have caused it.  I grabbed a cheesestick and wolfed it down and I was fine and have remained so ever since.  I also eat about 5-6 times a day and have been since my surgery.  This keeps me fueled and the blood sugar balanced out.  Despite that scary episode, overall I am feeling so great these days.  I am grateful for the continued employment and now a new weight loss buddy who is as serious about getting her health back as I am.  Oh, and just when I think I have become friends with chicken again, I had a bad experience eating it this past week.  Pouch was all accepting of dinner until that last bite.  I think I get too complacent and forget to chew it as well as I should.  I also had a first ever surprise (sick) episode taking my calcium one morning 2 weeks ago.  I know my pouch was empty at mid-morning because it was before my snack when I took my 10 am dose of calcium citrate.  Both went down fine but within 3 minutes of having swallowed I became violently nauseaous and had to run to the bathroom (opposite side of the bldg from my office no less).  I barely made it and tossed my crystal lite.  I didn't see the calcium but that doesn't mean anything since the toilet is white.  Sorry, TMI.  Anyhoo, I had the shakes for a bit but as soon as I felt better I had my morning snack.  I hope I'm not forming a stricture.  That would suck. 

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