Good Friday Morning Gang. We had to take boiler 1 down late yesterday afternoon due to an external boiler tube leak. They made the repairs overnight and we are starting it back up now. I'll be working on the chairs again today only got a few done as I kept getting interrupted with things. Not much else going on that I'm aware of.

We might be going to watch Mason practice football tonight and possibly go watch his game tomorrow. Plans for the weekend are finishing the baby rabbits cage to move them from their mom's, break down some more of the garden, and of course watch some football on Sunday. The 49'ers and Rams was a good game last night.

QOTD: For those of you who track your meals, exercise, etc. what do you use? When I first had WLS I had a nice tracking booklet that I use for a good year. Then I moved to Myfitnesspal which I used for a while. Now when I do track (which is something I really need to back to doing) I use my Fitbit.

B: coffee and Protein shake

L: bok choy soup

D: eggplant rollups with ricotta cheese

No Y tonight. But I did hit the treadmill in the basement for 20 minutes this morning.

Have a great day and weekend everyone!!

I'll second the recommendation to ask them about Contrave or the generic form which is Bupropion and Naltrexone. In the first 24 hours it was like a switch was flipped in my brain that shut off the food noise, improved my mood and my outlook on life to include feeling hope again after so many years living with regain. It does have a lot of unpleasant but temporary side effects, I gritted my teeth and am now down 51 pounds since May. This was the first time I really logged like you are doing and am counting macros.

Hope you'll get some help at the clinic to find something else to try that will work for you. Please come back and let us know what you decide to do.

What kind of buttons are you looking for? I have all sorts of stuff in my office including a bag of assorted buttons. Some of them are unusual. If you want them I'll send them to you just pm me you're address.

Oh no Julia. How did you fall down the stairs? You didn't break or fracture a rib also right? That could cause your chest to hurt.

Irvin has two compression fractures in his lower back and unfortunately there is nothing you can do about them. He can't have narcotic pain meds either as they make him sick. That was in 2017 and he has good days and bad days, but he just keeps trucking along. I hope you find something that gives you some relief.

I've kind of lost track of the days. I fell down the stairs again. This time it was a T5 & T6 compression fracture. The pain is unbelievable. For some reason it is in my chest and when I go to lay down it makes me scream. So I've been trying to take it easy. The only comfortable chair is my recliner. I don't tolerate any narcotic pain meds, they make me puke and before I do they make me feel like I want to die. So I avoid them, the only relief I have had is muscle relaxers that also make me sleepy, so it's been a real struggle. The ortho Dr couldn't tell me why the center of my chest hurts so much. Coughing and laughing hurt as well as taking a deep breath. There is also deep pain in my breasts, I'm assuming it is my pec muscles. I have a referral for an chest MRI with contrast dye, but I'm not going to do it. I hate the dye because I can taste it, and from what the ortho said there really isn't anything that they can do about this. There is no surgery or other intervention that they have. Basically he said as long as the pain is getting better not to do the MRI, it has improved so I'm not going to do it. Even if my thorax was fractured there is nothing they do about it.

The rains have arrived and the temps have gone down. Currently 51 degrees with a high of 66 today. I turned the heat on yesterday.

I've lost weight only because I'm not hungry. I eat breakfast and lunch and that is about it. Breakfast is Greek yogurt, raspberries and a fairlife mocha with unsweetened cocoa and truvia. Lunch is smoked salmon and triscuits and I don't usually have dinner add in a couple of peanut butter cookies. I know not healthy but they taste good.

I worked Mon & Tues but yesterday the pain was too much and I retired to my recliner. I really hate this. I need to find a one level house, but now is not the time to buy or sell.

My roommate is still looking for a job, but he finally got his unemployment sorted so he will have some income.

QOTD- I don't, I am too sensitive to noise. I use a air cleaner for white noise so I don't hear any other sounds.

Have a great day everyone!