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Nancy:
Hi there, can identify with lots in your post. Like you am also on post cancer med,am on Femara, with pretty much same brutal side effects like your Arimidex such as insomnia and bone pain ( Femara leaches calcium from bones).
You mention you are on painkillers, can you mention by name and dosage? I have bone pain from Femara, but also lots off arthritis (polymyalgia arthritica) and my IBS/Diverticulitis which flares when I least expect it and at other times because haven't eaten right.
NSAID helps me function but cannot take them daily, mentioned it in a post here last week...so am wondering what you take for pain?
Thanks for sharing,
Jennifer
Good morning Julia and those to come
I enjoyed catching up with everyone also.
I am doing what you are doing as well. I drink a protein shake for breakfast most days. Sometimes I'll eat oatmeal with blueberries, bananas, and walnuts. I make mindful choices the rest of the day. I eat fruit, cheese, nuts, etc for snacks. I move. That's relatively new for me but I am doing it. I eat bread more than I should but it has always been my downfall. Its healthy bread with oats and seeds and such but bread all the same. Since my back surgery in September I have lost 20 pounds. Prior to surgery I was unable to move without pain and my weight climbed. my goal is to lose another 10 by the end of the year. That doesn't sound like much but if I do that and then loose another 30 next year I'll be well out of the 200's. That pace is ok with me. I travel so much and eat out a lot as the result and the hidden calories are there even when you make good choices. I don't know what they marinade their chicken in, how much fat and salt they use, so it is hard to estimate calories. I am not 20 anymore and could care less about trying to impress or win approval from others. I just want to feel comfortable in my own skin however loose it gets.
have a good day everyone
I wanted to start a thread for today. The reunion seems to be over. I really was pleased with it...most of the oldies that were invited did show...I could only invite the people on my FaceBook list so most that said they would come did. A couple didn't show, but we knew that the angry group probably wouldn't...they were invited though, if they were still on my list. It was a great success...it was so good to talk with many that haven't been on in years. I hope they come back once in a while if not for good. If not it was still great to see them.
This thread process is really helping me right now. I am still having lapses of judgement of course, but the accountability of telling you what I am trying is truly making a difference in my success. I was down another pound this week at my weigh in and that makes my weight loss this month almost six pounds. I am not dieting. I have just started drinking a protein shake for breakfast, kept healthy snacks available, and limited the kinds of things that I might have bought before that are sliders or have sugar. I am also still doing the self care by meditating, coloring, and adding art classes to my days.
I got through my birthday alright. I got lots of messages of love...wished my husband was better about getting me a gift....you know, the usual, at least for me.
How are all of you?
Julia
See here I go again. Upon rereading, that last sentence made me sound kinda depressed. I am not. It was meant to read light heartedly. Wow, it's bad when your disclaimer needs a disclaimer.
Good Morning ladies
Every time I post I go back an reread but I always miss something. So this is to say that I know....asking questions end in a question mark. Proper nouns begin with a capitol letter as does the first word of a sentence. I wish I could say I remember all the rules concerning commas. I don't. I know how to spell most words but dang it I find I am having trouble remembering the spelling of the simplest words. True to today's society I am also almost always in a hurry. All this to say please ignore all the grammar errors, spelling mistakes, and typos. I truly am an educated woman. Sometimes I just don't care.
Nancy
Well there you go again being busy, busy, busy. Good for you. I am so happy for your success. Last 3 day workshop I attended was a Dulcimer Jamboree and I was exhausted by the last class. All I had to do was attend, I can only imagine the amount of work it took to prepare for it and to lug all the materials. I lugged two instruments, a music stand, and all my accessories and that was more than enough for me, and now you get to do it all over again. I need a week to recover.
Congrats on your 4 pounds. It's amazing how we loose in cir****tances that seem most unlikely. I always loose on cruises. I think it is because I am so busy that boredom eating never sets in. Also there is so much food everywhere that even if I indulge after the first couple of days it is all unappetizing to me. I shouledlive on a cruise ship until I make goal.
Jeannie, I feel your pain. I must say that my knees do pretty good if I do not have to climb stairs or climb over and up boulders. They are better now than when I sat most of the day to accommodate them. Strange how that works. Your knees hurt so you become a couch potato but the reality is that the only thing short of surgery that truly works is movement. It is a vicious cycle. I had to make myself start slowly and keep going day after day. My doctor has been telling me this for years but of course I knew better. After all what does HE know he is only a medical professional. Of course having back surgery to correct the sciatica was a miracle, and going to the gym and strengthening my legs was a boon as well. That is a project still in progress. I take much less Tylenol than I used to.
Where did you hike in Petit Jean? I started down a trail near the visitor center last time I was there and got quite a ways but I could tell that the steps made of stone and boulders was going to be to much to climb back up. I really wanted to make it to the waterfall but sanity prevailed.
This morning I had a protein drink for breakfast but I haven't decided anything else. It is STILL raining here. we're are under a flash flood warning and it just won't stop. My feathers aren't coming in fast enough and my webbed feet aren't strong enough against the current. I just keep looking out the window and thoughts of food are far far away.
Laureen,
Well said. And, I think when those squabbles happen, it's best to regroup and find what's important and why this board exists. The most common reasons for squabbles are the same that cause squabbles in families (religion and politics). I think most of us have been very tolerant of some of those things coming on the board from time-to-time but when it causes disharmony, we must stick together. Fighting over those issues is better left for Facebook or one of those places and don't get me wrong, on Facebook, I sure do a little reality check for those living in lala land. LOL. But here, we need to keep our focus on weightless....Thanks for all your support and sanity.
At one time I regained close to 35 lbs. 10 was intentional, the rest - just tagged along. When I got really determined to lose the regain - I started working on it. First 10 lbs was easy... The rest - 15 lbs... Came off soooooo slow.... I am still working on the last 2-3 lbs. And I realized that to lose and be able to maintain it effectively - may take me another 6 months ....I can lose the weight if I get very strict with my diet - but it comes back the moment I relax for a day or 2. It is so frustrating.. . my body resist losing fat..
Good luck. It can be done - but as you already know it - it will take a hard work and time to get where you want to be.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
