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Hi Kathy,
You have been through alot. I understand with the eating especially the sugar. Im giving myself till after the holidays. I have gained weight too. Im trying my best to stick to my diet.
Have a Merry Christmas
Hi Yvonne!
Thanks to you & the other ladies who continue to post here keeping this forum running!
I have not been posting much. Have been pretty busy since October with one thing after another.
My stepson & his new wife came to visit for the 1st time since 2012. They are in their early 30's & not very mature for their age. Called from MO to tell us they were coming & arrived 2 days later! No timeline given for visit & were spending money like it was going out of style. Them oops...don't have enough to get back home...need to wait until the 1st before they can leave. So here for a whole month...my eating went from fair to bad to worse. More to this story, but enough said...
I then came down with a wicked UTI that lasted most of November & 2 rounds of antibiotics. I never knew serious UTI's were so...well...serious! I was so weak, somewhat disoriented & kept feeling like I could black out from weakness. Glad that is over!
December brought my oldest daughter here after a break-up w/her live-in boyfriend. She had been here off & on before that, but she moved everything out this month. More stress.
Sorry to report I have been eating like the old days...sugar is surely the devil in disguise as I have just been possessed! Gained almost 10 pounds since mid-October & feel like crap!
I have kind of given up on getting back on a healthy plan before the 1st. I don't know why I am sabotaging myself like this...eating until I am ill!
Anyhow, enough bad news!
Hope all of you are well & ready for the holidays! I hope Jeannie is doing well between the knee replacement & move...everyone else who has checked in seems to be doing fairly well!
Kathy
Hi ladies,
No one has been on, i hope you are just busy not sick.
I got home from my trip in the wee hours Tuesday. I was really tired but had a good time. I only gained 3 lbs since the food choices weren't the best. Luckly i had some protein food with me.
Sunday we went to the beach and walked. It was foggy and windy. Then we went to this bridge and walked that. That wasnt the best thing to do when you have problems with heights but i made it. Then we went to a downtown market and walked that.
Wednesday i had Christmas with my family. I got money, electric indoor grill and clothes.
I ran some errands yesterday.
Today i hopefully can get my newspapers read.
Have a good day
HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
Wow.. How do you manage doing all of that with low iron anemia?
I do remember that when I had low iron I was very tired but I also often could not sleep ..I could sleep in small chunks. Not not getting real long restful sleep.
Lindt truffles - love them. Mostly the dark blue or black. My BF eats the white and milk chocolate.
In mixed packages - I pick and hide the caramel ones...he he he... But I would share the PB balls. I call it a "compromise"
I am managing. ... My lower back is bothering me since the accident last Monday, but I think it is getting better.
Work is crazy.
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...."
Here I sit Wed am at 4:30...wide awake.
Spent the day doing errands in the Falls, then to Bulk Barn for baking stuff and gold-foiled chocolate coins for stockings (Dutch custom)...then I met an old friend for lunch at Swiss Chalet..we always exchange home made baking..what a treat! Then I picked up the tickets for our club's Murder Mystery fund raiser...home for twenty five minutes to freshen up and change and then off to the bigger city to our sorority Christmas dinner party! Home by 10 pm...whew.
Wednesday means another Christmas gathering
Breakfast: hot chocolate protein drink
Lunch: salad and chicken (skipped the fries and bun and took the Lindor chocolates home to hubby)
Dinner: grilled salmon and Italian Wedding Soup..I ate 4 chocolate truffles but stopped there!
Bedtime...hot protein drink and meds....but here I am, still wide awake.
(Most excess chocolate truffles have been already handed over to my skinny JB and I also added a lot more into a gift package that I am donating at Wednesday's lunch/Christmas meeting for local businesses)
Back to bed for another busy day......
It snowed all weekend. It can go away now but i know this is just the beginning. At least ill get a break from it this week, im going to south Carolina for a long weekend with my friend. We will leave tomorrow night or Thursday morning.
My eating has been all over the place and its showing on the scale. Today im going to eat what i plan and nothing extra. Ive been drinking extra water and that seems to help. We will see what the night brings thats when i seem to binge.
Have a good day
Hmm What happened to the Weekend? Well I had my Grandchildren overnight by myself with My friend. My daughter went to a hotel overnight with her husband.
I had fun.
Then yesterday we had a birthday dinner for my daughter for her 35th Birthday.
Timorrow I'm going for a scope.
I fly home Monday!
Where did the weekend go? I know..right?
Hematologist - it is a must. Make sure he checks not only your iron but also copper. We need copper to create blood also. And post op RNY - some of us malabsorb that as much as iron.
I am slowly dealing with all my 'projects' face lift recovery, rental house damage and the car accident. For the face and the car - I got a few extra appointments with my acupuncturist. She does amazing job fixing me up.
Plus a few chiropractor adjustment. That should help with my lower back pain.
I still have very low appetite. I eat because I know I need it, and I chose protein forward food. But my pouch is tight. Yesterday I had beef-veggies soup for dinner...and later I tried to eat a grapfruit, but I only could fit 1/3 of it. When I have "small pouch days" soups made with chicken or beef are my "to go" meals. Better than protein shakes that I can't stand lately.
I had pork chop for late lunch yesterday and it was too dense. I barely could fini**** That's why soup was my only choice as dinner.
Today eats? Lunch out - then I'll probably make some eggdrop soup, and some chicken soup.. Maybe I can fit in some nuts...I got to eat more. Ugh.
PS: before RNY I used to dream of not wanting to eat anything... I got my dream ...now what? Be careful what you wish for.. (i need to gain at least 5 lbs of muscles)
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...."
Hello, everyone!
Saturday was JB's family Christmas and I managed my eating rather well. Sunday , we spent at Danny's house...all of us, and, as always, laughed and ate and played gin rummy..such a rowdy bunch. Driving home was very scary. We were in JB's Cadillac but the snow was deep and heavy on the country roads. Derek was driving his four wheel drive pick up truck and had no problems but I sure was glad when we all got home.
Monday, I saw my family doctor about the anemia and he insists that I see a hemotologist about my bone marrow.
I spent the rest of the day stopping at the Dutch store for chocolate initials and other traditional Christmas treats for the gang that they enjoy. Then stopping at two different "GIANT TIGER" stores featuring Dan's favourite coffee on half price. There was a pkg limit/purchase but the second store manager told me that I can take what I wanted since the sale ends tomorrow so I ended up with 16 pkges of TASSIMO Nabob Morning Blend coffee for Dan. I am thinking that even he won't run out of coffee for a while. I also got a few more stocking stuffers.
I have been at a loss at what to buy young ladies (11 and 14)...I am craeting hand made MEMORY BOXES designed for each of their own personalities and a few small things and some art books suited to their interests. But now I have decide3d: I will make a GIFT CERTIFICATE for each girl:
An "AFTERNOON WITH OMA" - lunch at their favourite place and then shopping for an outfit of their choice. One girl at a time...a one-on-one afternoon.
Breakfast: Hot Chocolate protein drink
Snack: banana
Lunch: Yogurt
Snack: piece of hard cheese & 3 rice crackers
Dinner: fillet of sole, brussel sprouts, jasmine rice
Bedtime: Hot Chocolate protein drink
Stay safe and warm!
