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In and out of the hospital is becoming a drag. I finished my last iron infusion and the lab work came back that my iron is good, my blood count is low but acceptable for surgery, but my electrolytes were all out of whack so into the hospital I went for some IV sodium, potassium and calcium. I am about ready to start telling the doctors no more lab....
I am home for the next few days but Monday will be surgery day and by five Monday afternoon, I'll have a new knee.
I ate oatmeal for breakfast and will have shrimp for lunch and trout for dinner. All the vegetables that I eat will be green....I am not risking any setbacks for this knee deal. LOL
The other day, I was walking in the hospital corridor and they have this huge mirror, and I looked at it as I was walking and I saw a woman walking and I thought, damn, her leg must be messed up and then I saw my husband put his hand on her back and I thought, damn, I have a kind husband, but I felt something on my back and looked and it was my husband...how was he able to leave that old crippled woman and put his hand on my back so quickly...yep, I was feeling sorry for the my own reflection. I tried to walk more normal, but it just wasn't going to happen. But soon...if all goes well, my legs will work again. Yeah!
Ladies, how are you guys doing?
Let's hope it is peaceful and productive.
Let's hope it remains peaceful after New president is elected.
I can't vote (not a citizen, but I do feel American more than not) and this is the only time I am glad.
This great country came up with these candidates. God help us.. Or universe..or ..whatever you believe can help us.
Some people don't vote for the individual. They vote against the other choice. This is sad time for this great country.
The hate the negativity.
God/Universe/the great Gatsby.. (etc) help the nation and its people.
Ps. I have been spending too much time on OH and internet. So this week I am only allowing myself 1 hour during my morning coffee to be on my tablet. Don't get offended when I don't respond to the posts.
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...."
great job.
for me to overcome some binges I had to find a substitute "food"i could binge on ... i.e. crackers - pork rinds, or homemade 'crackers"; candies- 85% chocolate... wine - seltzer drinks.. or diet Tonic or flavored herbal tea.. And since i have myself a permission to eat that as much as I wanted - the substitute food did not affect my BS and my insulin the same way - so slowly the cravings went away...
to this day - I have "snackable items" that I can eat much - as many as my little pouch can handle... and guess what? most of the time - I can't even finish one serving...
I probably have 10 chocolates on my house right now... plus Lindt truffles, and some ghirardelli squares... and homemade dark chocolate with almond butter "bites" .. and ice pops...and.... chips...and crackers and "cheese wisps".. once I broke the body -brain connection... those foods are "safe" around me...
I still have foods I can't have in the house...like fresh "artisan style" bread.... That can only be in the house if we have guests over... After that - it is going out with them or gets dried and ground up for bread crumbs for honey breaded meats...
there is food that I have no control over - it is not allowed in the house.. My SO (BF) is very supportive... since that food can really mess me up (pain pain ...more pain) and so far he hates when I am crying from pain...
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...."
Hi ladies,
Well I didn't binge eat yesterday. Also didnt eat my snack. A win for me.
I woke up at 430 this morning but i went back to sleep at 630. Now im feel tired but its kind of gloomy out.
B egg whites ham and cheese omelet and string cheese
L tuna salad, baby carrots and orange pepper
D pork loin and butternut squash
S Greek yogurt, apple and turkey sausage snack sticks
Have a good day
I can't have whey.. Or soy. So I found some vegan protein shakes. They are ok. And because they formulated them to make them "complete" I can use them to add to my day to increase my protein intake.
I know I'll have to drink them at least one week before my face lift and at least for 2 -3 weeks after. Daily and probably at least 2 a day. In addition to my food, that lately is not that much.
I was going to suggest jello and collagen... since it is critical for skin, cartilage, and bones....when I realized that it is beef or pork. They don't make it vegan. Bummer.
Hugs.
Ps. I know you are an adult, as I am...and you know what you suppose to do... But I often need a reminder...lol.. 
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...."
The other tree had a small hive in it and the bee keeper brought two more hives over and was successful at moving all the bees over. We ran down earlier to help my daughter with all the honey and the bee keeper has put something around the hives that will prevent other stinger insects from invading. Apparently, when a hive is disturbed, wasp and other bees try to enter so they can kill the bees. Who knew.... The bee keeper said he would happily take the bees off our hands but he wants to wait a week or two before disturbing them again. When I went out and looked, there were bees trapped outside of the hive and he said they were okay and would stay put and tomorrow, he will open it up again so they can enter. He also said the hives/bees are very healthy. I was a little nervous about those locked out. Anyway, there's tons of honey and it is so so pretty. Friday, my sister is coming to help us pasteurize it. I had no concept of how much honey they had removed from the trees; it will takes us hours to pasteurize and put in sterilized jars. The bee keeper went around the old house listening because he said it's not unusual for bees to build hives behind siding of older houses...I told him the only thing we've seen are wasp. I'm so glad we didn't spray the house for those wasps because it may have floated out of the doors and killed the little bees.
Life in the country...gotta love it.
I think we have all been there. It's so hard to change our relationship with food....really hard.
I've increased my protein immensely by eating seafood and/or fish twice a day. Plus, I usually eat either an egg or fortified oatmeal for breakfast. I am working with the nutritionists to make certain that when I eat vegetable proteins that are not complete, I complete them with other vegetables....But while I am going through this building up the blood, I am forcing feeding protein. My sister would say, soak those crackers in some beef stew. LOL.
hugs.. Glad you will try to get help for that.
Admitting and acknowledgment that there is an issue is half of the work..
I know I am a compulsing stress eater... some days - I just eat... and pay for it dearly... but most of the time I can control that..
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...."
wow.. raw wild honey... you guys are really lucky.. BTW- honey like taht - if you guys would sell it - can cost a lot. Bee not treated with ANYTHING...real wild honey.
Glad that they could save the bees.. They wild bees are stronger - and they are hoe that the bee population in US can recover.
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...."
