I know that I can't do anything right now, and there is nothing I can plan - It's all in HP's control. Today, I am where I am.
Might as well make the rest of the day as great as I can.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Hard night
I had a real hard night. I didn't sleep very well. I finally was so exhausted that I slept.
I'm not doing too well turning my health over to my HP.
I have to worry over things a bit before I will "give my precious to Frodo..."
And I'll still watch it from afar, just like Golum.
I'm not doing too well turning my health over to my HP.
I have to worry over things a bit before I will "give my precious to Frodo..."
And I'll still watch it from afar, just like Golum.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Cravings
I had a total craving last night and gave in to it.
Instead of my normal evening snack of fruit, I had to have some salt - Potato Chips filled the bill!
2 huge bowls of chips. Late.
Well, I've tossed the rest and I'm going out today to walk to undo some of the damage. I think it was partly a celebration of losing 7 pounds and partly because of the fear of my health issues.
I stick my head in the sand when it comes to my health. I've had to for so many years, due to the costs involved. If something doesn't straighten out in a certain time frame, it needs to be addressed. Otherwise, I just ignore it. After having back pain for 22 years, I deal with pain by ignoring it and working through it. Not the best strategy sometimes. Certainly not in this case, but again, I thought it was scar tissue. NOT!
Off to UT Gardens. Walk and click. Take pix for the new house and gardens....
Instead of my normal evening snack of fruit, I had to have some salt - Potato Chips filled the bill!
2 huge bowls of chips. Late.
Well, I've tossed the rest and I'm going out today to walk to undo some of the damage. I think it was partly a celebration of losing 7 pounds and partly because of the fear of my health issues.
I stick my head in the sand when it comes to my health. I've had to for so many years, due to the costs involved. If something doesn't straighten out in a certain time frame, it needs to be addressed. Otherwise, I just ignore it. After having back pain for 22 years, I deal with pain by ignoring it and working through it. Not the best strategy sometimes. Certainly not in this case, but again, I thought it was scar tissue. NOT!
Off to UT Gardens. Walk and click. Take pix for the new house and gardens....
Friday, May 29, 2009
Dr. Visit Results
Boy! I'm grateful!
This isn't in my head. She felt around my belly and the tender spots are still there. I'm so glad I went. The area over my liver is really tender. I don't have my gall bladder anymore, so it's something else.
She's very interested in the results of the battery of tests she's ordered. Allergy testing, too! That's to make sure I got them all when I did my screening. She ordered the Upper GI and the Colonoscopy. There are other tests too nasty to mention...
She wants me off some of the cholesterol meds for a little while. Just for now. Don't know if that's contributing to things.
It may be that the amount of rice I'm eating is what's holding me together. I'll try some roasted potatoes and see what happens.
I've lost 7 pounds! Not bad. It's a good start.
I ended up skipping another meal today. It was the morning snack. I forgot to grab it on the way out the door! Man oh Man!
Well, I got home, had lunch and then my afternoon snack. I'm all ready for supper and I have lots of fruit in the house for snacks.
I cooked some meat up and portioned it out. I have more meat (actually fish) defrosting for my morning meals tomorrow. I'll cook it tonight so that it's cold and goes well with the fruit for tomorrow.
I got to the market and picked up some cucumbers, more meat and veggies. Cucumbers are free foods, so I can eat those when I need to munch. I'm not hungry - it isn't that.
I have tea for sweet and cucumbers in vinegar for salt and crunch. The munchy foods I love. It's for watching TV and mindless eating.
Cherries are in. I can only have like 5-7 at a time, but I can have them... YUMM!
This isn't in my head. She felt around my belly and the tender spots are still there. I'm so glad I went. The area over my liver is really tender. I don't have my gall bladder anymore, so it's something else.
She's very interested in the results of the battery of tests she's ordered. Allergy testing, too! That's to make sure I got them all when I did my screening. She ordered the Upper GI and the Colonoscopy. There are other tests too nasty to mention...
She wants me off some of the cholesterol meds for a little while. Just for now. Don't know if that's contributing to things.
It may be that the amount of rice I'm eating is what's holding me together. I'll try some roasted potatoes and see what happens.
I've lost 7 pounds! Not bad. It's a good start.
I ended up skipping another meal today. It was the morning snack. I forgot to grab it on the way out the door! Man oh Man!
Well, I got home, had lunch and then my afternoon snack. I'm all ready for supper and I have lots of fruit in the house for snacks.
I cooked some meat up and portioned it out. I have more meat (actually fish) defrosting for my morning meals tomorrow. I'll cook it tonight so that it's cold and goes well with the fruit for tomorrow.
I got to the market and picked up some cucumbers, more meat and veggies. Cucumbers are free foods, so I can eat those when I need to munch. I'm not hungry - it isn't that.
I have tea for sweet and cucumbers in vinegar for salt and crunch. The munchy foods I love. It's for watching TV and mindless eating.
Cherries are in. I can only have like 5-7 at a time, but I can have them... YUMM!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Sick Again!
Man, oh man! When will this ever end???
I don't know what it was, but I was so sick again last night. Corn? There was some in one of my vegetable combos. Was it the veggie-burger? That was an emergency move, but not planned.
I've made an appt. with the Dr. to have an upper & lower GI series run. I don't know if that will tell us anything, but I can't keep on like this.
I'm back on the horse.
The food plan is good. If I don't skip meals, I'm not hungry. The hard thing is that I have times when I'm away from home. I need to plan outside meals - taking with or whatever, better.
The other hard thing is that I really hate to cook! Who knew? I thought I liked it all these years. I just like to bake!
I've begun cooking large quantities and going to my meal portions daily. I can freeze cooked meats as well as raw. I just find it too difficult and time consuming to cook a day's worth of food at a time. If I had to cook each meal, I wouldn't even eat!
So, if I cook a couple of days at a time, the pans get washed and actually put away before I have to use them again. I have all I need, otherwise.
I'm just happier doing a nuked meal 5-6 times a day than making dirty pans, getting spit at by the stove, and standing in that nasty little kitchen, each time I have to eat.
I don't know what it was, but I was so sick again last night. Corn? There was some in one of my vegetable combos. Was it the veggie-burger? That was an emergency move, but not planned.
I've made an appt. with the Dr. to have an upper & lower GI series run. I don't know if that will tell us anything, but I can't keep on like this.
I'm back on the horse.
The food plan is good. If I don't skip meals, I'm not hungry. The hard thing is that I have times when I'm away from home. I need to plan outside meals - taking with or whatever, better.
The other hard thing is that I really hate to cook! Who knew? I thought I liked it all these years. I just like to bake!
I've begun cooking large quantities and going to my meal portions daily. I can freeze cooked meats as well as raw. I just find it too difficult and time consuming to cook a day's worth of food at a time. If I had to cook each meal, I wouldn't even eat!
So, if I cook a couple of days at a time, the pans get washed and actually put away before I have to use them again. I have all I need, otherwise.
I'm just happier doing a nuked meal 5-6 times a day than making dirty pans, getting spit at by the stove, and standing in that nasty little kitchen, each time I have to eat.
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