Am I the only one that finds it difficult to eat more?
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@scaryann1
Great update. I am LOVING those crutches! Very stylish
It's great how you are able to enjoy gardening ( I may be a slightly obsessed gardener myself!) and other daily things.
Hey, Tereza is onto something with the ice cream!
If you are struggling to get enough calories in, it's good to try and include some high density food like ice cream
or avocado, nuts, nut butters.
I also found it helped me when I spread things out more over the day so I didn't have a big lot left at the end.
But hey! If this was just a one off anomaly don't mind my ramble!
Ichel
EM2WL Ambassador and Moderator2 -
Not having a great day today. My sister-in-law's sister got her index finger caught in a meat grinder at work. They weren't able to save the finger. I'm still waiting to hear that she has come out of surgery. This scares the bejeebers out of me because we lost my Mom to a botched surgery in 1994. I keep telling myself that she is fine, that her kids are just so relieved that she is okay that they haven't had a chance to update everyone. It's been at least five hours since they took her to surgery.0
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She's home and doing okay now! I can relax now...0
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I am so sorry all this happened! It's good to hear she is home and doing well. I hope she has a quick recovery!1
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Ugg, I just have no desire to eat today. Just the thought of eating something is making my stomach churn. What do you do on those days when you just don't have any desire to eat? I don't know if it's stress from the past week or if I'm getting sick from all the weather changes, but just doesn't sound good to me today.0
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Something that fits the weather (like chili on hot day - ugh), may get the juices flowing correctly for body to know it is indeed hungry.
Any cooler meals you enjoy if heat is issue?
May be the time that something a tad higher in carbs initially will get the hunger going, then balance it out with the planned protein/fat. Maybe that will keep the day going in the right direction.
While a big day under is no worse than a big day over - it's being surrounded by normal average days that allows that balance to not be that big a deal.
But since you are already in battle to keep calories high enough, you likely wouldn't keep them up or in this case make it up the day after.
So I would indeed suggest as you are desiring - figure out a way to meet today as best as possible.
But if genuinely sick at stomach (this isn't normal situation of focused on something else forgetting to eat and not being hungry) - then forcing isn't any good either, whatever your safe food is.1 -
Thanks heybales, I managed some bread and butter and half a cup of pasta. Hopefully my stomach settles down before dinner time. I am planning on chili for supper because it's only in the 60s here in Western NY today. Yesterday was in the mid 70s and Monday was the high 80s. I wish Mother Nature would make up her mind! 1
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I can't believe that I can actually fit all of me in that mirror now!4 -
Wow! What an awesome change. Your face in particular has really changed. You look younger and healthier!
And yes! That mirror is showing how much less of you there is now!
Well done!
Ichel
EM2WL Ambassador and Moderator1 -
Weight = 282.6
Up -1.6 pounds
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1873
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2341
Average calories = 1957
Weight - April 286 pounds / Last week 281 pounds /Today 282.6/Total - 3.4 pounds
Calf- April 20.5 inches / Last week 19.25 inches/Today 19.25 inches/Total -1.25 inches
Thigh- April 30 inches / Last week 27.75 inches/Today 27.75 inches /Total - 2.25 inches
Hips - April 58 inches /Last week 56.25 inches/Today 56.25 inches/Total - 1.75 inches
Abdomen - April 51 inches / Last week 48 inches/ Today 48 inches/Total - 3 inches
Waist - April 48 inches / Last week 46 inches/Today 46 inches/Total - 2 inches
Forearm - April 13 inches / Last week 12 inches/Today 12 inches/Total - 1 inches
Has it only been a week? It feels like six! It was a rough week for sure! I seem to be stuck at just below 2000 calories. LOL I'm feeling very bloated today so maybe after this bloat goes away I'll feel smaller. Good thing for pizza this week or I think my calories would have been a LOT lower. Eating has been a struggle all week.
My elbow dislocated in my sleep one day this last week, I somehow forgot which day... It went back in later that same day. Without even thinking about it, I reached up and opened the door with that arm and it popped back in. I'm sure the entire neighborhood heard my not so nice language.
But I was able to use my crutches again by the next morning, good thing too as we had first of the month shopping to do.
This is my legs on a low pain day.
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Mary Ann, I'm sure your neighbors would not blame your words, that must have been hard! I cannot even imagine! You are a brave girl! Calorie dense foods can be a lot of help when we can't get the calories down. I do have days like that sometimes and that's when ice cream or frozen yogurt come in handy, lol. The good thing is that even though you are feeling bloated and the weight is up, the measurements are still the same. You may not be seeing results, but inside your body is working and changing!1
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Thank goodness for icecream with hot fudge and Junior Mints. If I can find room for those 16 mints I will go over 1900 today. Not a lot over, but over is over. LOL
Plus my brother (he lives next door) said he didn't hear me cuss when my elbow went back in, so I must not have cussed too loudly.
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Just don't bring them to the hospital!
Hate to drop one ..... never mind. ;-)
I can't even imagine an elbow going out, shoulder sure, especially if lose support, but elbow - ughhh.
You are incredible to not only still have desire for the geocaching, but the fortitude to get out there and tackle it when you can.1 -
Mmmmmmm. Now I am thinking of ice cream
You are one strong and determined lady.
Ichel1 -
Weight = 280.4
Down - 2.2 pounds
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1870
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2338
Average calories = 2056
Last week Average Calories = 1957
Weight - April 286 pounds / Last week 282.6 pounds /Today 280.4/Total - 5.6 pounds Down 24.6 pounds since I started eating more in August 2015.
Calf- April 20.5 inches / Last week 19.25 inches/Today 19 inches/Total -1.5 inches
Thigh- April 30 inches / Last week 27.75 inches/Today 27.5 inches /Total - 2.5 inches
Hips - April 58 inches /Last week 56.25 inches/Today 56 inches/Total - 2 inches
Abdomen - April 51 inches / Last week 48 inches/ Today 46 inches/Total -5 inches
Waist - April 48 inches / Last week 46 inches/Today 46 inches/Total - 2 inches
Forearm - April 13 inches / Last week 12 inches/Today 12 inches/Total - 1 inches
Another week gone! I kind of missed helping Rick work on vehicles. I did get bored out of my scull yesterday when there wasn't anything I could do to help though. Last night was TV junk food night. I actually got my calories in, even went over what MFP had for my goal!1 -
Nice to see an upward trend on the calories and a downward trend in pounds and inches! Well done!
Tereza
Team EM2WL1 -
You are killing this!
More calories and less inches and less weight!
Yes!Yes!Yes!
Ichel
EM2WL Ambassador and Moderator1 -
Weight = 282.2
Up - 1.8 pounds
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1878
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2348
Average calories = 2164
Last week Average Calories = 2056
Weight - April 286 pounds / Last week 280.4 pounds /Today 282.2/Total - 3.8 pounds Down 22.8 pounds since I started eating more in August 2015.
Calf- April 20.5 inches / Last week 19 inches/Today 19 inches/Total -1.5 inches
Thigh- April 30 inches / Last week 27.5 inches/Today 27.25 inches /Total - 2.75 inches
Hips - April 58 inches /Last week 56 inches/Today 56 inches/Total - 2 inches
Abdomen - April 51 inches / Last week 46 inches/ Today 45 inches/Total -6 inches
Waist - April 48 inches / Last week 46 inches/Today 46.5 inches/Total - 1.5 inches
Forearm - April 13 inches / Last week 12 inches/Today 12 inches/Total - 1 inches
Not many changes this week and I'm okay with that. (Today anyway. LOL) Haven't done much lifting since my elbow went out a few weeks ago, hoping to get back into that today.
Rick and I went Geocaching Wednesday and found two caches, then went again on Friday and found four caches. Wednesday's had a little bit of walking, but not a lot. Friday's caches were park and grabs, so we didn't do a lot of walking, but getting in and out of the Jeep counts, right? I got a new phone this week and it works great for Geocaching! It's not often that I'm willing to buy a new phone, but at four years old it was getting so that every time an app was updated it wasn't compatible with my phone anymore. And it just didn't have any room left on it. Now, I just have to figure out a way to carry it, and watch it while walking with my crutches. 1 -
Mary Ann, as much as you say there weren't many changes this week, the inches keep trending down and that is HUGE!!!! Well done in eating and dropping inches! Yay in geocaching and in the new phone. Sometimes we just have to update things...
And getting in and out of the Jeep does count!
Tereza
Team EM2WL1 -
Yay on the new phone Mary Ann and even better if it helps with the geocaching.
Getting in and out of the Jeep totally counts!
Love your updates! Keep them coming
Ichel1 -
Great effort as always, with results still in right direction.
I've seen a phone holder that goes around neck and holds phone almost horizontal at chest, little cords went to the sternum strap of the backpack to keep it from swinging and twisting around. You could stop, look down, and then keep moving.
If wearing a simple pack would probably work. It's been couple years, can't recall at all a name or description.
This might get you close or started at at least.
https://www.google.com/#q=Sternum+strap+phone+holder
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I never would have dreamed they had something like that. Thanks for the heads up heybales!0
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Weight = 284
Up - 1.8 pounds
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1886
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2358
Average calories = 2415
Last week Average Calories = 2164
Weight - April 286 pounds / Last week 282.2 pounds /Today 284/Total - 2 pounds Down 21 pounds since I started eating more in August 2015.
Calf- April 20.5 inches / Last week 19 inches/Today 19 inches/Total -1.5 inches
Thigh- April 30 inches / Last week 27.5 inches/Today 27 inches /Total - 3 inches
Hips - April 58 inches /Last week 56 inches/Today 56 inches/Total - 2 inches
Abdomen - April 51 inches / Last week 45 inches/ Today 45 inches/Total -6 inches
Waist - April 48 inches / Last week 46.5 inches/Today 45.5 inches/Total - 2.5 inches
Forearm - April 13 inches / Last week 12 inches/Today 12 inches/Total - 1 inches
Things are slowing down a little. Now if I can just keep the mentality going and not drop back down where I was before! I'm still feeling very bloated and swollen from the heat and geocaching this week. My back is still killing me, I'm not sure if something is out or if it's just still angry from all I've put it through this week.
I can't believe how much junk I ate this week! I'm hoping that once it's gone, we don't buy any more for a while. I'm sure that's contributing to my blah and bloated feeling. I guess that's about it for this week's update. Thanks for being here!2 -
Don't get discouraged! Yes, eating too much junk can do that. At least it does to me... Try to see it as a refeed. Don't give up, keep going. Sometimes we don't see the progress right away, but our body is always working and changing. Some water retention to repair the muscles since you did more this week could contribute. You'vE came so far and overcame so much! YOU are a big inspiration!
Tereza
Team EM2WL1 -
Yes, keep on trucking!
If I eat too much processed stuff I feel so blah just generally lethargic and achy and blah.
But we all do it sometimes. I'm sure the heat isn't helping with your bloated feeling either. Like Tereza says, it's the compound of all the work that you put i that will show through, one blah week won't effect it.
You are doing so good.
Ichel0 -
Finally broke down and took one of my pain pills. They have sat in my cupboard for a year because they make me very nauseous. The pain has finally settled down to the point that I can breathe, but now I'm afraid to eat. LOL0
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I'm sorry you are dealing with so much pain, Mary Ann! But I'm glad you took it. I hate taking medications, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I hope you feel better!
Tereza
Team EM2WL1 -
Man, that's awful. Out of the frying pan into the fire. Hope you managed to eat something and that today will be a better day.
Ichel
EM2WL Ambassador and Moderator1 -
Well the few days of not being able to eat because of the pain meds bit me in the butt today. LOL I actually went 363 calories over! But that ice cream and hot fudge sure did taste good! I just couldn't seem to get filled up. Now that I've washed dishes, my stupid back is right back to where it was when I gave in and took the meds. Hoping tomorrow is better.0
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Weight = 282.8
Down - 1.2 pounds
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1881
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2351
Average calories = 2093
Last week Average Calories = 2415
Weight - April 286 pounds / Last week 284 pounds /Today 282.8/Total - 3.2 pounds Down 22.2 pounds since I started eating more in August 2015.
Calf- April 20.5 inches / Last week 19 inches/Today 19 inches/Total -1.5 inches
Thigh- April 30 inches / Last week 27.5 inches/Today 27 inches /Total - 3 inches
Hips - April 58 inches /Last week 56 inches/Today 56.5 inches/Total - 1.5 inches (I think that might be how much my back is swollen)
Abdomen - April 51 inches / Last week 45 inches/ Today 45 inches/Total -6 inches
Waist - April 48 inches / Last week 46.5 inches/Today 45.5 inches/Total - 2.5 inches
Forearm - April 13 inches / Last week 12 inches/Today 12 inches/Total - 1 inches
After a very stressful, pain filled week, I'm glad this week is over! Even with going over yesterday, I was still under for the week in calories. New York has been in a heat wave all week, that hasn't helped the pain issues in the least. My brother has his yearly party next Saturday, so eating is going to be a bit hit or miss at the end of the week as we get tents set up. I usually don't do much on Sunday after the party as I am always completely worn out. Not to sure how much I am going to be able to help out this year, but I know I'll be over there helping somehow.
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