Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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Re: sweets and cravings. When I was first diagnosed with diabetes one of the things I did was give up most refined carbs. I thought I was going to lose my mind for about two weeks - and then (for the most part) no cravings. Now after four years, not only does most candy taste so sweet it strikes me as downright poisonous, and the obvious things like berries taste much sweeter, but things taste sweet that I never would have thought of as sweet previously, like bean sprouts and milk. I swear plain milk tastes as sweet as chocolate milk used to, and cherry tomatoes are like candy.
Another weird thing is that for the longest time I was really aware of the smell of bread. I can still smell bread all the way across the house, and I don’t just mean fresh baked bread, I mean when my husband opens a bag of store bought bread and makes himself a sandwich. It doesn’t bother me as much now but it used to drive me crazy.
For me sugar caused cravings not just because of the insulin thing but also because having something sweet would make me crave something salty which would make me crave something greasy. Coke led to French fries led to pizza. It was really not a good situation. Cutting out Coke alone fixed 90% of the cravings.2 -
So ate way over calories yesterday. Don't care. Was just so tired. All the sugar lol.
Someone had bought in some slices, and I kept having a sample of this, a taste of that. Happens. Today is the party. I'm going to avoid all the food if I can but kids party.
No run till Monday now, its election day here, and DH is working it. So I'm alone with the kids all day. May take them to the walkway for a walk after the party. Will see how I feel. All I want to do is sit on the couch and play my switch.2 -
I ate all my calories then DH wanted burgers, I didn't say no, LOL!
The hedges are out of control and the flower bed is embarrassing. I managed the front with the hedge trimmers, just mowed down the grass the best I could with the trimmers. My arm is shakey weak now, ugh so out of shape. I'll resign to the couch and netflix now, maybe kill some zombies.1 -
@Elise4270 Thank you. I will let them know if/when I get a survey. I'm sure they will send me one. I really do appreciate your kind offer to come help! In fact I am overwhelmed that you would offer to do it....as I know it isn't idle talk. But, I do believe I will be okay. I had a talk with my Primary Care Physician today and feel much better about going to this hospital for the surgery. Also, his nurse's dad had open heart/bypass surgery 4 years ago and Dr. Palazzo (my surgeon) performed the procedure and she had nothing but praises for him! I feel much, much better about it now. AND, I will make sure I have plenty to do. I probably won't feel like doing as much as I envision I will. If I get bored, I'll have the phone and can call to talk to anyone I want. They don't have to be right there the entire time. In fact, knowing me, that would probably get irritating. LOL When I was doing my Officer's Training School for the military, I knew that "real" military life wasn't going to be that way and just told myself I can do anything for 3 months. Well, I certainly can do anything for 4 or 5 days! FYI, I am no where near Nashville. Closest biggish airport is Knoxville, then Johnson City - which is where the hospital is.1
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Saturday night. Party had too much temptation. I gave in. Sigh. Back on the wagon tomorrow.
Election in NZ today, jacinda ardern has nailed it, so labour are going to be in again woo hoo.
OK enough politics. Hanging out for Mondays run. Calf is fine today. I think the rest day was good.0 -
@Avidkeo Glad your calf is doing good. Sometimes the extra rest day is just the thing you need. I wouldn't worry too much about giving in to the party temptations. It happens.1
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Been tracking food and making sure to run or stay active (walking) when I don't run and weight is slowly going in the right direction. I've lost about a pound over last 3 weeks so right on track.
This coming week will be camping and hiking then I'll start a weight training program. I'm also on track to reach my 100 miles from 9/28 - 11/1 for Javelina Jallucinations. My goal is to keep up with the 20-25 miles per week and get back to hitting 90-100 monthly miles again.
Food has been the usual. Trying to make healthy choices and balance it with sweets. I find if I try to cut sweets out completely I binge. If I keep single serve items in the house I do much better. It's weird. I can have a bag of reeses pb cups and eat 2 as an evening snack but if I have the reeses bar I can't eat a serving. I end up eating the entire bar (I think it's 3 servings and like 600 cals vs 200).4 -
@RunsOnEspresso I do the same thing....if I tell myself I CAN'T have a certain food, I'll do okay for a while and then give in and binge on it. So, I never completely cut out anything. Just watch the portions, as you are doing. You're doing great!
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Today is a good soup day with a fire log on. We have frozen chili left and Dh is making cornbread. No fire log though. I could get wood from the woods, but everyone is allergic to it, I just got bear well- bet wood smoke would be horrible for him.
Since the hip doc encouraged me to walk a bit, I chased bear last night in and out of the house, and he chased me. We had a great time. But that hip is unhappy over it. At least I know and can convey that info if it persists to the next appointment. I took magnesium for two days and seem to notice a decrease in muscle twinges. So, I think I'll leave it where it is so if it is low it can be identified and I won't continue to convince myself that I have ALS or another neuronal disease. But if the Mg is fine, I will follow up with a neurologist. I do think it is the magnesium. I noticed an increase in energy when taking it, which means I might have been experiencing a bit of fatigue, characteristic of low Mg. I suppose my electrolytes were disrupted this last surgery, not unheard of with anesthesia.
I kept smelling something like beef jerky last night and couldn't figure out what it was. I just noticed the bag of pup-aroni stick are open and rather close to me... Glad it wasn't a meat ghost. LOL!
Back to being moderately responsible with food choices today. I have overeaten the last 2-3 and every time I ask Dr. Google for information on OA/subchondral cysts it tells me to lose weight which makes me want pecan pie.3 -
@elise4270 - ha! want pecan pie. That's my choice at Thanksgiving! Yes, don't think about those other neuro diseases. Pup-a-roni is the only treat my dog likes. And yes they stink!
@quilteryoyo & @RunsOnEspresso - same with me - I'm not banning foods, it just causes the binge for me as well.
@rheddmobile - wow, that is fascinating about the sugar and bread. I do eat way too much sugar and think sometimes I should try to cut it out, but then I would have the fore-mentioned binge problem. But you didn't have a choice.
Did a four mile run today - first run since last week's four mile run. Didn't incorporate any running during the week like I thought I might. Tomorrow is weight lifting. It's some type of bike week here at the condo and so many bikers. Yet, I know it will be nothing like February or March when real bike week happens. Assuming it does happen. And, I imagine this is probably a light week given the pandemic.1 -
Had a crap sleep, woke for the day at 5am guh.
So got up and did 50 mins on the bike. I have work today, Sunday. Its sunny so likely to have a few injuries. Makes for an interesting day! Not that i want people injured but you know, that's why I'm there lol1 -
@ddmom0811 Yeah for the run. I have a feeling that Bike Week will go as planned. I have a cousin who is into the biker thing and they don't seem to care about the C thing.
@Avidkeo Hahaha I totally understand what you mean. Sorry you couldn't' sleep.0 -
MFP still won't let me save my edited post so deleted and reposting...
@quilteryoyo - I am so glad you had a good talk with your PCP and that the nurse knew your doctor and gave such a great review. I would have been a freaked out by the conditions in that area of the hospital too.
@elise4270 - I wish it were a soup and log on the fire day here... Another day of 90's though. Looking at the longer range weather forecasts it looks like there is not much chance for a real fall and winter this year but I continue to hope. This next week will be a bit better with mid-80's but still well over normal.
Wondering if the playing inside out with Bearry was too much stop and go for your hip. Maybe just a walk would be better?
I also laughed at the pecan pie comment! I love pecan pie and have a wonderful recipe for a Jack Daniels Chocolate Chip pecan pie that is to die for. I don't make it very often but it is decadent. When dh worked for AAA they would hold an annual conference and it rotated around the US. He was one of the organizers when it was in CA and the hotel they used in San Diego made the pie as a specialty. They actually delivered pies to the AAA HQ as a treat before the conference and at the conference the hotel manager gave me a cookbook with the recipe.
@ddmom0811 - I saw your run (and picture) on Strava and I am still so envious! It looks like such an awesome place to be and to run!
When I read 'bike week' I thought bicycles 😂😂 then when I looked it up and saw that it is 'BiketoberFest' and if it is anything like Sturgis they really don't care about covid, like @quilteryoyo said.
@Avidkeo - I totally get the sunny day/injury comment my daughter says the same about Seattle
Like @RunsOnEspresso I have been logging everything and getting lots of activity in. Unlike @RunsOnEspresso I have lost nothing (dropped 3 and then went back up and up again).
I ran further than planned today, mostly because it felt so much better. I have been having issues still with my glute/hip (hurts right in the middle of my glute and makes my hip, hip flexor, maybe my IT band hurt). Today it hurt all down my leg, made my knee hurt and my foot which I am sure were result of stepping weird. After about 2 miles I stopped to stretch and was thinking about all of it and my gait and that I was holding my hip so tight and not letting hip sway like it would normally. So I set out to just let it sway normally as much as possible and guess what? It didn't hurt. It did get tired but I could run and run further than I had been (my goal right now is to just have a good quality run with more of it running). So after stopping at the bathroom rather than turning off for home I kept going on the paved trail to the other end and then turned around for home. It still feels good - none of the pain and stiffness I have been having. I know I strained/hurt it at agility class on Monday and then made it more sore on Thursday pushing Hilde but maybe I have been making it worse myself by the way I was reacting to it.
In other news... Hilde has already broken one of her hearing aides and we have to go back next week to get it replaced. I thought I could just pick up the replacement but they require her to come in so it can be 'adjusted'.
Food - I had a big smoothie for breakfast/lunch and some Skinny Pop popcorn for a snack. I think dinner is going to be a veggie one with baked potatoes topped with cheese and vegetables.
I need to make zucchini bread. I bought a bunch of zucchinis to make it and now it is so hot I don't want to.1 -
@shanaber Already broke a hearing aide? dangit! I hear they are fragile. DH's gma is still using the walmart one we got her, I don't think they are yet letting folks in or out of the homes yet. She said she was going to live to 120, so I guess being back among the hearing has helped her.
I am sure running in and out on pavement and on tile wasn't good. I took some tylenol and a nap and feel much better. I hope it gets better with strength. Bear is already trying to get me to play with him outside.
@shanaber It sounds like you may have had a tight piriformis muscle. I am glad it worked itself out. I found out the last visit that I still have a major blood vessel bisecting mine, it is a real pain.
DH went to the store, because we are trying to save money but he is under the speel of all mighty walmart and just has to buy anything. I suspect he'll bring home ice cream.1 -
@shanaber That pecan pie sounds amazing! Sturgis is where my cousin went. I couldn't think of the name of it yesterday. He posted that no one was wearing a mask - he and his girl friend didn't either. So, I'm sure CoVID won't deter anyone from attending BiketoberFest either. So glad you had a good run and figured out the hip. Hope it still feels good this morning. Sorry about Hilde breaking the hearing aid already. That's tough. A baked potato with veggies and cheese sounds awesome. I haven't had one of those in a long time.
@Elise4270 Hope your hip is feeling better too.
Yesterday I made a batch of Super Hero Apple and Carrot muffins and some Super Foods Soup to put in the freezer for healthy, post surgery meals. Previously, I made meatballs and Pumpkin Muffins. Since I still don't have it scheduled, I may try to find other things to make and freeze. Any ideas? Those baked potatoes will definitely be an option to keep in mind too @shanaber . Just trying to think of things I'll be able to fix for myself that will be at least semi-healthy.1 -
Morning guys, had work yesterday and was very busy! Was awake early so got on the stationery bike for about 50 minutes.
This morning I went for a run! 4min run, 2 min walk. Felt fantastic. Its a cool morning, and slightly misty. Just wonderful.
Kept to calories yesterday. Yay. And already have today planned. Planning makes things so much easier. I'm working Angiography suite today and tomorrow - I'll be doing cardiac cases tomorrow @quilteryoyo. Not that I do anything, I just sit and watch really lol.
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@quilteryoyo I don't have any suggestions on foods to freeze up. We typically do soups, chili. Dh is making beans which he plans to freeze also. Sandwich stuff is always a good go-to. Cheese and crackers if you like to snack, add jalapenos, olives, fresh herbs or mushrooms. I am partial to Blakes pot pies. I eat the crust frozen then put it in a bowl upside down with the "foil" on top from the package for 3 minutes in the microwave, then eat it while killing zombies.
DH bought pecan pie. I ate all the pie. Now my scale is up 2 pounds. My hip is better today, I even offered to go walk with dh and he declined citing that I did not need to over-do it. So I am working on a 17 page assignment that will be 30+ by time I'm done... ugh. Sitting here with the rolly-polly belly is a bit irritating. Serves me right though.
@Avidkeo I am so jealous of you watching cases.
9 days until my PCP visit. I keep stalking the hospital results for the mammo lab. The muscle jerks have diminished and I think I've had 2-3 all day instead of 15 or so an hour. Perhaps some magic was in that pecan pie. LOL! (nuts have magnesium). I slept sweaty last night again. It's gross. I am washing my bedding twice a week now. I plan to ask PCP for help.
Where's @bearly63? what are you up to? did you go on vaca and I missed it? how's DD? er MD-DD
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@Avidkeo Glad you had a great run! Hope all the cardiac cases go well.
@Elise4270 Sandwich stuff is always a good go to and I love cheese. Always have it available. I'm not big on pot pies. I think I must have had a bad one once or something.
DH should have brought home ice cream instead - probably fewer calories. Good luck on the assignment and PCP visit. Glad the muscle jerks have greatly diminished. 2 -
@elise4270 - wow you are really making me want pecan pie! And @shanaber that Jack Daniels one sounds amazing. The funny thing is I don't normally like any desserts with liquor in them. But for some reason that sounds like it would work!
I used to enjoy pot pies years ago but haven't had one in forever, and now that I'm veggie, not sure how that would work!
Yes, agree with the bikers not worried about Covid, but I saw an article about how far it spread from Sturgis. It is rainy today so it is quiet! A neighbor mentioned that it is quiet this year ... hmmmm. Makes me nervous for how crowded everything will be when this is all over.
I decided to make an omelet this morning. I have a smoothie every morning lately and I decided while at condo one morning a weekend I would make an omelet. Forgot if I mentioned that we go this pan with the condo: https://www.etsy.com/listing/862798556/vintage-1960s-good-morning-omelet-maker
It's so fun to make omelets with it!
Then for lunch I had brought over a Hello Fresh meal (Szechuan noodles with mushrooms/carrots). It was delicious! For dinner will be left over Indian - so my calories will be quite high today with all that, but it's okay for a day to splurge.
This morning DH and I took an hour walk and I took him the way I run over the bridge. It was nice and Garmin said it was a 300 calorie burn. Wow! Shocked by that. Then I worked out in the gym downstairs. I was going to swim after that but it started raining.2 -
@shanaber my mom drives me nuts with her hearing aids, they always have something wrong with them. And then she doesn’t seem to grasp that her phone is set so it rings in her hearing aids and doesn’t actually make a noise other people can hear. I call her and she doesn’t pick up, so I text her iPad and she says, “But it didn’t ring... I’m sitting right here... let me put my hearing aids in.” Then when she inevitably cuts off the conversation by touching the wrong thing, when I call her back she says, “That’s funny, it rang this time!”
She is generally mentally sharp but not where it comes to technology. Right now my husband has just set up amazon fire for her and she is complaining that it’s broken because it doesn’t connect to her Dish network. Uh, yes. Because they are two unrelated things. The Dish is not broken either, she is just trying to get the Dish on the Amazon channel and vice versa.
@quilteryoyo My go-to freezer meals are ham and bean soup, turkey chili, beef stroganoff, and spaghetti with meat sauce. Particularly the turkey chili which is made with black beans and canned pumpkin.1 -
@ddmom0811 Sounds like a great weekend. Glad you are enjoying the condo.
@rheddmobile My mom and dad are also technologically challenged. I finally got my dad to realize that he could indeed call my cell phone from his land line. I get it. In 20 or 30 years I'm sure there will be things that I don't grasp either. I never thought about freezing bean soup, for some reason. I'm hoping I can heat water and cook spaghetti - reason for making the meatballs. I could be way over optimistic as to how this is going to go. We shall see. For some reason, turkey chili made with canned pumpkin does NOT sound appetizing to me, but I'm sure it is. Healthy too. Thanks for the suggestions.0 -
@quilteryoyo If you like pumpkin you might give it a try. We've made it before and everyone likes it, well... not DD because she won't eat pumpkin.
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My niece of 24 came over and needed help scanning and emailing off a housing application. So, some of these young ones don't have the experience we old ones do.
Dh bought me a smelly candle. I am not sure what it is combining with now and then but it smells like Alex. I am an empty shell of a person, just existing until I don't.
Mammogram
Results are in. All is well, I suppose the fat armpit is just that. I might see if the spa place will do a cool sculpting for me, I see them tomorrow for some more face zapping (hair laser).
Egg nog
I say "gross", DH says "yum" and thinks I should just try it until I like it. I countered with a cat licking exercise he might undertake until "he likes it". He thinks I'm sick but I'm not the one on about cow mammaries and chicken butts. so, who likes egg nog? LOL! He's gross not you ladies! I think the texture gets me, er did when I tried it 40 years ago. Mincemeat pie is also gross.1 -
Look what arrived!!
I wasn't expecting them for a month cause covid! Less than a week woo hoo.
These are mens 8, and I think they fit better than the womens equivalent! I think I'll just buy mens shoes from now on haha. So much cheaper too4 -
@quilteryoyo - I like turkey chili too but I don't put pumpkin in it. I do use black beans and "ranch style" beans with jalapeños. I also make my spaghetti meat sauce with ground turkey. We like it and can't really tell a difference with beef. I can't think of much else to freeze and have ready other than what you have listed already.
@rheddmobile - Hilde is pretty tech savvy up to a point. She has an old PC running Windows XP(!) and refuses to let us replace it (we have a newer one for her). We also set up her late husbands laptop that runs a newer version of Windows so she can get to some things like YouTube that won't work on her old PC. She mostly does well with her phone but gets confused with what she sees on the home screen and where to actually read and respond to text messages as well as the difference between a message and an email. It will be interesting to see how she does with the hearing aides configured with her phone too.
@Elise4270 - I don't like eggnog either. My dh loves it, or used to. He had a bad experience one holiday season with eggnog (with rum I guess) and popcorn - too much of both and got very sick. I don't think he has had it since 😂
Glad the mammo came back good! I need to schedule mine. My PCP is sending me for a fancy 3-D one. Should be interesting as I have no idea what that would be. I am also going for genetic testing since breast cancer is so prevalent in my mom's family.
@ddmom0811 - sounds like a wonderful afternoon walk! I think we used to have an omelet pan like that, I wonder where it went to. My dd got her Peloton today and it is all set up for her. She is going to do her first ride tomorrow morning before work.
Dh got kolaches again this morning. I love the ones with egg and cheese inside but I can only eat half as they are pretty big. I forgot to eat lunch but had a big dinner with BBQ chicken, veggies and rice pilaf.
We watched the Packers lose a terrible game to Tampa Bay... But enjoyed watching the Dodgers win the National league championship!
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@Elise4270 I still smell things that remind me of John, after 14 years. Hang in there. I'm not a big egg nog person either. If it has booze, it is a lot easier to take, but I don't seek it out and it has soooooo many calories. Glad the mammogram came out okay.
@Avidkeo Woo Hoo! Love the shoes and that you got them so quickly!
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The 3D exam was no different from the previous one I had. Squish was a bit tighter, it not bad.1
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I'm about 7 years off starting mamo screening - yay lol. My maternal aunt had breast cancer in her 50s so I'm sure they will definitely be keeping an eye on me sigh.
We don't do eggnog in NZ, it's just not a thing. I think you can buy cartons of it at Christmas, but not common. That said a NZ Christmas is BBQs, and beaches, and summer fun. Haha. So much different from the northern hemisphere.
My scales were all screwed this morning. When I first jumped on they tried convincing me I'd lost 4kg (about 9lb) overnight! Would be nice but I know it's not a reality. I ended up taking the battery out and putting it back in, and got a more sensible 1kg (2lb) loss over night - realistic as its all water weight. So almost back to pre birthday party weight.
Calf was great yesterday, until I was squatting down imaging a patients knee. When I stood up, I put all my weight through that leg. And it was a bit sore. So 2 steps forward, 1 step back. Rest now till Friday anyway. Its feeling OK this morning, just back to sore when I start walking.
Cardiacs this morning, so I'll be doing my students paper work and sitting around for 4 hrs. Fun.2 -
I need to schedule my boob squish. Online wouldn't let me pick the location near me. I haven't found any other places on my side of town. Like I'm the only woman 🙄
Eggnog is gross.4 -
@Avidkeo when is it suggested that you start watching for breast cancer with a relative? I think I’ve heard 40 but can’t recall exactly. I know it can happen very early when it runs in families. They want me in once a year. No way. Two in the last 3 years seems about right for me, lol! Although I may go for 3 in 5 years next.
Dh opened my letter from the hospital saying that I didn’t have breast cancer. Nosey!!! He asked when I even went, still so nosey. I didn’t poke around about his case of epididimytis. Haha!
My jerks are back so I started a body map during class to note time and location, also color coding the simultaneous jerks. I might have to make that neuro appointment after all.1
