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A friend is a province for a vacation and forgot to cancel her organic veggie delivery… She texted me that I was welcome to it if I would go and pick it up before it froze ... it was really cold so I was waiting.
I intended to get back on track this week… But the food gods are kind of taking a little bit far with this many bunnies!!!2 -
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All the veggies are in a very large pot with some lentils and I will have lentil stew until spring ... 🙂
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My housemate returned while I was away and he just left today… The kitchen will be mine again 🙂1
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Looks like you have a couple of bunnies and a couple of days of stew but nowhere near spring!!!!
I have a coincidental coldest day of the year/decade and... no more water to your kitchen! Are the two related? Probably. But there exists confusion too. We've had similar enough temperatures before without the kitchen interruptions! Waiting for the thaw to see what happens... Looks like it will be a few days still.
Things were looking back on track on Saturday and making slow headway downwards.... then breakfast with friends on Sunday. Fish and chips on Monday. Costco on Tuesday. Sigh..
Jade sounds really cold!!!!2 -
That’s one glorious haul of veg and fruit Laurie- and organic too! 🥗 Of course you had to rescue and turn it into fine meals. I’m sure it will last in the freezer. Are those parsnips? We rarely see those down here. And you’re back to owning your kitchen again. Woohoo.
We’re coming out of our 🥶deep freeze. It’s about 15F now but heading to about 50F in the afternoon. I can finally shut off the slow drip in the bathtub. It’s to prevent freezing water pipes as our plumbing is quite shallow and we have no basements.
I think you might have a frozen water pipe to your kitchen Mr. PAV? Hope it defrosts naturally without bursting! 🤞.
Don’t go to Costco hungry PAV. I say this as hubby is off to the grocery store (s) unsupervised. Who knows what will show up? He’s a maniac when it comes to sales.
I’ve been making slow progress but have to bake gift cookies Friday. And going to a Chinese restaurant for birthday party on Saturday. Is it too much to hope I can hang on to the little loss?
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I would not check my weight on Monday, other than for the fun mirror experience. Probably Wednesday till full damage assessment!🤷♂️ Gift 🍪 cookies. That's a tough one. Depends on who gets most of the gift! 😅😘
Costco was a zoo, as expected.1 -
I would not check my weight on Monday, other than for the fun mirror experience. Probably Wednesday till full damage assessment!🤷♂️ Gift 🍪 cookies. That's a tough one. Depends on who gets most of the gift! 😅😘
Costco was a zoo, as expected.
The cookies will be given away except for a few for hubby to knosh on at home. They’re basically coconut flakes, almonds, chocolate chips and condensed milk. Super easy little baked fat 💣 bombs.
I know the Chinese food on Saturday will cause an uptick due to the inevitable salt content. I’m hoping to get by with a big bowl of hot n sour soup and a spring roll. But still more salt than I’m used to. I’ll be drinking lots of water later to flush that out.
In any case, I will be weighing daily because that’s just what I’ve done for the last five years.
Were the sample ladies out in full force at Costco?2 -
Sunday --> Monday (more substantial breakfast, less quantity of food later) = - 1.0 lb
Monday --> Tuesday (fish and chips AYCE=5 pieces and 2 chips😳) = +0.6 lbs
Tuesday --> Wednesday (no worse for calories but a good variety of sweet and salty Costco products) = +3.8lbs!!!!😱
Correlated resting heart rate? Sunday and Monday=62, Tuesday=63, Wednesday=65 🐊😥
Pretty much no suprise except that I admit that the post Costco jump was more substantial than I'm used to seeing in terms of jumps. May have to run extra tests on expected size of jumps! 🤷♂️🙈 Could be delayed kick of fish and chips?1 -
Sweet and salty and Costco are not your friends PAV!
“Mature” bodies don’t recover as quickly as Scouts teenagers 😤1 -
Snow and ice is finally melting. I am so ready to get back to my regular life. I miss the gym and I miss my daily routine.
2nd teenager went home and they both went back to school today. Lots of grumbling in my house this morning but everyone got off. I am still not allowed to drive but I have been assured that tomorrow I can have my car back.
I stay out of Costco/Sams club unless I have a list to get and get out! So many tasty things but you have to buy 5lbs of it instead of something small to munch on. There are some chocolate covered Almonds that I adore! They come in a 48oz container. That is 7200 calories for the container and you better believe I will eat that whole thing!4 -
Kirkland choco covered almonds! Used to buy them all the time first couple of years on MFP! Handle carefully due to fast calories and easy milk choco almond combo!!!🤪2
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There is no handle carefully Pav. I carefully put them all in my mouth so they can't come into my house!3
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That's one, slightly problematic, way to handle them!!!!🤣😱2
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*kitten* update for me:
I had a picc line placed today for TPN (IV nutrition) after I spent the last 3 weeks fighting. First I couldn't tolerate food, then liquid and spent the last week and a half retching and dehydrated as hell. Dropped school for semester, missing my third and 4th nights of work today and tomorrow.
Dizzy, weak, exhausted and sick as a dog. Ugh. Two ER visits, more fluids today after picc line was placed.
But I'm down from my starting August 29th weight of 364.4 to 271.2.4 -
Goodness Nic! Hope this can get resolved soon. Please keep us updated and get well ❤️🩹2
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I didn't realize you were doing school, work and surgery! I thought just work and surgery were a lot! I do hope you guys manage to fix ASAP whatever it is that needs fixing! Big yet gentle get better soon hug from me!2
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Thinking of you, Nic. Holy schmoly. That is a pretty frightening drop in less than 5 months. Hope you are feeling better and keep feeling better!
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I didn't realize you were doing school, work and surgery! I thought just work and surgery were a lot! I do hope you guys manage to fix ASAP whatever it is that needs fixing! Big yet gentle get better soon hug from me!
Yeah, I worked full time in the fall, had surgery November 13th and got As in pre-calculus and English composition II, lol.4 -
Well I'm hoping you guys are coming up with a plan and that you see good improvements PDQ!2
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Dang Nics, I am sorry you are going through those health issues. I have no idea how you are able to do all of that! I struggle with working full time and then just living.
Right now I am just really glad it is Friday. I'm exhausted. Some of that is due to having a mild asthma attach last night due to someone smoking below my window. That is how sensitive my lungs are currently. It's annoying.2 -
Wondering how our girl Laurie is getting along? She’s been quiet lately…. Hope it’s time spent with plenty of self care and rest. Time to adjust and gather strength to move forward?1
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She seems to be hiding with her puppy!😵💫1
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So a positive update. The picc line was placed Tuesday. I received 2 liters of Lactated Ringers outpatient that day, over 4 hrs. My labs from Tuesday were off (potassium was 3.0, norm is 3.5-5), so instead of starting TPN in Wednesday I had to go get IV potassium and redraw my labs instead. Finally got the nutrition startred at about 4:30pm Thursday. It runs for about 20hrs a dose, and I have to add IV multivitamin and IV thiamine to it before starting each dose. By my calculations I'm getting about 1400 calories a day in the form of 100g dextrose, 120g protein and 50g lipids, plus all my electrolytes, minerals and vitamins.
I've finished the third bag about 30 minutes ago and today is the first day in weeks I am not really dizzy. I'm still definiteky weak and I am still taking nothing by mouth at all except meds (right now 40mg nexium BID and Carafate 1mg/10ml BID). But I purposefully walked a very slow mile in laps around my house this morning, vs alternating between the recliner, the sofa and my bed. I stopped taking antiemetics, which I don't think were helping anyway, and this is my third day in a row with no retching (so far).
I am literally fantasizing about ice cold water at this point, which I rinse and spit with multiple times a day, and I have had 2 or 3 dreams about fruit, lol.
I see my surgeon tomorrow, I am thinking it may be back to trying clear liquids and seeing how that goes while I continue to receive I nutrition.3 -
Well if you look at Minnesota having food related thoughts is not uncommon in the circumstances.
Also, and on this you certainly know better, Is there not still a degree of internal healing that has to take place? How long does it take for everything to heal?
In any case, very glad to hear about improvements!1 -
Well if you look at Minnesota having food related thoughts is not uncommon in the circumstances.
Also, and on this you certainly know better, Is there not still a degree of internal healing that has to take place? How long does it take for everything to heal?
In any case, very glad to hear about improvements!
There is a degree of internal healing that has to happen. That's why I said that I maybe will get to try clear liquids starting tomorrow. I have been 100% NPO except oral medications for 7 full days now and have not had any retching or dry heaving since Thursday (x2 that day).
My clear liquids would be plain water, plain ice.4 -
Sending all positive thoughts and energy your way, Nic 💞💚💗💛💓💓2
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So another update. No clearance for liquids today. Got the go ahead to try clear liquids Wednesday and if it goes well, I can try liquid proteins starting Saturday. If I tolerate those well, he will stop my TPN Tuesday as of my follow-up appointment.
I feel about 90% of normal, I ended up getting 7500 steps in yesterday and looking at like 10k today, yay!4 -
Take it easy sparky!
You, obviously, need some time healing.
Tell yourself what you would tell a Nic-type patient... and then listen to you!
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Take care of yourself Nic. Please.
Sipping a 7up this morning cause I am nauseated. Been trying to kick drinking soda, but 7up always has worked in settling my stomach. So I am giving myself some grace.
Yesterday was rough. Work was horrible and super busy, especially for a Monday. So I was already stressed out. Then I had my yearly physical and had to do the WHOLE thing. Problem is, one of the exams they do is very painful and triggering for me (yay medical trauma). So I ended up spending most of the evening fighting off panic attacks and break downs. Took my good meds and went to bed at like 8pm. Today I feel foggy and sick though.2
