Evaluate Me?

sodakat

Hi Bill,

Another idea that may work for you would be if you could have your wife cook bacon for you ahead of time, as well as some scrambled eggs, then pkg it in the refrigerator so all you need to do is microwave it for a few seconds. This would enable you to have a hot breakfast that would be more filling than yogurt, which you could save for your morning snack.

Kathy

arthurcraig391

Hello Debbie,

You're right. There's a book (which I can't mention here, according to the rules) with all kinds of recipes for the brain, and I'm reading it now, but I am hoping to combine diet with exercise to slow down the progression. I have been in Stage IV for 2 years now, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Everybody: As y'all can see, I can't stop with the yogurt! It's just so good and I must be the most regular guy on the planet, but if it's bad for me then so be it. I call it my "mandatory option". lol! I wish they sold it in 55 gallon drums.

One thing I can already see is how much sodium I'm eating! Wow! I'm trying to control that as well as the overall weight, but it pops up just about everywhere! I've stopped eating Vienna sausages (the chicken kind) because it's loaded with it.

Last night I had a little bit of shredded cheddar cheese which I stuck in the microwave, and that got me through the night. "Whatever Gets You Through The Night", right? In this case it worked out for me.

I'm going to pick up some porridge, and I'll give it a shot. That's the stuff from Goldilocks, right? I always thought Cream of Wheat was the same thing?

And..... I know you all advised me otherwise, but I'd like to continue the 2 lbs a week thing for a few more days. I know that according to the charts I'm not eating enough, but I am hoping that the deficit will help me in the long run. If not, I WILL go back to 1 lb a week.

With the Alzheimer's I feel like I need all the help I can get and I feel like I have some friends here who want to see me succeed, so don't think I'm not "listening" to you. Give me a chance to see for myself that I'm making a mistake and I promise to admit to it.

Thanks for looking out for me. It's appreciated more than I can express.

Bill

toofatnomore

I would perhaps stop waiting until the clock strikes 12 to eat the next days allotted calories.
I guess doing it daily would mean its all the same, but waking up in the morning with a few hundred calories already spent would bug me. Eat supper at a normal time if your schedule allows it, maybe a snack later on, but stop waiting until midnight for more.

Hearts_2015

A little trick I used when first starting was to log my food before I ate it. Then when I saw how bad it would be ( I am a cheese freak too) it would stop me and help me make a better decision.

Try to sit down and plan out a weeks menu and then shop for those meals and healthy snacks and don't buy what isn't on your menu.

Also another tip, if you can afford it.... There was a food drive in my area going on when I started so I cleaned out some of the bad stuff in my pantry and donated it!

I recently worked at a college in NY where one of the psychology professors I worked for was doing awesome research on cognitive function in the elderly when the exercised. You could try and google some results on Cay Anderson-Hanley, union college cyber cycle study. CNN covered it! Very promising so your efforts are well worth it!

Good luck!

interesting add!

suzreen

That seems like good advice! I just started and put in the .5 lb a week, and I'm darn hungry with that. I think I would just fail if I tried to do any more. As it is, i think I must have been taking in way more calories than what it recommends.