Evening Hatters..

Before the sun goes down just a quick post for some replies.. had a long day at the puter but only one more day tomorrow then days off.. woo hoo! Have follow up with the eyeball doc Tues and am hoping for the all clear, but being a good little follower of the rules for now so will not stay on long.. (yeah I know… right, Snoozie.. sure Snoozie..)

Bis: date night!! Woot woot!! Have a great time (wink wink nudge nudge) and the race activities sound awesome.. 12,000?? Really? You’re gonna be burning a whole lot of calories running around the backpack central for sure; enjoy and let us know how it goes!

HSH: my doc told me to get my walk in if possible before eating (i.e., before breakfast) but there’s no way on dayshift I can do that.. I’m already up at 4am and not a chance in the world I’d get up earlier to walk; so on those days I am okay with going after work or in the evening…but on my other shifts and days off I try to get it in first thing as well.. I absolutely agree with you on the classes.. I’ve tried a few but always been embarrassed because I can’t keep up (because I’m out of shape) and I’m not very co ordinated – so the zumbas and aerobics stuff is just beyond me, but my doc has told me I have to start strength training for exactly the reason you pointed out.. bone density and weight bearing strength. I got a resistance band and some beginner exercises b4 the eye surgery, and once I get the go ahead I’m going to start with it and hopefully move on to the gym downstairs at some point. And as for the doctor; I’m not sure how it works in the States to be honest; but I had the same problem and about 10 yrs ago I just walked into my local hospital and asked for a list of physicans in my city who had privileges at the hospital, AND were taking new patients. They gave me the list.. I went thru it and picked a couple of names; went for a visit to each and stopped when I found my one – she’s a female who is the same age as me, which means she understands a LOT about being a woman. She’s not overweight, and she is pretty blunt and straightforward, BUT she was the one who said to me after 50.. its 100 times harder to lose weight, so be prepared. What you used to be able to shed with watching what you ate for a few weeks just won’t happen now; so know it can be done, but it’s going to be a lot harder. She suggested several books and websites (a few of which I had found on my own..but I’m gonna mention MFP to her for her other patients next time I’m in).. So while she tells me what I need to do to improve my health and isn’t warm and fuzzy as such, she absolutely understands – she told me last time she used to take yoga classes 3x a week but just couldn’t find the time anymore so had to drop it to once a week… I guess for me its just nice to know that while she is adamant I change my lifestyle to avoid the type2 diabetes, lower my cholesterol and live longer – she also understands the reality of being a woman and having responsibilities and obligations other than taking care of yourself. She doesn’t allow it to be used as an excuse, but .. anyway, I don’t know what your options are in the U.S., but I would definitely find someone you are completely comfortable with…because as we age we want someone as well who knows our medical history (although I told her she better not retire on me lol). And I absolutely agree about some of them simply saying “lose weight”.. they are the same ones who treat their elderly patients as annoyances and just keep prescribing more pills.. my senior friend I look after was starting to forget things and getting a little confused.. we were at HER doc one day and I asked him to run some blood tests.. he was really not liking the idea and suggested a script.. I said I’d really like to have the blood tests done.. turned out she had a big B12 deficiency, which can cause mental fuzzys.. she’s been going for a B12 shot once a month now for about a year and the bit of confusion and fuzzy mental state is completely gone.. (there are times she’s more with it than I am LOL). SO if it’s possible at all for you to “scope out” a couple, I would absolutely suggest taking them on a test run first..

CBM: I feel a little stupid asking this, but I’ve seen a few posts from parents on this site (outside of the Hatters) about their children making eagle scout, and the ECOH? I’m sorry.. but I have no idea what that is… except I gather its pretty exciting news so I’m thrilled for you.. but if you don’t mind, could you maybe message me with a little info on it??

LOL @ Kobie.. I shudda read your post first.. HSH..??? UMM.. replace my ramblings with what Kobie said about the docs lol. She was much more succinct and yes.. I agree with her completely! Kobie my heart just about stopped when I read you heard a crash last nite because I remember when you told us about the tornados and the repairs..and all I could think of was OH NO.. so glad to hear it was only a branch! As for the 6lbs, all that matters is that you now know what you’re looking to lose, so good on ya for hopping on and knowing for sure.. it’ll be gone in no time my dear, and huge IPOU on getting back to the gym asap!!

Hope all the hatters who are vacationing are enjoying their down time, and that those who have to work aren’t exhausted to the bone!! Will be popping in over the weekend to see who’s hanging out!

OH WOW!! Thanks for the info Bis... so doubly thrilled for cbm now!

Hope all the hatters are having a good weekend. I'm heading into work around noon (or whenever I feel so inclined) to finish off the last of the stuff I didnt get finished, then I'm free for a week.. yay!

It's funny about the logging of food tho.. even in the couple of weeks I've been doing it since I joined MFP, I am starting to be able to gauge how many calories are in whatever I'm planning to eat.. or I will try to figure it out sometimes before I eat it..but because I'm learning more I've come to realize that I can eat WAY more good food (specially lots of fruit and veg) and sometimes even have calories left over... but whenever I have a day heavy on processed foods (which is usually a work day) then it seems as though I don't get anywhere near as much to eat, and suddenly by mid afternoon I've got maybe 100 calories left for the day! And those seem to be the days where I end up messing up because I'm still hungry! Sometimes when I'm eating well I think I must have messed up my logging cause I still have loads of room left for calories, but after looking through a month of my diary, I figured out that its the processed stuff days that give me little value (and little amounts of food) for my calories.. just sharing my thoughts out loud lol... (and I discovered too.. that the diaries keep the last recorded AMOUNT ... so for a couple of days I had carried over doubles of stuff (like one morning i had 2 large Tims coffees.. and didn't realize it had carried over the 2 to a couple of days.. at 90 calories each...lol I lost out on an extra munch on those days LOLOL.

Have a great day Hatters!!