New, Old, and Confused. Warning: May get to be long post

I'm sure you do have Linda's courage, apples do not fall far from the tree. Linda had you, sisters are great supports, sometimes more than husbands, they have known us longer. May be she would tell you, your are counting your chickens before their hatched or jumping fences before you get to them. I'm the worlds best at becoming stressed, fearing what I may be told is the worst possible. What happened to Linda does not have to be what is in store for you. I'm sure its the waiting getting to you, patience is not my best virtue either, knowing something yesterday is always better than tomorrow.

One thought on meals. Might the recipe function help. If you could represent some of your regular "go to"meals as recipes then you could allocate the approximate amount you have one day and then the leftovers the next, the calories would even out over the two days. You can use the function many times.

When it comes to how we title meals, I think you can change the titles on offer to something to suit yourselves making it way better for you, (can't remember how) Then as you accumulate the full range of individual food items you eat on your food log, the easier it will become to build up the shape of your day in foods no matter how small the amount your consume. I'm sure you can make the system work for you. I'm asuming you are using the guided set up at the moment. You may eventually find benefits in the personalised option.

Wishing you well for Friday. Take care.

blooie1, my simple thoughts. Keep doing what you are doing. Use MFP to log all of your foods. Then print it all out to take with you to your Dr. appointment. Also you may want to make sure to print out the reports part as well, because that will show based on your food logs the breakdown for carbs, fat, protein, sodium, sugar or what you change it to.

Most kidney specialists if in a clinic seem to have dieticians on staff. Because I am pretty sure you will be getting a very specific diet meal plan to follow. Along with precise liquid intake allowances. And this is where I think it will be great if they will really take into consideration what you are already doing, so they can see where the adjustments need to be made.

Let staff know you have a food scale so you can be very accurate in your measurements of foods ongoing.

I would not suggest making any changes to exercise or diet until you have the go ahead as to what they think is best.

Wishing you the best, and once you know your exact reccommendations then folks here can assist a bit better.

robingmurphy wrote: »

Since you have different needs and want to pay attention to micronutrients like potassium, you might want to consider using a tool like Cronometer https://cronometer.com/

This.

@blooie1 How's it going. Wondering how you're getting along.