Doom, Despair, and Agony on Me! (aka a whine thread)
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Old dogs; new tricks?
So with the Novel shopping patterns around here I've been eating "different" things I normally don't. Especially since Costco seems to no longer offer my favourite Rx bars based on dates, cashews, and egg whites. At a box+ a week, I'm not willing to pay the non Costco price for chocolate bar replacements!!!😹
So lately it has been dates (Tunisian dates 🤷♂️) and "natural" California almonds, usually 10-15g almonds and 30g dates
But I run out of almonds!
So out came the bag of only slightly expired almond flour that has been sitting in the pantry for the past year or two!
And an attempt to see how dates and almond powder would look in a food processor. (Powder). Add cashew milk. (Too wet). Add more almond and dates and a few oats (starting to look like batter).
To eat as is or bake with maybe some egg?... nah, just spoon it with some yogurt!
OMG, that's just over 1K Cal 🤯🙀🤦♂️😱
And not THAT filling! (Not terrible, but not worth 1K
I'm sure I've heard mention of logging before eating! 🤦♂️🤬
Almond flour does not have the same shelf life as say white flour or whole wheat flour. On average almond flour is really best if used in 6 months and kept in the refrigerator. I have put in freezer before, and something happens with it, but in refrigerator it stays fine. I actually had one in refrigerator up to 9 months. Coconut flour same issue. Any of the so called meals, I no longer buy I just use the food processor.1 -
I am feeling a tad whiney, but I am flinging that off to get back in the groove. February and March of this year one bizzare issue after another. The supposed spider bite, then getting MRSP, and trying to get rid of it. I have had a number of telemedicine visits this year, not too bad. Then as a passenger in a friends car, someone runs red light and WHAM hits the car. So the whole whiplash soft injury issue, yes all had seatbelts on. But this really raised up again a few older injuries in my neck and spine. Getting out of bed for about 22 days was a chore.
One thing I have learned is to be grateful for good PT people who are willing to show you step by step what type of stretches to do to help neck, shoulders, hip and back via Zoom. And until lockdown became more serious they literally sent someone to my house for deep tissue massage/trigger point therapy.
So been more working on lots of stretching. Doing 3 times a day for 15 minues. 5 days a week. They told me we need to get all of this working, then ice, and I have a TENS unit. So hopefully by endish of May. I will start bike riding inside house again. I am doing one block walks when no one is out much.
My good news was in March I lost 2 lbs. April holding steady. So been reading lots, listening to music and working on staying positive. Oh and learning how to hand knit. As right now, I cannot hold a knitting or crochet needle so decided to give hand knitting a try. It is interesting.
And looking up bad diet jokes, and when I find ones I really like I pin them.
My latest is '"Shed that additional (fill in whatever amount you wish). Weigh to Go!!" I am using 15 lb increments for myself it helps motivate myself.5 -
@maureenkhilde with all that going on, you've had a major victory in just holding steady! I do hope it all starts turning around for you soon.
I agree completely that good physical therapists can perform miracles; but I've run into a couple of bad ones in my time, and they can make things worst. My best friend had fantastic therapists when dealing with severe back pain; they were the ones who actually found what was causing the problem after she had been to see several different doctors, and they got her fixed up and moving pain free in a short period of time.
My dad, on the other had, had terrible therapists at the last session he was sent to - even though they were told he had a damaged back (had been broken and several herniated discs), they didn't do any X-rays and just started him on movements that actually damaged his back more. My mother put an end to those sessions quickly. The same people also made things worse for another person I'm acquainted with as well. So if I ever have to have therapy, I'm NOT using the local therapy group at all! Too bad, the Genesis group that the best friend used is too far away.
Congrats on trying to lean to knit! I've never been all that interested in crochet, though I do know now to do a basic chain, but knitting was something I had wanted to learn. But around here, everyone crocheted, and I couldn't find anyone to show me how to knit, especially since I"m left handed. I tried using some books to self-teach, but couldn't really be sure I was doing it right. And now, with carpel tunnel, I can't hold the knitting needles anyway - my hands and wrists go numb. I have the same problem doing counted cross-stitch these days, too, so I haven't done that in ages.
But I did purchase a hoop knitting kit, and had been meaning to see if I could learn to knit that way; that reminds me - I ought to dig that thing out and give it a try!
Course, I also need to cut out that darned caftan for my aunt and get that doll for my niece cut out, too.....
Today may be a very long dong work-wise; we had a lot of rain last night, though praise be that it doesn't look like we had flash flooding. But with the rain soaking the ground, the predicted high winds coming through this morning aren't good news; I"m expecting we're going to have trees down everywhere. I"m especially watching this one tree thats up on the hill behind my house. It's on my neighbor's property, but its tall and leaning downhill right toward my storage shed, and I think its tall enough that should it fall, it would hit my house as well. I hadn't really noticed it before when the leaves are all out, but its pretty noticeable now.
What's worse is that there are a lot of little streams coming down off that mountain and some are coming down underground and then coming out at the base of the hill where my property sits. I have a ditch along the edge of the hill to catch this water and keep it out of my yard. My mother and I were looking at it this weekend, and noticed a place on the bank where a stream of water was coming out that we hadn't noticed before. It's coming down underground and then coming to the surface at the top of the bank and has cut a channel down the bank to the ditch. I looked up the hill where I think the stream would be flowing, and its coming right underneath that tree.
I parked my truck elsewhere this morning; if the winds bring that tree down, it can hit my building; I don't want to lose my buidling, but as long as it tracks right across the building and not the attatched shed beside it, I won't lose much other than Christmas decorations and a few other odds and ends. If it hits the shed beside it, I"ll lose my lawn mower, a bigger pain. But I usually park my truck in front of that building, and I don't want to lose my truck - I just paid the darn thing off!
A silver lining though: if it does hit my house, its most likely going to hit the front of the house where my dining room is at. That front wall happens to be the last remaining wall of the old trailer and that wall is why State Farm and the other big agencies won't insure my house - they say its still a trailer because that front wall looks like a trailer. However, if the tree takes that wall out and I have to rebuild it, if I have it built straight down to seam up with the addition's front wall so that the house now looks like a ranch style house, I've been told that State Farm would then ensure it, because it would then look like a ranch style house and not a trailer. Which in turn would enable me to get a decent sized insurance policy on the place for a fraction of what I'm paying now......1 -
I love my granddaughter to bits!! I do!! But, enough is enough ... she had Wed & Thur off last week, then Sat & Sun this weekend. Today she's not going to work ... because "they don't need her today". Another day where MY routine is shot in the butt. OMG ... GO BACK TO WORK ...
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100% whine: you would think I'd be over scale fluctuations after 2 years of doing this faithfully, but I still get so mad when I have an undeserved jump of almost 3 pounds overnight!
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bobsburgersfan wrote: »100% whine: you would think I'd be over scale fluctuations after 2 years of doing this faithfully, but I still get so mad when I have an undeserved jump of almost 3 pounds overnight!
Nope. I do not think we ever find it easy. The difference for me is that I can let it go faster. There was a time it would ruin most of my day. Now it ruins about 10 minutes.2 -
Pffft.... Logic < Feelz
(I sooo wanted to write that in another thread where both Novus and I have posted; but I suspect the person there is too close to an ED mindset to be able to handle logic)
Curiously though, it applies to all of us, to varying degrees and at various times!!!!!
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It's not like you guys have never heard me whine about my water weight issues...nope, I never do that.......
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WHY ARE SHORTS SO EXPENSIVE?!?
Geez I can buy pants cheaper than I can buy shorts. That makes no sense. I am desperately trying to acquire enough clothes for the soon to be blazing hot months and I am trying to keep the cost down because I am still losing. I really want a few pairs of cargo shorts so that I am not wearing athletic all the time but they are double sometimes triple the price.
I am pleased with some t-shirts I bought from Amazon. They are their brand. They have a pocket and they are 2 for $13.1 -
it's like women's T-shirts. Less material than men's, but at least $4 to $5 more!
I'm going to have to restock on shorts this year, too. I haven't dug them out yet, but since I have my capris out that are the same size as the shorts and any that don't have belt loops or drawstrings are now giving me fits staying up, so that means any shorts without belt loops or drawstrings are going to be the same.
Course, if you get cargo's with belt loops, you could get a little longer out of them
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That's a great point. I got over that in a few hours. And then I got over this morning's additional gain even faster.bobsburgersfan wrote: »100% whine: you would think I'd be over scale fluctuations after 2 years of doing this faithfully, but I still get so mad when I have an undeserved jump of almost 3 pounds overnight!
Nope. I do not think we ever find it easy. The difference for me is that I can let it go faster. There was a time it would ruin most of my day. Now it ruins about 10 minutes.2 -
dagnabit! I finally convinced myself to raise my calorie limit today. Problem with that is it also raises my protein goal! I was having a hard enough time as it was getting my protein in a day; now its going to be even tougher.1
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bmeadows380 wrote: »dagnabit! I finally convinced myself to raise my calorie limit today. Problem with that is it also raises my protein goal! I was having a hard enough time as it was getting my protein in a day; now its going to be even tougher.
@bmeadows380
You can ignore the increase in protein if you are already hitting .6 - .8g per pound of "healthy" BMI range body weight. I chose the top of my range and then I decided to aim for 1g per just because I have to overdo everything.1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »dagnabit! I finally convinced myself to raise my calorie limit today. Problem with that is it also raises my protein goal! I was having a hard enough time as it was getting my protein in a day; now its going to be even tougher.
@bmeadows380
You can ignore the increase in protein if you are already hitting .6 - .8g per pound of "healthy" BMI range body weight. I chose the top of my range and then I decided to aim for 1g per just because I have to overdo everything.
That's where the problem is - I've got my protein goal set to 0.7 and have enough trouble hitting it and trying to get my fiber in, too, and vegetables without eating a ton of meat to make up the difference. And I can only eat so much cottage cheese and greek yogurt
And forget the fat goal; I'm not even paying attention to that. Fats just do not hold me, and they eat up my calorie budget without satisfying me.
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bmeadows380 wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »dagnabit! I finally convinced myself to raise my calorie limit today. Problem with that is it also raises my protein goal! I was having a hard enough time as it was getting my protein in a day; now its going to be even tougher.
@bmeadows380
You can ignore the increase in protein if you are already hitting .6 - .8g per pound of "healthy" BMI range body weight. I chose the top of my range and then I decided to aim for 1g per just because I have to overdo everything.
That's where the problem is - I've got my protein goal set to 0.7 and have enough trouble hitting it and trying to get my fiber in, too, and vegetables without eating a ton of meat to make up the difference. And I can only eat so much cottage cheese and greek yogurt
And forget the fat goal; I'm not even paying attention to that. Fats just do not hold me, and they eat up my calorie budget without satisfying me.
I am not understanding. If you are eating .7 grams of protein per pound of "healthy" weight why is having more calories an issue?
For more protein and fiber the answer is... BEANS. That is assuming you can find any to buy.
One advantage of being a volume eater is that I surpass even my high protein goal and usually blow past my 40g fiber goal. Today I am sitting at 79g of fiber lol. I chose some time ago to offset some of the meat I eat with plant based protein at least several days a week. I do not have many radical tendencies so when someone made the argument that we could do a lot to save the planet by just cutting back a little on meat consumption that seemed fair and middle ground so it worked for me. I do not expect anyone else to feel the same.0 -
well, when I increased my calorie goal, of course the total protein intake went up as well. beans kill me on the calorie load. Usually 120 calories for 6g protein. I can substitute 4 oz of turkey for nearly half the calories and twice the protein. It's a whole lot easier to fit 120 calories of turkey into my day, than trying to get 240 calories worth of beans, and the beans don't leave me feeling full, either. The turkey lasts longer.
For instance: here's my dinner plans for this evening. 1st column is calories, 2nd is carbs, 3rd is protein, 4th is fat
The 1/2 cup beans are 119 calories and 6g protein. The 4 oz steak is 160 calories and 23g protein. If I ate the entire can of beans, it would be 357 calories in return for 18g protein. The steak has way less calorie load and more protein. Granted, the beans give me fiber, but I can get that from something a lot less calorie dense, like the green beans - that 1 cup serving of green beans has 1g fewer fiber than the pintos, but 79 fewer calories that I can save for later when the munchies hit when my willpower is the lowest.
I know myself when it comes to eating; I've got to keep most of my daily intake to lower calorie items because I need to stretch as many calories into evening as I can and throughout the day. I can't make it on 3 large meals and no snacks, especially in the evening. I like beans, but knowing their calorie load and that they won't fill me up and I"ll be hungry again in an hour or 2, I tend to bypass them for something a lot less calorie dense.
Which is probably why I tend to eat a lot of green veggies - spinach, broccoli, green beans, collards, cabbage, zucchini, or veggies like carrots, squash, and parsnips. I can get a lot more volume for a lot less calories with those items - tricks my brain into thinking I'm eating a lot more than I am!2 -
The beans I ate today (black beans) for a single serving is 80 calories with 8 grams (rounded up) of protein. I added them to my egg white frittata which is 25 calories per serving with 5 grams of protein. I eat 10 servings of egg whites mixed with around 2.5 - 3 pounds of low calorie vegetables and mushrooms. That is my common first course for lunch and then there is another large vegetable course and then usually a fish course.
I am not trying to convince you of anything. You know you and you seem to have a system that is working very well. I know I need a very high volume and it usually amounts to a substantial amount of protein. I ate this way even when I had much less calories. The difference now is that I use more cheese, oil, and treats to help bridge the calorie gap.1 -
@bmeadows380 - there are lots of foods that are nearly all protein that can help you hit your goal. Egg whites - I buy a carton of them and make microwave omelettes for breakfast. Deli Turkey and lean ham - makes a great snack (or add to your omelette!). Beef Jerky, Greek yogurt - especially if its sugar free, and of course protein drinks. I really like Banana flavor Premiere Protein - today for lunch, I mixed it with ice, PB Fit powder, cocoa powder and a little stevia. 39 grams of protein for only 240 calories. And it was delicious!1
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@speyerj I do go through a lot of eggs My usual day saver is Muscle 100 calorie shakes; they are low in sugar and have 20g of protein. I keep deli turkey and have ham right now but I'm going to be out soon because my local grocery store doesn't have a deli.
I decided I wanted a peanut butter pie, but I took the recipe and baked it in a muffin pan, making peanut butter tarts instead - completely with pie crusts. When I took them out of the oven, I topped each with 1 hershey kiss. When I put it into my diary for this evening, I noticed it was 5g protein! for 156 calories and 4g sugar - nice side benefit! 2 -
and I just thought: since I upped my daily calorie limit, I can now go back to using 1% milk in my coffee instead of cashew milk!3
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bmeadows380 wrote: »and I just thought: since I upped my daily calorie limit, I can now go back to using 1% milk in my coffee instead of cashew milk!
LOL...sometimes such little things make us so happy!....I discovered I could use a T of International Creamer for 35 calories instead of Cremona and white sugar for 50 calories....you would think I found a million bucks!0 -
*sigh* sometimes pets are worse than kids. I just had to put my oldest cat in time out by putting him in the laundry room and shutting the door. Why? Because I'm working from home and he wanted in my lap and I wouldn't let him. When he tried to force the issue, I put him in the floor. He immediately went and attacked one of the other cats, chasing her down, pinning her to the floor, and ripping fur from her. So he threw what for a cat is a temper tantrum just because I wouldn't let him go where he wanted to go.
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Ditto egg whites for low cal protein.2
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bmeadows380 wrote: »*sigh* sometimes pets are worse than kids. I just had to put my oldest cat in time out by putting him in the laundry room and shutting the door. Why? Because I'm working from home and he wanted in my lap and I wouldn't let him. When he tried to force the issue, I put him in the floor. He immediately went and attacked one of the other cats, chasing her down, pinning her to the floor, and ripping fur from her. So he threw what for a cat is a temper tantrum just because I wouldn't let him go where he wanted to go.
Our Willow has been a rascal this morning,too...she got put in her cage because she jumped on me a scratched my arm from shoulder to wrist...I usually don’t cage her as a punishment but she would not stop jumping at me...all this because she couldn’t take a ride with us this morning!...she is like a toddler!3 -
conniewilkins56 wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »*sigh* sometimes pets are worse than kids. I just had to put my oldest cat in time out by putting him in the laundry room and shutting the door. Why? Because I'm working from home and he wanted in my lap and I wouldn't let him. When he tried to force the issue, I put him in the floor. He immediately went and attacked one of the other cats, chasing her down, pinning her to the floor, and ripping fur from her. So he threw what for a cat is a temper tantrum just because I wouldn't let him go where he wanted to go.
Our Willow has been a rascal this morning,too...she got put in her cage because she jumped on me a scratched my arm from shoulder to wrist...I usually don’t cage her as a punishment but she would not stop jumping at me...all this because she couldn’t take a ride with us this morning!...she is like a toddler!
I rarely do it myself but I do not view it as a punishment, especially since he likes being in there, I view it as more as a moment of peace and a bit of a reset for him. It is kind of like when he is being a wackadoo about using the restroom on his normal schedule. Instead of doing his business he is mesmerized by every stupid thing he can lay his eyes on. If I walk him back into the garage, shut the door, immediately open it again and take him back out he is "reset" and he does his business. Sometimes I just have to break the chain of whatever puppy nonsense has taken over his brain.2 -
Last couple of days ... BLAH!! Mood was sucky; couldn't get logged on or stay logged on when I did. Inhaler prescription did not get called in so struggling there. Too cold to be outside for me. Just a couple of craptastic days! OK ... enough of that!! Gonna put some fun dance music on and boogie!! Have a good day Y'all!! :P4
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Last couple of days ... BLAH!! Mood was sucky; couldn't get logged on or stay logged on when I did. Inhaler prescription did not get called in so struggling there. Too cold to be outside for me. Just a couple of craptastic days! OK ... enough of that!! Gonna put some fun dance music on and boogie!! Have a good day Y'all!! :P
Blech. Mine have not been that bad but also not great. I like your dance idea.
I went to the store this morning because I was trying to do my part and avoid busier times. There was this woman there who apparently thought that even being on the same aisle as someone else was not socially distant enough. The first two times I encountered her from MUCH further than 6 feet away (both of us were wearing PPE) she panicked and hurried away. One time she abandoned her cart as if she didn't have time to take it with her. When I met up with her later she was all the way down the aisle on the other side of the store. When she saw me she threw her hands up in the air like I was violating something and left immediately again. I do not like to make people uncomfortable so she was making me feel kind of bad.
I am not sure what she expected to happen going to a public place like a store but it was obviously unrealistic.4 -
sorry, I just need to whine a bit. The scale went up again this morning to 250.7 lbs. And my activity was high yesterday - 30 minutes cardio, 30 minutes elliptical, over 5 mile walk, and pacing the house endlessly for 2 hours while on the phone with the best friend. Step counter showed around 22,000 steps yesterday. But the stupid scale jumped up by 0.6 lbs! I just don't get it!
I just need to get the frustration out. I have no idea why my body seems to be over reacting to 200 extra calories a day like it is; its not like I was in only a 200 calorie deficit before I changed it, and I don't get how adding back an extra 200 calories a day and changing nothing else results in a complete stall when I was losing over 2 lbs/wk before. mathematically, it should not be possible! I'm being honest here; I'm not exaggerating my exercise; in fact, I'm taking conservative values. And I'm using the same entries I always have. I"m weighing everything short of lettuce. I'm being honest in my diary recordings. So why is my darn body overreacting so badly to 200 extra measly calories a day?!!!!!!
thank you - now that I have that off my chest, I can get dressed and get going on my daily walk - I want my 5 miles in this morning before it starts to rain again.2 -
@bmeadows380 - it's just water. Relax. You will pee it out in due time.1
