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Maybe it was some crazy implant that causes food binges! And now it's gone. That's why you weren't pleased with those M&Ms - not even for a moment. 🤞🏻2
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Punch biopsies are the pits - they literally punch a hole out of your skin, and as you're finding, they take ages to heal. Hang in there Connie - you can push through this! You'll be back swimming again before you know it!3
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I finally got in to see the physical therapist and it was like a huge weight was lifted — I was right, not my back. There are a number of things going on with my hips and legs (and are creating the arthritis flares) but the great news was all are soft tissue and can be worked through fairly quickly. Just in the short session today, some of the rotation in my hips, knees, and feet were returned. It’s been a real *kitten* having little to know internal rotation. The therapist thinks once he and I develop a good stretching plan, get the inflammation under control, and he sets me loose on the world again that I’ll feel like a million bucks and be back to my normal routine. Huge mental boost!2
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lauriekallis wrote: »I love your post, Alexandra... So much going on and you maintain this even keel making sure everybody has good food to eat.
Your family is very lucky.
I'm lucky to have people who support me and love my weirdnesses. Not everyone deals with ADHD and autism the way I express it very well. But we all support each other in our mental illnesses and physical issues, and we are better together.
Good food matters. Crappy food may keep you going but it does a number on you, and we all have allergies and intolerances that mean that eating crappy food will make us sick, if not kill us. So my cooking from scratch of so much stuff is very necessary to our lives. And one of the things that makes me feel very safe and secure is that my partners count what I do as being as much of an important job as either of them going to work and earning a paycheck. So often homemaking and cooking are considered optional and unimportant.
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I totally respect homemaking and experienced similar condescending attitudes about that role. While my husband was active duty we moved every 2-3 years. One year we moved 3 times to three different states. Our son survived Third grade somehow. Due to licensing and various state requirements, I had to give up my teaching career until he retired. So I did the packing and unpacking, found school for son, was a caregiver for my mom who lived with us and full time cook. Located shopping, arranged services, utilities for home in each new town. Dependents can’t get eye or dental care on base so had to find that too. And the cross country drives with two cars. Maine to Illinois in January. That was the move when the moving van caught fire along some freeway and everything we owned burned.
In the midst of that chaotic lifestyle, I had a good friend once ask me what I did all day since I didn’t have a job!!! So I’m a big supporter of all homemakers.4 -
There have been so many times in my life that I would have given just about anything to have some and take care of the home fire for a while.
I'm really really glad that your family appreciates you Alexandra. Reading the care that you put into everything always moves me.3 -
I would never undervalue the work of a homemaker.
My husband had to give up work at the age of 34 - about 5 years after he started dialysing - because the strain on his body was just too great. I became sole breadwinner while he looked after the house. I regularly left for work at 5am and didn't get home until 7pm, and it was always wonderful to come home to a home-cooked meal, to drawers full of fresh laundry, to a clean and tidy home. I've always considered his contribution to our standard of financial/home comfort at least equal to mine.2 -
There’s a happy midlife ending here. Hubby retired from military and got a second career with no moving required. I went back to teaching, got my graduate degree and ended up in a very happy editing job. Son graduated college and moved out!
There is light at the end of the tunnel if you just hang in there. Kinda like weight loss 🤗2 -
I have been completely off the wagon for the last couple of weeks. My boss (the *new* boss at the *new* job I just started a couple of months ago) called me to say that since the company lost a large contract, they won't need me after all and will be laying me off at the end of this month. I was crushed, not just because I was really liking this job or because I'll be losing my income, but also because this is my second layoff in less than 4 years. I threw myself a pity party and went off on a huge binge. Every day for the last two weeks I bought whatever looked good and stuffed myself to the point of nausea, all day every day. I've decided today is the day I leave these negative emotions behind and get back to treating my body right. I'm making out my meal plan for the week and throwing out the foods that don't fit within that plan. I'll give myself a few more days before I brave the scale, though 😬7
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How affordable you! Hopefully you can have a little time to recover yourself.2
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Nooo - I hate auto correct! I said how AWFUL for you.4
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That's such rotten luck @amart4224 - I hope you manage to secure another job soon that you enjoy at least as much and that has a little more job security. Well done you for stopping the downward slide!3
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@amart4224 The mental battle is always the hardest part for me. Although it sounds cliché, sometimes things end and leave us feeling rotten but it just means something better is coming! Celebrate that you made the decision to make your health a priority and be kind to yourself as you work through everything. Sending you warm thoughts. There is beauty in imperfection and the lessons learned. 🤗4
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I ended the day at 200 cals above maintenance - a good start to ease back into things. I was notified this evening that I've been chosen to move on to the next round of interviews for a promising-looking role, so that definitely boosted my mood. I appreciate the encouraging words from everyone! It's so much easier to get back on track when there's a community of understanding people to come back to.3
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We are always here for you….fighting our own battles but in the same war!3
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@amart4224 I am so sorry about the layoff! That stinks. I remember the stress after I left my last job (horrible for my mental and physical health) but before I got in with my current one. It was terrible. Sometimes focusing on one part of health, the mental part of it, is more important. So be kind to yourself.
Glad to hear though that you are on to the next round of interviews for something new! I will keep you in my thoughts and put an offering out for good luck.3 -
@amart4224 you must be feeling really bruised. Glad you were able to regroup. I hope the white noise is quietening down so that you can focus on what's important for you and start moving in that direction again.3
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Boyfriend has formally accepted the job, and it will be all remote for the present, as they are moving offices. (Everyone's all remote at the moment.) There's a lunch on Friday that he is going to go to, and meet people face to face, which I think is nice. And he starts work on the 18th.
I want to get him into a routine of going to the gym before work with me as I think it will make him feel better. He has both kyphosis and scoliosis, and so having core strength is very important for him to put off spinal surgery as long as possible. He has a high chance of eventually needing a wheelchair, so we are planning our lives with that in mind. It's another reason I want to lose weight and keep myself strong and limber.
Had a CT scan and barely fit on the table. I wasn't hurt or offended by it, but it's definitely a motivation to keep at it.
For the record, with my thyroid crappy, I'm more or less working to not gain weight and have good habits until I have surgery in January and we get me up to normal thyroid levels. It's no good trying to lose weight until the thyroid's normalized. I'm sure I COULD drop myself to 1200 calories and exercise till I fell over and get a little off, but I want a decent quality of life, because I am going to be eating less for life and I need not to be miserable. That's a sure way to get a binge.6 -
Doctor woes! I spent the morning getting X-rays and blood work. Everything looks good. I just need to stop pushing myself so hard in the gym and on walks. Have to work my way back up after two month break. But I am very impatient and miss feeling strong and healthy.5