Serial Starters

Lana, cake and potato chips are my achilles heels. I can't have either around. I will portion out for a bit, then suddenly finish all that is left. So—single serving purchases if I buy at all.

It's a glorious day here and I have been out twice for short walks. Recovery time needed after the "exertion," haha. But pacing myself is even more important this time due to the anemia. I cannot afford to pass out and fall, with 2 fake knees and blood thinner making me bleed like a stuck pig.

I will start logging again tomorrow—don't know my actual weight and don't care. I can tell how my clothes feel—and want the tightness to go away. Goal #1!

Cheers,

Maureen

Lana, I’m taking iron supplements—that’s the tx for anemia I guess. I feel fine bc I haven’t tried to do much. I will take a couple months to get back to healthy hemoglobin/hematocrit levels, but clearly the blood transfusion I had gave me a boost in the right direction.

my older sis is an NP and very experienced, so she has helped me set up some dietary supplements too.

It’s another clorious day here and I plan to head out for a short walk. Aiming for 2-3 a day as I build endurance.

have a good day, all.

Maureen

So here we go again, I was around ten years ago, but I gained it all back and more. I'm now at 218 and something's gotta change.

This time I'm more than well aware that I'll be watching my weight for the rest of my life, unless something nasty grabs me. I wanted to get a GLP-1 going on but I'm not sure that's going to happen. I'm in the states and it's a pain in the butt.

Biggest battle, mindless eating because I'm hungry. So I'm chewing a lot of sugarless gum. I don't like it, but it's better than eating crap.

Second battle, exercise. I don't wanna, except once I get going I love it.

Finally, the food database here is amazeballs! However last night I entered a coleslaw recipe and it assumed I was using the provided dressing packet. Now I have to figure out how to fix that, I use an oil and vinegar dressing with a sugar substitute, I didn't eat 10+ grams of sugar!

Things I'd love to know, how to convert soup recipes to instant pot, How (if possible) to see if it had the write match before I add my recipe, Where the time all goes…

I don't expect answers to any of this in this thread specifically.

*** April 29 ***

Good morning all~~

Just getting us started 🌴

Lana

Greetings, all. Day 15 post surgery. No new surprises. That's good.

I'm not logging yet but appetite may be returning so I'm sure I'll start soon

In the meantime, my anemia means I have to be very careful not to overdo. "Overdo" is my middle name, so this has me stumped—I may be underdoing as a result, but I guess that's ok.

I see a couple new folks—welcome. Please give us your "go to" names.

Cheers, all

Maureen

Hey, All!

Sorry I was AWOL...it happens.

Maureen, glad the recovery is going well!

Angela, sounds like you have some helpful co-workers.

Lana, hope today is a better day for you!

Been worried about my dog....yesterday he was shaking and panting. I know that can mean pain, but I saw no outward issue. The last time this happened, it was because I was sneezing a lot because I was sick (sneezing freaks him out). I wasn't sneezing this time, but the behavior was the same.…panting, shaking, wandering restlessly around the apartment, trying to hide. He is a little better today, but not completely over it. I am going to take him for a walk in a little while and maybe that will help. Plus I have had 2 panic attacks today and the walk will help ME, too.

Till tomorrow....

Sandy

TMW - 171

Good Morning!

Sara, glad to hear you got your computer straightened out!

🎶I gotta crow….c.o.c.k-a-doodle-DOO!.🎶

I got on the scale and it's official.....I AM BACK IN THE 160'S!!

It was a LOOOONG time comin', as the song goes, but its nice to see again, believe me!

Doggie is doing better...he has stopped the pacing and has started barking at every little noise again. I was enjoying the peace but I prefer him back to normal, of course. I know it was an anxiety issue but I guess he has mostly worked through it.

Have a great Fri-yay!

Sandy

TMW - 169.8

*** May 3 ***

Happy Saturday everyone~

What's everyone doing today?

I'm having a restful day; tomorrow will be the busy day.

Lana

Hi All,

Sorry I disappeared again. I’m not so good at getting on here on my phone and the laptop I used to use has died a death. Busy here with my daughter’s 21st party this weekend and lots of people around but I made the decision not to drink alcohol and so stayed within my planned calories. Huge win as previously this would’ve been an excuse to binge.

Weight wise things have been going well with me now at 206.2lbs, lower than I can recall being in the last 15 years but I managed to get one monster of a UTI and am now suffering through the side effects of my second course of super strong antibiotics. It’s miserable.

Anyway I’m going to stop complaining and be thankful that it’s Sunday and I don’t have to go anywhere other than to sort my horses out. Hope everyone has a good day.

I’m laughing at things I’ve missed and then worried, then laughing again.

Hello to Angela and Nikki, if I have those right?

Sara, running over the computer is what got me going. I know that feeling. Enjoy your time with your friends.

Sandy, that’s a great accomplishment! Very happy for you.

Lana, what’s up for this week? Gloomy here today too, so far, though not raining.

I’m working on exercises and starting to walk more. The pain is more in my knee this time than last. For the right knee, it was all hip and back and sciatica pain. And of course my ice machine isn’t as good as it was the first time around. Which is weird, bc it was summer and hotter. Maybe keeping up in those conditions was the issue.

Anyway, doing ok here. Some subtle anxiety about the blood clots, but I try not to think about it. That helps. And I’ve finished 3 books in 3 days and that helps too.

have a lovely day, all, and TTYS.

Maureen.

*** May 5 ***

Good morning all~~

Just getting us started. I am up way too early - just couldn't fall back asleep. 😭

BBL

Lana

269.8 today

@angf0679 Are you Angela? I’m Maureen; hi. Sometimes we have to let the focus shift to other things—like your retreat. And good for you to recognize each weight doesn’t need to be recorded.

A beautiful, cool morning here in Charlotte. I got in my morning walk and a few exercises—no knee pain yet. But of course, I didn’t do the hard ones yet, haha. It’s been almost a full week of low-level pain, so it’s nice to have a “free” morning.

I had my daughter get a vegetable tray for me this last shop, and I am pulling it out to munch in the evening. Seems to be a wise move as long as I can afford it. I’m not doing the chopping myself, so I guess my health demands I pay for it.

Drinking protein shakes and taking iron for my anemia. Appetite is returning if the amount of junk I ate yesterday is any indicator. Guess I’d better start logging again.

have a good day!

Maureen

*** May 6 ***

Good morning everyone~~

I have to tell you all that yesterday night, I was cleaning up in the kitchen, and I dropped a heavy dinner plate onto a bottle of car wash detergent that was on the floor (never used in two years—Ha!). The bottle cracked open and it went all over the floor.

There is no cleaning this stuff up! It is super slippery, but I worked at it for a half an hour and then gave up and went to bed. The bottoms of my feet have never been so clean! 😩

I'm sure that I'm going to have to rewet the floor and continue getting the rest of it up. Good grief.

I am grateful that the kitchen flooring is the old, cheesy, sheet linoleum. If it were any kind of tiling, it would be ruined.

Lana

Good Afternoon, All!

Oh, Lana....that sounds like a real mess! Sure hope you can get the rest of it up...that could be dangerous. Be careful.

Maureen, when my mom broke her shoulder, I had to do all the chores around the house for weeks. It was no fun. But hey, what are kids for? ,ha ha!

Got my hair cut....much better to have that gone for the summer. Now I have to color it....that's already been ordered and on its way.

Food has been on track. Weight jumped up a bit but that's not a concern....it will go back down.

Till tomorrow.…

Sandy

TMW - 171