wt 199 (Yikes) FBG 154. I am only one pound away from going back to 200. I entered my food on MFP for 2 days to see what the problem is. Yesterday I had 1400 calories, but I don't trust the numbers on MFP so it could have been more. I know in my heart that I really can't lose if I go over 1000, or 1100, not matter what anyone else says I should do. So I have to become more diligent. With eating a few more carbs I am also taking more Glimiperide, and that is known to cause weight gain. Trish, I do not know how your DH keeps his weight down with taking the Glimiperide. I have to get back on track. When I was going between 194 and 197 I was not too upset, but now I am!!!

When I entered my food, I estimated that I ate 6 oz of roast beef. MFP said that was 180 calories. I think that's way too low, so I think my calories for the say were more than 1400.

I fell out of bed last night. I was trying to get my Cpap on without getting up and it didn't work out. I leaned over too far and away I went. I landed on my knees, hurt my hands and wrenched my back. I feel OK now so I hope the pain doesn't show up tomorrow. After he saw I was OK DH was laughing and I got mad at him, but actually, I was holding back a laugh, too. It was funny once I realized I wasn't hurt. I took Tylenol Arthritis and went to sleep. I took more again this morning, just to be sure.

Getting old is so much fun. Wait til it happens to you!! LOL

Oh Carol: don't know what to say. I'm so sorry about the fall. I too struggle with the CPAP and getting it on and off without disturbances, when we get up to the bathroom in the night and such. What a pain, in the whatever it is that will be sore.

At the risk of being too evangelical about my WOE, you are sadly showing me the issues with calorie restriction that Dr Fung talks about. How we lower the basal metabolic rate over time and start to gain even on restrictive calorie allocations. I'm inspired to continue and keep this up.
i hope for you that you can find something that works for you, don't want you to lose "onederland"

I am not inspired to walk in the rain today. I am making lots of trips up and down the stairs with the laundry though.

Carol Sue When we fall, it is only funny if we don't get hurt at our age. I'm glad you are okay and pray you stay that way. I know the only reason that I am sluggish with my walking is caused more by fear of falling than a real problem. I am trying to get away from that. The few times I've been in a situation where I didn't have my cane and had to walk a distance that I was amazed at how easy and good that I did. If I could become more confident, I would not need the cane at all. It has become my security blanket type thing.

I don't think things are working great on MFP right now. I tracked my food for today and when I checked my totals trying to get things balanced, the calories were ridiculously high. That usually means I've got a decimal in the wrong place on amounts, but today when I checked something it showed some of them checked twice. That is crazy. I'm not having trouble working on there today, but they definitely have some other problems going on. A lot of places get viruses or hacked so maybe they are having the same problem. Who knows.

I'm really thinking of going more of a Mediterranean plan. Being on SS, it is more financially friendly I think. Plus, it seems to work better for me. I can do it without having to eat a LOT of grains, but I can include just enough but not eat a lot of meat protein too. It calls for more fruit and veggies which can't be a bad thing either. Although you have to watch calories, it seems to say you can lose even if you have a little more, but I don't buy that any more. I think I need to keep my calories no higher than 1400 calories. I try to keep them lower than what MFP shows because I don't trust them. They have such a varied # of calories for the same food to where I'm not sure they are so great. I never trust the exercise count either as it never matches my bike count which reads way less than their count.

FBS was 155 and my weight back down to 219.4 so I lost the lb I gained from pigging out Saturday. I know I can do better. I am trying to watch the carbs but not making it a big thing.

I had the oatmeal breakfast that I had yesterday. I am breaking away from the bacon for breakfast and will have it when I have eggs although I don't plan to eat them as much as I used too. I think DH will enjoy some of the recipes in the Mediterranean plan as well.

Going to see Daddy today and so glad DH is going with me and has some things to share with Daddy about the place he thinks Daddy was stationed in England during WW2. I hope this would cheer him up. He gets so upset because baby sister doesn't come to see him, but I think she is just busy. I know she and her DH want a house of their own and also trying to get business and doctor stuff transferred here. Her DH is DA Veteran and I think he has to get every thing transferred to the VA hospital here. So they have a lot on their plate. Plus they all making changes without their adult kids moving in with them so they are just busy. I really think they are planning to have holidays at their son's where they stay when in town or in their new home if they get moved into one by then. DS and her daughter are impatient not knowing the plan and DN like to get everything organized as to who is bringing what. Baby sister and her DH probably don't even expect anyone to bring anything except for special foods they might want to bring. Considering the BIL told Daddy that I had given him $20 to buy a brisket and he also bought one that we would have it for Thanksgiving, I'm sure that they are still going to have it.

My family gets so dramatic. It was so much easier when I used todo all of it, but it was so much work for me. It was way easier when DH daughter and I cooked in FL and when they lived with us in SC. I cooked the turkey and my southern cornbread dressing and veggies and sweet potatoes. When she got there she brought her homemade cranberry sauce and our first holiday together she had just learned how to make the turkey gravy which I'm not good at it so she made that. She also made potato salad or anything else she wanted. They aren't big sweet eaters so I always gave the kids a choice. We had pecan pie at one holiday and cheesecake the other which I made homemade. As the kids got older they wanted both so I would just make 2 pies. All that was much easier than me having to make every dessert DH#2 had every heard of or tried.

I'm really glad baby sister and her DH are willing to pick up on all this when they move here. Remembering how it was to do it all by myself unless they came early and helped me, I will be glad to go help them.

Here's hoping we can make a better week this week than we did last week.

Mad I hope you had a great time with your DS.

Y'all have a great day.

I just lost a long post on my phone, so I'm here on the PC to do it over. The phone is ok for reading but not for long posts.

Trish, If I only eat when I'm hungry like I'm supposed to do, I am usually finishing up around 1000 cals or so. This seems to be what my body needs, in spite of what others might say. We are all different. I understand that "they" are saying that if we eat less than 1200 calories we are not getting our nutritional needs met, but I think my body knows when I've had enough, and if I make sure every bite is nutritious food then I feel I've gotten my nutrients. I don't like sweets, so I don't eat them just because someone else wants me to, so why should I do it with other food? MFP accepts 1000 calories as my daily consumption. I got an email from them in response to my message to them, but it was just to acknowledge receiving my message and just told me to read FAQ and gave me suggestions if I was having a hard time accessing my account. I don't even know if they will read my message but if I get an answer I will let you know.

I noticed that a couple items were entered twice and one was entered 3 times. LOL I eat enough without them adding more. I'm not going to use it everyday, just when I want to check to see how I'm doing.

Today I'm making a dish I haven't made for a while. I brown boneless skinless breasts or tenders and put them in a casserole with cream of chicken soup. The recipe calls for frozen hash browns, but I make homefries from scratch and use them and DH likes that. I don't make this often, but can do it now since the weather is cooler and I can use the oven.

I took my first box of donated clothes to Goodwill. They are things that I don't think my step-daughter would want. I want her to go through the rest but I don't want her to wait forever to do it. She says she never has time. Her life is so busy.

I'm sorry to hear that your sister is disappointing your Dad. I know that you make him a priority, but she is going through some different things in her life. If she is going to save her marriage, that has to be her priority. I understand that. Is your Dad going to be able to visit with the family for Thanksgiving? He would probably like that but it sounds like plans are still up in the air. Mine are too, until I hear what step-daughter is doing. I bought a small turkey today at Walmart. I got the smallest one they had, about 13 lbs. My step-daughter usually gets a turkey from her employer and gives it to me. She would never cook a turkey! LOL If she gives it to me, I will cook both on Thanksgiving and she can take hers home for leftovers. That's a gift from her employer and I don't want to take it from her. My turkey was only $10.53 cents so I can afford that much. When I buy the small ones I can fit two in my oven at once in smaller roasting pans. I have done that a couple times and it works out fine. I really like the way the house smells with a turkey roasting in the oven. We have a turkey fryer and I would like to try that some day but I am afraid. The weather would have to cooperate so we could cook it outside. You never know what it's going to be like around here.

Guess it's time to start my dinner.

BBL

Mad We were posting at the same time. You are doing so great with your plan that I like hearing what you are doing. It is your journey and even though I do it a little different, I still like hearing your experiences. So you feel free to share all you want to.

Carol Sue When I told DH I had 2 chicken breasts cooking in the crockpot, he made the remark that he likes it cooked with the chicken soup. I used to cook it that way when DGS was living with us just for a change. Since I'm leaning toward Mediterranean style of eating and having to do more fish and chicken, I will be eating it made that way again. I never thought about the cooking potatoes in it, but that would be good too. I'll have to remember that.

DH spent the time with Daddy showing him the information he had found on line about the RAF base Daddy was station in during the War. Then he went on google earth and pulled it up on there and pinned it so Daddy can go look at it and Daddy tried to figure out where he thought the buildings had been where he lived there. I also went on FB on his cell phone and showed him a picture his cousin had tagged him with so he could see an 87 yr old cousin of his that lives somewhere on the Gulf coast. By the time we left, he seemed to be doing fine. I don't know why but after Mama died he loved talking about the war and then he also likes hearing and learning about his cousins he hasn't ever met. The funny thing was that when Daddy saw his 87 year old cousin he asked my "Now how is she kin to me"? I told him she was his Daddy's sister's daughter. He told me that he thought she was from his Daddy's side of the family but she looked just like his Mother's side of the family. I told him that was the first thing I thought as soon as I saw her. In fact, she looks almost exactly like Daddy's Mama's sister he was raised with. We both thought that was strange. We have never personally met them but they are the ones we have found through DNA.

All that is funny to me because I have a cousin on my Mama's side who's DNA matched up with my Daddy's brother's son. The only thing I can figure out is that they must be kin through his Mother's side of the family as she never matched up with my Daddy.

My calories were a little over 1100 today but my fiber is higher by 5 grams. I'm not sure how high I can safely go so this will be a learning experience. I had planned for DH to have leftover cole slaw and cream style corn while I just added some veggies to my chicken and gravy. By the time we got home I was dragging and there wasn't as much of the cole slaw and corn to be a meal for a man and I was too tired to make the salad I had planned to eat. So I just added some pork'n beans which tasted terrible. We had bought a can of them at dollar tree and they were awful. Any way, my make shift sides made my total fiber 26 instead of 21. My body is so sensitive to fiber that I hope it doesn't give me stomach cramps or too many potty trips. All in all, I've actually done pretty good.

Have a good evening and peaceful sleep.

Trish I hope the fiber doesn't bother you. I know my fiber is entirely too low. My eating has been terrible and I haven't been getting enough veggies. Also, I am still being turned off by most meats except chicken. I didn't make my chicken dinner. I was tired and not really hungry, so DH got a double burger from Wendys with fries and I ate 1/4 of his burger and 2 french fries. He always leaves food on his plate, so why should I get something for myself when he's just going to throw part of his away.

I felt a little achy this evening. I didn't take anything because I want to take Tylenol again at bedtime.

I can't remember which kind of frozen potatoes that recipe says to use. I think they were the cubed ones, not the shredded, but you could use whatever you want. I peel and cube fresh potatoes, then fry them, then put them on top of the casserole. It's not very healthy but DH likes potatoes so he will eat the chicken. He might not eat it if the potatoes weren't in it. Another thing, I always liked chicken legs and thighs and rarely ate white meat but now I'm liking the white meat better. I don't know what's going on. Another way you can make that casserole is to put stuffing on top of it, but I never made it that way. DH isn't big on stuffing.

I never thought to make it in the slow cooker, either. I just put it in the oven. It's ok since it's cold out now and that helps heat the house. The slow cooker is good if you have to be out somewhere all day. I don't use mine much because we're usually home.

I have a doctor's appointment coming up with my PCP. I have to get blood work done on the 14th, so he has the info for my appointment. Doesn't matter, because I won't let him change my meds. Most of my meds are prescribed by my cardiologist but the PCP always wants to change them. The cardiologist office was supposed to call me to schedule an appointment in Nov but they never called. If they don't call, I'm going to call them in Dec and schedule it for January. My copay goes down $10 the first of the year so I would rather go then. I can use that $10 as well as he can. If I was having problems I would go sooner but no need because I'm feeling pretty good heart wise. I don't notice any change from the problem they say has developed.

When DH went to get his hamburger and fries he also stopped at Dunkin Donuts and got 6 cream filled donuts. Good thing I don't like cream filled!! LOL

Carol Sue Thanks for the different ideas of making the chicken. DH would like the idea of diced fried potatoes. I've got him to where he will eat home made potatoes of any kind with the skin left on because I told him it makes the potatoes diabetic friendly. He has gotten used to it now whether they are fried or mashed or just stewed. When I make stuffing, I always make it home made and just enough to last me a few days because DH has never liked it. He doesn't like my southern style cornbread dressing I grew up on or the bread dressing his family always made. He said it was like eating cake and he doesn't like cake. Strange hubby's we have. Picky Picky LOL!!!

I never used to use the crock pot either but I have learned that it makes cooking so much easier even though I am home. I can't cook everything in it, but many mornings I can just put the meat in the pot and have it cooking while I do other things. Then when it is time to eat all I have to do is add the sides. It is really great though when we go to see Daddy or have appointments. I don't have an meetings this week, but next 2 weeks I have a lot going on so I need to figure out what I can leave in the crock pot for him and it will be there for me to eat when I get home. I really love it in the winter for making chilli etc.

Edited: I forgot why I posted after I read your last post Carol Sue. I was going to share to try drinking Chamomile tea/Sleepytime tea before I go to bed last night because when I'm not in pain I would like to stop taking Tylenol. I don't know if this will work every night, but it worked great last night. In fact, I slept so sound that I almost didn't wake up in time to go to the potty a couple of times. I plan to drink it at night for a while and see how it works.

At 197.5. FBG 118. Both down. Yay! I ate 1/2 c of Fiber One cereal last. night and it did it's job this morning. TMI

I forgot to say that the original chicken recipe said to put the chicken in raw but I brown it a bit because if chicken isn't browned DH thinks it's not done and it doesn't brown with the soup on it.

I slept deep. I didn't drink the Sleepy time tea because I was taking the Tylenol.

Hi Friends: well yesterday was a fasting day. I did fine. I drank very little after 5 pm, and went to bed at 9, because of the short sleep the night before. I was too tired when I go home yesterday evening to do anything useful except laundry, so going to bed early was great. With drinking so little, I only got up once for the bathroom, which was great. I don't know what time that was, no visible clocks in the room, per the insomnia protocol, but it was nice. Maybe I have to completely give up drinking anything after supper. I am not sure about eating supper this week. I was thinking about eating breakfast and lunch instead of lunch and supper on my feast days. I think I eat less that way. But DH has been skipping breakfast on his plan, not suppers, so today would be an opportunity to eat together. Don't have a lot going on today, a nail appointment at 11 and counselling later. If I have a good lunch in between , that will be fine. It feels good to do this. I overate for sure on the weekend, when I ate. Felt bloated. Goal this week when eating is to eat reasonable amounts and not get overstuffed. I definitely am bad with stopping


I slept really well last night, but did take some benedryl to help that. I wasn't terribly anxious, but wanted to get back to a full sleep, I have been off kilter since we put the clocks back, and just a couple of nights with short sleep and I was really dragging. I feel better today. I think tomorrow will be harder again. I have the counselling this afternoon and I find the day after is a really Blah day. But I am working in the morning, because one of my work partners has to have emergency minor surgery, so I will sub for her half the day.

Time to figure out what to eat later. have a good morning

Mad, no clocks in the bedroom would not work for me. I understand the why, but if I woke up and coudn't see a clock I would be getting up to go around the house looking for one, then I would really be awake. But I am one who can fall back to sleep most of the time. According to my Fitbit I only get about 5 hrs sleep per night. Sometimes I can fall back to sleep, but mostly not. It was more of a problem when I worked because I had no choice but to get up, but now I have the option to stay in bed if I want to.

FBS was 163 but my weight is coming down again. The Mediterranean type plan is working pretty good for me and seems to be making it easier for me to stay within 6 hr fast. I can't really say Mediterranean 100% is not my woe, but I do use it as a guideline and making choices as close as possible. Not only is it making IF easier for me but I am sleeping so well. Water is my go to drink throughout the day as Mediterranean plan suggests so I am staying hydrated and I am not having to get up dozens of times at night. I think I got up 2x last night but a desperate runs to the bathroom like the 1st 2 nights eating this way.

I think this is a thermagenics way of eating because I am always hot and have to turn on a fan after main meal. I am going to stop taking the Blood Sugar Support pills when I am out of those. Some of the things in it is in the GOLO Release pills and I take some of them alone. I don't think I need so much of it. I am still taking 2 berberine in place of Metformin and I will continue using the GOLO Release pills but only take 2 a day. I am only taking 2 because they are to be taken with or after meals and I'm only have 2MAD now. I am making my house work for most of my exercise although I am doing some other along with it like squats etc.

Baby sister finally text me and obviously things are going great between her and BIL although she didn't say what the problem is. You know she had written last week and said it had been one of her worst weeks. Today she said she just couldn't plan anything this year and to let my niece do it. So now I want to find out who is coming and see if her home will be big enough. I do not want to steal her thunder as this will be her 1st thanksgiving dinner at her home and I remember how much I wanted to do that the 1st time I did it. I am going to just offer to help her by baking the turkey or whatever else she needs me to do. She is semi-vegetarian although I think she eats more Mediterranean. I think I made home made cranberry sauce my 1st year here and everyone liked it. I want to look up some Mediterranean recipes for Thanksgiving foods and make some of them to take. DS DH will make some vegan foods for her son and she will also buy the desserts which we all love cheesecake and she gets it at Sam's and she will probably get fruit and veggie trays as well. So we will be fine. I'm hoping my nephew will be able to come and get Daddy and bring him to be with us a couple of hours as well.

Mad I hope you are able to get some rest tonight and feel more rested tomorrow without benedryl. I hate having to resort to it. The surprising thing to me last night was that I didn't have to take the Tylenol or drink anything to make/help me sleep. I used to hate this time change, but it is working great for me this time. I wake up at 7:30ish and ready to get up so it is nice not to be sleeping until 8 or 9 in the morning.

Carol Sue I think I am getting about 6 or 7 hrs a night sleep and it seems to work fine for me. I've tried for the past several years to force myself to stay in bed to get 8 hrs sleep because they claim it is needed for diabetic, but I have decided to go back to tuning in to my body and when I wake up ready to get up, I am getting up. It seems to be working so much for me. I think this comes back to reading what is suggested and then adding or not adding to my personal plan.

I cooked half pkg of lentils and will use some each day as a soup. My calories are about 1400 today and fiber is in acceptable place for me. It helps keep me regular and satiated which is good since I do not eat a lot of fat. My carbs are even staying pretty good within the 30% of calorie range.

Will catch y'all tomorrow.

Another successful IF day. So I am very pleased with this new woe. I do believe I have actually found what works for me.

Goodnight.

another good sleep, no meds to help, a low dose of melatonin and some liquid restriction meant I only woke up once for the bathroom. It seems I have to restrict fluids earlier in the evening than I thought. With an early(ish) supper at six, had decaf tea afterward, and that was it for the night, except a little water for bedtime med and to rinse after toothbrushing. This is all improving a lot, and I am glad it I am getting over the time change. I know a lot of people like the "fall back" day for the "extra" sleep, but I still find it disturbs my sleep. Not sure if thats because of the recent jet lag, but it sure was disturbing for a couple of days.
DH and I were both home yesterday and got a lot done together. We decided not to get a new bed for DD empty room since she moved in with her fella. Made it a sitting room for quiet reading and for practising music. We have headphones for the electric piano, so we don't disturb each other. Just need a few finishing touches. This wound up affecting most rooms in the house, as we moved furniture up or out. Got rid of a couple of pieces (coffee table) we didn't like and cleaned and tidied. Today we will work to find the "place" for things that are not quite in place. I believe in the "a place for everything and everything in its place" philosophy but living it isn't easy, and I am a natural slob for not putting things away. I am great for cleaning, but DH is the tidier one. Usually that makes for good balance, but he needs to know where "things" go to do his part.

For eating yesterday this meant we ate well together. I was pleased I didn't over eat and get too full. So no bloating. This morning weight is below 159, and I hope I can get still lower this week. I want to break this 160 and get well below. I have a mini goal to get to 150 before Christmas, but not sure its doable. It will mean being very careful for the next few weeks, and no "cheating" with diet soda, sweets, or treats or alcohol. .I feel ready to not have any of that now, after Hallowe'en and my birthday, but doing that for a full month might be hard. I am hosting a potluck on Friday, so must make sure I can eat what is there, or have back up food for myself.

Trish: I'm really happy if eating meditteranean works for you with IF. That has some good potential, and can be easier than LC for eating out.
Carol, phew, glad that 199 was temporary and a blip. Now to find your way down again.
I have my ultrasound in less than 2 weeks, and will do blood work next week for the doctor. Can't wait for those results.

This morning I had a bump of 1 lb today, but this is always good for me when my weight starts bounces because a loss is usually coming. It usually means a good FBS coming and I was thrilled that FBS was 132 this morning. So that is really great. I am pretty much locked into the IF 2MAD so I will continue with it. I am going still using MFP but only until I get used to doing this. I like keeping my calories low, but I think fluctuations with the calories is not really a big problem as long as I eat healthy foods 95% of the time.

fatmad I too am a person who likes a place for everything and everything in its place, but since we moved into a smaller place and DH won't get rid of a lot of things we don't use. I hope I can at least get things to where I can live with it.

I thought I posted wt and FBG this morning but guess I didn't. Wt still 197.5 and FBG 142. I was very tired last night and went to bed early. Didn't matter. I still only got about 5 hours sleep. Woke up at 3 AM and couldn't fall back to sleep so I got up at 6 and stayed up. DH got up but went back to bed, as usual. Tonight I will force myself to stay up to my usual time.

I have been buying my things for TG gradually, so I don't have to go out and get it all at the last minute. I got my turkey last week, and the stuffing croutons this week. I didn't want Pepperidge Farms. I like Arnold's but it's hard to fine. I figured I had time to look for it, but when we went to Walmart they had a big display of Pepperidge Farms. The sign said $1.32, but I knew that couldn't be right. I checked it on a scanner and it was $2.37. I took a picture of the display showing the product and price and showed it to the check out girl and she adjusted the price for me. I learned that a while back and have done it 3 times now. They will honor the price if their sign is different from what rings up. It's clearly a mistake. They probably had something else there and forgot to change the sign when they restocked. So I will use PF rather than wait for Arnold's, which I might never find anyway. It's only stuffing!!

So now I have to get the stuff for the pies, and some pie pans. One store in our area usually has foil pans 2 for $1, but they were out of them today. They had some with lids, but they were a lot more. So I will wait for them. I use them for the pies I send home with my guests, so they don't have to worry about returning the pan. My step-daughter never returns things anyway. DH was talking to another shopper who told him she has to have the pie pans with the lids because she gives them to people. They are so much more costly. I'm cheap. I cover mine with foil and it works fine! No special lid need. For the price they charge for the ones with the lids, I could buy real pie pans.

I also need potatoes. The price of them went sky high this week, so we will get them at Aldi's.

I still haven't talked to my step-daughter to see if they are coming here or going to her SIL's. I want her to go to her SIL's, LOL, but will not tell her that.

I hope you get TG all figured out with your family. It will probably turn out just fine no matter where it is. It always seems to work out. I hope you other sister is able to hang onto her marriage. That's a shame, after they relocated and all.

I was disappointed with the election. I wanted our governor to be replaced, but the incumbent won again. I guess it won't really have an affect on my life. They all seem to have trouble keeping the promises they make during the election.

You seem to be doing very well with your plan, Trish. I still have some issues that need to be ironed out.