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Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating today! Turkey is stuffed and ready for the oven. I am showered and coifed. Now for the finishing touches.
I will be busy but hope to see some of the parade on TV. I'm always cooking on Thanksgiving and never get to just sit and watch.
Have a good day Mad, and any others not in the USA.
While you all feast, I am fasting. Also getting rid of some food in the house, and will go and get a new toaster for GF bread.
Finally! convinced DH to try going GF for a month. Bought some foods I would not normally get, like GF bread. I hope its not too hard for me to avoid that as well.
Have a happy day, and may your families all be gentle in their disagreements and loud and wonderful in coming together.
Carol Sue Sounds like you have everything organized. I watched a few minutes of the Thanksgiving Parade this morning, because I never got to see any of it for years because I too was always in the kitchen cooking. It was nice to watch except that I was still busy talking to DS, my daughter and and DIL to wish them Happy Thanksgiving before they all get busy and we all start watching football games.
Mad What a wonderful thing for your DHH to start eating GF with you even if it for a month. Is GF bread low carb too? I have found some GF foods in the store that really look like they would be good if they would fit into the low carb menu. I would love DH to eat more low carb with me but not sure how to do that so he doesn't keep losing weight. He has lost so much weight and he is a small man any way and doesn't need to lose. He eat no sugar added foods because of his blood sugar and he has lost too much weight. I forgot that Metformin and Farxiga helps some people to lose weight. So that may be the culprit.
The only thing DH and I are doing today is watch the Cowboys game. I have decided to have the chicken tenders as originally planned, but no dressing/stuffing since I can have that tomorrow at the family celebration. This way I won't be eating off too much.
I am really thinking about eating more of LCHF although not too high since I don't like it. I got Dr. Fung's cookbook and I was kind of surprised as I scanned through it that he allows potatoes in some recipes. I loved some of the low carb recipes that I saw on the bariatric app. Besides that I still would love to lose this stomach fat.
Anyway today and tomorrow we enjoy the holiday eating and think about that later.
Wishing everybody a great day today to those celebrating this holiday with us and those who don't.
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Company is gone and I sent the leftovers home with them, except for some turkey for tomorrow and a pie. I ate more than I should have, but, hey, it's Thanksgiving!
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Good mornng! Fitbit says I slept 6hrs 54min and I feel rested so I guess that's an ok time for me. My legs really hurt from being on my feet all day but I know its good hurt. Good muscle movement which I need. I went over 5k steps which I know is not enough to meet recommendations but is good for me right now. I really would like to just stay home and relax today but DH hates to stay home.
I way overate yesterday and felt terrible afterwards. I sat next to my SIL who is very big and noticed that she ate a lot less than I did. She ate one plateful and stopped but I ate seconds. She had bariatric surgery years ago but gained back most of her weight, but still can't eat a lot at one time. I am much better when so much food is not available. A fast would be good today but I want scrambled eggs and to get back to my normal eating. I feel hungry but know that is a result of how much I ate yesterday.
Trish, I know you will be busy since you are celebrating with your family today. Hope all goes well and you have a blessed day.
Carol Sue Sounds like you had a good time. It is sad that people have the bariatric surgery and gain the weight back. That is what happened to everyone I know who had it including DS. You'll be fine. Like you said it was Thanksgiving. I hope to be good today and have one plate of almost a little of everything I like. I started taking the Wellbutrin in the morning as of yesterday and I noticed it was easy to do just 2 meals. I hope it goes that way today. No breakfast and I'm headed to the beauty shop and then the store for the rolls Babysister wants me to get. I have 2 dozen eggs boiled and ready to devil when I get home. My part turned out easy. Thinking about making the candied sweet potatoes any way since I have them just to get rid of them.
Was very careful all week. Scale is reading in my favor (4.5 lb loss from last "official" weigh-in). Holding my breath as it needs to cooperate for 2 more days.
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Here I am, up at 4:30 again. Tossing and turning, couldn't sleep. I can't just lie in bed like that. If I get up at least DH will get to sleep. I got into the candy last night and blood sugar is up, too. That tends to disrupting my sleep. I have things on my mind and I'm stress eating, I guess. I have to get blood work done next week for Dr appt the week after that. I shudder at the thought of my A1c. I have the cardiologist and PCP two days in a row.
DH wanted to go to the casino yesterday but I said no. He will want for go today again. To the casino where he was never going to go again. It's the end of the month and we don't have any food coupons. Sunday starts a new month so I don't have an excuse plus he knows the SS money came. I don't know how much longer I can do this. I just want to cry. Thank you for listening. I'll get over it and be ok.
Carol Sue Sorry about the casino thing and also sorry you couldn't sleep.
I did the same thing you did with the food I took to my nephew and nieces yesterday. I purposely took them in throw away pans so I could leave the food there and I didn't have any left overs that came home. I did very well with my eating although I ate a lot of carbs, but I did eat only one plate full and I didn't eat any dessert. I was pleased with myself. I spent a lot of time visiting with everyone especially getting to know a new great niece-in-law and her's and my nephew's little 5 month old daughter. She is the only girl with 4 brothers. They are expecting another baby and hoping for another girl. Those kids are almost like my own since I took care of all them. I realized last night when I got home that babysister and me, her boys, their children and now their grandchildren made 4 generations. DH realized while taking a picture of Daddy holding the baby girl that he was the 1st generation holding the 5th. Baby sister and I were in the kitchen working on the meal and the girls were out in the garage visiting and laughing and I said to my sister, "Remember when we were the girls out side laughing and having a good time while the parents were in the kitchen preparing the meal?" She laughed and said "Yeah, I wonder if they will do this when we are gone?" It was a blessed day.
Pipsicle Congratulations on the 4.5 lbs and I hope you are able to keep it off too. I lost more weight before yesterday but even with eating only one meal and couple of very small snack, I only lost 3 lbs this month instead of the 4.2 I would have lost. DH did a family picture so we will have a picture of Daddy with all of us. The last time we took one was 16 yrs ago when DH and I came home here for a visit the 1st year we were married. The only bad thing is that DS and her family were not here for this one.
I am excited that I lost 3 lbs this month. So I guess the shots and the pills are working since that is 2 lbs more than I usual lose in one month. I know it could have been better without the holiday so I cannot complain about this months weight loss at all. My FBG was up to 130 but I'm sure that was all the carbs plus I didn't get to drink a lot of water either.
Going to take Daddy's little Christmas tree and put it in his room so he and his roommate can enjoy it. Daddy always says he doesn't want it but he enjoys it.
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Trish, that sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving with all five generations! What a blessing. I'm not sure if we ever had that when DHs grandfather was here. We had at least 4, maybe 5.
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Good Morning! I made up for my loss of sleep last night. I slept in my recliner for 1.5 hrs then I went to bed and slept until 8AM. So I feel great today!
My blood sugar was 100. Today is Dec 1. I am going to start fresh, back to lowish carb, not eating unless hungry, and staying within my 8 hr or less eating window. It's time for me to straighten up. I might not be able to control everything in my life, but I CAN control my eating.
Hi everyone:
Pipsicle, I am really excited for you, and that is a pretty big loss, you who has fought for every 1/2 pound. So I really hope for you this is going to stick
I am down to 152 again. I know it seems to be going well, but I do feel I am fighting for those losses. Today is an eating day.
Its very stormy here, and we won't go out even to grocery shop today. we have been binge watching "the Marvelous Mrs. Maizel" which we find hilarious. So that will take up a lot of the day. We were thinking of having neighbours over for tea later. A short walk beats driving, but we will see if its icy or not.
The GF breads and other baked goods are not usually low carb, Trish. I have generally not been eating them, I didn't want to start eating lots of carbs. Most celiacs gain a lot of weight eating those foods. I think there is more sugar in them, and they have to add psyllium etc to get some fibre into them. Without gluten, the texture is not as good, although its better than in the past.
I do have the "Keto" scones I get at the market. They are made with almond flour, and use a little erythritol for sweetness, with a little fruit, either raspberries or blueberries thrown in. So they are lower carb and higher fat. I am allowing myself a little sugar or sweetener (very small amounts) as long as its with a full meal. I often have some cheese with the scones to make a light meal.
Carol: I suspect unless your DH does some addiction counselling, (doubtful, he likes the gambling too much) he will not give up the casino. You are doing your best as a companion.
Trish, have a great day and enjoy figuring out your ideal eating plan. Best wishes everyone
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Mad, I know DH would not go for counseling because he says he's not addicted to gambling. I know he is, not just with the casino, but with the Lottery here in PA. I would never expect him to stop the casinos but I would like him to cut back to twice a month like he always says he will but doesn't. When we were working we went every week but we had a lot more money then, plus we won 3 out of 4 times we went. But the casinos have cut way back on their payouts and we rarely win now. He says it's fun, and it is, but it's not fun to lose money. He is angry that I have stopped gambling because he says I used to win often. That's true, but I noticed that I was losing a lot more often than winning and never came close to making up what I lost so I stopped. He just doesn't see it that way. I just have to stand my ground a little more often. We didn't go this past week because of Thanksgiving. It's hard when they give us those free meals because he uses that as an excuse to go. They are not free if you lose money when you're there.
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When I woke up this morning the bed sheet and my nightgown felt a little damp, as if I had had a fever and it broke. Maybe that's why I haven't been feeling well the past few days and why I feel so good this morning. All I really had was the sniffles and fatigue, but I could have been fighting a cold or the flu. I didn't feel as if I had a fever, but it could have been low-grade.
