Happy New Year!!
We saw the new year in with Nashville show and went right back to our movie. I went to bed at my usual time between 1 & 1:15 am.

Scale this morning was 191.4 up .8 lb but not surprising since I had my first meal after 47 hr fast. I think it is expected to bounce up a little eating after a fast. My FBG was 105 and bp was 121/61 which is good. I actually found my bp pill on the floor which means when I thought I had taken it that it fell on the floor.' Stomach was a little queasy this morning but I drank a c of lemon-ginger tea and it settled down.

I had planned to eat breakfast, but wasn't hungry so I haven't eat yet. I hav e a beef roast on the stove in the dutch oven. I want some mashed potatoes with mine and DH can have his salad plus his leftover green beans. I don't want to add anything else to my meal. I don't want to put much on my stomach. I also want to fast again although not planning to fast 24 hrs but I do want to fast 20 hrs. I honestly believe that I probably need to be consistent with the 20 hr fast most of the time although I would love to get back to eating only when I am hungry. But to start with I will eat 2MAD unless like today I am not hungry for breakfast. I do NOT want to eat when I am not hungry.

Carol Sue My goal is 150 as well, but I've never put a goal time to it. Perhaps I should. If you don't have a time goal then you don't have a target to aim at. Maybe that is why I've had such a hard time to do it. Looking back at my records, I have not actually lost permanent weight in 2 yrs as I weigh what I did 2 yrs ago. This is going to be the year that I am going to change that. It is very doable so I see no reason why I can't do it if I get with it and do it.

Have a good day!

Happy New Year!

This year will be the one! Last year, I managed to lose 9 pounds. I am not starting off great because I have a four pound 'gain' between yesterday and today. I know it is just a natural fluctuation and not a real gain. Wish it didn't happen on the first day of the year and on an official weigh-in day to boot.

I hope we hear from others soon!

I think my weight gain was from the sodium in the sauerkraut.

Pipsicle, a 4 pound gain is fluid in my opinion. I don't mind that I had a gain on the first of the year because the higher starting point gives me a better chance at losing. The past 2 years I was in a group called Lose A Pound A Week. If I had succeeded I would be at goal by year end but I was a complete failure. I didn't join this year because they changed their weigh in chart and I can't figure it out. This year, instead of saying I want to or I'm going to try I'm saying I will. In the past I have allowed extra food to sneak in, via snacks and grazing. This year I'm not going to do that. During my first weight loss years ago I told myself "if I don't eat that I may show a loss tomorrow." A 5-6 hour eating window works best for me but I know I won't stick to that every day but will aim for that most days.

Trish,you could probably plan your meals so you are eating when hungry. If you are not hungry at dinner then start eating less at breakfast/brunch. I have read that your body will get hungry at the times it becomes used to being fed. Also, many times when I'm hungry the hunger will go away if I wait it out. And know what to do but I don't always do it. We will figure this out and this year is when we will do it.

Pipsicle I agree with Carol Sue, a 4 lb gain overnight isn't a gain, but just fluid that is temporary.

I did eat only one meal and had 651 calories, 66 g carbs and net carbs of 52 g. I've actually had a good day.
I'm thankful for a miracle that my collagen that was supposed to get her Wednesday actually came today. That is supposed to help with gut digestive health. Funny thing is that I had stopped using it because I thought it wasn't helping. Funny this is I didn't realize that my having no digestive issues was only when I was taking it. The real miracle was that not only did I get it today but I got it early enough in the day to get 2 doses in.

Tomorrow I will do like I did today. I will plan to eat brunch only if I'm hungry. I want to plan for 2 meals but leave it open to eat only one when I am not hungry for 2. A good day today.

Trish, I'm glad you had a good day!

Scale is up .2 to 180.4. Hmmmm. After my big speech about losing. My appetite ran amuck yesterday. Nothing was enough. Its only day 1.

I want to say some things about haven't my one day for weigh in day. In a way its good because it gives you a weekly number. But when you think about the fluctuations that occur from one day to the next there's no way to know if your body is going to retain fluid on any given day. If you are like me, my morning weight sets the mood for the day. So its easier on me to weigh daily and see the ups and downs, especially when the downs are more than the ups. Some people say not to weigh daily, but for me, if I don't, I go along thinking I'm losing only to see a few pounds up at the end of the week. If I weigh daily and get an up tick I can correct it right away. This is just my opinion and works best for me. It could very well be different for you.

I didn't bake cookies this year because I was so sick most of December but we planned to baked them now since I feel better. I don't eat them, they are for my family. I like to use the apricot filling they sell in the bakery department but I tried to get it yesterday and they are no longer selling it since Christmas is over. Christmas isn't really over for some people. I'm disappointed because now I will have to use the canned stuff. I used to use it until I started buying the fresh. I could have bought the filling when they had it because it keeps a long time. I also bought some white chocolate morsels. My DIL can no longer eat chocolate with her post Covid taste issue but she can eat white chocolate so I will make some white chocolate chip cookies for her.

I also noticed that the store had Ground Beef on sale and also chicken thighs for 89cents per pound. That was great so I bought 2 packs. I just took a beef roast out of the freezer to cook today or tomorrow. I also want to boil some eggs. Now that its the new year I need to be prepared for DH to want to go to the casino. My little vacation has come to an end.

I have so many things that I want to do now so I will be busier. I want to clean out my cupboards in the kitchen and bathroom. I want to start back exercising while I watch my soaps. That is the main thing. If I'm going to sit and watch my soaps anyway there's no reason why I can't be exercising while I do it, except for laziness. Positive changes for the new year.

Just checking in. Not doing well today as I am constipated and trying to get things moving. Weight stayed the same.

Carol Sue Weight one a week would not work for me either. I like knowing what is going on.

I'll try to check in later.

Trish, I sure hope you feel better! I am not feeling well either. I wanted deviled eggs but when I was making the filling I reached for the parsley flakes but grabbed the garlic salt by mistake and shook some in. Ewwww. It doesn't taste good with garlic in it. I might throw the rest away. DH cooked a frozen pizza for lunch and I ate a piece of that. Then he made a hamburger for dinner but I couldn't eat any of that. I think I will have some ginger ale to settle my stomach. I also had a headache. I never get headaches but I had one when I had covid. I sure hope I don't have it again!!

Scale is down 1.2 lbs today, 179.4.

Last night we were watching the football game where the player got badly hurt. I tossed and turned all night. I wish I could un-see that tackle.

Trish, this hope you're doing ok.

I am going to try eating fewer eggs, not only because of the price but to keep calories lower. Today I had 1 along with some whites from DHs egg. We will see if I last to dinner on only 1 egg. I am not going to replace it with something else. If I get hungry in the evening I want to eat vegetables.

I put a beef pot roast in the slow cooker. I put it in late so I turned it to high to get it started. I also cut it in 4 which will help it cook faster because DH likes it shredded anyway. I did not add mushroom soup. DH doesn't eat any of the resulting gravy so why waste it. I added a slice of onion and baby carrots then a cup of water mixed with a bullion cube.

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My pot roast was disappointing. It was too dry. Guess I will go back to cooking it with the mushroom soup. I don't think I like pot roast as much as I used to. I'm finished eating for today.

Carol Sue, I hope you continue to feel better. I'm sorry your tastes have changed. However, I understand completely.

I read about the football player this morning. DH said he saw it on Fox last night. They said they though it was from a blow he got at his chest they though caused his heart to go into irregularity. I surely hope he will be able to recover. DH#2 had a situation where his heartbeat was off. They didn't know if it was a cold in the heart or what, but they injected something into the heart that could either cause the heart to start beating normally again or kill him. I had no choice but to have it done and thank God it worked. I hope this young man can be saved.

I am better todaya but weak. Around 4 am I decided that if the throwing up continued that I would have to go to the ER, but when I went back to bed I never had to throw up again. I got up this morning to call the dental office and called DS to let her know what was going on because I still thought I might have to go to the hospital. I am probably dehydrated. When talking to her, I realized that I needed to eat some crackers to dry up the acid. The last few times that I threw up, it was nothing but acidic bile. This made DH think it could be my gall bladder, but today he thinks it is probably IBS. Right now I am eating a few crackers with a sip or two of water which seems to have settled things down. I don't think I will need to go to the hospital. DS said there is a pill you can take for acid reflux that DBIL takes and suggested I call the doctor.

One good thing about throwing up so much is that my weight dropped 6 pounds to 185.4. Not my fondest way to do this. My bs read was 136, but I'm sure that was just from the stress on my body at this time because bp was 100/60.

I am afraid to eat anything at this time especially lettuce or greens of any kind. At this point I'm not too sure what is safe to eat so will continue eating a few crackers and drink sips of water as long as it settles my stomach.

Will check back when I feel like it.

Trish, I hope you continue to improve. I am glad you got a nice drop in weight but I agree its not a good way to do it. I take Pepcid AC for acid reflux but I take the Wal-Mart Great Value brand. Its concerning that you are having these issues because you never had them before. It sounds more like gall bladder to me but I don't know. I thought IBS was more to do with bowel movements than vomiting. Maybe you should call the doctor. Its scary to go to the ER the way things are these days. I pray for him improvement for you.

Scale is down .4 to 179.0. I expected a bump up today because DH bought ice cream and I ate some. I can't resist this ice cream from Dollar General. It is cheap so its probably total junk but its so good! I prefer when I eat it for dinner so I'm not adding calories. Its not healthy but if it fits in my calorie allowance it feels better.

Trish, I read about gallbladder and IBS and IBS said to avoid salad. Still,if you don't improve soon I'd seek medical attention and get a real diagnosis. This morning on the radio I think I heard them say that with Omicron Covid you can continue to feel poorly for days, weeks or months even though you are no longer contagious. That might be why I feel good for a few days then have a terrible day.

We are going to the local casino today. I was happy that I got my time off over the holidays but he hounded me every day to go. I just said no and stuck to it. I want to eat before we go, either at Texas Roadhouse or Kings. They are both on the way. If we go to Texas Roadhouse we will have leftovers in the car while we are at the casino. Its warmer out today. If we go to Kings their meals are smaller and we won't have leftovers.

There is an expensive restaurant at the casino with nothing low carb. There is no food court where I can read. Last time I sat at a slot machine and read but I would have to move if someone wanted to play the machine. I prefer the other casino but I don't want to go that far. If necessary, I could drive home from this local casino. The other casino is on the interstate an hour away.

The football player is still alive but in a medically induced coma. I hope he comes around but he may never play football again.

Carol Sue, I pray that young man recovers whether he ever plays football again. He is just so young.

I am actually feeling better today although I don't have all my strength back yet which is no surprise since I only had water and crackers yesterday. Today I had my usual breakfast of eggs, bacon and 1 sl SLMG toast. I will have chicken noodle soup for dinner. DH thinks that something got stuck around the duidonam and caused all this problem. He saw a lot of things like that with babies when working in Neo-natal. I am shocked at some of the things he tells me saw with those precious babies. I read about GERD yesterday but will look up IBS today. I do believe my salad days may be over or at least for a while.

Weight this morning was 184.2. FBG was down to 116 which is better than it was yesterday. BP continues to be good so I am improving.

DH is getting his tooth crowned today and is at the dentist office now. I hope to be able to go when he has his next appointment and get mine done as well. He is getting the major job done today and he has 2 more appointments after this one.

Hope you have a good day at the casino.



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Trish, I'm glad you're feeling better and hope you get your strength back. I also hope you're able to hold that drop on the scale and continue down.

We had a terrible time at the casino. DH says we are never going there again. That means back to the one an hour away. We ate here before we left. I had a tuna sandwich.

Today was pretty good although I now have a rash. Hope I'm not allergic to the Tide I just bought and washed everything in.

DH said the girls at the dentist office said one of their mothers had had the same thing happen to her that I just went through. They just thought it was a virus. So I'm sure that was what it was. I read about IBS and gallbladder problems and nothing seemed to fit. That is good to know.

I am sorry your casino experience wasn't good. You seem to be able to enjoy the one that is farther away because you have a comfortable place to read. Of course, the winter weather will play into when you can and can't go that far.

I too hope I can keep the weight loss. I had a little over 1000 calories today and also had way too much sodium today without realizing it. I tracked after I ate instead of planning before I ate. So we will see how it goes.

Scale down .8 today to 178.2. I am happy with the way things are going for me. I regained 7 lbs after I felt better and started eating better. I knew I could not continue with 500-60O calories but I'm able to cut back enough to slowly lose again. I like a whoosh to get me started but prefer slow for more permanent loss. I know at some point this weight loss is going to stall and I will deal with that then. I'm eating food that I like and saying no to what I don't like, being mindful of portions. No one would see me eat and think I was on a diet. Yesterday I wore pants I haven't worn for several months and they were baggy. I only have a few more smaller ones. I wish I would lose more from my upper body but I will happily accept what I get.

I am starting to crave things. Last night I wanted crackers. I can't give in and start buying them again. They are a trigger for me. I buy saltines for DH to use in his chili and soup but they don't temp me. Triscuits are banned from my home and also Wheat Thins. Last night I ate a few stale pretzels to break my craving.

Trish, I think its good for you to get extra sodium right now. Vomiting depletes your electrolytes and you need to replace them. My BIL was eating only low sodium and he went to the hospital having seizures and they put him on a sodium IV.

I want to cook chicken tenderloins today but I don't know how I want to prepare them. Maybe I will grill them.

Yesterday on tv I saw a woman make chicken pot pie from scratch and it looked very easy. I found the recipe online and want to try it someday. Bob Evans used to have chicken pot pie on their menu but now they dont. My mother used to make it. Its a good cold weather food, like chicken and dumplings.

Its still warm today but the temps are supposed to drop today and go back to 30 degrees as highs. Last night I went to the casino wearing a sweater but no coat. That weather ends today.

I hope you continue to feel good and can go back to salads eventually.
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