Happy Thanksgiving American Friends. I hope you enjoy your time with family and feasting.
I had a few carbs the last couple of days and gained two pounds. back to Keto today but I am feeling like the high fat is not agreeing with me so much.
I am also having food aversion. That is helping my carb cravings, because I am not wanting sweets or carbs really.
I just feel so discouraged. I am sure I we added up the calories I would be quite low, even with the fats.
Oh well, back to fasting tomorrow after doing keto today
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We are home early because I have a 7:45 appointment tomorrow. Step daughter has to work tomorrow, foo. We ate early, lots of good food because everyone brought a dish besides what step daughter prepared. And it was nice to be with family and extended family.
I'm having an allergy attack from their cats. The cats stay in the bedroom when strangers are there but it only takes being in the same building unless its just a short visit. It seemed to get worse now that we are home.
Mad I understand you being discouraged. Weight gain happens for many different reasons. And losses never come when you think they should. Our bodies have their own plans. I am at a standstill right now, too, but I'm not trying very hard. I want it but not bad enough to do what I'm supposed to do. I don't want to gain back all that I've lost recently.
I am back to low carb yesterday and today. Tomorrow evening will be different, because I am going to a celiac potluck. I am taking some croissants I bought a while ago, they are frozen and I will bake them before I leave. It's a good way to use them up so I don't have them calling to me during a craving, LOL.
I will also make salad, the hostess is making chicken. I guess that's not really a potluck since we know what we are eating, more like a sharing meal.
Another lady is bringing a potato casserole.
It's an opportunity to have a social meal without worrying about gluten exposures.
Weight was down a pound today, but I know that was just the water weight from the carbs.
I will keep working at this and hope for the best.
Glad the echo was good Carol
Carol Sue I'm so glad the Echo went well. Did they tell you how your heart is now or do you have to wait until you see the doctor to get the results? I got the results of some of my blood test already but I don't expect to get anything else until next Thursday when I go for infusion. Did you go to the casino.
Mad Sounds like a nice dinner you are going to. Have a good time. I ate enough yesterday so that I gained your 1 lb loss + .4. My FBG was 137 because of all the carbs. I am trying to not any more desserts today. I really don't want to gain more and definitely want the FBG to go back down. I think I'm going to do the DASH diet because it is a heart healthy diet. I had a protein shake for breakfast and mostly turkey with small servings of 2 carbs and now drinking my after dinner coffee. Then I will drink another protein shake later instead of eating anything else. I will be back OP in the morning.
My DDIL woke up yesterday morning with a sore throat which she has finally figured out is a sinus infection. DS & SBIL didn't come over because we thought at first it might be strep throat. Baby sister had already decided not to come, but I let my DGS know about it. His wife and two boys got here first and when he got here I told him I wasn't sure they would come but he said "I live with a nurse". So we had a wonderful time with DS and DDIL and DGS and his family. I was so glad she was able to be here because she is always working. She has a new job at the opposite hospital than I use. She will train a week or so in their ER and then she will educate others to work in the ER. That will be nice because we would like to do family things with them. Our Thanksgiving turned out really nice.
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We went to the casino and lost most of our money. Too bad, so sad! DH feels better and his BP has been good. Thats a relief to me.
My Echo results are on my portal but I don't know what they mean. I do understand that it says my new valve is well seated. I don't see anything that looks different from last time. Otherwise I won't know until I see the doctor in December.
I feel like I'm getting a cold or something. Sneezing, runny nose, more than from the cat allergy. I will take Cold medicine at bedtime. I think I'm cooking my turkey tomorrow or Sunday. Its getting very cold out so I hope I get to stay home over the weekend, nice and warm.
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Good sleep after taking Alka Seltzer Plus. I fell asleep quickly at 9 pm and forgot to put my Cpap on. Did not get up for the bathroom until 5am. No cold symptoms so far today.
I slept pretty good last night but got up early to spend time with DS and DDIL before the left at 9:30am. We really enjoyed being with them. They said they would try to come back to visit next summer. I have been tired today and slept off and on most of the afternoon. I am ready to get back OP and no more Thanksgiving. I had DH throw what was left of the pecan down the garbage disposal so I won't be tempted to eat any more.
Carol Sue I'm glad you don't have a cold.
DH is washing and I want to get my shower on and get my pajamas on that I wear until time to go to bed.
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I forgot to put my Cpap on again last night. I better change that bad habit. Sleep was ok. I was very tired. I am still a bit sneezy . DH got up before me and I asked what he was doing. He had the turkey unwrapped and the bag of gizzards out. I cooked the gizzards for Rusty and stuffed the turkey. It will be done around 1 pm. It will make the house nice and warm all day. I will cook a vegetable to eat with it. I don't know if DH will want mashed potatoes or not.
I'm glad you enjoyed your company, Trish. I think my step daughter is learning how to do the turkey alone but likes to have help to be sure. When I got there she already had her celery onion and butter cooked for the stuffing. I mixed the stuffing and she cleaned and stuffed the turkey. While it was cooking she called me twice with questions. When I thought it should be done I told her to move the leg up and down like she was shaking hands. If it starts to come off its done, and it was. She took it out of the oven and let it rest. When we got back there it was ready to carve. We also had 2 other stuffings. Her sister in law makes her mothers recipe in a casserole. Thats what her family is used to. My DIL still can't eat onions so she made a casserole of stuffing with apples and raisins. She also brought a spinach salad. DH does not eat spinach. Everyone pitched in and we had a nice variety of food. She had a turkey breast that her husband cooked on the smoker. It had a different flavor. So I think step daughter could do Thanksgiving alone if I'm not able to help, someday. She will take over the family tradition.
DH is,eating the last pumpkin pie. I still want to make a pumpkin roll for him. I was going to make it last weekend but he said no. Now he wants it.
I'm afraid to get on the scale. I will wait until tomorrow. That will be the beginning of my new weight loss streak.
Carol Sue. I think you had a nice Thanksgiving dinner and I agree that your dear step-daughter will be able to carry on your family traditions when you are unable to help her. Our dinner would have been better if DDIL had been well enough to cook her part of it. I see that DS can cook whatever meat they have but not so good at cooking the sides. She had decided to use stovetop, but he over cooked it in a skillet. I'm not fond of stovetop to start with and I have made it for just me, so it can be tolerated, but he cooked it so dry that gravy didn't help at all. But we just enjoyed being together and it was nice of them to bring the food and try.
My weight was 160.2 lb and today we re back OP. I am on DASH Diet and I had oatmeal for breakfast. DH took tilapia out to cook and we will have salad and a vegetable. I will have a small bowl of lentils either along with the main meal or later for supper. We put the rest of the pecan pie down the disposal so I wouldn't be tempted to eat it. DH was going to eat it, but he didn't need it either so I told him that I would eat it if he didn't throw it out. My FBG the day after the pecan pie along with Turkey meal was 137 and today it was back down to 112. So no bad damage done. So all is good here. I will restart exercises tomorrow.
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I agree you did great with holiday eating. DH would never allow me to throw away pie but he would not eat pecan pie. Good for you on the 160! Look how far you've come!! I have to get back to low carb and IF. My blood sugar has been crazy, I won't say how high its been. I just ate turkey and Stuffing and Brussels sprouts. I don't want to eat again the rest of the day.
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I didn't get on the scale this morning. But they weighed me at cardiac rehab and I'm up 4 lbs. I weigh 2 lbs more there than I do at home because I'm fully clothed and its after I've eaten. I weighed 176, so I'm probably 174 at home. I have to stop this before I'm back to 190. After rehab I got my lab work done and an EKG. They should show up on my portal tomorrow.
I need some things from Walmart so we will probably go later.
Carol Sue I pray you get good results from the tests you had. I can't remember when you see your doctor to get the answers you want. I just remember December. You did pretty good with your weight because you didn't gain too much and once you get back OP you will see weight start to come off.
My weight has been the same for 3 days which isn't bad since I haven't been exercising which I started back on today and have got it all done for today. I am going to enjoy DASH because I can do some healthy carbs but not overdo them. I want to do 2 meals breakfast and dinner and then a small healthy snack and keep them between 7 or 8 hrs. I had eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast and we are having pork chop, salad and a vegetable for dinner. I will probably have a small bowl of lentils or popcorn for a snack.
I got the results of my lab work and my hemoglobin is still below 10. I'm disappointed because it was above 10 after I ate the liver and onions, but I didn't eat it before this one and so it was back in the 9s which is probably why it is not going up. I've got to research what to eat to get it back up. I may not be getting enough protein. I'm not sure.
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Trish, my results of bloodwork are already on my portal. Out of curiosity I looked to see what my hemoglobin is and its 12.9. I guess that's good. My kidney related readings are bad again, though. I don't want to go to a nephrologist unless its Dr Fung. My doctor appointment is Dec 13. I was concerned about my heart and here its my kidneys, now. I give up!!
Carol Sue Hopefully you will just have to cut back on how much fluid pill you are taking and your kidneys will be okay. I pray they will be easily corrected.
