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I put a beef roast in the pressure cooker. I saw this recipe on Instagram. Its for the slow cooker but its too late to do the slow cooker. You add 1 pkg of ranch seasoning, 1 pkg of Italian dressing mix and 1 pkg of gravy mix and 1 Cup of water. I used water with a bullion cube. I hoe it turns out good. I will eat it even if it turns out bad.
DH isn't happy because we can't go to the casino but its his fault we don't have money. He keeps gambling even though he doesn't win. I quit when we stopped winning. But that's not my addiction. My addiction is food.
I forgot to mention my other credit card got hacked. The credit card caught it and is sending me a new card with a new number. I don't understand how they know these,charges are fraud but they caught it.
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I don't recommend the pot roast recipe. That seasoning was way overpowering! I'm eating it but I will never do it again. It probably has a ton of sodium, too!
I had a keto type breakfast and it was pretty good except it had an after taste. I pan fried aa turkey burger patty and topped it with a sl of cheese along with 2 eggs without the toast and had my c of coffee. It was kind of a trial run to see if I could do it or not. I'm not sure I could do it all the time. I need meat protein, but that is too much. Will have to rethink that one. I think I need variety too much.
Carol Sue Sorry the roast didn't turn out good. I hate it when I try something new that turns out that way. But at least you know and you might be able to create your own recipe by changing something that you would like better. I've done that before too.
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I lost my post again. Another long one. All it was was complaining that I'm not ready for Christmas and won't make it since its only a week away. No cleaning done, no cookies baked, no cards sent out. I'm just too tired to do anything. I'm really glad no one plans on coming here. They usually come here on Dads birthday but I'm going to tell them were not having it. I will take him to the casino for his birthday! Thats what he would want anyway. We will have our SS by then.
I slept for 7+ hours by taking Benedryl twice. But I don't feel rested. The scale is up 3 lbs to 174 and I'm supposed to call the doctor but I think I forgot to take my second fluid pill yesterday so I just took one now. Whatever.
I need at least another week to get everything done. Why did time go so fast?
I'm going to finish out rehab even though I dont want to. So now I have to get dressed.
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Rehab went well then I went for bloodwork. I forgot I was supposed to fast and had coffee. I could have waited and gone tomorrow but it should be ok. I have a friend who always has coffee before bloodwork. If any of my results are really bad I will tell the doctor I had coffee. I wanted my kidney results to be better.
HI gang, just dropping in quick. Have not been fasting until today, managed a 20 hr fast. Ate a balanced supper and hope that's it for the night. DH and I plan to binge Christmas movies in the evenings this week. Watching The Holiday tonight.
Stay well.
Carol Sue I'm sorry your time got away from you for doing all you feel you needed to do for Christmas especially the baking. Sorry you aren't feeling well either. Will you finish your rehab after Christmas to get it all in?
It will be interesting to see how your blood work turns out having had a c of coffee. My tests at oncology isn't fasting but I fast for them anyway. My blood work went well except for the number they do for the cancer reading which they don't seem to worry about because they do the CT scan. So I'm not too sure what it means or why they check it. I will ask Thursday when I see the doctor.
I was sick last night myself. I think all the protein gave me the worse case of indigestion I think I've ever had. So I won't be doing keto or VLC eating. I am eating very carefully today. I did finally have a banana with pb toast for a late brunch because I didn't feel like cooking eggs. DH heated up chicken noodle soup for me for dinner which he got ready way before I was ready since I had eaten brunch so late, but I didn't say anything. I went ahead and ate it. I did get my exercises done because I think it is very important for me to stay on schedule doing them. I've slept a lot today other than that. I've got a headache trying to come on right now.
I surely do hope tomorrow will be better for both of us.
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Trish, the bloodwork for the cardiologist never says to fast but it always,does for my PCP. He checks cholesterol and A1c and I think that's why its fasting. I just forgot this morning and drank the coffee.It has several different opinions about it online. I'm also wondering what effect the exercise would have. Probably nothing. The results will probably be on my portal in 1-2 days. My appointment is Thursday morning.
I'm sorry you didn't feel good. Hope today was better.
I don't know when my last day of rehab will be. From my calculations I should go one session after Christmas.
I am ok when exercising but today I was making lasagna and I had to keep sitting down to rest. It was good. We did not have that for a long time, over a year. I just don't have the energy to keep going.
Good to see you Mad. Hope you enjoy the Christmas movies.
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Carol Sue I hope you get your strength back soon. Sometimes I feel like I'm spending all mine on the exercises. Perhaps when you can get back to doing them on your own at your own pace, you will feel better. I pray so.
You see your PCP Thursday and I see my Oncologist and get this month's infusion Thursday morning.
Mad as always it is good to hear from you. DH and I have our favorite Christmas movies too. We spend from Thanksgiving until right after Christmas watching them. I hope 2024 will be easier for us to stay OP.
I have slept a lot today but I thank God I also feel better tonight. Hopefully we will have a good night's sleep tonight and it will help us feel much better tomorrow.
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I think I slept better. I set my alarm but shut it off when it rang. DH had to wake me up because we leave in 1 hour for Rusty's haircut. We got snow overnight but only 1-2 inches. It already melted on the roads but looks pretty on the grass, bushes and trees. The dog groomer is only 5 minutes away. 1.5 miles.
I might get on my vibration platform today for 10 minutes to see if it helps. Its supposed to help with Pulmonary Hypertension. I want to do some cleaning today and hope I have the energy.
Trish, tell me what you do besides the recumbent bike. It might help me to do similar exercises.
Carol Sue My exercises are pretty simple. The first thing I do after brushing my teeth is standing at the sink holding on to the sink edge I do 30 squats, (everything is done to a 30 count), raise up on toes 30 and then side lifts 30 total for each side. Then I move to the wall and do what I call wall push ups with 30 legs together, 30 with leg lifted back, left and 30 legs spread. When I come into the living room, I do HIIT exercises I found on line for neuropathy using the rubber ribbon I have to cause resistance which includes leg lifts together and individually. Then I do 15 minutes on the recumbent and 10 minutes on the vibration machine. I used to do the bar bells but for some reason I stopped. I probably will add them back in next week. If I did those, I would probably end up doing an hour of exercise 5 days a week. I'm moving around more and doing more during the day... cooking, making bed etc so I figure anything I do other than the exercise is extra and good for me.
I slept good too and even slept longer and got up to potty only twice. I felt good until I ate breakfast and then I realized I hadn't taken my Nexium. DS hubby and my Baby sister both take prescription Nexium and I found out that 2 OTC Nexium is equivalent to prescription so I take them. DH gets our pills ready for the week and for some reason forgot to put any in my pills for today. I tried cutting back to 1 but when I got so sick the other day, so I guess that means I do need the full dose because I took 2 and it calmed my stomach down.
I had 2 eggs, 2 sl bacon and 2 sl SLMG toast. I think I do better eating 1 of each and will cut back to that tomorrow. I've pretty much back to eating normal for me. Since we aren't doing anything special for Christmas, I am going to start back OP tomorrow. I think I will just eat healthy and not worry too much about carbs and fiber as long as I am eating healthy foods moderately. DH is cooking chili today but I may cook something different for me that is lighter.
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Those exercises are easy to understand and I could do them also. We went to Bob Evans to eat, then to Walmart. I got very tired walking in Walmart. It is sooo cold out. We went from warm to cold.
I decided I'm not going to try to bake cookies before Christmas. I need to rest and take care of myself. I can bake them after Christmas and distribute them. I will be happy to get my house cleaned. I still have to buy a ham for Christmas and whatever we will have with it.
Tomorrow is rehab again!
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Rehab went fine. I have 2 more sessions left. Friday and next Wednesday,so I do have to go one time after Christmas.
Tomorrow is my appointment with the PCP. I don't look forward to it. My lipid blood test results are terrible and so is my A1c. Its over 7. It was under 6 last time. I know my diet has been terrible and my blood reflects that. I really have to clean things up. This is a terrible day today. I just want to cry. He didn't do the one the cardiologist does so I don't know about my kidney results.
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Carol Sue I am sorry your weight is up and you are feeling tired. That is probably why you feel so frustrated and ready to give up, but I don't think you reallyfeel that way. I hope you can take a nap and get some rest today so you can feel better.. I feel like you do sometimes especially when I'm so tired, but I know I am not going to give up. You will get things turned around after the holidays I'm sure. My weight is up too. I'm up to 167.4 because I've been eating more than I needed to be eating during the holidays. I've really overdone some of the foods I eat only during the holidays.
I'm surprised they didn't test the kidneys since you are on fluid pills. Could you call and ask the PCP to request the test? Or maybe they can do it tomorrow when you go for your appointment.
I finished eating the Christmas cookies yesterday, so I don't have any more holiday goodies except for the pecan pie that is in the freezer from Thanksgiving, but I won't cut it as I'm saving it to give to one of my nephews. I didn't eat all of the junk I wanted to eat, but what I did eat was too much as it was causing me to feel bad and have indigestion which has made it easy to go back to eating healthier starting today.
I had my eggs and bacon and toast for breakfast. I may have to give up my coffee as it upset my stomach . I will have to see how it goes.
I thought maybe the caffeine was causing it so I switched to decaff and still had indigestion this morning. DH has gone to get his teeth cleaned and then the store to get a few groceries we need and then I think he is going to get pizza for dinner. Then I plan to have a protein shake later tonight.
Hope everybody has a good day and you will feel better Carol Sue after you get some rest.
