DH said we are going to buy a new CO2 detector. It is beeping 5 times then stops. Over and over. He thinks if we had a leak it would be steady beeping. If we had a leak we would be dead or at least sick. I think our smoke detector is a combo, both smoke and CO2. That one goes off when DH cooks because he fries so much. It doesn't go off when I cook. We also have both downstairs where the furnace, hoy water tank and dryer are all gas. One time they went off because the kids were cooking outside on the grill and fumes came in thru the dryer vent. Also the garage is there and it can go off if DH is working on the car but he keeps the garage door open.

I forgot to put water in my CPap and I was too tired to get up to fill it so I slept without it. I feel about the same and Fitbit says I slept the same. I got on the scale an I'm up to 174. I forgot to take my second fluid pill yesterday. That might be why I slept ok.

After we ate at TX Roadhouse we stopped at Walmart for my meds. I didn't want to get out in the rain so DH went in for them. I usually do it. He didn't even do it on the way home from the hospital. But he did fine. As long as he remembers my DOB. But we have to go back today for a co. 2 detector or maybe go to Home Depot.

I am looking forward to New Years. I have pork and sauerkraut to cook and I havent had it for a while. Sauerkraut has a lot of sodium but maybe I will rinse it and not use the juice. Or I will eat it this one time and hope for the best. I don't eat a lot. I just like the flavor with my pork. Also,I intend to make very positive changes in 2024. I know I could do it now but its the symbolism. New year, new habits, new me. You are right Trish. 2024 is going to be a healthier year for both of us!! And Mad, too, with her knee surgery!!

I am going to start eating more cucumbers. This morning they were talking about eating cucumbers before and after you have a night of drinking to stop a hangover. I went online and read about them and they have a lot of nutrients and electrolytes and are very healthy. I like them and so does DH but I don't always buy them. I want to start snacking on healthier foods. Cucumber, peppers and celery, with hummus for dipping.

Hi everyone: FBS 5.8 today. I am still avoiding the scale. Today we will have our rescheduled family holiday dinner at DD. He partner was sick at Christmas, so we postponed until today. He was fine yesterday, finishing up the holiday gifts when I went to drop off the stuffing for the turkey.
Carol: was it still beeping after replacing the batteries? We had the same issue and that's what it needed. Also check the expiry date on it. They do have to be replaced periodically.
I have not been exercising much. Am quite sore lately. I think I will go out for a short walk with Buddy and DH this morning, taking my walking poles.
I have been feeling more blue, and think it's possible SAD related. It's been grey and raining most of the month, and with the short days, I am not getting much light. Will have to start using my light therapy lamp.

Carol, hope the fluid pills get that weight off. I remember that but the time most people notice persistent swelling, they have gained 10 pounds in fluid.
Hello as well to Trish, and wish you both a happy New Year if I don't sign on again before then.

Mad,I dont think I would gain 10 lb of fluid because I always,remember my morning fluid pill but often forget the 5pm pill. I will take it up to 7 pm. After that I just,skip it.

DH wanted to go back to the casino but I said no. He made the choice to go Wednesday although I tried to get him to delay.

I read online that if the CO 2 detector beeps 5 beeps at intervals that it is expired. We will just get a new one. We have a new one that's plug in that DH uses in the basement but want a battery one upstairs. We will need new smoke alarms soon, too! I used to win them at work for fire safety week. Our company was big on things like that!

Just a quick check in and hope I will feel better later to check in again later. I had a bad episode with my stomach. I think I over ate because the sweet potato was too big and tasted so good. I don't buy large sweet potatoes. I should have eaten only half of this on. I paid for it dearly and still afraid to eat anything. DS was sick with her stomach recently and had to just stop eating. I threw up last night and my stomach has been hurting since then so I decided this is a good time to get back to IF. Don't know if I will eat anything today or not. I know there will be no exercises done today. Haven't taken any meds today except for my Nexium hoping it will settle things down.

Carol Sue It is good to figure out that your detector just needs to be replaced.

Fatmad enjoy your celebration time with your DD.

Have a nice day everybody.

Trish I'm sorry you are having stomach troubles. I hope you feel better. I agree you should not eat.

We went to Rodneys and I overate. I had egg plant parm.

I'm feeling better tonight. I actually ate a little bit of soup (about 1/2 can with a few crackers) around 3:30 and then around 8:30 I got hungry again and ate the rest if the soup with some crackers. So far so good. That was about 6 hrs apart. So I will work at using this situation to go back to eating 2 small meals a day. Todays 2 meals was actually one. So for now, this may be the way I will have to eat until I get my stomach well.

Carol Sue Overeating is what is causing me these problems. I've heard people say they ate a bite of the foods they like. In fact, I worked with a woman who was real tiny. She said she had weighed over 200 lbs until she started eating 1 spoonful of each food that was served. I think this may be how I will have to eat to keep from eating more than needed.

Good night !

Trish when I went on my first diet at 21 I knew nothing about weight loss except to eat less. My mother would not cook diet food or anything different for me. I ate whatever she cooked but 1 scoop of potatoes, one scoop of veggies 1 piece piece of meat. I got hungry but I just got thru it. My thinking was if i ate everything i was getting all my nutrients. And I was going to a 1 hour exercise class twice a week. I lost 25 lbs and kept it off for 10 years, then I met DH and started eating his way.

He was sick overnight and I was worried but he says he's ok today. Right now he went to McDonalds but never came back.

Today I was listening to the radio, an ad for the Neuropathy Center. They said the small capillaries in your feet don't get enough oxygen and nutrients so you get pain. They treat it with light that increases nitric oxide to those capillaries. Read a list of foods that provide nitric oxide one of which is beets. It relaxes blood vessels to allow blood flow. Those foods might help with my Pulmonary Hypertension.

He came home and I ate an Egg McMuffin. There was a long line at the drive thru.

Thank God I feel much better than I did the last couple of days. Weight was 159.2 this morning and FBG waands back down to 108. The pain the past few days plus the lower weight and FBG gives .me a good reason to continue fasting.

Carol Sue Everywhere I turn I see that beets are so good for me. DH loves them but he likes Harvard beets he makes. He uses a can of sweet and a can of regular and adds liquid stevia ACV to it. It's an online recipe I found before I got sick. I'm not fond of Harvard beets any way. I've thought about getting the powdered beets you mix in water but it lowers your bp and my bottom is never gets up to 70s so I'm not sure I could take it. I guess I will have to learn to eat the Harvard.

Glad your DH is better. I used to eat Egg McMuffins when DH and I traveled. We ate them for brunch around 10:30 and ate fish at Cracker Barrel around 3:30. Funny thing is we were doing IF and didn't know it back then. I lost weight doing that. I didn't worry about carbs back then. When I moved to TX, I would buy English muffins and make my own at home.

Today is my sons birthday so I need to call him a Happy BD. Then I need to get the exercises I can do before DH gets up. I will get on my new schedule of exercises going with Sundays and Fridays off so they will work around the 2 weeks each month when I will be doing Labs and infusions. I also plan to go back and re-read Dr. Fung's book especially the one on cancer. I saw an article last now that was talking about how many people are getting through cancer. Some go into remission and some beat it. Evidently MRIs, Scans and tests every 3 months are here to stay but treatments can stop. Infusions every 3 weeks is forever for remission cases. Who knows maybe we will get a cure someday. I will keep trusting God for my miracle while going through my treatments. I'll check out the Neuropathy treatments. I saw on Facebook about the center for it but they seem to be very expensive. I have the insurance but I sure hate adding more for them to pay out but nice to know they have a way that isn't so invasive.

Hope you have a nice day.

Trish the website for our neuropathy centers here is Marydancedin.com. I don't know if there is any other information on their website. They have a story about a patient named Mary. She couldn't walk before her treatment but when she came back after her first treatment she danced into the office.

I have gotten into the habit of eating breakfast earlier because of DH. I used to eat at 11 or 12 and then dinner at 4. Now I eat earlier . DH eats lunch at noon but I dont. He strongly believes in 3 meals a day but he eats very small meals. I want to go back to first meal at 11.

I got a bill from the hospital for $20. Whatever it was insurance paid $1100. It might be cardiac rehab. I don't know. I will find out.

I looked back on this thread because I post about all my medical procedures. It looks like I had an echo done that day. I never got billed for it in the hospital.

Your eating plan is working well for you Trish. Congrats on being back in the 150s. Reading back, I was in the 160s but have regained. I want to eat the foods I like but in smaller portions. I cannot successfully eliminate my favorite foods. It just doesn't work For me.

DH wants to go to Wal-Mart but I'm tired. I want to go tomorrow. Today I want to sleep.

Carol Sue Thanks for the link. I saved it in my favorites,

We had McDs DCB and fries. I bring them home and add the veggies on them. but I couldn't eat all the bread or onions because it was going to make me sick. I should have eaten just half of it. However I feel much better tonight. Today has been a better day.

Trish, the double cheeseburger is what DH orders at McDonalds. $3.18 with fries. He used to stop after cardiac rehab which sounds so funny!

I'm glad you feel better.

I couldn't sleep and got up at 3:30 am and have been reading. Now at 5:30 im going back to bed. I want to go to Wal-Mart early before it gets crowded. A lot of people go after church. Sunday is not really a good day to go,especially New Years Eve. I will not go near the meat counter!

Carol Sue I am sorry you couldn't sleep. I'm still waking up to go potty during the night but not as often and I seem to be resting better. I am trying to get at least 7 hrs of sleep or at least rest.

Still plan to do IF but also need to eat what I like that I can enjoy and do it with the rules of IE or the old Weight Watchers Simply Filling. I'm not sure if I fast will be 4 hrs or 8 hrs because I will be doing it Intuitively for now.

I've been hungry for oranges and had one this morning. I think there is either something in the Premier Protein drinks that my stomach can't handle or I can't have fruit mixed with protein. I felt fine while eating the orange, but when I took a few swallows of the protein drink, I had pain in my stomach for a while. Although I've read you should eat a little protein along with fruit, I cannot do it.

I hope you were able to go back to bed and get the rest you needed.

Have a nice day everybody and have a Happy and safe New Years Eve celebration.

I ended up waking up at 10:30 so I did get some sleep. We went to Wal-Mart and got a new CO2 detector but can't figure it out. We bought all paper products, we were out of all. Spent $100. I bought some orange juice. Its not that good. It tastes weak. I never buy it but was craving it.Diabetics are not supposed to drink OJ.

I saw an old friend I haven't seen for a while. We are the only 2 girls left from a group of 7 and there's only 1 guy left from a group of 6. We all hung around in our 20s. She looks like she did back then with no known health issues. She lives about 5 miles from me so we shop at the same stores.

My sauerkraut and pork is simmering and I will add kielbasi and hot dogs near the end. I also slice an onion into it. Mashed potatoes. I will eat some leftover tomorrow, too but DH wanted it today. He gets what he wants. He rarely tells me what he wants so when he does i try to satisfy him. I am looking forward to sauerkraut. I have some in a can but I bought a bag today to try. They say its better and better for you but I dont know. You think home made is best. Step son used to make it but they stopped because the price of cabbage got too high.

I hope your stomach is good k today and nothing is wrong.

Carol Sue I'm glad you got some sleep although it doesn't sound like you got much number wise but perhaps you got what you needed. Glad you got your sauerkraut.

We have some frozen meals in the freezer that needs to be eaten before it has to be thrown out. I finally have DH convinced that he is making too much food for me. So he made me a small salad, I had a chicken pot pie and our strawberry dessert. He also made me some beets, but I only took one bite and told him that I will either eat it later or tomorrow for dinner. Although I am allowing myself 7 or 8 hour eating window on days I need them, I would love to finished eating today. That would give me a 4 1/2 hour eating window today. Right now my stomach feels good and light. I don't have that heavy feeling I had when I was so sick. I remember having that feeling when I first started eating more food especially protein so I could build up my blood count. So I probably caused this myself. The longer I was doing this the worse I got.so I am hoping as I fast and eat a little less that this will correct itself.

Don't know what we will eat tomorrow. I would have loved ham but not ready to try it yet.

I'm very tired today. DH usually stays up til midnight on NYE but he's in bed and I will go soon. We are watching different things on TV. We will be watching tv in bed but still be awake at midnight. The new year will come if we are awake or not and when we get up it will be 2024.

I felt terrible after we ate but I'm no I now. I was very tired. There is sauerkraut and pork leftover for a snack tomorrow. I hope to remember to weigh for the first day of 2024.

I think I might cook chicken for tomorrow. I'm really tired of this rich fatty food. Or we might use our gift card for Bob Evans.