Carol Sue I've had strange dreams in my life, but I just prayed over them and moved on. I used to worry that I would lose DH because I had buried 2 husbands and don't want to have to bury another. I finally decided that I would just trust the Lord to take care of it because I couldn't live in fear. I know it could happen but I try not to think about it.

Boy there has been some real excitement in your neighborhood this week. Pray y'all will be safe.

I actually did a 4 hr eating window today. I made an egg omelet with cottage cheese for breakfast and it actually helped keep me satisfied. So did the shrimp scampi and salad. I make myself a dessert with Greek yogurt, a sprinkle of jello flavor and top it with sugar free cool whip and it was delicious way to finish my dinner.

Sorry your casino trip wasn't good.

Sleep well. Goodnight!

Good sleep again last night but I took Tylenol and Benadryl when I went to bed and didn't get up for the bathroom until morning.

BIL is here now to pick up some outdoor chairs that we don't want and he needs. We bought them at Goodwill and bought some nicer ones since then. He is also going through some of the yard sale items we haven't taken to goodwill yet. Son in law is going to go through them, also.

I was very worried about the scene down the street because a couple houses have blown up recently due to natural gas. They were in SW Pa but miles from us. I don't know if they found a gas leak last night or not. If they did,I think we would have been told to evacuate.

My dream is always that we went somewhere and he left me there. I've had that dream maybe 10 times over the past 30 years and its always a different place we went, never an actual place. I don't know why I dream that. Otherwise,I never think he's going to leave me or die. I can understand you thinking that way since it happened in the past.

I just calculated my calories burned per day using a TDEE calculator. It said 1645 calories burned per day and my ideal weight is 110-123. I would gain on 1600 calories per day. I never weighed that low in adulthood. My first diet when I was 21 I got down to 122 but didn't maintain it. I leveled off at 127 and held that for 10 years.

Carol Sue I hope they find out if there is anything they need to prevent any gas problems in your area.

Weight this morning down .2 lbs. I could live with small weight/slow weight loss like that. I think that means cancer isn't growing if what my doctor told me was true. He said they would have caught the cancer sooner if I hadn't been on a diet all the time because they just thought I was losing weight when I started losing quickly. So I feel safer with a slow weight loss.
FBG was 116 and I'm still in ketosis after eating pasta. It helped a lot that my eating window was 4 hrs. On a long fast today too. Since I have labs at 2:30 this afternoon, I will have a 23 hr fast before I eat today. We are getting LJS fish on the way home. I will make my salad before we leave so it will be ready to eat when I get home. Got exercises to do before I go.

Have a great day everyone.

I am so jealous that you get to have LJS. They closed ours several years ago and I don't know where there's another one.

There was a woman at work that was losing weight really fast and didn't know why. Everyone thought she had cancer. She doctored but they couldn't find the reason. Finally she went to the Cleveland Clinic and they diagnosed over active thyroid. They removed her thyroid and put her on meds. She started gaining weight and she told me she was going to have to go to Weight Watchers!

One time that happened to me. I was dropping weight fast no matter how much I ate. I was having constant potty issues,hot all the time, and jittery. The doctor diagnosed over active thyroid but did nothing. He said it might fix itself, and it did,in 1-2 months. Another time my thyroid went under active. The Dr put me on meds but it fixed itself again. I've been "Normal" since then. I read that that means my thyroid will become under active permanently but nothing so far. But I think something is causing my thyroid to do that but I don't know what.

I haven't been on the scale for a very long time. Im afraid to see the number. I know I'm not eating well. I can't seem to get back to. it. My clothes are tighter,,especially my tops as upper body is where I carry my weight. I have to do something. Last time I weighed I was 182.

We went to TX Roadhouse yesterday. I ordered steak kabobs and ate half of it, all the rice and broccoli and 2 rolls. I should not have ordered the rice or ate the rolls. DH brought a roll out and fed it to the birds in the parking lot. 😀.

So far he hasn't made me breakfast. I need a good fast to get me started. I ran out of ice cream and hope to not buy more,but DH usually buys it. If its in the house I cannot not eat it. We don't go to DQ because that was on the way to the other casino. Yesterday I was going to buy ice cream but I could not find DH to ask if we were going straight home. After I found him I forgot about ice cream. Its best that I didn't buy it.

The fasting over 23 hrs really helped with the weight loss. Also I ate only 1 piece of fish from LJS. I decided I didn't want to sit and wait for them to cook the shrimp and we had had shrimp scampi the day before. Also having the salad and yogurt dessert ready before I left for labs helped. I ended up having a little over 1000 calories and this morning my weight was 158.6 lbs. FBG was 111 and Ketone reading was 3.3 which surprised me because I ate cottage cheese with pineapple and an oz of nuts for a late meal. I'm thinking that IF/IE is the way for me to go. I actually am enjoying my woe and my exercises. I now have 2 weeks of 5 full days each of approximately 1 hr of actual exercises besides the walking when shopping. It makes me feel so good about myself. What I enjoy about my new woe is that I don't have to cheat. I just include the foods I want to eat within the 1600 calories that I have set for myself. I've learned from the calorie groups on FB that if you weigh everyday which I do... do not get upset on days the weight bounces up because those days will happen. They say there are so many things that affect our weight too much sodium, drinking too little or too much water and even our sleep quality affects our sleep, etc.

Carol Sue I eat ice cream, but even if I was eating regular ice cream, I would just count my calories and include it in the daily count. I decided to keep the whole milk, 4% cottage cheese etc. As I've said before I will eat some fat, but it will be the fat of my choice. I didn't buy avocados this week, because I'm tired of them right now.

I still eat my bacon, but I've switched to eating 1 egg and 1 serving of egg whites mixed with cottage cheese and cheese as an omelet. It is really delicious way to get more protein without going crazy with fat and so much easier for me to cook less than 400 calories even when I add the collagen coffee with Fr. Vanilla creamer. I use the big thing I learned form WW and that is measure the foods for portion/calorie control. I try to get all my exercised done in the morning because if I don't, I may not find time to do them.

Just a suggestion, but you know you eat out almost everyday and you know the junk food your DH is going to bring into the house that you like. So just figure out how to work it all within the amount of calories you can eat. Don't worry about the days you go over, just continue the plan and don't worry about those days because there are days you eat little or nothing so it will balance out.

I learned this when I was bookkeeper for my best friend/prayer partner who owned her own business. There were days at the end of the day the numbers were less or over. I got upset because everywhere I had worked before each days books needed to end even. She told me that if you will just not worry about it, at the end of the month when she worked out the spread sheet that it would balance out. I thought of this recently after reading how they say to keep up with your weight loss, that just maybe it will work that way with weight. Some FB calorie counters say if you weigh everyday... on the 7th day, add the 7 days weight and average to see is you lost or gained. That is what the Heller's told us to do on CAD.

BBL

Trish,any other time all these years I always,weighed daily. But this time I was around 165 after my procedure and Im up almost 20 lbs now. I get so depressed seeing that number but in my heart I know only I can change that and I know how to do it.

Ha ha, remember the casino that is an hour away that we are never going to again? Well, we are going there today. But I told him I will only go once a week from now on. So pick your day and pick your casino. The exception is if we have a good win but I didn't tell him that. I might change my mind about that. I have to get back to exercising and I need 5 days to do it properly. I am still very tired all the time. I have trouble with balance and walking. I hope exercise helps that.

Im going to go back to weighing daily, lower my calories to 1000 to get MFP to accept it and therefore have a small allowance if I overeat. Im going way over 1200every day and its not having good results. I can do this!😇

Carol Sue They suggest that if you have a problem weighing everyday to try once a week or even once a month. Once you are able to do your exercise again, the 1200 calories won't be a problem. I would start where I can and set a goal to work up to with both exercise and calories.

Have a good day at the casino.

Got some of my test results and some of the problems I normally have are still there. I think some of them are just because I'm on chemo meds. I stopped the baby aspirin and hope that will help one of the numbers next time. My DGM couldn't take aspirin of any kind as it not only caused her to bruise but caused her to fall. It seems to make me bruise. Since the chemo medicine causes bruising, DH and I decided that I don't need it. I read recently that a lot of people shouldn't take it. I will discuss it with my doctor when I see him in October. I've been off of it long enough that I noticed today that the bruises on my arms are finally starting to fade. I expect the blood work it affects to be better at next lab next month. Still waiting for the other test results to be posted. One probably won't be back until tomorrow.

My MIL used to get dark purple ish marks on her arms and now DH gets them. I think they are called pepura. DH hates them and he puts make up on them and sometimes bandages. He stopped taking his aspirin because of them but that doesn't change pepura.

The trip to the casino was a big waste of time and money. I sat in a chair by the ladies room and read. I didn't even walk back to the food court. DH had a machine with a good jackpot but he could not hit it. He called me to come to play it but I could not hit it either.
j really don't think we will ever go there again. The ride home in the dark on the highway was awful. Its almost exactly one hour. The road was fixed so thankfully there was no detour. We will probably go to the local casino from now on.

I slept pretty good. For some reason my Cpap would not blow air. I will check it later. I took
Tylenol and Benedryl. DH gave me a back rub but my muscles still hurt a little bit.

I had a talk with myself and convinced myself to improve my diet and stop buying some of the things that aren't good for me. I will start eating more vegetables. The SL bread is ok but no others. I. will buy ice cream occasionally. When I buy it I eat a small portion every day. And I add it into my calories. I have to buy regular ice cream because DH won't eat Keto ice cream. He makes milkshakes. I don't want to buy 2 different kinds. DH buys a lot of candy but most of it I don't like.

I hope you can figure out why you still have problems with your bloodwork . I agree it could be from the chemo meds. Meds that are supposed to help you can cause other problems. The doctor should be able to explain it. I still have muscle pain but not as bad as it was. I can't figure out what is causing that unless its the mattress. If and when I start exercising I will get pain from it when I first start. I want to start soon. DH will have to help me get my machines back where they belong. They pulled them out when son in law took the weight machine. I have an old recliner down there that I can sit in if necessary between exercises. And a tv I can watch. Once I get into a routine it will go well and be beneficial to me. I know I am procrastinating. I used to do it M-F while I watched my soaps. It was just what I did,part of my life. I felt better and my lab results were so good, my doctor asked me how I did it. Exercise doesn't necessarily cause weight loss but it can effect processes in your body that bring about weight loss. I want to get back to exercise and do it the rest of my life. I wish I had a $ for every time I've said that!😀

Back to weighing on MFP on Saturday WI day and I lost 1 lb this week to 159.6. If yesterday had been the WI day I would have lost almost 2 lbs, but that is okay. I drank the Caramel Premier Protein shake for brunch today plus my collagen coffee. Today we will have chipped beef for dinner, but I think I'll eat mine one leftover spaghetti pasta for less calories.

Got the rest of my test results and think some things are the result of being off chemo for 3 months and hope some of them will improve due to treatment plus other things will improve due to diet and exercise. Nothing to really worry about at this time.

Continue what I'm doing and trust the Lord with the rest of it. I always see some improvements along with some non but they are minor changes but numbers pretty much the same areas as before. Expect to see better improvements in 3 weeks when I have another lab test.

Carol Sue Sorry your casino trip was a wash. I've had to start taking Tylenol again at bedtime due to aches and pains from laying in bed. However, I too am sleeping better. I hope you can figure out what is happening with the Cpap.

Have a good day.

I finally got on the scale today. It was after drinking a big cup of coffee. I expected a big jump on the scale but I am up 1.2 lbs to 183.4. Thats my highest in a long time but its my starting point.

I don't know what we are,eating for dinner. DH was hungry for a home made hamburger so he went to the meat store for ground beef. I don't know if I want a hamburger or anything to eat at all but its 2:11 and I might be hungry later. If I'm hungry I will probably eat a,small hamburger with lettuce and tomato.

I have a slight sore throat today. But I don't have any other sympyoms. If I take Tylenol it should go away.

I have been reading about the different effects of exercise on the body and health. This will make me more enthused about starting my exercise program. Im planning, and looking forward to it. I can actually start today, doing counter push ups and squats, and leg lifts in my recliner. I also have some exercises I do on the bed. There are going to be changes made and good results.

My home made hamburger was very good! Just lettuce, tomato and mayo! Yum.

Slept well but woke up with a splitting headache. The other headaches I was getting were mild,but this is pounding!😰

Carol Sue I pray your headache eases up and leaves soon. How is your throat? I hope you aren't getting sick.

No real changes today. Weight is the same as yesterday. Calories today will be just over 1000 today. DH is cooking tilapia for dinner today. I woke up early and got up early. I had a chocolate protein shake with cottage cheese in it. Another idea I got from one of the FB groups. It was pretty good.

Today will be a lazy day and no football because Dallas played last night and we missed it thinking they would play today.
DH will be upset that they won and he missed it.

BBL

The Steelers played last night and DH watched it. He and his brother both stay home with the game on then they watch it together over the phone. They've done that for years. Today he's watching NASCAR Racing and golf.

My sore throat went away overnight but the headache was off and on all day. Finally I laid down for a while with Tylenol and I think its gone. I feel ok,not 100%. I have to be careful that I don't take too much Tylenol. I'm not hungry but DH is. He wants to go out but I do not. Who will win?

I did not weigh this morning but I should have. I want to get back on schedule with everything but i didnt feel well. Tomorrow will be Goodwill and Walmart day so I don't know what I will get done when we come home. I will weigh as soon as I get up.

Carol Sue It's okay you didn't weigh or get started today. Your day didn't start out great with the headache and all. I pray you get a good nights sleep and will feel much better tomorrow and you can start then.

Today was quiet. We ate and slept after. I told DH that our Mothers taught us good. Eat lunch which for us is dinner and then take a nap. We start watching tv show and fall asleep.

Goodnight!

I didn't sleep much but feel better. I woke up with pain here and there but took Tylenol and feel better now.

I got on the scale first thing, 181.2. so I'm down 2.2 lbs since Saturday. That makes me happy. That 183 was a temporary bump up. Last night we had home made hamburgers again. They taste so good. I have been out of ice cream for a few days so that has helped my weight. We buy cheap ice cream at Dollar General and its very tasty. Its a special trip to go there. The local grocery sells good ice cream but their freezers don't work right so the ice cream is always icy. I rarely buy it at Walmart because it would melt on the way home. I don't eat a lot. Just a little cup ful each evening. DH uses it to make milkshakes.I have not been eating lunch. Just brunch and dinner. So I think I lost those 2 lbs quickly because I gained them quickly. Too bad all my weight won't come off that fast.

We will probably go to Bob Evans today and I will have oatmeal. If I'm still hungry I will eat eggs for lunch. I don't know what's for dinner. I will cook something.