[Wannabehealthy]

I have felt good most of the day today. Most doctors today wont give you an antibiotic unles you have an infection. My Pcp never gave me an antibiotic but I got them at Med Express acouple times. Antibiotics dont work unless there is infection.

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Good morning. I slept good last night and feel as if I've turned a corner.Problem is,wedidnt go to Walmart yesterday so we have to go today, and I dont feel up to all that walking, even using a cart. I feel as if my illness is clearing up but I'm very tired.

I didnt get on the scale for 2 days and want to weigh today. Im hopeful for a good scale day because Sunday I ate 811 calories and yesterday, 823 calories.

178.6. Down 3.4 lbs,but the last time I weighed was last Thursday,182. Im happy to be back in the 170s again and hope I stay there and continue down. .

The weather is. supposed to be bad for travel over the rest of the week. Maybe we should start celebrating Thanksgiving with Canada in October. Thanksgiving seems to be the main holiday for people traveling home.

Time to get dressed for Walmart. It will probably be very crowded. Parking will be hard.

[pattygirl63]

Carol Sue I'm glad you are feeling better today and hope you continue to improve. Glad to see your weight loss too.

We are going to the local store today. Thankful we don't have to go to Walmart and hope most people will be shopping tomorrow. We have everything we need for Turkey day. Although we are not having turkey. I didn't realize the 30th is Saturday when niece from up north is flying in to see DS. So I went back to original plan of staying home for Thanksgiving day and going to see everybody at DS Saturday,

I wouldn't go to the store today but I think Friday will be a nightmare so we decided to go today. Now that I make SF pudding twice a week, we go through milk like crazy. We will go to the store, get chicken tenders from the local chicken place instead of KFC. We don't have a KFC close and if we don't go to Walmart we get the local chicken instead of KFC.

Weight is finally back to 158.6 exactly what it was on Nov. 1st. Hope I can keep it coming down.

[Wannabehealthy]

Walmart wasnt as crowded as I thought it would be, but tomorrow will probably be very crowded,peiple doing last minute shopping. I wanted to stop at the logal grocery but DH was in a hurry. I got really tired at Walmart and sat on a bench. DH saw me and went and got some things and brought them back to me while I rested. Then I was able to finish shopping. I had to replace everything DH threw away from the vegetable bin, carrots and celery, lettuce. I'm happy to have carrots again! I usually buy a 2lb bag but they only had 1 lb and 5 lb. I dont know what someone would do with 5 lb of carrots. I took 2 1lb bags.

Iam 20 lbs behind you with weight loss,Trish. Im glad you are in the 150s but i hope to join you soon!.

[pattygirl63]

Carol Sue Our local store was pretty crowded, but we were able to get a parking place pretty easy but I had to walk further and walk up hill which is tiring for me, but I did it. I'm glad we don't have to do anything until we go see my niece Saturday.

I'm going to make my dressing tomorrow. DH says he doesn't want any of it so I am making it the way I want it. I may make it like Mama made hers, half cornbread and half bread. We are going to have our usual diet dessert that we eat each day and DH will have a salad like he always does. I just might get to watch the parades this year. I was always in the kitchen cooking while DH and the kids watched the parades. Tomorrow, I will cook shrimp scampi. I haven't cooked it in quite a while.

I hope you will continue to feel better.

[pattygirl63]

Carol Sue I hope you are feeling better today. Hope you don't push yourself to cook etc to go to your stepdaughter's.

Weight up 2 lbs but that is not bad for the chicken tenders. It always goes up when I eat their chicken. If I didn't exercise, it would be worse.

Nothing new going on today. I am cooking shrimp scampi which I will eat on half serving of pasta. I've got to finish my exercise for today and clean and cut strawberries so DH can mash them up for his desserts and make my pudding. All the good SF puddings were gone yesterday. I was able to get some vanilla and chocolate. I was looking through what I had and found a box of SF cheesecake so that will feel like a treat for the usual calories I eat each day.

Better get busy.

Hope everybody has a good day.

[Wannabehealthy]

I feel better today as far as being sick goes,but im very tired. Im nervous about step daughters dinner. I hope she uses a thermometer to check the temperature of the meat. I wll call her tomorrow to be sure. She is not putting the stuffing in the turkey. She is cooking it in a casserole dish. I never did that. I hope she does it right. I always did what my mother did. I wish I could be there for her but I cant. It would totally wear me out to go there.

[Wannabehealthy]

I slept very well. last night. I slept straight thru for 8 hours before I woke up for the bathroom. it was 5 AM. I didnt think I would fall back to sleep but I did, til 9 am. I guess being sick i needed extra sleep.

The turkey is stuffed and in the oven. I dont know how my MIL did this til she was 85. Come to think of it, thats only another 6 years,,but im not hosting a houseful. This turkey is only 12 lb. Looks like a baby! I made way too much stuffing so I wrapped it in foil and will put it in the roaster pan later. Im exhausted now and just want to sit here. DH wants pumpkin pie. If I feel ok later I will make 2. I cant do it until the turkey is done.

I think i will get weighed. 177.4. Thats down from 178.6.

I dont expect to be eating a lot today. I dont feel like eating or preparing a whole meal. I'll see what DH wanrs. He cant go a whole day without potatoes. I just want turkey and a vegetable. I know he wants green bean casserole. I have the ingredients so I can have it ready to go in the oven when the turkey comes out then it will cook while I get the stuffing out of the turkey.

So now I get to watch a little bit of the parade. Im watching the majorettes with their flat stomaches and that reminds me that I should spend this time exercising. Ha. Ha. One time we had a big cook out. Someone went downstairs and saw my exercise room. They came back up and told someone else and before I knew it there were a bunch of women down there exercising! It was so funny! Its a shame I stopped exercising like I used to. I was exercising the night before my bowl perforated and I think that caused it. I never got back to it regularly after that. But I will! You'll see!

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The green bean casserole is ready to go into the oven. DH said he didnt want potatoes. I told him I cant believe it, then I saw he was making french fries for lunch. He really cannot go all day without potatoes. So we will have turkey, stuffing, green beans and cranberry sauce. One time I forgot the cranberry sauce and found it in the fridge after Thanksgiving.

Step daughter called and said her turkey is not getting brown. DH told her to take the lid off . He told her to cook it at 325 but I would have said 350. She did remember to put butter on it. I guess it will get brown without the lid but I never take the lid off and it gets brown. I looked online and some said 325 and some said 350. I just hope it gets done for her. I dont know if DIL is bringing something but she usually does. Her parents are coming too so her mother will probably bring something. She cooks fancy stuff. I do feel bad that I cant be there to help her. But I also feel good that DH and I have a holiday just the 2 of us. We never got to do that before. Its relaxing.

My turkey should be done around 2, then 30 minutes for the green bean casserole to bake and we will eat around 3. Im getting hungry now.

I cook the gizzards for the dog, so he has already eaten and is fast asleep!

[pattygirl63]

Carol Sue I'm glad you are feeling better and able to cook y'all's Thanksgiving dinner. I'm sure you Stepdaughter will do fine. I'm thankful I don't have to cook a turkey any more since DH doesn't care for it. Glad you were blessed with the weight loss. I hope you will be able to hold on to it when you start eating again.

I laid in bed this morning thinking about all I have to be thankful for. Then I thought, "Lord, everyday I wake up is a Thanksgiving Day for me so I don't need a special day set aside to remember to be thankful". The more I thought about it the less I felt interested in eating anything special today. I decided not to make the dressing since I'm the only one who eats it. I will have a leg quarter, with either a salad and a veggie or 2 veggies. DH likes broccoli with cheese so we will have that as one of our sides. I'm the carby eater, and I've pretty much decided to start cutting back on them.

Actually. I've been having problems with my stomach. I thought it was caused by the bone medicine and it may have started it, but I think the fiber I've been eating is causing it. I may start back on lower carb tomorrow and see if it is the fiber. Doc has already told me to stop the pill to see if the pain goes away. Instead of going away it has gotten worse. I ate breakfast of eggs and bacon and had 2 sl 100% WW bread and I think the whole wheat bread made me sick at my stomach. I've got most of my exercises done. Need to go get the rest of that done.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.

[Wannabehealthy]

I'm sorry to hear your stomach is still bothering you. I hope its just the fiber and nothing more serious. Maybe you increased fiber too fast. Thats what my BIL did. Then he said he cant eat vegetables. Did you have trouble with fiber before you started taking the bone medicine?

I think I lost my sense of taste. The only part of my dinner that tasted good was the cranberry sauce and I think thats because it is,so tart. The stuffing and green bean casserole tasted the same. Thats not right!! Also,I think I need gravy on turkey but DH didn't want any. I should start caring more about what I want. But I think thats how we women tend to think.
My grandson just called me, disappointed that I wasnt there. I think his Dad knew I was sick, but maybe not. Its nice to know He missed me.

I will go clean up and BBL.

[Wannabehealthy]

Trish, what kind of bread do you buy now? Does DH eat it too? I dont think I've ever seen breaf that is 100% whole wheat.

Step daughter said DGS was very disappointed that we werent there. i feel bad about that. But I think we didnt see him since Easter. She said he fell asleep on the couch.

I guess im making pumpkin pie tomorrow. I feel a lot better but get very tired quickly when im up doing something. DH cleaned up and put everything away. What a guy!💕

[pattygirl63]

Carol Sue I saw 100% Whole Wheat bread made by the local store and it was $!.47 a loaf compared to almost $4 a loaf for SLMG. So I decided to try it. It is 70 calories a sl. I thought the amount of fiber I was eating was okay because it was helping me to be regular. However, just recently, I started to causing me to have heartburn. I don't know if the heartburn is caused by the bone pill or a combo of the higher fiber and bone pill. Today I had heartburn along with potty issues. It is 8 pm and I've just got my stomach almost calm by eating saltine crackers. Tomorrow I will work on getting back on low carb woe. I also started taking my Nexium again and I hope it will correct itself soon.

I slept through most of the cowboy's game and woke long enough for DH to tell me they won.

I'm glad your DGS called you because he missed you. That is sweet. My DS called me 1st thing this morning. He and his wife were cooking a turkey and making some things to take to her sisters. They liked the fact that they could come home and not be left with clean up. Then I called my DD and talked to her after he and I hung up. DH DD text and that is all we expected to hear from. I did text DS and her DD. I figure that DS is probably tired after having a house full of her DD friends there today. She and I will talk tomorrow.

Hope you continue to feel better.

[Wannabehealthy]

I think DGS just assumed he was going to see us. He walked in the house and asked "What time are Grandma and Pap Pap coming?". They were all surprised to hear we were not coming. I wish I could have gone,but since I didnt know for sure what I had it wouldnt be fair to the others. Other than 16 year old DGS his parents are 50 something and his other grandparents are in their 80s. I would have felt terrible if one of them got sick. Some of the illness going around right now is very hard on the elderly.

DH talks to his son at least once a week. I rarely do. I text with him and his wife if theres something in particular to discuss, and we do usually discuss upcoming family gatherings, we just didnt this time. My DIL had been sick while I was but she recovered quickly. I just assumed since step son told DH that his wife had been sick that DH told him I was sick, too. They had known DH was sick. DH just assumed we had colds, and maybe we did,but theres also, the flu, Covid, and RSV that can lead to pneumonia. Whatever I had, I followed the rules to stay away from vulnerable people.Remember during Covid they kept saying to protect Grandma.? Step daughter gets sick easily and she specifically said she didnt want anyone coming if they were sick, so I did the right thing. She started taking something recently called EMERGEN- C and she,says,she hasnt been sick for 2 years. For one thing, since she changed jobs she no longer works with the public face to face like she did,just on the phone now. She used to get very sick every year. One time at her old job they told her they thought she should go home. She refused,and asked if they were going to pay her car payment. She does not have paid sick days. At that time she worked directly with customers all day. Whatever is in that product helps her.

DH did not watch football yesterday. They mentioned this morning on news that Dallas won their first home game and I knew your DH would be happy.

Fitbit says I didnt go to bed tul almost 2_am. I didnt realize i stayed up that late. I slept good with no bathroom wake ups again. Scale is up .2 to 177.6, no worries. FBG was 105. I never mention it when its bad, and it often is.

I just had a very good breakfast,2 eggs over easy, 1 toast, 1 slice of tomato and sauteed mushrooms. DH informed me we are completely out of butter. He says I usually buy too much,but we use a lot and use it up week to week but I've been buying less lately. Walmart sells a 2 pak but I've gone back to buying just one. I guess I was doing right by buying 2. Im not going near Walmart today but we can go to the local grocery. Its only 1 mile away and DH can play his lottery there.DH never understands anticipating your needs. He thinks I should never buy something until we are out of it. If I see we are low on something, such as ketchup,I buy a new one. When he sees theres a new one he throws the old one away and uses the new one. "Why should I use old ketchup when I can have fresh new ketchup?"He has a point,but I could wait until its completely gone to buy more. I think I manage well. If we run out of something in between shopping trips I didnt do well.

I dont feel like baking pies today but I already told DH that I would. So I guess I will.

[Wannabehealthy]

Today DH realized our inspection for the Impala expires on Nov 1. He was very lucky to be able to get an appointment for tomorrow at 10am. Its probably available because most people dont let it go until the last day.We usually dont but DH has been slacking lately. On the other car, we were at step sons and his wife came in and said, your inspection expired. So we were actually expired that time. I like going there. They have a big waiting room with a big TV which DH likes and besides regular seating they have tables and chairs with snack and drink machines. Free WIFI. So thats how I will be spending my Saturday. Its on the way to the old casino so he better not get any ideas. He already wanted to go today but I said no. Another new month, and this starts all over again.

[pattygirl63]

I've been sleeping late this past week. It is so cold when I wake up, I want to stay in the warm bed. Not feeling well makes it easier to stay in bed. I have one more week that I can do that, but the following week, I will have to get up around 7ish so I can go for a CT scan one day, go get a perm one day and then go get my infusion. Will have to do that all in one week instead of it being spread out over 2 weeks.

I'm feeling better. I ate 2 eggs, with 2 sl bacon and shredded cheese. DH is cooking tilapia later and I will try eating some veggies along with my yogurt for dessert. That will probably be all I will eat for the day although I did force it to appear on MFP that I'm eating a little more than 1000 calories. My carbs will be less than 60 grams. Weight still up, but I think it is because I ate so many saltine crackers to ease my heartburn. I took to Nexium which is equivalent to a prescription dose this morning before I ate or drank anything.

I did half of my exercises today. I will probably sleep most of the day. I hope I will heal enough that I can go see my niece if she comes in tomorrow. I don't know if she is in TX seeing her Dad or brother or if she is flying in from Michigan. If she is still in Michigan, she may not make it tomorrow as the weather if going to be really bad so she might not be able to get a flight out. If she doesn't come in, I will stay home. It is sooo cold here... 56 degrees today.

I'm glad you are feeling better. Have a good day.
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1025 calories, 55 g carbs and 89 g protein. I usually drink 3 c coffee a day but with my stomach messed up right now I couldn't drink the 3rd cup. Feeling pretty good right now.

Hope you have felt better today Carol Sue. Hope Lisa and all the lurkers had a good day today and stay warm.

[Wannabehealthy]

I'm glad tou are,feeling better, Trish. I hope you figure out what is causing this. It really shouldnt be too much fiber. After all, we are supposed to be eating fiber. It shouldnt make us feel bad,but it does for so many. I have had trouble with heart burn for so many years and I was taking Rolaids like crazy. Sad thing is ,step daughter and her husband are going through that right now,so they both might have a problem. I went to an Earn Nose and Throat doctor who did a scope up my nose and down my throat. He didnt see any spacefic problem but he said he saw signs of acid reflux, which I did get at night, and he referred me to another doctor. That doctor put me to sleep and did a scope down my throat and diagnosed a hiatal hernis, which he said was causing my chronic cough. He prescribed a drug which my insurance wouldnt cover and I tried Nexium instead. That helped with heartburn but not the cough so I stopped it and started using generic OTC Pepcid A/C which seemed to work well, and I still use it today, 20mg at bedtime. The hiatal hernia can be repaired but that causes its own problems.

One thing I love is now that I'm retired and getting to stay in bed, nice and warm, til whatever time I want. I could never do that when I worked,even on weekends because I always had so much to do,cleaning, laundry, shopping.

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I slept good,but my Fitbit was on charger and I forgot about it so I didnt wear it to bed so now I have no data about my sleep. Im used to having that information when I get up in the morning. Now all I know is I feel like I slept good and didnt wake up to pee until 6:30 am. Scale says 177.2 so down .4. FBG was 125, any higher. and I wont talk about it.

I do feel very good, though.. We have to get ready to leave for the car inspection. DH left to get McDonalds. We will be leaving around 9:30.

Today is the day I plan on getting my life back together. Mark it on the calendar!