Bro update: he's starting to improve a bit w/swallowing. He may go home at end of week. I sent him swallowing exercises from a stroke experts website....very simple but potentially very helpful. He's still down...I can hardly get much out of him. Hoping things are better when he's home. He's looking forward to my visit
Sum I didn't make your tea, but I did incorporate my unsweetened cran juice into my daily routine....4 oz juice to 12 oz. seltzer water. It seems to be doing the trick as well!
Today's food...
Break - hash brown, ham slice
Lunch - carnitas
Snack - 1 tablespoon yogurt
Dinner - pasta w/steak and mushrooms in light cream sauce, spinach salad
Jacqui I made yogurt in the IP and it turned out great! I was thrilled. Tomorrow night I'm don't peanut butter granola so I can start having it for breakfast.
I'm going to try to start posting everyday because you guys get busy on here and I can't keep up. LOL
Using the WW SP is helping me keep my Moderately Low carb woe where it should be. Scale actually moved down 1 lb, but no drum roll because it is a recycle lb. One more lb down and my ticker will be accurate. Today DH and I are going out to eat at McAllister's Deli. I was able to look things up on WW and see what I can eat. I wanted a baked potato (been hungry for one of those), but changed my mind for a lot less pts. I'll have to plan a small one here at the house where I can control the portions and pts. So the good thing about this is that it is helping me to know how much I'm eating so that I can stay OP. FBS has been the same the last few days I've been on this too. Still higher than I want it, but it is improving.
Breakfast Oatmeal, blueberries and Greek yogurt
Lunch - McAllister's Deli Original Reuben sandwich and fruit cup
Dinner- Ham/Kale/cheese roll ups
P.Q. Sorry your Brother is down. I hope he perks up when he goes home and I'm sure your visit will be good for him.
I'll have to do some catching up on reading here. I need to see Sum's tea recommendation.
upandaway42 I will be so thrilled when I can get into onderland. You go girl.
Tomorrow is our 13th wedding anniversary and DH is taking me out for steak at Texas Roadhouse. Looking at WW I will either be bringing home half of the food or using some weekly pts.
Y'all have good one and I'll catch y'all tomorrow.
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Thanks for the birthday wishes. It was quiet, but nice.
Prairie Queen, I'm so glad to hear that DB is improving. He is such a miracle! I think he will improve greatly when he can get home.
I am having a new problem with DH that he doesn't want to eat meat that has been in the freezer, especially ground meat. I have done this for years. I have a Food Saver and I wrap everything well so it doesn't get freezer burn, but he now wants meat fresh from the store all the time. I have a 6 cubic ft freezer in the basement that is practically empty because of this. Over the holidays I had it full with all the baking I did, but now the turkey is gone, the cookies are gone, and if I don't buy more meat I will have to shut it down and stop using it.
Sum, I was googling because someone mentioned to me that Green Tea was not compatible with the Metformin that I take for diabetes. I didn't find anything, but in my search I found that I SHOULD stay away from Dandelion Tea. So that kills that idea for me! I'm glad I saw that before I spent the money on it.
UPandaway, don't do what I did. I was so excited to get below 200 that I just stopped dead. I just can't seem to get the weight loss to continue now. It's depressing. I lose a couple pounds and then go right back up. I am happy to be in Onederland, but would really like to see lower numbers.
SeeMyFeet, stress effects different people in different ways. Some people can't stop eating when they are stressed, and cortisol doesn't help. Other people completely lose their appetite. I know if DH makes me mad, I automatically run to the refrigerator and eat something. Makes me feel so much better. LOL
Jacqui, I am rooting for you and the 147. Why isn't it 145? 147 is an odd number, but so was 164. I tend to think in multiples of 5. LOL
Trish, it's good that this plan is teaching your portion control. That's more than half the game, I think.
Carol Sue you can tell him that a lot of "fresh" meat at the grocery has been previously frozen and most all of seafood has been unless you live on either coast. I think chicken is frozen a lot as well. You should research the chain you purchase from unless you have access to a butcher that cuts his own meat from fresh. Groceries also sprinkle nitrate-containing chemicals on their ground meat to pink it up. I was a food scientist at a meat processing plant before I was a teacher.
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Carol Sueyou can tell him that a lot of "fresh" meat at the grocery has been previously frozen and most all of seafood has been unless you live on either coast. I think chicken is frozen a lot as well. You should research the chain you purchase from unless you have access to a butcher that cuts his own meat from fresh. Groceries also sprinkle nitrate-containing chemicals on their ground meat to pink it up. I was a food scientist at a meat processing plant before I was a teacher.
You know that, and I know that, but I don't want him to know that! LOL It's hard enough feeding him as it is. He has so many quirks about food. When he cooks eggs, he has to remove that membrane that is in the whites. I told him that they don't do that for him in restaurants but he says it's OK as long as he doesn't see it. He will not eat eggs that I cook because I won't take it out. And that's Ok because he cooks breakfast for us every morning. He stands in the kitchen and watches me cook half the time. I asked him why he doesn't do that in a restaurant and he says he would if they would let him. Maybe he thinks I'm going to poison him. LOL
W 210.4 (same as yesterday)
I finally have a ticker! Yeay! hahaha I don't know why that makes me so happy.
PQ great job! Hope pub night doesn't set you back too much. Glad to hear your brother will be going home soon. I imagine there is a still a long road ahead for him, but hopefully being at home around family in familiar settings helps him.
Carol Sue thank you for that advice. I feel like in the past, when I have dieted, I start to plateau when I reach the first few mini goals (and then of course I regain!). Glad to see you maintaining, and hope you can break through and go lower!
Trish I'm so glad the new WW is working for you. How did the outing to the deli go?
I can't believe it's the last week of January! Hope everyone is doing well!
The last couple of days I've weighed 166. I had hoped it would drop this morning, but it is what it is and that's okay. I'm in no hurry! Today, I've been hungry and I've overeaten, not on wrong types of foods, but I've just had too much of the allowed foods, so my weight will be even higher tomorrow, no doubt! Well, I'm off to bed, y'all! I'll try to get to personals tomorrow!
Carol Sue my hubs has so many quirks I wouldn't know where to start. I tell him he's the nut job in every corny British sitcom.
Up thank ou for the words of encouragement. I'm hoping to get down to Florida next month. I have a school holiday and personal day. I think it will do him and my mom some good.
Jacqui you are so rockin' the weight lost! Keep it up. I went a little overboard the last two nights but ended up still being at my normal deficit last night and almost tonight. I need to do my stairs for awhile to get on target.
Today's chow.....
Break - yogurt w/granola
Lunch - beef vegetable soup
Dinner - Philly cheesesteak (no mayo ) cranberry water
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I was surprised today when I looked at my ticker and weight on my avatar here that I my ticker was correct yesterday and this morning I was down another .2 lb. My fasting blood sugar is coming down too.
DH took me out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner for our anniversary and I got steak, salad and steamed veggies. DH decided to eat half a roll and I did too. So I used some of my weekly pts.
I rode my 25 minutes on the stationary bike this morning and then we walked for about 45 minutes total after dinner. I tracked my exercise on WW and I earned 12 pts for today. So I had more than enough exercises built up if I wanted to use them, but I don't.
It appears that my body totally loves this way of eating and I am totally enjoying it. I ordered the new books and calculator so I can look up and figure some of the foods allowed. I can definitely live with this way of eating for the rest of my life.
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Trish, I'm so glad you have found a plan that's working for you. It sounds like you are definitely on track and staying there. Good for you!! I wish I liked WW like you do and I'd join you. Seeing the commercials with Oprah makes me want to do it but I know I don't like counting points so I won't waste my money. That's why I have that Oprah quote in my siggy.
I'm glad you did well at Tx Roadhouse. We went there yesterday, too. It was a belated birthday dinner for me. I went off plan, but it was planned and I enjoyed every bite. I have been waiting a long time for this and this was the treat I wanted. We got a free Cactus Blossom with a coupon, DH had steak and I had ribs with a baked potato and steamed veggies. I rarely get a potato, but it was part of the plan. I ate half of everything and the rest is here for my lunch today. I did not have a roll. That's the biggest problem I have with blood sugar so I skipped it. Oh, and I also had a beer. That's another rarity. I usually take a sip of DHs beer but this time I had my own. I am up a pound this morning, but I'm not surprised and it was well worth it. My blood sugar is up 20 points, but still below 200. It seems I judge both my weight and blood sugar as below or above 200. Neither readings are good, but just better.
Prairie Queen, I can't tell DH that he has quirks. He thinks he's normal and everyone else is wrong. I just roll my eyes.
Upandaway, there's something about getting that ticker that makes you feel that you belong! Congratulations! Some people join but don't stay long enough to earn the ticker.
There's definitely something about a plateau. It really takes determination to break through them.
Jacqui, you are so close I can understand your being patient for those last couple pounds to leave. One of these days you will wake up and they will be gone! I hope they don't come to PA!! I don't want them!!
Someone explain this to me. When you lose weight, where does it go? Those pounds take up space when you have them, so what happens when you lose them? Does the air around you just take up more space? And wouldn't that make the air thin out?
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Finally, a moment to myself! Lol! Well, after I over-ate a couple of days ago, I've been stuck in the 166-167 range. It would help if I weren't constipated! I may have to drink some Smooth Move tea. I don't like to, not because I don't like the taste because I do, but because the couple of times I've tried it, I felt like it threw me off for the next few days, but since I'm constipated anyway, I'm already thrown off, so that doesn't make a whole lots of sense, lol! I may have to break down and drink some tonight.
Trish, thanks! Congrats of being down 1.4 lbs! I'm so glad you've found what works for you!
Carol Sue, thanks! I chose 147 because that's the highest number the weight/frame chart listed for what I should weigh, being 5'8" and medium-framed. I'd love to weigh 145 but if I can just make it to 147, I'll be happy! : I am getting a little concerned though. Having lost as much as I have, I now have wrinkles across my forehead which I've never had before, and more wrinkles are not okay with me, lol! I may rethink this if I see any more!
PrairieQueen, thanks! I need to get back to the gym, but I have been staying so busy with buying, pricing, and organizing for the booth and babysitting grandbabies that it's all I can do to sit down and post here! It's not that exercise is 2nd fiddle, but well, yeah it is. It's more important to me to come here. Y'all keep me on track! So when I get time (and energy), I will get over to the gym. Yay on your yogurt turning out yummy! I eat yogurt, a lot of it, every day, so that's another reason I need an Instant Pot, lol!
SeeMyFeet, thanks! You'll get to your goal too! Just keep going! That's the magic key!
UpandAway, how exciting that you are so close to Onederland! You can do it! And it's even more exciting that you want to have another baby soon! And I like your new ticker!
Sum and Rennie,
Okay, so it may be too soon to do this, but I decided when I was at the grocery store today that I am going to try an experiment. (I love experiments, lol!) I am going to add citrus fruits and berries to my diet. Some people who do Slow Carb can eat them, so now that I have made goal (even though I should probably wait until I can hold it steady, but I'm not going to wait, lol), I'm going to give it a try! I really miss clementine oranges (cuties) and blueberries. I could probably do without all the other fruit but those I really want to add back in. So today I picked them up at the grocery and I had a cutie for lunch. Yum! It was like a ray of sunshine in my mouth, lol! Maybe the extra fiber and water from the fruit will help with constipation too!
Week 34: High 170.5, Low 167
1/3--169.5
1/4--169.5
1/5--170.5
1/6--170
1/7--169
1/8--167.5
1/9--167 Carb Day
Carol Sue hubs used to think that too when he first came here and still does to a point. Lately, he's began to embrace being the eccentric Brit in town.
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Evening all! What a busy week....hair appt., dinner out, three labs for students in three days, hubs gone last night so all chores on me (they usually are anyway ), shopping at Fresh Thyme, and a test to write tonight. I've been "starving" before 3 the past few days, but have been pretty good. I'm cautiously optimistic that I'll have a whoosh soon, although I have a scheduled visit from Aunt Flo soon. Fingers crossed. It's supposed tobe in the 50s Saurday to Tuesday here in southern Ohio....hoping to get outside to do a few things.
Today's food....
Break - 1/2 Dagwood sub w/mustard, no cheese
Lunch - other half of dagwood
Dinner - Cincinnati chili w/spaghetti and cheese, cranberry water
My mom and stepdad found a new rehab center for bro, and he got moved earlier this evening. This time they went and visited a few places and got to see the staff in action. The old place was nice and pretty and was arranged by hospital, but mom said the staff was totally unorganized and lazy. It was long-term and rehab with the focus on long-term, very little rehab. They're thinking he'll be home for my visit next month.
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I over did it with my exercise yesterday and my knee was bothering me a bit. Going into Target it almost buckled under me a couple times. It's funny because I felt so good when I was doing it and I was wearing my knee brace. I put ice on it and rubbed on some Biofreeze at bedtime. It was mostly the swelling, rather than pain. I will have to take it easy and do more strengthening exercises. We will be going to the casino this weekend and I'm considering wearing my knee brace, which I usually only wear for exercising. It limits my movement, but gives my knee good support.
PrairieQueen, glad to hear bro is in a better rehab facility.
Jacqui, I am not a big fruit eater. It's not that I don't like it, but it's just not my first choice. Maybe I think about it raising my blood sugar and that's what stops me. The funny thing is that they say that fruit sugar is handled differently than regular sugar and doesn't raise BS, but they lie. If I would buy those 6 packs of little fruit cups they aren't too bad because they are small portions. Recently DH has been eating oranges and when he peels one he gives me a couple sections. It's just enough. And blueberries are supposed to be up there with kale as far as nutritional value. Occasionally I buy those little frozen cups of them and eat them once in a while. I don't think you will have a problem with them if you start out with small portions. I never heard of anyone getting fat from eating fruit.
I will be so thrilled when I can get into onderland. You go girl. 
Well, I'm off to bed, y'all! I'll try to get to personals tomorrow! 
) cranberry water
Well, after I over-ate a couple of days ago, I've been stuck in the 166-167 range. It would help if I weren't constipated! I may have to drink some Smooth Move tea. I don't like to, not because I don't like the taste because I do, but because the couple of times I've tried it, I felt like it threw me off for the next few days, but since I'm constipated anyway, I'm already thrown off, so that doesn't make a whole lots of sense, lol! 
I may have to break down and drink some tonight. 
Congrats of being down 1.4 lbs! 
I'm so glad you've found what works for you!
: I am getting a little concerned though. Having lost as much as I have, I now have wrinkles across my forehead which I've never had before, and more wrinkles are not okay with me, lol! I may rethink this if I see any more! 
Yay on your yogurt turning out yummy! 
I eat yogurt, a lot of it, every day, so that's another reason I need an Instant Pot, lol! 
And it's even more exciting that you want to have another baby soon! 
And I like your new ticker! 
Maybe the extra fiber and water from the fruit will help with constipation too! 
