time to vent: i received some v irritating news today..i am currently working on my master's thesis and was just informed that i will have to go back and retake some grad and even some undergrad courses!! as the people here were not able to figure out my us transcripts. now, seeing as how i am
1. a 35 year old adult student with future plans
2. working full-time next to writing on my thesis
3. this predicament sets me back at least 6 months if not an entire year
i am just so frustrated and depressed and being a comfort eater i just feel like tackling some cheesecake to make me feel better. and there is absolutely nothing i can do! i tried rationale, i cajoled and pleaded. all to no avail. *huge sigh*
thanks so much for letting me get this out of my system..i should probalby put my anger to good use and do some exercise.
but my first instinct is to give up, can you believe it?
hope all the rest of you have a great day! cu later
Hang in there Jandaman! My Daughter had similar problems with some of her over sea classes. Can you challenge any of them, take the test not the class?
Talk yourself through the eating. Your angry , upset and stressed. Will the cheese cake make you feel better or add just another stress and anger component? If it really will make you feel better, have it. Food does comfort us a lot...........and there are times when that is what we need.
The Doctor says no exercise for me for at least a week. I'm full of steroids now. And a new inhaler. I never had asthma but I guess I do now. People calling me on the phone today ( and it has rung off the hook) are noticing I don't wheeze. I can breath without coughing. I am on the mend.
Breakfast: scrambled eggs with veggies, Canadian bacon , WW toast (1 slice no butter
Lunch : Soup if I get it made, if not a salad. ( Mushroom Barley soup ) strawberries or 1/2 pear
Snack: cheese stick
Dinner: Salmon with veggies
Snack : Pear or strawberries. Maybe with yogurt or cottage cheese.
The Doctor says no exercise for me for at least a week. I'm full of steroids now. And a new inhaler. I never had asthma but I guess I do now. People calling me on the phone today ( and it has rung off the hook) are noticing I don't wheeze. I can breath without coughing. I am on the mend.
I'm glad you're getting better - those meds really help. I've had asthma since I was 18 months old. In December 2005-January 2006 I was in the hospital for a week because of it. I haven't been in the hospital since then. This is the longest it's been my whole life. Anywho - back to you! You can get through this and a great workout is possible once you get everything under control. I'm not going to act like I never take my inhaler, but being active has definitely helped to strengthen my lungs.
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Jan, that thesis thing stinks! But... it's one of those things that you'll have to deal with. I guess that I wouldn't mind taking more classes, as long as they were things I was interested in. See if you can test out of them. That, and you get to stay in Germany. I hope that the cost doesn't get out of control, though, because I know that studying outside of the US can be prohibitively expensive.
Kay, 1 week is not bad, and at least you now have the inhaler. I too have asthma and having the inhaler helps me out immensely. I've also been using the advair, and that helps me control my asthma. I'll start allergy shots this friday and that'll help control my asthma triggers, I hope.
Kim, thanks for being there for us!
Today I have a meeting with the most horrid architect in the world. (At least, that I've met so far.) Otherwise, week 1 on P2 seems to be going good and I'm glad that I transitioned rather than hanging on in P1 for a while longer. I'm trying to convince my Dad that he needs to try this diet too, because I'm really doing well on it.
I heard on the radio that an unfortunate side effect of chewing too much gum is flatulence. EGADS!!!! This is what I do to save me from the snack closet of doom....
Any truth to this? Do I even care anymore? Le sigh.
That is a side affect of too much sugar alcohols. You'll get it a lot faster with sugarfree candy that has sugar alcohols but I imagine you could chew enough gum to have a problem.
I always chew gum & drink diet pop. I used to have a lot of "gas" problems but since being on SBD I have had hardly any. Others on this site have told me the same thing about little gas anymore. I think it was all the bad carbs I was eating, because I eat a lot of beans now & don't have a problem. My husband is very thankful.
I've noticed the same thing... I guess I really was eating very badly before, even though I didn't think so.
A nutritionist once gave me guidelines on what to eat- and when I did eat that way, I lost weight. Of course, I started to cheat, eat all the cookies I could find, and then gained back the weight I lost. The SBD is very similar to what the nutritionist had recommended, and I'm doing really well on this. So, this is my life, this is my chance not to have heart disease and a heart attack or a blood clot at the young age of 27... I'm seeing such great results on this diet, and my blood pressure has improved enormously- I'm getting good readings now.
So I guess the moral of my little story here is that I've seen the light, and that I'm pretty dedicated to eating the right way from here on out. I think that if a side effect is less flatulence, I'm happy!
I wonder, is my body getting better at digesting the food and absorbing the nutrients from it? Is it just that I'm eating more nutrient rich food and avoiding the empty carbs? I'm still not as regular as I would like, but I'm not feeling uncomfortable. I think I may do as the good Dr. A recommends, and start taking the metamucil before meals, so I get more fiber for sure in my diet.
You know, just as a check to make sure my meal planning is okay today:
B: 2 egg omlette with l.f. mozzerella, onion, tomato, and 1/2 of a turkey/chicken sausage, plus some edamame which my cat tried to steal and then realized that the edamame wasn't good kitten food.
S: l.f mozerella stick.
L: 2 c salad greens, 1 cut up chicken breast, balsamic vinaigrettes, an apple or a nsa chocolate pudding cup if I feel still hungry.
S: 1/2 cup sugar snap peas
D: Tofu stirfry with brown basmati rice, some kidney beans, and a spinach side salad.
I tried to post and it went to cyber space.
I worked yesterday....felt like an amoeba crawling home. Thank goodness I work only part time. Stayed on plan though, didn't eat my way through it.
My blood sugar this morning is back where it should be, very encouraging. Makes it tempting to step on the scale, however if I am doing well there, I will think I can splurge a little over Easter. If its not well, I'll be disappointed and am apt to fall into a " who cares" attitude. So off the scale until Monday
Today:
BKF scrambled egg beaters with veggies, canadian bacon, 1 slice WW toast with FF cream cheese
Snack: Fruit
Lunch: Mushroom Barley Soup. Has lots of veggies in it.
Snack: Depends on if I need one, may be cheese and fruit, or just cheese.
Dinner: Minute steaks with veggies
Dessert: Stawberries, black berries and blueberries, on SF and FF angel food cake with LF cool whip.
Angle food cake is probably a no no, but I'll only eat a little, Makes the berries so gooooood
Hi Jan--
Just wanted to give you some encouragement- don't give up! I know 6 months seems like a long time, but if this is career path you really want, think of how many years of satisfaction you'll get- we spend so much time at our job, we might as well do what our calling is. I started graduate school 12 years ago, got through my first year (full time) , than decided to take a break, and never returned. I really regret that now. I have a husband, house, $ two teen boys who will hopefully be in and college soon, so timing is not right for me. I want to be at the boys sports games, but still have a strong desire for a Masters. I'll start over in a few years.
Question-Is there any way you could have your transcripts translated privately? I know this would cost $$$, but it may save tuition costs and your time. Hope your back on track with SB!
Take care,
Lisa
Brown Basmati rice is SBD approved, and it's got a nice nutty taste to it.
So, my P2 friends, I'm stalled out. I've lost 1 lb this week, after having lost 12 through P1. I frankly expected myself to do better.
I'm confused, because I don't think that I'm over doing it on the carbs, I have 1 to 2 servings a day (and I'm being really strict about measuring out how much I have so that it *is* one serving) and then I've had maybe 1 serving of fruit a day. This is only the 1st week for me on P2, I'm on my 2nd week starting today.
Is this normal?
Should I cut back on the fruit/grains again? One a day? Back to P1 level of strictness?
Something I'm wondering about: I've been using the blue agave nectar for my sweetener, and it's delicious. Maybe about 1 Tbs between my coffee and my steel cut oatmeal. Which makes me think that that's what's slowing me? Also, I've been having caffeinated coffee in the morning, while waiting for my decaf to be delivered.
uscarchie: You're doing great!! Keep at it. Remember that all that P1 weight loss is usually just water weight. A lot of people lose nothing or gain their first week of P2. Healthy weight loss is typically 0.5 to 2 lbs a week. Anything more than that, and you're setting yourself up for disaster. Anything over 2 lbs of loss per week after P1 typically means you're losing muscle. Losing muscle is BAD, BAD, BAD! Muscle burns more cals at rest than fat does, so we want to build lean muscle. More than 2 lbs a week (post P1) means you're depriving your body and that it is having to burn up your muscle to survive. 1-2 lbs a week should be most people's goal when they move into P2. You're right on track!
Thank god. I was worried I was doing something wrong, eating too much starch or something.
That being said, work was incredibly stressful last week and I didn't exercise as much as I should have, so today I'll go for my walk during lunch and tackle the big hill of death.
I'm glad you're getting better - those meds really help. I've had asthma since I was 18 months old. In December 2005-January 2006 I was in the hospital for a week because of it. I haven't been in the hospital since then. This is the longest it's been my whole life. Anywho - back to you! 
You can get through this and a great workout is possible once you get everything under control. I'm not going to act like I never take my inhaler, but being active has definitely helped to strengthen my lungs.
The SBD is very similar to what the nutritionist had recommended, and I'm doing really well on this. So, this is my life, this is my chance not to have heart disease and a heart attack or a blood clot at the young age of 27... I'm seeing such great results on this diet, and my blood pressure has improved enormously- I'm getting good readings now.
