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Last leg of my "senior citizen circuit" starts tomorrow! Yes, I'm gearing up for what I'm jokingly/lovingly calling my senior citizen circuit tour -- last trip with MIL & part of time to visit good friend's mother, & now off tomo to see my Mom. Wish me luck! As I may have already said, my Mom is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, so this trip will be more stressful, but I've been planning for it, praying about it & have a great support system both here online & back home where my 2 close friends also have/had a parent with the disease.
Eager to see how Mom is doing. She also struggles with a bulging disk, but for now she is pain free. Last time I was out there, it had flared up again & she was on pain meds until we could get her in for an epidural. The pain meds made her wackier than ever & I was afraid we were going to have to up her level of care, which she did not want. Luckily, the epidural worked (knocking on wood as I type), and she seems better (as good as she's been with stage 1 Alzheimer's), but until I see her, her apartment, etc., I really can't be sure. Last visit, I found her wearing stained clothes, mail she wasn't sure what to do with in numerous places throughout her apartment & confused a lot. But, in speaking with her daily, that doesn't seem to be the case now.
So, again today & multiple times throughout this trip, I'll start in prayer --
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
And, I'll pray, breathe, log, post & express on this one travel prepping day, meal, moment, bite & emotion at a time. Happy Valentine's Day my FS friends! Sending you love & hugs! xoxox
Diet Calendar Entries for 14 February 2013:
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1428 kcal
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Fat: 29.00g | Prot: 69.01g | Carb: 237.96g.
Breakfast: So Delicious Coconut Milk Unsweetened, Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oatmeal, Abbotsford Farms 100% Liquid Egg Whites, Coconut Oil, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries. Lunch: Peach, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Whole Foods Avocado Vinaigrette Dressing, Whole Foods Fancy 4 Bean salad, Trader Joe's Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix, Seapoint Farms Edamame, Salad Mix. Dinner: Trader Joe's Just Grilled Chicken Strips, 365 Harvest Blend Frozen Vegetables, Stew Leonard's Healthy Vegetable Soup, Trader Joe's Organic Foursome Frozen Vegetables, Seasonal Fruit Salad, Figs. Snacks/Other: Starbucks Venti Decaf Coffee with Soy Milk, Pear, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Olives. more...
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2040 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Skiing (cross country) - 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 30 minutes, Tennis - 1 hour, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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