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25 February 2024

I think I am ready to start eating right and losing weight again after about a 3 week pause. But I probably won't step on the scale until next Sunday! Not sure what caused me to lose my motivation, except it was probably several things. I really wanted to lose weight before moving to my new house. I don't want the first impression of my new neighbors to be a fat lady with a cute white dog. I thought I'd be moving around April. Now I have no idea. They don't even have the street in yet. And then the knee thing happened. I can't take long walks or even short walks right now. And like always, I hate cooking!

But after getting a call from my doctor's office that all my lab results were fine, I actually reviewed the results and everything is normal (thyroid, blood sugar, etc) except for CRP which was very very high. It always is. The optimal result is <1ml 1,2,3 mil indicates average to increased risk of heart disease. Or it CAN indicate that. Mine is over 10. It's been the same the last 4 or 5 times tested. It indicates lots of inflammation in my body. My doctor really doesn't seem worried about it anymore. Nothing indicates heart problems. The inflammation is now obvious to me with my knee problem and 2 puffy, fluid filled areas by both ankles. I know that losing weight will help, but the 20 pounds I lost since the previous lab test didn't make a difference. My doctor wants me to follow an anti inflammatory diet. I try, but don't like to cook. Today I plan to start logging food again and to try to stay under 100 grams of carbs. At first it was fun and challenging then it got too hard thinking I can't even put dried cranberries in my salad or 2 tablespoons of applesauce to help me swallow pills unless I cut carbs somewhere else. But I'm motivated again. I'm hoping if I lose 30 pounds the CRP results will be better.

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24 February 2024

Yesterday I got a call from my doctor's office about the results of my lab tests. I had them done on Wednesday. They told me the doctor says everything is fine. I asked "even the cholesterol?" Some numbers were not quite normal last time. She said it fine. After I got off the phone I remembered I had asked my doctor to check CRP C Reactive Protein. It has never been fine. It's always off the charts high. I don't think they really know what it means and I think my doctor has stopped worrying about it. The number dropped a lot a few years ago when I lost 50 pounds but was still high. Both my doctor and I
thought maybe it would go down after I had my gallbladder out, but it didn't. Now I can actually see areas that have inflammation, in both ankles and my knee. So I'm sure CRP can't be normal. CRP indicates inflammation in the body. I can review the results online with the lab but they don't have them posted yet. That happened last time, my doctor got the results right away but I couldn't see them for about 3 days. I noticed this time he requested the test for high sensitivity CRP.

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23 February 2024

I am finding it way too easy to do absolutely nothing all day if I want. I have an excuse, my knee. I am hoping that if I rest it, it may heal. I am using a wedge pillow to keep my knee elevated, but I have told myself I have to get up at least once an hour and move around a bit. I keep a pedometer in my pocket and my goal is at least 200 steps an hour. It usually ends up being 400 or more steps. My new commitment is to pack at least one thing every day, throw something out and clean something. I have no idea when the house I will be moving to will be built or even when they will start building. This morning I brought a,framed picture in from the garage, cleaned it (glass front) and got the vacuum to clean any dust on the picture. Then I packed it using an old towel instead of newspaper. Then filled up the rest of the box with other small framed pictures. Since I had the vacuum out, I vacuumed the kitchen and hallway by the guest rooms. Changed the sheets on the bed in the guest room and mopped the kitchen floor. So I've met my packing and cleaning goals for the day. Now my knee is aching after going up and down the garage stairs at least a dozen times.

Plan to bake chicken breast and make Asian chicken salad for lunch. My eating has been bad for about 2 weeks. I hope to get back on track soon, but until I really feel the commitment in my mind I keep on eating things I shouldn't.

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13 February 2024

Saw my regular doctor yesterday. He ordered some lab work. I asked for CRP to check how bad inflammation is. It's always bad but I thought it might be a little better after losing a little weight. I think he is also checking cholesterol numbers and thyroid. He checks my thyroid regularly since twice I had hyperthryoidism. But it's been a long time and I don't have the symptoms (always starving and not gaining weight no matter how many cans of cashews I eat!).

He referred me to Physical Therapy for my knee. 1st available appointment for an evaluation is March 4th and I was also set up for 3 or 4 more therapy appointments to start with. My doctor also sent a referral to the orthopedist I asked him about for a 2nd opinion. I hope they call me soon!

I asked him about the puffiness or swelling on the outside of both ankles. Feels like fluid in there. He said it's very common and it's inflammation probably caused by arthritis. I asked him if it's okay to go on walks. He said yes, on level surfaces. He said not to go on dirt trails for example (my favorite is a dirt trail). So I guess it's okay to walk in my neighborhood. I will just avoid inclines and declines as much as I can. It sounds like inclines are better than declines on the knee. I asked him about the meniscus tear. It sounds as if it is torn almost all the way through. He said it's possible they can heal. I asked about knee arthroscopy as opposed to knee replacement and he said the recovery time is quicker from the scope, but more than likely I'd need the knee replacement eventually.

I went to CVS and bought a cane or walking stick and have been practicing using it. After I woke up one day and couldn't put an ounce of weight on my right knee I limped around for almost 2 weeks before I was able to walk again. Maybe that limping made things worse. So I want a cane close by in case something like that happens again. I also got the wedge pillow I ordered from Amazon (as well as a food scale that weighs in grams as well as ounces!) yesterday. I came all rolled up and it took a couple hours for it to unwind and get in to the shape it's supposed to be in. It's bigger than I thought. Not sure about it yet. When I lay down on it with a blanket over me I have at least 2 cats that think it's a tower for them.

Planned on making chicken stew today, but it's almost 2:30 so will make it tomorrow. Had 2 tacos from Jimboy's yesterday! I also went to Famous Footwear and bought a pair of Skechers slip on shoes that seem to have enough support for walking. They really are easy to step into! Maybe because they are all wide, at least all the boxes I saw.

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11 February 2024

Not really able to focus on my WOE right now. Seem to have lost my motivation. I know from experience it's never easy for me to get the motivation back. Just hope not to do too much damage as far as my weight goes. Right now my knee issue has just taken over. It was hurting so bad around 3am I couldn't sleep. I see my doctor tomorrow and will see if he needs to refer me to another orthopedist to get a 2nd opinion. Have a name of someone a friend told me about. Knee surgery of any kind is just so upsetting to me

Weigh-in: 177.0 lb

lost so far: 1.0 lb

still to go: 15.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

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