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End of week 5 of my 1800-2000 kcal experiment. I should’ve gained 2# but instead I lost 2#. My middle is a bit fluffier however. Haven’t taken measurements. I can just tell by how it looks (the loose skin wrinkle is thicker than it was). I think the trade off, eating 300-500 kcal more per day vs having a bit more tummy, is worth it.
My workouts are about the same. I’ve seen no increase in lifts or anything. Hubby did add a bit to make flat bench an even 100# the other day. I could do one set of like 3-5. I’d rather keep doing 85 for 3 sets of 8-10 or 95# for 3 sets of 5-6. I could probably do more if my right shoulder and wrists/hands wouldn’t hurt so bad. I never knew calluses could hurt lol. My calluses are trying to get calluses even with gloves.
I’ve narrowed the dizziness and stuff down to anything that requires me to lay down like bench work and almost all leg work. Who knew squats would make a person feel faint and nauseated? I’ll be working on those at home. Occasionally just stopping what I’m doing a few times a day to do a few squats. Just like 3-5 then work up to say 10. See how I react with no added weight, in the middle of my day and just a few at a time. Maybe it has something to do with blood flow to the legs not allowing enough to reach my brian fast enough. 🤷♀️
In the city for out appointments. Hubby has his check up this morning. I have my yearly plastics check up (check the implants) at noon and my biopsy after. It’s patient only so I’ll go alone. Wonder if a nurse would be willing to take pics for me lol. I’d love a pic of the biopsy. I keep all that type of stuff in a file to help remember it all and to show the kids when they get scared. One day I hope to write them a letter about every procedure/surgery/treatment I’ve had to do. With our families genetics and cancer history, one of them may need the info in the future and I may not be here to give it to them in person. My mom isn’t here to walk me through it. Morbid maybe but I call it preparing things in case they are needed.
Looked at the scans last night. Yeah yeah. I know. I’m not supposed to open the sealed package. But it’s my scans and if they have a problem with it too bad. All my organs lit up. They were a pink or red whereas brian and bladder were yellow as expected. Two nodes were dark red. Guess it’s good they weren’t yellow or orange! Could see areas on the mri where one implant might have a rupture as they are considering. Couldn’t see any gel but I’m not trained. I just found the ‘areas of concern’ they mentioned. Never could find the thin rim like enhancement. What I saw didn’t look thin lol. Hopefully I’ll have the results this week. A lady in my FB cancer group said they told her 3 weeks for results! The type of cancer we had spreads fast so that seems like too long. My mammo showed nothing the end of August but I had three tumors by Nov 2. 2.5 months! Kids still know nothing. Family knows nothing. They know I went for the scans I’d been asking for but that’s it. Hell, I really don’t know anything yet lol.
They tell me I have a high pain tolerance. Let’s see how I do with a big needle shoved in my arm out while they dig around a few nodes lol. Normally I’d take Advil beforehand but I read that I shouldn’t take it for a week before. Something about thinning the blood. Never did get a call telling me where to go, the drs name or how to prepare lol. So I’m treating it like a mammogram and other scans I’ve done. No deodorant basically so I may go in all stinky lol. No Advil, calcium etc. I may have over prepared but without knowing how to prepare I’d rather be safe than sorry and have to reschedule. They were awesome to get me in so fast and on a day I already had an appointment down here. I googled the phone number and that told me what building and suite thankfully lol. Same building as my other appointment just around the other side and up a couple floors. Now if I can just hurry the plastic surgeon up so I can get to the biopsy on time. My PS also works with facial deformities in children of a morning at a different office then adults a few days a week in the office I’m going to. Facial stuff and burns with kids is his passion.
Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! Wish me luck on not losing my temper being stuck in a truck with three kids most of the day!
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121.4 lb
Lost so far: 39.2 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 23 June 2020:
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1680 kcal
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Fat: 77.32g | Prot: 63.52g | Carb: 185.61g.
Breakfast: General Mills Lucky Charms Cereal. Lunch: McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese, McDonald's French Fries (Medium). Dinner: Ore-Ida Tater Tots, Hidden Valley Ranch, House Salad, Rib Crib Mashed Potatoes & Gravy (Small), Cracker Barrel Chicken Fried Steak . Snacks/Other: Snickers Snickers Bar (King Size). more...
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gaining 2.8 lb a week
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Blessings friend, Hope you do well and get the answer you desire.
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23 Jun 20 by member: Ireland-83
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Good luck with your day and tests. Crossing fingers here. How weird that you can lose weight and gain a middle. Maybe they are unrelated. Do you think you may have a bit of vertigo?
23 Jun 20 by member: liv001
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23 Jun 20 by member: br_e_co
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sending positive energy to you
23 Jun 20 by member: Joelmel
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Praying for you, peeper. I wish you could have all the answers immediately... But more that the answers are that things are going to be alright. ❤️
23 Jun 20 by member: melissatwa
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It went well! She numbed next up really well. The numbing hurt a bit but not bad. Didn’t feel the 5 samples she took at all. Felt the scalpel but only pressure. Hurt my shoulder having to hold my arm up for like 45 minutes. That’s the ‘bad’ shoulder. She ruled out a silicone leak into the nodes. That leaves infection or cancer. I tried to ask the right questions to see what she thought it was but she caught on to it lol. Said she had two ideas but she wouldn’t tell me what they were. Said I should have results in 3 days. Knowing them they’ll forget to call until next week. No lifting more than 5# for 3 days!! Bummed about missing the gym tomorrow. They didn’t seem thrilled about me going Friday. But I do have an open wound where they cut into my arm pit. It’s covered with steristrips though. They gave me a nice ace bandage bra lol. More like a sleeveless crop top. I may have to blur out that part and post the pic I took. Tummy looks awesome in the low lighting they had haha.
23 Jun 20 by member: peeperjj
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@liv I don’t think it’s vertigo. My BP stays the same but my heart rate increases 30-40 points. Sometimes I’m dizzy, sometimes I’m lightheaded and sometimes my vision gets blurry. I’m trying to nail down the exact symptoms for each exercise or thing I do. The tummy isn’t actually gaining weight I think. It just looks like my thin roll of loose skin is a bit thicker. Like I’ve gained a small amount of subcutaneous fat there. Love handles aren’t any bigger. Just the small roll right under the belly button lol.
23 Jun 20 by member: peeperjj
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I was going to suggest benign positional vertigo (BPV) as well - i have it - and the symptoms you described match mine. But, certainly with a lot going on for you, could be anything.
23 Jun 20 by member: br_e_co
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Glad it went well... Waiting game
23 Jun 20 by member: liv001
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God bless you, peeper! Praying for excellent news!
23 Jun 20 by member: davidsprincess
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