Debbie Cousins's Journal, 26 October 2022

Good morning, all. Scale didn't budge this morning, but that's ok. I did what I was supposed to yesterday: kept my calories between 1,350 and 1,450 calories at 1,352; walked 1.3 miles in the house and at BJ's, got in my 20g of Fiber; logged everything I ate; checked the Challenge Forum and posted a new article about Low-Intensity Exercises. It lists all of the FatSecret exercises that you can do for as little as one minute and get exercise credit. For any who are interested, here is the link to read the article:

https://www.fatsecret.com/challenges/daily-accountability-2022-43/Forum.aspx

There's also a good article there called "Avocados - Your Fiber Friend." You can get to it with the same link. The Challenge Forum is available for any FS member to read - you don't have to join the challenge to read the Forum or to post on it.

Had hematology appointment yesterday. I go every six months to make sure my Ferratin levels are good. If they're not, I have to get an iron infusion, but I haven't had to have one of those in about three years. I drank 3-1/2 bottles of water before I went so my veins would be plumped up. I'm usually a very hard stick and they often have to get a second person to try to get my blood. This time, he was able to get it on the first time, and the bruise is less than 1/2" in diameter! A good day.

Today is psychiatrist appointment. I do those every 3-4 months for my prescriptions for anti-depressants and mood stabilizers and sleep aids. The psychiatrist I was seeing just retired, so I'll be someone new. I really liked the other guy. Hope I'll have a good rapport with the newbie.

Ok, the one sugar-free candy I had this morning is working on me, PTL, so gotta run, lol!

230.0 lb Lost so far: 29.0 lb.    Still to go: 80.0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1922 kcal

Fat: 88.49g | Prot: 66.30g | Carb: 233.03g.   Breakfast: Twinings Earl Grey Tea, Domino Sugar Granulated Sugar, Albertsons Heavy Whipping Cream , Skippy Extra Crunchy Super Chunk Peanut Butter, Dave's Killer Bread Good Seed Bread, Land O'Lakes Salted Butter. Lunch: Stouffer's Lasagna with Meat & Sauce. Dinner: Cooked Immature Lima Beans (from Fresh, Fat Added in Cooking). Snacks/Other: Sunset Mini Cucumbers, Sweet Smiles Chocolate Covered Peanuts, Franklin Nut Cake, Russell Stover Sugar Free Peanut Butter Cups, Jell-O Sugar Free Cherry, Kraft Cool Whip, Fresh & Easy Melon, Hershey's Kit Kat. more...

2981 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Cooking - 30 minutes, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 19 minutes, Driving - 2 hours, Studying - 30 minutes, Washing Dishes - 40 minutes, Sleeping - 12 hours, Resting - 8 hours and 1 minute. more...