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15 August 2017

13 August 2017

Happy Sunday evening!

Turns out I'm not likely to become a fan of fresh, ripe jackfruit. It's okay...and I'll try to eat this just to keep from wasting it, but I don't think I will buy it again. The other way I'd like to try it is to eat green jackfruit as pulled pork, with barbecue sauce...but it's $2.50/can, and I may put this off for a little while. I can't find the green fruit here in its fresh state.

It has been a good weekend. My hip stopped hurting yesterday afternoon, I slept well last night, and I feel optimistic about the coming week. I froze six 12oz. packages of green beans from our garden - we'll eat those this winter. I made some zucchini soup that is really good, and I'll be taking that to work with a zucchini side dish/casserole that I baked in muffin form. Lots of vegetables to enjoy this week! I'm making kimchee too, and a bean sprout salad...and I've got Persian cucumbers for snacks!

I also picked sumac fruits to make za'atar seasoning, once the fruits have dried...and we worked on barns, yard and garden. It was a good, productive weekend!

The soreness I experienced this round with my hip caused me to decide to take action. I'm going to message my doctor and find out if she can do an exam/diagnose when I'm not in pain...if so, I'll make an appointment, and if not, we can figure out how to move forward with this. It's keeping me from being active, and that's slowing weight loss and affecting my health...time to get it taken care of.

We're still tweaking the meal plan for the week, but mine will be vegetable heavy. What have you got planned for the comng week?

11 August 2017

09 August 2017

Some random thoughts...

My hip has been really sore all day. It has been less achy since I've lost some weight, but I still have these days where it hurts to walk...or sit...or lie down...argh. I'm in the midst of figuring out a couple of other medical things, but maybe I need to put this on the list too. I have gotten the 'just lose weight' message from so many doctors in the course of my life that I'm not a good advocate for myself when there are medical things...you know, because I should just lose weight.

I work with about 12 people. No one has said anything or asked if I've lost weight. I've been telling myself they are being polite, trying not to pry...and then today, there was this whole conversation directed to another staff member and how noticeable it is that she's lost 5 lb. I've lost 24...so maybe no one can tell. This reminded me that *I* can tell. I have shirts I was wearing as 'jackets' because they didn't button, and they button now and are roomy. I feel better. *I* can see the difference...and I need to be okay with that.

I am four pounds from what I weighed on my wedding day. I was not a svelte bride, but I've been married 26 amazing years, and I'm 4 pounds from way back then, and I will celebrate that all the same.

I've noticed that I'm reacting to hunger more than I'm happy with. I've done intermittent fasting in the past, and it really helped me to develop better skills around getting hungry and waiting...so that if I got hungry half an hour from a meal, I was able to process that a meal was coming soon and then wait for the meal. Lately, I'm wanting to grab 'something' at the first hunger pang. It may be time for a little fast to re-set my mindset (and maybe blood sugar, I dunno).

My digestion has not been so great the past couple weeks. I'm not sure if it's a probiotics issue or a fiber issue - it seems like I'm getting both pretty regularly - but I need to look over old menus and see if I'm eating fewer vegetables or something.

Things are good...but I think they could be better!

What are your random thoughts?

09 August 2017

Weigh-in: 195.0 lb lost so far: 16.0 lb still to go: 10.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   (4 comments) losing 0.6 lb a week

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