A New Experience

Hi there! Glad to hear things are working out for you!!! Seems like planning ahead is key to success!!! I"m happy for you :)
 
Yes, Lisa, now I have it. Whoa. Hope you are feeling better. At first I was curious about your "Flush" and thought maybe I'd like to do that but no thank you! I definitely would have moved the ticker if it were me,even if it bumped up again because you SAW that low number! You'll be there soon anyway. I will pm you and get those recipes. Thanks you've been a great help and support since the first time i "met"you.
 
Hey Korrie, Kelly and Jen :) Thanks for checking up on me. Goin on a week now that my stomach still hurts but its not the spams it was. I'm barely eating but once a day though because of it. I think it's getting better though, lord I hope so. I started my time of the month several days ago and thought maybe the hormonal changes and cramps were aggravating the whole thing but we'll see.
 
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So quick update, the pain where my gallbladder is moved on thurs lower and I had a sharp knot in my lower right side for two days then it was gone when I got up Saturday. It really felt like I had some sort of blockage that moved and finally passed. After barely eating at all for a week though I made up for it the last 3 days. I've had gas or or some indigestion but no more pain and hoping it doesn't happen again. Unfortunately that 5 pounds I lost that week not eating came right back the last 3 days. Started taking my metformin again yesterday and I'll start watching my calories and it'll get there.

Sorry I haven't been posting much here or in others journals. I was in too much pain to sit at my computer for long and not I'm just too jittery waiting for all my work stuff to pan out. None of us still know what new placements they will put us at and how fair they're going to be, so we'll see. I'll just be glad when it's over.
 
Hi Lisa, I'm sorry that you have been having a bad time with both your health and your job. I'm glad that the pain has gone away and hope that is the last of it now. Congrats on losing nearly 20lbs you really have got this thing cracked now and I look forward to hearing about the skinny you in the future :)
 
You will soon get back to normal and back to losing. I wanted to tell you that i made two freezer recipes just now, the enchilada casserole and the penne chicken alfredo. Its great to have 12 more meals in my freezer. Do you have calorie information for those two?
 
Happychubette said:
You will soon get back to normal and back to losing. I wanted to tell you that i made two freezer recipes just now, the enchilada casserole and the penne chicken alfredo. Its great to have 12 more meals in my freezer. Do you have calorie information for those two?
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I had to sit down and refigure the recipes because I changed mine to all equal about 550 calories. But followed the way they are in the original recipe the chicken alfredo is 473 and the chicken enchilada casserole is 429. That's including the 2lbs of frozen veggies in there too. I haven't made the enchilada one yet. Did it turn out good? I read an article that said buying regular ground beef and rinsing it in hot water made it less calories than buying the lean and cheaper so that's what I've been doing. Here's the article link.

 
Trusylver said:
Hang in there and try not to stress tooo much while your waiting :)
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Thanks :) Trying not to but while I'm managing my stress I'm not getting much done, lol.

ecky said:
Hi Lisa, I'm sorry that you have been having a bad time with both your health and your job. I'm glad that the pain has gone away and hope that is the last of it now. Congrats on losing nearly 20lbs you really have got this thing cracked now and I look forward to hearing about the skinny you in the future :)
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Thanks ecky, glad to see you back :)
 
Hey guys, stuff is counting down on my end so I'm stressed to the max. This is my last week with my clients and still they have not told me where they are putting me. I'm handling it as best as I can but will be happy when I have answers. I haven't been watching what I eat for a week now but am maintaining the 20lbs lost so far. My food stock has gotten low and on no variety also. Soon as this is over I'll get back to it but I'm just managing best I can for now.
 
It's a major accomplishment not to have put on weight while you are stressed. Hang on in there and just concentrate on not gaining for now and you can get back properly on track once things have settled.
 
Thanks Val & Kelly :) Know whats funny though? I enjoy food more now when I'm on a "diet" and have it all under control. Right now I'm just mindlessly eating whatever is around and my husbands been bringing home candy and I eat it...but it doesn't even taste that good. But when I had things under control and had stuff planned but had something maybe not so healthy and still stayed within my calories it tasted so much better. Probably part of it is I wasn't stuffing myself so things were more appetizing too.

This weekend was horrible btw....hurtful and painful....made me question the last 6 years I spent in the caregiver field with these young women. Thats as far as I'm going to get into it other than my other thought thats keeping me going is this was a learning experience and I honestly believe I'm going to take something away from all this that I'm going to really need later as far as life skills and coping. As stressed as I am right now I'm so glad that by the end of the week this will be resolved...and I'm also starting to feel a bit excited at a possible fresh start and a change. After talking to my co-workers they feel the same. Sad that for a job I once loved it's now just a relief to escape.

I heard a message once that still sticks with me and I truly believe. Sometimes when prayers aren't answered it's because the person needs to make changes and they're somewhere they're not supposed to be, whatever the situation. And God will continue to make it uncomfortable until they realize that and get back on the right track. Too bad I'm so stubborn and he had to basically give me a kick in the butt, lol. I'm going to get through this, get back on track and make this a happier year than I've had in a while :) As stressful as this has been I do believe that.
 
Girl, talk about stressed...you DO need a drink...lol! I hope things settle down for you soon. I know how being stressed just throws everything outta whack. It's not fun at all. Hopefully things are better for you soon. And a fresh start is always good. :) Good luck with whatever that fresh start includes. ((((huge hugs))))
 
Good for you Lisa. Things have a way of working out. That's what my bf told me anyways. Those words helped me and I hope they help you.

I am equally glad to have you for a weight loss partner and keep those recipes coming!

Thank you for the lovely comments in my diary. I bought some ph strips yesterday to check my alkilinity and it was a good tool for $15. To know that I'm in the right state for burning calories made me WANT to get out and ride my bike. (Fat is more stubborn to burn in an acid body). Anyway, that's my tip for today. Oh yeah and consider trying juicing vegetables. Feels so good. I know its hard when candy is around. You'll have to find a way to control that.
 
Happychubette said:
I know its hard when candy is around. You'll have to find a way to control that.
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Oh that's not too hard. When my hubby knows I'm watching stuff he doesn't buy me any and I don't put it in the house, lol. Honestly like I said it doesn't even taste good when I'm on metformin....had some today at the movies and just makes me feel yucky. So its not for the enjoyment....has to be some self destructive behavior or old habits of needing to just stuff my face. If I ever figured out the how's and why's I'd be a rich woman.

As for the veggies I don't have a juicer and...I'm funny about veggie juice so I'd have to experiment. But I love researching so definitely should look into that...maybe I'll come up with something I like. I saw this guy on Oprah..I forget his name but he wrote this book on looking and feeling younger. Anyway he is a health nut for sure but he had all these veggies from his garden that he had to do something with and said he just turned them into really highly concentrated veggie juice and drank that a bunch on some trip. I can't remember how long he said but he had a full head of grey hair and it went away from the juice. I'll have to go look it up to find the guys name....can't say I'm not skeptical but wouldn't it be nice it was true?

I've been thinking the past few days and I've wanted to lose weight to feel better and get my pain down. But I think this has finally become something more....for the first time in my life I'm wanting to do some of this just to FEEL better and have some energy and my only thought hasn't been just the pounds. Like I know now that I don't have to exercise to lose weight....knowing that makes me now WANT to for the other benefits. Anyway I'm tired and rambling....so many thoughts goin through my head lately, lol. Change is comin' :) Anyway I'm gonna go lay down for a bit before work tonight.
 
What is making me feel better is feeling stronger physically from exercising. You have a good sense of balance and loads of determination. You go girl.

p.s. I had a mouthgasm last night eating my enchilada casserole. It was sooo delicious.
 
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