Camy's diary

I made guacamole this way: I cut 1 piece of garlic into small bits (but could have used 2), 5 or 6 cut up cherry tomatoes, a small piece of cucumber (also cut into pieces as small as possible) and 1 avocado. Then I mini-pimmered it into puree, and added salt, chilli powder, paprika powder, black and red pepper and lemon juice.
It is very yummy, but high in fats so don't overdo it!

Wishes: thank you! Over here in Europe I wouldn't doubt in doing a class for adults, but I think in africa they are more worried about finding food than about dancing. If I see some interest I will do it, but for now, I think I am just going to plan on classes for little ones.

Anke: I know!!! I wish I had done gymnastics as a kid more, because now I am dying to try to do some (I did rom age 6 to age 10, and 1 year when I was 16...not nearly enough), but nobody will teach gymnastics to a 23 year old!

I had my first round of immunizations, now I am sort of immune to yellow fever, rabies (I have to have 2 more rounds of rabies though) and meningitis A, C, W and Y. Next week we are going to go for more rabies, diphteria, tetanus, polio and hepatitis B, and then 2 weeks afterwards more rabies, tuberculosis and typhoid. Woohoo! And we got a trial of malaria medication, we have to take it for 3 weeks and see how we feel, if the side effects are too much to bear we will have to go on trial for another malaria medication. I really hope this one works, because the other one may not be compatible with my thyroid medication!

Food of the day:
Breakfast: 1 banana, 50 cals of blackberries
Midmorning snack (since breakie was really early): 1 fried egg, 1 hash brown, half a cup of mushrooms
Lunch: cucumber sandwiches (cucumber and italian ham, no bread total of 60 cals), 1 small bowl of carrot and creme fraiche soup (90 cals)
Dinner: total disaster calorie wise... there was a set menu, I had chicken skewers as a starter, then lamb and 4 small wedges of sweet potato, and :( panna cotta with some fruit coolis on top as dessert... but it was delicious!

Exercise:
proud to say: 40 lanes of swimming

Camy
 
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If you offered adult dance classes, I would take them from you. You would get to laugh at my lack of coordination. I have no grace. You should see the bruises I have on my body just from hitting myself with weights working out, hah.
 
I am not a great dancer myself, but I do what I can! I think once I have the "theory" right, I can try to look good doing it.

Food of the day:
Breakfast: muller milk-rice with apple (was yummy, but I thought it said 112 cals per pot, but it is actually 224 cals per pot!!! I was shocked!), 200 ml of pomegranate juice (90 cals)
Lunch: weird salad, made of 1/3 of a cucumber and 1 tin of artichoked (totalling at about 100 cals), 200 ml of pomegranate juice (90 cals) (I love that juice!)
Snack: lite caramel frap, 1 banana (total about 200 cals)
Dinner: dinner party was almost exclusively gluten-y, so I ate about 1 piece of spanish omelette and 1 bowl of cherry tomatoes with 1 ball of mozzarella

Exercise:
Nuttin'

Camy
 
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Having an awful day emotionally, will post more later... haven't really eaten much to be honest. And won't exercise either. Just one of those days.

Food of the day:
Breakfast: coffee light frap (90 cals)
Lunch: 1 mueller milk rice (230 cals)
Dinner: singapore noodles, then a handful of sweets (about 20 g worth of it)

Camy
 
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Aww, sorry to hear you're down. Take the day off, you deserve some rest now and then :)

Hope you feel better soon!
 
Ok, today was another bizarre day. I was woken up by a phone call from my supervisor and then spent the whole day (11 hours and a bit) in the labour ward, helping this poor girl have her premature twins. It was amazing, and sad, and interesting, and heartbreaking at the same time.
The twins are alive (that is all I can say about them, we will see in the next few days how they are doing), and the mom was feeling pretty bad when I left, but she will get better.
So obviously no gym, but my legs ache from standing for 11 plus hours! So I think it was better than an hour long run, the whole standing around thing!

Food of the day:
Breakfast: nothing, packed it but never managed to eat any
Lunch: 4 or 5 pieces of roast potatoes, salad (green salad, greek salad, garden salad mix)
Dinner: 600 cals worth of indian food, 100 cals worth of raspberries, 100 cals wirth of chocolate

Camy
 
Wow, what hectic things you must experience as a doc... amazing. Glad to hear the babies are alive, do let know if they survive :(

Wow, how do you deal with the emotional side of medicine??
 
Unfortunately the smaller twin just died, I was going to go see the mom but decided she wouldn't want to see me when she just got the news.
I am sad for them, but the baby was in bad shape, I hope the bigger twin makes it, he seemed more stable.

I am having a terrible week with the man. We have been fighting since wednesday and I have moved out (I have a room in a flat for me but had been living in his room with him for the past 3 months). It is the silliest of arguments, but it is so important to me.
Remember I said I wanted to have a baby as soon as we come back from Ghana and he sometimes says yes and sometimes says no, well I told him, that I am changing my life a lot for him, so he should be able to accomodate that, if we are economically stable enough, we have a baby ASAP, because I am DYING to have one.
Well he says, he wants one in 6 years (I want one in 2-3 years). I just cannot stand that he makes the decisions and he doesn't even care that and why I want to have one ASAP.
Other than having this urge to have a baby at all times that I feel (I think I have an out of control biological clock!), I really would like to be young to enjoy the baby, I want my parents to be young to be the awsome grandparents I know they could be if they are young enough, and I want the baby to know my grandmother and if possible to remember her. She is the best nana in the world and I would hate for my baby not to get to know her (and I know she is dying to have a great-grandchild).
I am more than ready, and I know he isn't, but that is why I am going to wait a couple more years. And sometimes you just aren't ready and grow into your role. But I need to know now, before we move to ghana if he is able to accomodate my needs and desires in this department.
It doesn't look like he can. We fought 3 times already and I said, I wouldn't ask anything from him if we aren't economically stable, or in a bad spell in our relationship or anything along those lines, but of we are ok, then yes, I want to have one. He is dead set on not trying at all in the next 3 years, maybe in 4 years time or 5, but if possible he doesn't want any children until in 6. I am just not able to wait that long. My arms ache for a baby to hold. My heart aches for a little one to love. And I have baby envy, every baby I see I am so jealous of their parents.
I am not sure we will be able to find a solution... and it is hard because I know we could have 2 more good years, but I also know we will have a horrible horrible times in 2 and a half years when I desperately want the baby and he doesn't. And in the end I will settle to wait with him because I mean, it isn't like you just find a new boyfriend and have a kid in 3 months... so he will be the one directing my life and I just cannot have him do this. I want to direct my life a bit too.
I am going to Ghana for him, I am changing my plans to make his dreams reality, when and where he wants it, now it is his turn.

Food of the day:
No breakfast (was fighting)
Lunch: salad with chicken and avocado, some salami and olives, a small cup of nachos
Snack: coffee frap lite
Dinner: salmon, beans, spinach and then 1 scoop of icecream for dessert

Camy
 
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Camy said:
Unfortunately the smaller twin just died, I was going to go see the mom but decided she wouldn't want to see me when she just got the news.
I am sad for them, but the baby was in bad shape, I hope the bigger twin makes it, he seemed more stable.

I am having a terrible week with the man. We have been fighting since wednesday and I have moved out (I have a room in a flat for me but had been living in his room with him for the past 3 months). It is the silliest of arguments, but it is so important to me.
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This is so sad about the twin. Do you work in the NICU? My son was born premature and was in the NICU for 3 weeks. It was devastating to see empty incubators and to find out that it was b/c they didn't make it. :(

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Doesn't sound like the silliest of arguments to me. I think that it's so important that you are evaluating the relationship over this issue. I could not have been with a man that wanted to wait. Since high school I knew that I wanted to be a young mom. People would ask me what I wanted to do after I graduated and I would say that I wanted to get married and have babies. Some people define success as education... for me it was to be a mom. I know the desire that you are talking about. Your man has to also factor in that just because y'all start trying in 6 years doesn't mean y'all will have one in 6 years. It took me 2 years of diligently trying to conceive...charts, graphs, thermometers, checking my cervix and discharge, holding my legs up against the wall for half an hour after.......the whole 9 yards. You may be a "Fertile Myrtle" but you just never know.

I'd say that you are very smart to think about all this before moving your whole life to Ghana.
 
Your argument is not trivial. It is based on a rather important and tender issue. Hopefully the distance will allow you both to calm down and discuss the matter, because it honestly cannot be tiptoed around. Compromises need to be made-- and reaching them is what seems to be the difficulty in a relationship. Or at least that is my impression.

As for the comment about not being able to find a boyfriend and get pregnant within a three month timespan... it's so possible. It happened to my one friend in the span of a single month, although the child was an ooops.
 
Thank you Kristi and WS,
We talked and cried a lot over the past 3 days and we came to the decision that I would give him some time, but he would try to understand how urgent the matter is for me and try to be ready ASAP after Ghana. I am aware this may be a year, but I am hoping that maybe we can settle at 6 months if everything goes well.

I have eaten very little and disorganized the past few days.
So yesterday's food:
Breakfast-Lunch: 1 caramel lite frap, 1 small bowl of nachos (all of this after 4 pm)
Dinner: chinese food (veggies, prawns and rice)

Today's food:
Breakfast: milk rice with apple
Lunch: small pack of sushi, half a bowl of salad
Dinner: a lot of sushi
(yes that is rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner!)

I went shopping and found some amazing clothes, bought some jeans (size 30... that would be ... I guess a 10 but I am very confused) and 2 tank tops, and a long sleeved t and a sweater (which are identical but I couldn't chose!). The T and sweater make me really skinny! They are also size S and I was undecided between XS and S... amazing! I love GAP!

Last time I weighed myself I was down 2 pounds, so I have put it into my ticker, my body has really changed in the last few weeks, I can suddenly see the difference so clearly! It is great. Next weekend I have to wear the dreamkini and although it doesn't yet look amazing, it looks quite well and I will pull it off! Yey!

Bedtime, tomorrow starts my first intensive dance week, I am dancing 9:30 to 11 every morning this week, and then I want to go swimming on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on top of it (just 20 lanes or so if I have time). I hae to work hard this coming week (on weight-loss and studies), but I am quite happy. Life is good!
Camy
 
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Hey Camy~Glad to hear that things are picking up :) That's a wonderful compromise that you both have come to. Even if you do wait a year, it's better than 6 years! ...Dancing sounds like fun! Keep up the great work!
~Kristi
 
Hey Camy just seeing how things are going and I'm so glad you can see a difference!! I'm jealous of you, but all of your hard work is paying off and you can FLAUNT it now in that "dreamkini!!!!"

To add my two cents, that fight was SO NOT trivial NOR silly. It is totally understandable that you want a baby. Your life is stable, you are feeling good about yourself, you are in a great relationship, why not? I feel like after Ghana, he is going to have a change of heart. Hell, I think IN Ghana he is going to have a change of heart. You are doing this for him, but you are also doing this FOR YOU! When you are both doing something so momentous together, I think he really is going, for lack of a better phrase, grow up.

I'm glad that you resolved things, and I'm glad that you are giving each other time. No matter what you can't change how you feel right now, and neither can he. With time, I think great things are going to happen for you. And I know all of us here want to know EXACTLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS so we can congratulate you and think up names!!! hahaha

I hope you had a great weekend, and thanks for the guacamole recipe. I think I'm going to do that this week!!!!!!!
 
I am such a twat! I overslept and missed the first dance class... honestly ridiculous!
In exchange I got a few more shots (2nd Rabies, Diphteria, Tetanus, Polio), the worked all day (7 hours) and then went to the gym! I am mighty proud of myself for this feat!

So food of the day:
Breakfast: 15 grapes
Lunch: 3 slices of gf bread, one with salmon, one with cheese and one with avocado, for pudding 3 squares of white chocolate
Snack: piece of cucumber, 2/3 of an apple, some mashed potato (I made it for the kids and ate some)
Dinner: small dish of aubergine with cheese and tomato sauce, medium sized salad, bounty

Exercise:
20 minutes on the elliptical

Camy
 
:ack2: Oops, huh?

Well, some days your body just seems to TELL you what to do... I overslept by 2 hours today and am now naughtily chilling at home with my bf (his job's flexible)

Just go give it your best tomorrow! :)
 
Just piping in

Noticed a couple "overslepts" lol...I think that might be the next club around here lol :drooling: ...add me in...I slept in an extra 2 hours. :sleeping:
 
Anke and Lilly, yeah i don't even know what happened. I know i switched the alarm on for 8, and then woke up at 9:45... I must have flicked it off and was so sleepy that I can't even rememebr, but it was quite absurd.

However today i made it! It was a great class, easy but intense and the teacher is nice, and I got to meet a few people there who were quite nice too. Went swimming immediately afterwards for 20 lanes and now it is 1 and I have done all the exercise I wanted to do for today! Yey!
Now I am doodling for an hour and then I gotta go and work the afternoon in hospital, then try to write down some results, get a bit of my diss done, since I want to write most of it in the next 2 days so I can hand in a first draft.
Tonight we are going to eat (at home) with the man's flatmate and his girlfriend (they are our "best friends" some days and we can't stand them some other days... it is your typical love-hate-relationship). I fancy meat (I am probably in dire need of iron). so i think it will be salad and steak.

Things I learned today: a muller rice will keep me full for 4 hours if I exercise for 2, or for 6 if I don't exercise. since it has 250 cals and like 20% of my RDA of calcium it will be my breakie of choice for the weeks when I exercise in the morning.
If I eat 250 cals in the morning, I can have 500 cals for both main meals and even drink a frappu and still be under 1400 cals!

Food of the day:
Breakfast: muller rice
Lunch: almost 400 cals of sushi, banana yoghurt (100 cals)
Snack: small sushi snack, apple
Dinner: steak and green salad

exercise:
90 minutes of contemporary dance
20 lanes swimming

Camy
 
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