Little John
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I think you're sending the cold east, Jen, so you can rest easy.
Good job on the good day!
Good job on the good day!
Jen's Diary
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jen_renee
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Thanks, guys! I survived being at the hospital with mom. She went in Wednesday and we got out on Saturday. I really think they only kept us until Saturday because the weather was HORRIBLE. Mom wasn't getting enough fluids down, and the doctor looked outside and asked where we were from(about a 45 minute drive away in good weather), and he goes..."well, we'll just keep you here another night." Thank God, because I didn't feel like dying on the drive back..haha! We got back to her house on Saturday, and then I came home on Sunday. With the gastric bypass she's on clear liquids the first week, and then gets to switch over to full liquids this Thursday I think. Overall she's doing pretty good though.. sore, but good.
The drive over there on Wednesday.... O M G. Let's just say her surgery could not have been on a worse day. It was terrifying! It took us about an hour and half to get there, and most of that time was spent on the last half of the trip. After we hit the half way point it turned into complete whiteouts. Traffic slowed to a crawl and you just prayed you were on the right side of the road! Scary shit.
Anyways... hospital food was ok. I'm sure I gained a few pounds, but I haven't weighed myself at home. I did go to the doctor today and weighed in at 206, which that scale is usually about 3 lbs heavier than my scale. So I'm guessing I'm 203 on my scale.
I'm sure most of that is water weight.
Doctor appointment went good today. I am officially off my blood thinners! I have to wait about a week and then I can go have my blood drawn and find out if I have any blood clotting disorders. Hopefully I don't and I can be a little more confident that my pulmonary embolism was caused by my birth control. I'm skeptical on that though, as I was on it for 18 years with no problems. I also won't have to worry about possibly passing it down to my kids if it comes back negative.
Oh, and Cate... it was -22 F this morning...and that was without the wind chill. BRRRRRRRRRRRRR. My car almost didn't start this morning, and the neighbors car wouldn't. Way too cold. Definitely need to move. lol.
The drive over there on Wednesday.... O M G. Let's just say her surgery could not have been on a worse day. It was terrifying! It took us about an hour and half to get there, and most of that time was spent on the last half of the trip. After we hit the half way point it turned into complete whiteouts. Traffic slowed to a crawl and you just prayed you were on the right side of the road! Scary shit.
Anyways... hospital food was ok. I'm sure I gained a few pounds, but I haven't weighed myself at home. I did go to the doctor today and weighed in at 206, which that scale is usually about 3 lbs heavier than my scale. So I'm guessing I'm 203 on my scale.
I'm sure most of that is water weight. Doctor appointment went good today. I am officially off my blood thinners! I have to wait about a week and then I can go have my blood drawn and find out if I have any blood clotting disorders. Hopefully I don't and I can be a little more confident that my pulmonary embolism was caused by my birth control. I'm skeptical on that though, as I was on it for 18 years with no problems. I also won't have to worry about possibly passing it down to my kids if it comes back negative.
Oh, and Cate... it was -22 F this morning...and that was without the wind chill. BRRRRRRRRRRRRR. My car almost didn't start this morning, and the neighbors car wouldn't. Way too cold. Definitely need to move. lol.
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Little John
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Congrats on being off the thinners! My wife just got the "all's well" from her doctor about a week ago, just needs to take a thinner prior to flights or driving more than 6 hours.
ABY1
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Although before holidays i was staying on track most of the time, now i see that it is more difficult to stay on diet and avoid certain food (some kind of sweets, cheese, bread) from my diet. The cold weather and the holidays break distracted my care from the diet and now it is difficult enough to conform myself to diet again as before holidays time. I have put on at least 3 lbs that I want to get rid of them quickly as the first goal. 2 weeks have been past form holidays and still i am not back on track and there is no progress. Do you really left the relax on diet during holidays behind?
jen_renee
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Thanks, guys.
I'm trying to get back on track. Was doing pretty good until the weekend when everything went to hell. Back on track today though. Chef and I are trying to be good until the end of February. I'm just really tired and my mom has found a way to piss me off just about everyday for the last week and a half. Sigh... I need a vacation.
I'm trying to get back on track. Was doing pretty good until the weekend when everything went to hell. Back on track today though. Chef and I are trying to be good until the end of February. I'm just really tired and my mom has found a way to piss me off just about everyday for the last week and a half. Sigh... I need a vacation.
jen_renee
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Ugh. I am not doing good. AT. ALL.
Stress is getting to me, and what do I do when I stress out? .... stuff disgusting amounts of food in my face.iggy: Ice cream, donuts, chocolate....oh god so much chocolate. Seriously guys, I've been BAD. 
Problem #1: My mom. I'm constantly running over there to help her with something, running errands for her, or taking her somewhere. It's throwing my schedule off completely and I don't do good without a schedule. My day just goes to complete shit. Add to that she's cranky and saying some things that she shouldn't be. Too much to get into there, but it's not good.
Problem #2: My job is changing. I'm not getting a new job(although I'd really like to now), but the way we do things is completely changing. Since more people are searching for things on their mobile devices, we will be changing the way we evaluate pages. PAIN IN THE ASS. It's just been a headache inducing mess for a week now. It's a HUMONGOUS change, and extremely confusing. I have 150 pages of guidelines to go over and understand completely before I can even start working again. What I'd really like to do is to tell G**gle to shove it, but I need money... lol.
I also went and had blood drawn yesterday to find out if I have any clotting disorders. Hopefully I will hear something on that pretty soon. I hate waiting.
I will get back on track though. I'm disgusted with myself. Today has been pretty good so far at least, but it is only 10:37am. lol.
tldr... I'm not doing good. My mom is stressing me out, and I hate my job.
Stress is getting to me, and what do I do when I stress out? .... stuff disgusting amounts of food in my face.
iggy: Ice cream, donuts, chocolate....oh god so much chocolate. Seriously guys, I've been BAD. Problem #1: My mom. I'm constantly running over there to help her with something, running errands for her, or taking her somewhere. It's throwing my schedule off completely and I don't do good without a schedule. My day just goes to complete shit. Add to that she's cranky and saying some things that she shouldn't be. Too much to get into there, but it's not good.
Problem #2: My job is changing. I'm not getting a new job(although I'd really like to now), but the way we do things is completely changing. Since more people are searching for things on their mobile devices, we will be changing the way we evaluate pages. PAIN IN THE ASS. It's just been a headache inducing mess for a week now. It's a HUMONGOUS change, and extremely confusing. I have 150 pages of guidelines to go over and understand completely before I can even start working again. What I'd really like to do is to tell G**gle to shove it, but I need money... lol.
I also went and had blood drawn yesterday to find out if I have any clotting disorders. Hopefully I will hear something on that pretty soon. I hate waiting.
I will get back on track though. I'm disgusted with myself. Today has been pretty good so far at least, but it is only 10:37am. lol.
tldr... I'm not doing good. My mom is stressing me out, and I hate my job.
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Cate
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Oh Jen, that sucks! I'm not feeling any better so can't offer you any sage advice I'm sorry. Looking after ourselves is much more important when we are suffering from stress, so I think we'll have to find some inner strength. Sending you some moral support, coming from someone who has a fair idea how you must be feeling xo Cate.
Oaks
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NO MORE CHOCOLATE!!
But seriously, I'm sorry to hear life has got you stressing. Just try to remember that eating all that junk will actually just add to the stress in the end. The relief while eating it is so temporary. I read in a book to remember that if hunger isn't the problem, then eating isn't the answer. Do I listen to that all the time, heck no, but I try to remember it when I can.
But seriously, I'm sorry to hear life has got you stressing. Just try to remember that eating all that junk will actually just add to the stress in the end. The relief while eating it is so temporary. I read in a book to remember that if hunger isn't the problem, then eating isn't the answer. Do I listen to that all the time, heck no, but I try to remember it when I can.
jen_renee
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I had to go back a few pages to find my diary, that's never good.
Sooooo... as you've probably guessed I've been eating a gross amount of food, and am now slinking back in here with my head hung down in shame.
Oh well, tomorrow is a new day and I'm getting back on track.... again.
Sooooo... as you've probably guessed I've been eating a gross amount of food, and am now slinking back in here with my head hung down in shame.
Oh well, tomorrow is a new day and I'm getting back on track.... again.
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jen_renee
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Thanks, Oaks!
I think my scale was trying to tell me something this morning. I got out of bed and was like.."OK.. I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna weigh myself and just get it OVER WITH!"........ I step on the scale.... LOW BATTERY. I'm guessing it was the scales way of saying..."No, no..you don't wanna see this number yet". haha!
So far so good today. I'm going to give myself a few days to cut back on food, before I start right back into counting calories. Baby steps!
I think my scale was trying to tell me something this morning. I got out of bed and was like.."OK.. I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna weigh myself and just get it OVER WITH!"........ I step on the scale.... LOW BATTERY. I'm guessing it was the scales way of saying..."No, no..you don't wanna see this number yet". haha!
So far so good today. I'm going to give myself a few days to cut back on food, before I start right back into counting calories. Baby steps!
dudeitstime
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" Look at me I take a breath and I make a mistake. But we just get up and shoot for another perfect day." - Hank on Californication
Hang in there, Jen_renee. I see you're going through a lot of things right now, but it's important to know that things are going to work themselves out. We all get stressed out but channeling it constructively is one thing we could all work on. It's ok to have some off days, it happens, but you get another shot to right the ship. Sounds like you will so that is great. One step at a time eventually leads to 1 pound away from your goal. Hang in there, we're rooting you on!
Hang in there, Jen_renee. I see you're going through a lot of things right now, but it's important to know that things are going to work themselves out. We all get stressed out but channeling it constructively is one thing we could all work on. It's ok to have some off days, it happens, but you get another shot to right the ship. Sounds like you will so that is great. One step at a time eventually leads to 1 pound away from your goal. Hang in there, we're rooting you on!
jen_renee
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Thanks, Dude! I plan on getting back on track one baby step at a time. I've learned over the years that when I go off track, and go back at it full steam, I fail almost every single time and go right back to eating like shit within a few days. It has to be a gradual change for me or I quickly give up. So baby steps it is! lol! Thanks for stopping by!
I didn't count calories yesterday, just tried to cut back on food and make better choices. I plan on doing the same for the rest of this week, and then maybe start back to calorie counting on Monday. I think mentally I'll be more adjusted by then and will be able to handle that better. I will also start exercising on Monday. I want to get the food thing back under control before I start torturing myself with that. lol!
As far as my goals I started at the beginning of the year for money and art, I'm doing pretty good on those. My savings is doing OK and I've been working on my art just about everyday. I did spend a little bit of money though and purchased a beautiful new drafting table for working on my art. So I have to save a bit more money to replace the money on spent on that, but it'll be worth it. I just wish it would hurry up and ship! It's been "preparing for shipment" for like 3 days now! Just ship my package!! Grrrrrrrrr! I'm not a patient person... I need to work on that as well.
Yesterday was tough, but I survived!
I plan on getting back on track one baby step at a time. I've learned over the years that when I go off track, and go back at it full steam, I fail almost every single time and go right back to eating like shit within a few days. It has to be a gradual change for me or I quickly give up. So baby steps it is! lol! Thanks for stopping by! I didn't count calories yesterday, just tried to cut back on food and make better choices. I plan on doing the same for the rest of this week, and then maybe start back to calorie counting on Monday. I think mentally I'll be more adjusted by then and will be able to handle that better. I will also start exercising on Monday. I want to get the food thing back under control before I start torturing myself with that. lol!
As far as my goals I started at the beginning of the year for money and art, I'm doing pretty good on those. My savings is doing OK and I've been working on my art just about everyday. I did spend a little bit of money though and purchased a beautiful new drafting table for working on my art. So I have to save a bit more money to replace the money on spent on that, but it'll be worth it. I just wish it would hurry up and ship! It's been "preparing for shipment" for like 3 days now! Just ship my package!! Grrrrrrrrr! I'm not a patient person... I need to work on that as well.
Yesterday was tough, but I survived!
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