Anyone ready to ring in the new year...and lose weight/get fit?

[Knock Kneed Hen]

annaraven, Yeah, I look happy when I'm not yelling

This picture looks like I'm skipping blissfully down the lane

Ok, so I lied, this isn't "typical" me.

Oohhhhh, I want some shape-ups. My back is always killing me.

 

[oesdog]

That is a really lovely pic KK Hen made me smile.

Today was challenging -
Hospital for DH.
All very hard work. Managed to get the girls at the Adult centre to take Danny early. I remembered to let out the hens and feed them. Was in a real flap trying to get all done in a big hurry. The internet was off here so I couldn;t even talk to you all last night

Anyhow got Danny to adult centre and got DD to sort herself to pick him up after cause I knew we wouldn;t be back in time.
Rushed on to the Hospital which is quite a long way - 100 mile round trip but I guess for you guys thats not far.
We got there just in time and the nurses were lovely. They took us into a quiet room and explained about DH having to have an injection - it is the same stuff used to treat Cancer so like a lower dose of chemo. We were told that he has to stay away from pregnant women and our grandaughter - very worrying

Then they just told us to go out and enjoy ourselves for a few hours while the stuff went round his body. So we walked down into the town and looked around the shops.
We got coffee and a spot of lunch, then my moble phone died so we went and bought a replacement. It has a camera on it so is all fancy. Not sure how to use the thing though??? ( I am not entirly sure how they thought we were going to avoid pregnant women and young children in a city like Belfast????)

Anyhow we really took time to distract ourselves. - Then had to be back at the Hospital for 1pm for the scan. IT wasn;t nice. DH was put on a bed and his head was basically strapped into this machine and the top was lowered way down to the tip of his nose. He is cloustraphobic so it was terribly stressful for him. Anyhow at least he didn;t have to go through the thing like the cancer patients. - I had an MRI once and my head was also strapped down so I kind of knew what was comming sort of thing. So did DH really being x ambulance service but you know how you just don;t want to think about stuff when its you. IT didn;t actually take that long - about 30mins. Then they let us go but DH was bright red in the face and even his ears were burning and his face tingled.

I was a bit worried about the whole thing. - I mean things like if they wont let him near the baby for three days then what is it going to do to Danny and I??? I wonder if his hair will come out a bit in a few days????

I just didn;t ask because part of me didn;t want to know. - Bit horrific really. DH says he feels funky and unwell and now we are home he has gone to bed. DD is comming round with Danny later, I just told her NOT to bring the baby. so when she comes in I will have to give her a grilling about the possibility of her being pregnant before I tell her that her Dad is radioactive and glows in the dark!!!!!!

OMG -

At least it is over and we can know for sure about what were up against regarding the tremours in his hands and all that and the frustration when he is constantly dropping stuff. We had to know. If its Parkinsons we will have to plan ahead. I guess if its a tumor or something like that they will find out deffinately with this test. We should get the results back in a few weeks apparently. - I want to know now. why can;t they have the radiographer there to point stuff out when your in the room????

Anyhow - we walked today into the town and round the shops and had a healthy lunch so we were good.

Oesdog - thanks for being there you guys I am going to go rest a bit.

 

[vfem]

Adorable post and fun in the snow! I was out planting bushes, flower and food in the garden. Taking care of the fruit trees and such.

Blows my mind it was 75 here yesterday!!!!

Today, its in the 50's with cool winds... Mother nature, what are you thinking?

Daffodils are already blooming and are much confused!!!

Oesdog, I hope everything works out.

 

[elizabethbinary]

Oesdog - haha daddy glows!

I'm glad you're seeing a sense of humour in all the drama. I hope it's all good!!!


I ate more than my husband last night for dinner!!!!

 

[dawgpaws]

I definitely need the motivation and help from all of you on this thread..... I love to eat but need to loose weight.

 

[babymakes6]

Did you find the spreadsheet?

 

[annaraven]

Well I'm starting to notice my pants feeling a bit more comfortable. Yay! And knowing I have to report back here helps me avoid snacking after dinner on stuff I don't need.

Welcome to the new folks. Remember, you can still eat *well* when trying to get healthy, just not eat as *much*. In fact, I eat *better* food when I'm thinking bout it. Less junk.

Now I'm off to get the plants covered -we're supposed to get *snow*. This is Silicon Valley - we haven't had snow below 1000 feet since 1976. I know that because it was a topic of discussion at the grocery store yesterday!

 

[3goodeggs]

I am finally feeling better, I made it to the mail box and back with out shaking or panting. The bad news is that I have been eating everything anyone handed me and then some. i am back to my original weight 158.
I was so happy at 149. i felt good.
I will slowly get back to 3 miles a day, I just hate it that I got knocked down and lost every gain.
There have been a lot of people hospitalized with what i had, so I guess i should just be glad I am getting over it, but still.

welcome to the new people!

this is a very friendly bunch. We are glad you are here!

 

[oesdog]

I have trouble keeping up with everything on the thread.
I have been trying to be soooooooooooooooooooo good this week. I have walked out most days and had meals that were like when I was away. I have been opting for Water instead of coffee or juice. On wednesday I felt really thin! I mean I just felt like my clothes were lose and my figure was starting to show and all that.
I don;t know if I will have lost any weight folks so don;t get too enthusiastic. Tonight I was bad though. I ate chips and pie and beans. I was soooooo hungry. But I have not eaten any cakes or biscuits or anything like that. I have managed to stay away from desserts too and I have not eaten after 6pm in the evenings. Tonight I feel a wee bit on the fat side maybe I ate to much???? I have been eating a lot of Greek low fat yogurt instead of cereals and toast, though I did put a wee bit of Syrup in it ( A small T spoon ) Or its just plain bitter - hope I didn;t screw up too much. I have also eaten a lot of things like apples and bananas and dates instead of sweets and cakes.

I sure hope I am doing a bit better.

Oesdog

I am not going near the scales until Saterday.

 

[elizabethbinary]

Quote:
You know, in all honesty, my doctors and husband have told me they think my thinness and inability to gain weight is BECAUSE I eat so well. Like a normal everyday series of meals for me (when I'm not sick) is something like:

Breakfast: Poached egg on top of quinoa with berries and agave

Snack: Banana and fresh shelled pecans

Lunch: Steamed salmon and brown rice with wilted water-wokked veggies and tamari seasoning or handmade wholewheat pasta with homemade sauce and anchovies.

Snack: 1/8c goji berries, a couple bites bleu cheese, some grapes and some yogurt.

Dinner: Stir fried chicken with veggies - usually try not have carbs for dinner.


....I don't deny myself, as you can see... but I ear a lot of protein, not as much carbs (but almost always complex ones) and I still get a little bit of sweetness in the morning and for snacks.

When I was super super sick I was ordered by doctors to 'eat crap'... they force fed me cakes and white bread and tablespoons of sugar just because 'it's easy on your body and you need it right now to gain' (my liver was failing, so I couldn't digest complex foods).

But now that I'm honestly trying to gain and I'm better... I still kinda eat like this and it's REALLY hard to get enough calories in for my level of exercise when most of your meals are salads and fish or veggies.

Anyway, my point is - I'm really little on quite a lot of healthy great food. I don't even consider myself on a 'diet' most of the time - I just eat well. My problem is I need to eat *a lot* more so I can gain weight... so it's really easy to lose on a diet similar to mine. And no giving up stuff!! I still have tiny slices of cake two or three times a week. Just a small one since I don't like sweets much.