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Sunday Weigh In June 4, 2023
Good morning, everyone… I hope you’re all off to a great day. I’m traveling right now, so my post will be short this morning. It looked like it’s going to be a beautiful day, so that’s great.
I’ve finally managed to get out of my braces/casts and for the first time since December and free of the restrictions of a brace/cast. It feels awesome, but I’m ever aware of how careful I need to be in order to avoid going right back into one. Who knows what the next break will entail??
Anyway, as I said, I’m traveling right now, so have not been able to weigh myself for several days. When I left home on Wednesday, I was down 2 pounds from what I’d been last Sunday, but I can’t say that’s where I still am. One good thing is that I’m staying at my sister’s and I’ve been eating a lot of fish, which, as we know is much better for us, so I’m hoping the fish will help offset some of the other “goodies” I’ve been eating - family foods that I don’t get a lot of, at home. My sister bought an electric grill and we used it for the first time, last night. Seems to work well and I might consider getting one, when I get home… we’ll see.
We’re going to be off visiting another sister in a different state this week, so I’ll not be able to weigh again. I feel like my clothes are fitting pretty close to the same as when I left home, so I hope that’s a good sign.
So now I’m off to finish getting ready for the day. I hope you’ve had a wonderful week and reaches any goals you set for yourself.
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week ~~
I’ve finally managed to get out of my braces/casts and for the first time since December and free of the restrictions of a brace/cast. It feels awesome, but I’m ever aware of how careful I need to be in order to avoid going right back into one. Who knows what the next break will entail??
Anyway, as I said, I’m traveling right now, so have not been able to weigh myself for several days. When I left home on Wednesday, I was down 2 pounds from what I’d been last Sunday, but I can’t say that’s where I still am. One good thing is that I’m staying at my sister’s and I’ve been eating a lot of fish, which, as we know is much better for us, so I’m hoping the fish will help offset some of the other “goodies” I’ve been eating - family foods that I don’t get a lot of, at home. My sister bought an electric grill and we used it for the first time, last night. Seems to work well and I might consider getting one, when I get home… we’ll see.
We’re going to be off visiting another sister in a different state this week, so I’ll not be able to weigh again. I feel like my clothes are fitting pretty close to the same as when I left home, so I hope that’s a good sign.
So now I’m off to finish getting ready for the day. I hope you’ve had a wonderful week and reaches any goals you set for yourself.
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week ~~
Glad you're out of the braces and casts, Barb -- don't trip again! Did you find a way to ease the leg cramps?
Weight-wise, I'm at the same place as last week, which is 1.2 lbs. down from a week before. This isn't too surprising because I had that colonoscopy last week. The only surprise is that you hear about supermodels who use laxatives and supposedly lose weight, but I just stayed the same even with the cleanout. They made it a point to rehydrate me (by IV), I think. lol
The procedure went well after all that prep, and they removed four small polyps. A cool thing was that they tattoo next to where the polyp was, to be able to check the spot next time. (My son said I should have requested a heart and an anchor.) The lab results will come Monday. Since the polyps are removed it almost doesn't matter, except that a positive result on any of them would change the pace at which I am screened. (I'm on just a once-in-ten-years schedule now.) In retrospect, the only things I'd do differently for prep would be to start clear liquids a little earlier, like a day and a half before instead of the day before, because it's just that much simpler, and the low-fiber diet wasn't better than the homemade broth I made for myself! (I strained it three times, including through a coffee filter and my fat-removing pourer, because our HMO looks askance at broth. It was possible to read a newspaper through it, but it was delicious, like the best chicken soup you'd ever had when you had a cold.) And I would also do a better job of figuring out in advance what can be eaten on a low-fiber diet. The procedure was only scheduled ten days before I had it, leaving me with not a lot of time to think it over or plan, and the boring, imbalanced diet that resulted was harder than drinking the entire gallon of lemon-lime clean-out liquid at the end. With some preparation and good purchasing, I think I could have eaten more meats, just without anything that would leave a residue (like pepper or seeds) and not gristly or rare, and more fruit and veg (it's limited, but there are a few you can have).
But now I'm back to my salads and vitamins and cream in my tea, and feel normal again. I'm on 4,000 units of Vitamin D, at my doctor's recommendation. And though it might sound like it, I'm not complaining about the colonoscopy, it's the only treatment they have for any cancer that actually does prevent the cancer, which is one that takes out a huge number of people who just don't know they have it until too late.
Have a great week!
Weight-wise, I'm at the same place as last week, which is 1.2 lbs. down from a week before. This isn't too surprising because I had that colonoscopy last week. The only surprise is that you hear about supermodels who use laxatives and supposedly lose weight, but I just stayed the same even with the cleanout. They made it a point to rehydrate me (by IV), I think. lol
The procedure went well after all that prep, and they removed four small polyps. A cool thing was that they tattoo next to where the polyp was, to be able to check the spot next time. (My son said I should have requested a heart and an anchor.) The lab results will come Monday. Since the polyps are removed it almost doesn't matter, except that a positive result on any of them would change the pace at which I am screened. (I'm on just a once-in-ten-years schedule now.) In retrospect, the only things I'd do differently for prep would be to start clear liquids a little earlier, like a day and a half before instead of the day before, because it's just that much simpler, and the low-fiber diet wasn't better than the homemade broth I made for myself! (I strained it three times, including through a coffee filter and my fat-removing pourer, because our HMO looks askance at broth. It was possible to read a newspaper through it, but it was delicious, like the best chicken soup you'd ever had when you had a cold.) And I would also do a better job of figuring out in advance what can be eaten on a low-fiber diet. The procedure was only scheduled ten days before I had it, leaving me with not a lot of time to think it over or plan, and the boring, imbalanced diet that resulted was harder than drinking the entire gallon of lemon-lime clean-out liquid at the end. With some preparation and good purchasing, I think I could have eaten more meats, just without anything that would leave a residue (like pepper or seeds) and not gristly or rare, and more fruit and veg (it's limited, but there are a few you can have).
But now I'm back to my salads and vitamins and cream in my tea, and feel normal again. I'm on 4,000 units of Vitamin D, at my doctor's recommendation. And though it might sound like it, I'm not complaining about the colonoscopy, it's the only treatment they have for any cancer that actually does prevent the cancer, which is one that takes out a huge number of people who just don't know they have it until too late.
Have a great week!
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