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Slightly Sick (and Head Hunger)

31
Jan 2012

Apparently I am stuck in the Ss lately when it comes to blog titles. :-)

I am slightly sick. It is the first time I’ve been sick since I had my weight-loss surgery. And even then, it isn’t a serious sickness yet.

I have a slight tickle in my throat that comes and goes. I notice it most in the morning. The big thing is that I have a serious mucus problem and have been going through the tissues to try to keep my breathing passages clear. I am hoping it doesn’t get worse than it is.

I have not been exercising like I had been, and I know part of it is because I don’t have the energy. I am still exercising, but I really have to talk myself into it. Plus, I am choosing “easier” options like walking instead of Zumba.

The big thing is that I want something to eat, but I don’t know what I want to eat. I want something different. I am tired of my usual fare, but I can’t figure out what I want to eat. Everything that isn’t my usual fare is high in calories or carbs. Today, I had TWO cookies. Not at the same time, but I had two of them. That’s the first time I’ve had two cookies in a very long time. The first one was good, which is why I had the second one later. Then I logged them in, and I realized they were not worth the 300 plus calories not to mention the excess sugar and carbs. Those two cookies had more carbs than I normally eat in a day — almost twice as much.

I used to get this feeling of wanting something to eat before my surgery. I’m not hungry. I just want…something. I don’t know what. It leads to bad choices. I suspect it has to do with me being sick.

 

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Slip Sliding Away

30
Jan 2012

I wore my calorie burn watch today so I could get accurate readings about how many calories I burn as I hike across campus to class and climb the four-plus flights of stairs to the department office.

I don’t think my readings are going to be very accurate though. The sidewalks are slick, and I am unable to maintain a “very brisk” pace and still manage to keep from falling and breaking something.

In just the short walk from my car to the building my office is in, I slipped twice and fell once. When I fell, it was on a glare of ice and included grazing my knuckles, so I now look like I punched something.

I’m a bit disappointed in the condition of the sidewalks. I work on a campus where a lot of students walk from their dorms to their classrooms, so you would think the sidewalks would be taken better care of. I know that we’ve had nasty weather with lots of rain, snow and warming up and cooling down, but I thought conditions would be better Monday morning. It doesn’t look like much was done over the weekend at all.

It seems the sidewalks are in their worse condition close to buildings. You can tell where the “entrance” care stops. This is where the several feet of glare ice usually begins.

The weird weather we have been having can’t make keeping the sidewalks clear an easy job, but something has to improve especially for the early morning walks to the 8 and 9 a.m. classes.

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Six Months – Side by Side

24
Jan 2012

The picture on the left was taken during the Fourth of July holiday in 2011. The picture on the right was taken a couple of days ago, January 2012. I weigh 64 pounds less in the photo on the right.

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Silly Scale

22
Jan 2012

Today, I stepped on the scale to get my weight. It wasn’t an official weigh in because it was later in the day, and I had already had food. I normally weigh in before eating anything.

As I stepped on the scale, my husband put his foot on the back of it.

I pushed him away and jumped off the scale just as it finally decided to show me a weight.

It read (drumroll please) 184.5.

184.

But I knew it was wrong. There was no way I’d lost more than 5 pounds. It must have been because I jumped off just as it was reporting the weight.

I took it again, and the  scale was back over 190. I knew the 184 was wrong, but it was a great glimpse of things to come.

In other news, I haven’t been doing very good exercising this weekend. It seems everyone in my house is battling a cold, and I am no exception. My nose is running, and I am walking around with tissues in my hands and pockets. That’s my excuse. I shouldn’t have excuses. I should at least do some weight lifting. We’ll see. Maybe when hubby watches football.

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How to Lose 3 Pounds in 3 Days

15
Jan 2012

Get braces.

On Friday, I had braces installed on my lower teeth. My orthodontist told me (warned me) that I would be cursing him out later when I tried to eat something.

This is because when he first put the lower brackets on, my top teeth were hitting them. He didn’t want me to bite off my brackets and cause a lot of return trips, so he put temporary cement on my lower wisdom teeth. This is just enough cement to keep my teeth from closing completely.

That’s right. I have a small gap between my upper and lower jaw, which makes eating…impossible, interesting, difficult.

It wouldn’t be so bad with just the gap, but my teeth are also sore. Plus, I have this new metal on my lower teeth, and the new metal has sharp edges. It is cutting up the inside of my lips and cheeks.

Needless to say, my mouth is sore. I never knew braces hurt this much. I am so sorry that I am subjecting three of my children to this same torture. I now understand why my youngest refused to eat for several days after getting his. I don’t understand why they refuse to use wax.

This means that since getting braces, my diet has consisted mainly of protein shakes, yogurt and soft cheeses. I am getting my required protein in, but my calories are lower than normal. It hurts to chew.

I think all of this is why I’ve lost 3 pounds. I was surprised when I stepped on the scale this morning. I even double-checked on a different scale, but the results were the same. 191.

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