Actually, I only had 1 Thanksgiving meal yesterday! I got so full at my cousin’s house that I didn’t eat for the rest of the day.
It’s weird – I only filled up one plate with small helpings of 6 dishes or so, plus had a few bites of a roll, a slice of pie, yet was SO tired after the meal that I was nearly comatose for hours! And I only had a few slices of turkey. They say there is a chemical in turkey that causes sleepiness… it sure is true.
Today I am exhausted and actually slept for about 10 hours. I’m on my 2nd cup of coffee and still tired.
Sheesh! I won’t be eating turkey again anytime soon.
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Since yesterday, I’ve been eating “regularly” without really counting calories, but making sure that I’m paying attention to what I eat so that I don’t regain any weight. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I don’t want to have to diet or count calories on a holiday! I figure that my metabolism could use a break anyway. On Friday I will go back to stricter (and lighter) eating.
Last night, my boyfriend T (yes, we are officially “together” now!) and I went shopping at Whole Foods, my absolute favorite grocery store. (Trader Joe’s is a close second). I stocked up on “clean”, healthy foods like fresh cut fruit, berries, raw sunflower and pumpkin seeds, some veggies, some organic pasta, and cheese.
For those of you who don’t know, I am ADDICTED to cheese. T is also, so we got several small cheeses to sample:
We got to sample the Seaside Cheddar at the store, and it was VERY sharp and delicious!
We also got another cheese which isn’t pictured above – one that has now become one of my favorite cheeses EVER! The brand is “Natural AltaDena Select” and it’s the Sharp Cheddar Cheese version, which is made from raw milk, aged over 180 days and has no colors or preservatives. We let this cheese sit out of the fridge last night for about an hour before trying it, and let me tell you.. mmmmmmmmmmmm!
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(I really need to come up with more creative post titles.)
Anyway, yesterday’s brunch didn’t get served until nearly 4pm, so it ended up being the only meal I ate! I had some pancakes, a strip of turkey bacon and some coffee. Later on that night I had a couple handfuls of microwave popcorn. So it’s really no wonder that I lost another pound on the scale, putting me down a grand total of 13 pounds from my highest weight! Yay!
My ears and throat seem to be back to normal, finally. As for my sinuses, well… still having some draining problems. It’s still causing me occasional pain and phlegm problems.
I think I may know a reason for my recent loss of appetite… it turns out that two of the meds I’m on have possible side effects of appetite loss. One is the prescription nasal spray I got a few days ago, and the other is the Lortab (hydrocodone). I’ve been taking the nasal spray every day (not that it seems to do much good!) and taking hydrocodone when needed for the bad sinus headaches, which isn’t very often at this point. I did have to take one the other day though and I noticed that I had absolutely NO appetite for about 8 hours following the dose, which made me wonder why. So I did some online research and found out that some people use Lortab/Vicodin to lose weight! How crazy is that – to use a narcotic painkiller to suppress the appetite?!
Anyway…today I had some chicken and a pear for a late breakfast. I’ve been invited over to dinner again by my sister and her boyfriend, but I probably won’t go since they are having fried chicken and all sorts of super-fattening (but delicious) stuff. Or maybe I will go and just have a small portion.
I really need to get back to exercising regularly!
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I’m heading over to my sister’s house for brunch in a while… her boyfriend (who coincidentally enough is the cousin of my ex-boyfriend from New Hampshire, J, who I may have mentioned in this blog like 18 months ago!) is making brunch and they have invited me over. He is supposedly an excellent cook, so I’m probably in for a treat! I have a feeling today is going to be as busy as yesterday, so I am going to have a nice-sized brunch and probably not eat again until dinnertime.
I’m actually excited for the upcoming holiday (Thanksgiving) this year. I am so blessed to be around family and friends and a growing relationship with an amazing guy… I actually have 3 sets of plans on Thanksgiving Day. I am not sure how I am going to fit all that food in! I do however plan to eat very lightly for the several days leading up to it.
T and I may take a walk later today if I am up for it. It’s high time I got back out there and restarted my exercise plan now that I’m feeling almost 100% better… (more like 85%).
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Meals
Just a quick update because I am on my way out in a bit… today was an extremely busy day and I barely had time to eat much of anything. Breakfast this morning (around 8am) was an English muffin, eggbeaters, turkey bacon and a pear. Then I was out the door around 11am and didn’t get back home until around just now (around 7pm). Earlier around 5pm I had a breve espresso drink (basically just espresso and half and half – mmmmmm). Right now I’m having a grilled boneless skinless chicken breast and some brown rice.
I know I won’t be eating anything else today, so my calorie total is only going to be between 800-900. Very low indeed but at this point I just don’t care. Eventually my full appetite will return which will in turn make me eat more calories. Right now I am taking full advantage of the low appetite!
Oh yes, and it looks like me and the guy I’ve been seeing – whom I’ll call T in this blog – are back on, for now… it seems like I have more feelings for him than I thought I did.
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I woke up this morning 2 pounds down and feeling a LOT better! The only complaint I would have is my ears still don’t feel “right”. But everything else is pretty much OK.
Yesterday was a bad day for me, as I got into a falling out with the guy I’d been seeing. We decided to go our separate ways. Last night I was pretty bummed out, but today I feel better. There are a million fish in the sea, and I deserve to be with someone who I’m a bit more compatible with.
I think my appetite is struggling to come back, so I’ve decided to have a real breakfast for the first time in a while. I’d still like to be down 20 pounds (from my start weight) by the end of this year, but it doesn’t seem likely. Nothing wrong with shooting for it though.
The good news is that today I have 50 days of sobriety, and I realized that although I’ve been eating very little over the past week, I haven’t had any blood sugar problems in quite some time! 
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by Rian on November 21, 2008
in Updates
I am actually starting to feel better today! For the first time in a week or two, I woke up in little to no pain. I’m still a bit congested however and have absolutely NO appetite. My usually form-fitting pants are actually pretty loose now. I have to admit that this pleases me.
I am actually leaving to go pick up my prescriptions from yesterday, as I never got around to leaving the house yesterday. I think the day in did me good.
All I’ve had today to eat is an apple, a pear and a half of a grilled chicken breast. Dairy is still off limits until all congestion goes away. I may just stick to Gatorade and maybe soup.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Hey you all, I wanted to let you know that I am re-opening comments on this site. Feel free to leave any comment you wish – even negative ones – and I will post them all (except truly hateful ones).
I called the doctor’s office today and spoke to a nurse. We have decided to try me out on some nasal spray and ear drops for a few more days. If that doesn’t work, I will have to go on another course of antibiotics.
I woke up this morning with pain in my right ear and terrible headache. I took a hydrocodone and went back to bed, then woke up around 11:30am. (Almost 13 hours of sleep altogether!) My sinus infection seems better but now my right ear and throat (still) are bothering me. I’m taking it easy and keeping up on the vitamins and fluids, so hopefully I will get better.
A person commented on a previous post that I should probably stop thinking about my weight altogether. While it’s definitely not at the front of my mind during my illness, if I forget about it completely, I will stop trying to lose, therefore, my weight will stay the same. I know I’ve mentioned this a few times in previous posts but I will say it again: I absolutely HAVE to reduce my weight ON THE SCALE soon – very soon – or else I will have to go on high blood pressure meds. Period. Plus, I am overweight – why on earth should I stay this way? It is not healthy for me to have a high blood pressure. There isn’t a doctor alive right now who wouldn’t agree that should I continue my weight loss efforts once I get better.
I appreciate most of the comments I receive, but some of them simply confuse me!
Today I have to admit I have eaten very little – simply a bowl of cereal (with water, to avoid dairy) this morning. However, it’s not because of dieting, but because my throat hurts and I feel like sh*t. I’m about to order some dinner from a delivery service though.
I don’t think I am ever going to get over this ENT infection… it’s really, really getting me down. At this point I am literally coughing up phlegm at various times throughout the day (sorry, I know that is disgusting!) The stuff is draining down the back of my throat and if I don’t spit/cough it out, it nearly chokes me. I have decided not to eat or drink anything with dairy in it, which seems to excasberate the problem.
If things don’t improve by tomorrow I am going back to the doctor.
Blah blah blah the same old thing, I know, I know… I am always complaining about something in this damn blog!
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