Friday Update

April 9, 2010

Good morning everyone!
Yes, I really am that cheerful this morning despite the fact that I feel like a Mack truck ran me over in the night. I am ready to stop taking Librium already, I don’t know why it makes me feel so crappy the next day, but it really helps me sleep when [...]

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Tiredness and Another Blood Pressure Update

April 7, 2010

Sorry I haven’t been updating as much. I’ve been really busy, which is a good thing. And I’ve been EXTREMELY tired the past few days, especially today. In fact, I feel like going back to bed and am very tempted to do so. I am so tired right now that you [...]

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Blood Pressure Update & New Puppy Pics

April 4, 2010

I forgot to mention that last night, I stopped at a pharmacy and took my blood pressure. I’d taken one of my anxiety/BP meds about 7 hours prior to the test. And the results were…
126/77.
That is GREAT for me. I am so looking forward to when the numbers are even lower. [...]

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Quick Easter Day Update

April 4, 2010

Today was a good day… I spent some time with family members with whom I’d had ‘issues’ with in the recent past (caused mostly by my former insecurities). In fact, I apologized to a couple of them for my prior childish insecurity and jealousy issues. All was taken well and we had a [...]

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2:30am Update

April 3, 2010

Yikes! I really shouldn’t be up right now. Actually about to go to bed any second now. I wanted to update though and say that I had fun tonight, I spent some time with some great people and even went shopping with a couple of girls. I took my blood pressure [...]

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Friday Update

April 2, 2010

TGIF! Thanks again for all the super sweet comments I got yesterday and today for my last post!
So, onto updates. My body still hurts, I am still tired although I’ve cut way back on my Librium and take just one or two a day now. I need to start monitoring my BP [...]

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Visualization, Hypnosis Miracles & My Hospital Visit

April 1, 2010

So… I’ve alluded to the fact in a recent post that I was in the hospital last week because of dangerously high blood pressure. Here’s the story. Brace yourself, it’s a long one. It’s a pretty ugly story that gets beautiful and hopeful at the end.
I’d like to state up [...]

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Super Duper Quick Update

March 30, 2010

Sorry I haven’t posted sooner… it’s been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO busy these past few days.
I am doing fine. In fact, I had the most amazing experience of my life last Friday (two days after my hospital experience) that has changed my life hopefully forever. To make a long story short, it was during a powerful [...]

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So… I Went To The Hospital On Thursday Wednesday

March 28, 2010

Wednesday (not Thursday, as I’d originally posted!) of this week, I was admitted to the emergency room with the highest blood pressure that at least one nurse had ever seen. They wouldn’t even let me out of bed to go to the bathroom, at first. I could have had a stroke, and the [...]

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Feeling Better

March 22, 2010

Ever since making the decision to go back to Vegetarianism, I have felt 100% better! I didn’t realize how much it had been bothering my conscience to eat turkey and chicken.
In case anyone was wondering, these are the main reasons I decided to go back to being a Veg:

Digestions and elimination. When I’m [...]

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Going Vegetarian Again

March 20, 2010

I’ve decided to go back to being a vegetarian.
I doubt anyone is surprised at this point. I change my mind so often that it’s quite silly!
I’m just going to focus on getting more protein this time around. I will get it in the form of fake meat, rice and beans, whole wheat [...]

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Quick Saturday Update

March 20, 2010

Happy Spring!
Of course, it’s snowing out and I’m pretty much stuck indoors today.
I did well on the Paleo type of diet on Thursday, but I decided not to stick with it. Truth be told I just see no real reason to give up my grains altogether! I don’t seem to have [...]

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Experimenting With The Paleo Diet

March 18, 2010

So, I’ve decided to experiment with the Paleo Diet today. I discovered that I already have been pretty much eating the Paleo way except that I add in grains and a little dairy. So today I’m going to cut out grains and only have Greek Yogurt with my lunch. I’m curious to [...]

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Wednesday Update

March 17, 2010

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all who celebrate it! I’m like 60% Irish but I’ll be staying sober tonight.
Ever since I began eating meat (poultry) again, I swear my body is craving it more and more. I’ve been having turkey and/or chicken nearly every day and really, really enjoying it! I’ve even [...]

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Monday Evening Update

March 15, 2010

Proof that I’ve been sitting in front of the computer wayyy too long today: I’m sitting here giggling maniacally over the Marky Mark pics I posted a while ago on the skinny website. (Not in a mean way because oddly enough even with the weight gain, I think he’s still hot!)
Today’s [...]

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Monday Update

March 15, 2010

I was absolutely exhausted this morning! My “get up at a decent hour” trick didn’t work like it usually does. Usually if I know I’m going to be tired in the morning but want to make sure I get up at a particular hour, I’ll set my phone alarm for one hour before [...]

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Late Sunday Night Update

March 14, 2010

Well, I ate around 1700 calories today and worked out on my stationary bike for 45 minutes, plus did resistance band arm exercises.
It looks like my appetite has returned!

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Sunday Evening Update

March 14, 2010

I woke up super, super late today. I slept 12 hours in all… I guess I needed the sleep or something! I was also exactly 1 pound down on the scale from yesterday (which means an additional .6 pounds, since I’d gone up .4 yesterday). I hope the loss keeps going.
Today’s eating [...]

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Saturday Night Update

March 13, 2010

I ate well over 1200 calories today. As posted on the ‘What Did You Eat Today?’ thread on the Skinny forum, here was my intake for today:
B: 3 small bananas, half a pear (310)
L: 3 small bananas (270)
S: bagel with fat free cream cheese (170)
D: 1 cup raspberries, 1 banana, a serving of steamed [...]

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Saturday Morning Update

March 13, 2010

I’m sitting here drinking a cup of coffee for the first time in many, many months! I decided to make some coffee this morning and I forgot what a nice legal ‘kick’ it gives you.
So in order to kind of ‘get things moving’ (which is also one reason I’m drinking coffee) and also [...]

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