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50 days Alcohol free!
stuck on 180....10 pound weight loss in 7 weeks.
Food today: coffee with half and half and stevia.
Quick 20 minute Lunch: 8oz of chicken salad with apples and walnuts.
Late 8pm Dinner: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and a low carb chocolate slim fast, bottle.
I have chewed gum and drank zevia, colas sweetened with stevia,
cream soda and ginger root beer.
Now I am not hungry so that is good.
I hope that I will have more time for lunch....I missed my veggies today!
Worked late for me, saw 6 clients when I usually see 4. Out of the house at 8: 45am and home 7:45pm. Long time since I worked an 11 hour day!
I have one other client to squeeze into my schedule which is full before the holidays.
Got my nails (clear gel) done yesterday, had them done right before lunch, takes about an hour. Tipped her, she was very happy! I tipped the yard guy whom has taken such good care of our yard, for years!
Some how I need to get to the bank and get some cash. There are 3 people that I want to give christmas cards with cash at Sandras cafe that I eat there a lot, most days.
I will give cards to 2 cooks Sammie and Chrystal who have been there the longest(high turn over of the other staff) and then the store manager Alaina who is very pregnant and due on christmas day! It has been fun sharing pictures of my new great niece who was born on oct 21st. Her name is Emmerson Lou....they are calling her Emmy Lou.
Which is so sweet.
Life is good!
Hugs to those who need them!
(((((((HUGS)))))))
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Originally Posted by bizi

50 days Alcohol free!
stuck on 180....10 pound weight loss in 7 weeks.

I am so happy for you!

Yes, life is good.

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Originally Posted by TunedOut

I am so happy for you!

Yes, life is good.

thank you for your support!
It really helps.
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2-3 cups of coffee with half and half and stevia

Had a good lunch:
speckled trout grilled.
chard
golden beets
green beans. Every thing was delicious!!!!!
lite dinner:
Cottage cheese, slice cheddar cheese, slim fast, chocolate shake.

I keep falling asleep while typing.....
so I will sign off for now,
((((hugs to those who need them))))))

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Lunch:
2 Bacon wrapped chicken thighs....
there was some goat cheese in there too.
Swiss chard, beets and a side of avocado mashed.
2 diet stevia mountain dew sodas
very good!
Dinner:
4 pieces of sushi...no rice just veggies and shrimp.
6 oz of chicken salad that was delicious.
2 small squares of dark chocolate.

After working a late day I really thought about having a beer at whole foods where I was meeting up with hubby and friends they had just finished playing trivia. But I decided against that thinking I will hold out until we are on vacation. 53 days Alcohol free.

I am frustrated with my weight loss stall. Somehow I just thought the weight was going to fall off me when I decided to not drink those empty calories. or rather fattening drinks!!!!! But it has not happened that way. The first 5 pounds were easy....anyway.
11 pounds gone in 53 days.
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Well I survived another party alcohol free.
I spoke to people and did not have social anxiety.
He has a huge pool table in his living room, play a bit and was terrible!
Only had an awkward moment when a woman came
up to me and noticed I was drinking tea.
She made mention of it..."tea" she said and
muttered something else, I walked away. weird.
At 1145pm almost 5 hours later. I said to hubby that I wanted to leave.
He agreed.
I was tired of all of the people getting drunk.
The chili was good with some sour cream.
Had a really great salad, lots of different veggies and a few apple chunks.
Just really small portions of carbs:tiny home made sour dough bread.
2 pita chips and a very small edge of lemon bar.
Regular smokehouse and wasabi almonds.
I drank tea the rest of the evening.
They drank margaritas!!
To be honest I am a little snacky
but it is so late I should not eat anything.

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Congratulations on making it through the party AF.

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We leave saturday morning.
Hattie is being boarded at the vets(She has to have daily dressing changes) and hazel will be at the house having a pet sitter make visits every other day.
I saw five clients today. First new one was 99 years old living alone in her home and even drove a bit. She was so sweet, she has amazing hair for her age, curls and thickness. very unusual.....I will see her again in 3 months.
Another 95 year old who makes me laugh. She is in good health and I see her every 2 months. I had lunch with my friend Melissa. I gave her a gift card to a nice restaurant. I think she was surprised. We finished decorating the house....Have 2 trees up, a small one on the dining room table then a bigger one in the living room.The small one has all of the smaller ornaments and bulbs. Enjoy looking at it there. The bigger tree is decorated with the bigger bulbs. Both are prelit which makes it nice and easy. They will stay up until mardi gras. I won't be posting much while we are away.
Leave saturday spend the night in Memphis, eat some good bbq and listen to music. Sunday get into Indianapolis to stay with Jeffs Mom. His only brother Brian, just bought a house 5 minutes from her so that is wonderful!
Am excited to see what he has done. There will probably be snow still there..it is in the forecast. We will have a christmas eve supper and presents with his mom, brother and our 2 friends Dan and Maggie.
Christmas day we drive up to northern Indiana, One mile from the michigan border, out side of south bend. We will stay at my parents house for 3 days. My 2 sisters and hubbys and adult children will be there as well.
I am missing as I write my twin sisters first grand baby...she is 2 months old tomorrow and was in Indy for a week. Timing wasn't right so we missed seeing them....sad about that. They have been sending pictures so that is fun. Truth is I don't know when we will get to see them....sad about that.
My great nieces name is Emmerson Lou. They are calling her Emmy Lou.
She was born Oct 21st the day I started my diet.

Jeff just said there were tornadoes that did some damage in the northern part of the state. We have had rain and it is warmer than usual. The storm brings in a cold front, high tomorrow of 49.It is 76 right now.

Saw my chiropractor tonight after work and he adjusted me which doesn't feel good but it eventually does. He is treating my sprained ankle. Am not a good patient....not doing my exercises cause they hurt.....and because I am lazy....that is the truth!
It is getting late and we need to do hatties dressing change. She needs it smells..
sigh
good night
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Have a good trip.
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...I still have not done my billingI cracked my right thumb nail and broke off the top layer of acrylic on my left thumb nail.

sigh
some how I am going to try to get them fixed first thing in the morning, they open up at 9am.
I do have a 10am but will push that back to 10;30.
Missing a client who more likely than not would have refused my services. anyway I have a full day tomorrow. dinner at friends at 7pm.

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am back, had a nice time.
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Welcome back. Glad you had a good time.
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I spent the entire weekend eating and then drinking and being on line. I did not do any of the work for my business. I did some this evening so feel better about that......am not going to be on here for hours like usual....want to get a good nights sleep. last night I took 1mg of klonipin because I needed to sleep. I see my pdoc on thursday...my weight is up since the break....I think I did not gain all of the weight that I lost back. At least hope not.
I will be interested to see what I weigh.
I always weigh more at the doctors offices which is so depressing.
I had my blood drawn this morning, took her 3 sticks/tries. sigh
that hurts when they dig around trying to find the vein.
I have my annual wellness exam and PAP.
I will be curious about my calcium level....if it is high again I don't know what she will do/say. Some where I read that high levels of vit d3 can cause elevated blood serum calcium. so that will be next is my guess.
I stopped taking 1300of magnesium oxide and now take 400 mg of magnesium citrate and 25mg of sennocot. every other day for constipation. It is not perfect but better.
hug to those who need them:
(((((((HUGS)))))))
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I saw my GP today. liked her.
She wants to retest the TSH in a couple of weeks. I am hoping that I can quit drinking by then to see if that is what affected my thyroid.
I really don't want to be taking the thyroxine...one hour before eating or drinking....that would not be easy on me.
I am looking into tegretol, that is what she suggested the lamictal stopped working and that is why we switched to lithium in the first place.
I have not been happy on the lithium....don't want to constantly worry about my kidneys. I had stopped all of the calcium supplements and now magnesium ones too. due to elevated blood calcium. which is now normal. my vitamin d is low 37, for some reason she wants me to double it and take 10,000 units a day. for 2 months then go back to 5,000/day.

wonder why my d is low. I usually run 50-60??????
She is not happy with my total cholesterol 280 but that is because my hdl is 115. my ldl was higher too so she wants to recheck that is 6 months.
She did the kind of pap where you only have to have it done every 5 years so that is good. It hurts when she did it. ouch!
later this evening I sent a message via the on line portal Thanking her for our visit and her answering my concerns. and then I asked if she would prescribe klonipin .5mg because I was having a hard time sleeping.
will see what she has to say.
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heard from dr. orazio today.

She did not want to switch just yet.... and I did/do.
Hubby is in agreement.

So we are going to switch meds. discontinuing lithium and starting tegretol.
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discontinue lithium, start tegretol 200mg twice a day. lab draw in 10 days see her again in 4 weeks.
I am happy to be getting off lithium..I am hoping that the tegretol dose does not need to be changed after the lab draw.

I looked on good rx and the new med is expensive compared to lithiums $4.
I will have to go to walmart to get the cheaper amount. It is $30 more expensive at my pharmacy. $75. ouch!
I hate going to walmart.
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The east coast is so expensive!
I just booked a flight to rhode Island for my nephews graduation in May.
3 nights at a fairfield inn next to the airport and airfare totals :$1,356. OUCH!
and that is just for me. I will be traveling by myself.
and staying at the same hotel as my family.
So that is good. I guess I need to get him a graduation gift,
money I presume. How much is the going rate??
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I ended up sending 40 bills out last night so will get paid soon.

Made a nice deposit, we would not have bounced a check

if I had made the deposit sooner. sigh
My avoidance of paper work....charting filing, new charts etc.

I also have been getting home later and later each night because I am spending so much time with my clients.

It is like I am dragging out the visit.
I talk alot and can't really talk and trim at the same time....

so I stop and then look directly at them. They talk too.
Most of my clients are hard of hearing so I speak loudly to them in general to all of them. So the one this morning tells me to quit shouting at her.
(I have been seeing her for years and she has never said that to me before)
I was shocked I did not realize that I was speaking that loudly to Mary.
I accidentally forgot my check she called and said she found it on the floor.
(I don't think that I dropped it, she did)

So I told her that I would stop by around 6 which would have given me plenty of time to see my 2:30pm couple, hubby and wife.

I was still there at 6pm that is 3 1/2 hours for 2 people. I apologized for talking so much.
I went back to Mary's at 6;30 to pick up the check said I was sorry to be late.....she said I was shouting again at her.
sigh
I think I might be running a bit hypo(and have been for some time).

I told Jeff tonight....he doesn't see it.
But I know my body best.
anyway, wanted to check in here....
I was on the computer too much before the mood stabilizer change to tegretol.

I am pretty sure she will raise the dose after I have a blood draw on the 30th.

I will also have my thyroid rechecked tsh t3,t4.
I am to see her in a couple of weeks.
heavy sigh
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I see my psych doctor beginning of march.
So I have time to get my act together.
I am less paranoid today so that is good!
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