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drj's Journal

A blog by drj in General

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last week's exercise routine

:confused: Although I can't backtrack what I ate last week, I can backtrack my exercise plan and routine. I just started exercising again. I don't know what happened, but I asked T is he wanted to go with me to walk. He obliged. Monday-walked one hour, fell down, and walked even faster Tuesday-walked six blocks to/from UIC where I parked my car for class Wednesday-walked 45 minutes Friday-walked 30 minutes :girl_hug:
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Sunday-off track-cycle coming

I can tell now when my cycle is coming. I eat. and I can eat. It's like the band stretches to allow for more food intake. breakfast-one egg yolk, two slices bacon, no drink-I'm stuck snack-chocolate milk, strawberries with cottage cheese lunch-chips and salsa, veal soup, shrimp, nopalitos snack-chocolate milk, RC, strawberries with cottage cheese exercise-none :confused:
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Saturday-all alone, but not lonely

Today, my husband worked. I'm usually not good when he works on the weekends. I am out of control with sleep and food. The same is true of today. I slept until 10:00. Then I realized I had to drive about 20 miles to pay a bill, so I made breakfast and ran out the door. Later I went out for lunch by myself and met up with him after that. breakfast-one egg yolk, two slices of bacon, no drink lunch-1/2 order nachos, one hotdog, no bread, w/ garnishes, 12 oz RC dinner-salsa, wine cooler, taste o
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Thursday-out of order

This entry is an example of how my life is out of order. I'm entering Thursday after Friday. breakfast-cup Dunkin Donuts iced coffee I'm so proud of myself. I didn't get ANY breakfast at our LLT training. I didn't even go into the snack area to see what they had. lunch-mini bag cheetos, 1/4 chicken sandwich, can 7up dinner-ground beef with veges, wine cooler :confused:
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The weekend is here again

What's for dinner this weekend? Friday, I had a doctor's appointment at the b clinic. I didn't go into work today. Stress is at a maximum. And so food intake is out the window. I'm definately a stress eater. breakfast-nothing-usually not hungry and can't get food down snack-venti java chip decaf frappiccino 650 calories lunch-1/4 chicken andwich w/o bread, slice lemon iced loaf dinner-pasta with homemade pasta sauce with chicken snack-wine cooler :confused:
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Jump start further weight loss

:kiss Today I ate: breakfast: 2 slices bacon, 1 egg lunch: bite of pasta with ground beef, squash, poblano pepper dinner: poblano pepper in egg, 12 oz. RC snack: bite ice cream, 3 grahm crackers Still trying to add water or no calorie drinks to my diet. If I do, I think I may eat less. But I need to remember that I should drink before I eat or an hour after I eat, but not WITH my food. Dr. Shayani says that's why I haven't lost any weight recently. He thinks that I'm drinking the food
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Wednesday-adjustment day

Today, I went at 8:30 for my adjustment. I'm always nervous when I get a fill. I think he's going to put too much in. Now he's changing the way they do fills. If everything is ok with the band, the adjustments will be done at the Outpatient clinic rather than at the hospital. They will no longer use x-ray to find the port or to x-ray the liquid going down. The patient will drink water instead of barium and will tell the doc when she feels it going down. The doc will have already injected saline
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Tuesday Joey's LB doctor visit

Today, I took Joey to see Dr. Shayani to see about him getting the LB. He seems tohave a negative attitude toward all this. I'm not really sure he's ready to follow through on all the appointments he needs for surgical clearance. My husband and I will not be able to follow him to the appointments: we will both be working at the times scheduled. I worry about him and his weight. He weighed in at 390 today. He thinks I don't know, but I do. He thinks he's hiding this information from us. Who is
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Spring Break Diet

I'm on Spring Break this week. I have a lot of homework to catch up on. I hope to make time to attend to some projects left incomplete. Monday, April 10, 2006 meals: breakfast-nothing-stress test at hospital lunch-venti java chip decaf frappaccino, 2 oz. ground beef dinner-serving pasta w/ homemade meat sause, iced tea snack-2 cinnimon crackers, cup diet iced tea I would be very surprised if the stress test results don't show up as positive. I have so much stress due to the job and s
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When I'm on vacation-I don't pay attention

When I'm on vacation, I don't pay atention. I went out of town on Friday and returned late last night. Let's see if I can retrack my eating patterns. Friday breakfast-nothing lunch-bite chicken, 1/2 meatball, salad, water dinner-6 shrimp with shrimp sause, wine cooler, about 12 oz. Mountain Dew Saturday breakfast-2 slices bacon, 1 sausage link, 2 eggs-over easy, cup decaf coffee lunch-venti java chip decaf frappaccino dinner-two bites sole stuffed w/crab, two chips & cheese w/ar
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dinner meals-a challenge

:girl_hug: Dinners are a challenge for me. I get home late or early and want to eat, eat, eat. I'm usually hungry and don't take time to think as I should. I look for the first edible thing I can find. How can I manage this? Plus, I don't drink enough water. I still drink coffees and hot chocolate instead of choosing no calorie beverages. Last day at the conference meals: breakfast: hot chocolate lunch: 1/2 chocolate chip cookie, cup mocha coffee dinner: pork rib, bite of greens, bite of s
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busy weekend, no time for food

Below are the plans that I laid for the conference I attended today and will attend Sunday and Monday all day: Plans for Saturday at the conference: breakfast: vitamins, water lunch: McDonald's cheeseburger, no bread; diet drink or water dinner: some kind of meat: Mexican steak or arrachera, drink I plan to drink more water. I'll update on how much I actually drank all day.   Actual intake: breakfast: cup hot chocalate snack: 1/2 slice lemon loaf lunch/dinner @ 5:00 two slices pizza (n
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The weekend is here again

The weekend is here again. This is a particularly difficult time for me. My husband is home and we have errands to run. We eat out, usually when we are past the hungry stage. That means I might eat or try to eat foods that aren't good for me, usually carbohydrates or foods that don't go down very easily. This weekend I will be at a conference in Chicago. I don't know what food choices I will have. But I do have a plan. I will make meat or protein choices. My food choices from today: Break
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Did I follow my plan?

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 I said yesterday that I would enter my plan and see if I stuck with that plan, thereby eating less junk and more healthy foods. Let's compare: yesterday's plan for today's food: Breakfast: nothing, cup juice Lunch: 2-3 bites meat, 2 portions vegetables, can soda Dinner: meat, vegetables actual: cup hot chocolate, glass juice snack: slice coffee cake lunch very small salad, 6 oz. Gatorade dinner: liver & onions, beans, decaf coffee So let's see. break
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Wednesday's plan

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 It's still Tuesday. I'm going to try something different. I am going to plan my meals for tomorrow. I'll then enter what I actually ate and see if how closely I stuck to my plan. Breakfast: nothing, cup juice Lunch: 2-3 bites meat, 2 portions vegetables, can soda Dinner: meat, vegetables tbc
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Class night

Today is class night; I don't get home until 9:00 p.m. from woork, school. So I have to be prepared when I go to work to take something for two meals. This is a challenge. Now that the truck visits our place, I can order something from the truck. Today I bought a grilled chicken salad. Healthy except for the dressing. I need to find an alternative for the dressing. Breakfast: 3 slices bacon, cup hot chocolate Lunch: a few bites of the salad, can Sprite Dinner: most of the rest of the salad
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food for the day

This entry is for Monday, March 27, 2006 Breakfast: nothing, not hungry Lunch: beans, 1 oz. Mexican beef steak Dinner: Mexican beef steak, 3 tomillos Snack: serving cookies, cup cappaccino I notice since my husband has been home, I've been eating an actual dinner. And at about 8:00 p.m. I've been eating a snack. This is, I'm sure, the reason for my 2 pound weight gain. That, and I'm expecting my cycle soon. Now that I realize that in only a week's time, I can mke a change to my eating
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Getting thru the weekend

The weekend is very difficult for me. My husband is home. We have places to go, which causes us to be out much of the day on Saturday and Sunday. This in turn causes us to miss meals or go out to eat. And this is where I have difficulty. Going out isn't the problem. The problem is that I want to eat. And I want to eat the wrong foods for me. Usually we eat Mexican, which contains a lot of carbohydrates. Usually I don't order my own meal because I can never actually eat a whole meal for myself
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I'm bored

Today is Saturday, March 25, 2006 My husband is working today, and I'm feeling very lazy. I just got up half an hour ago. The first thing I did is look for something to eat. Yesterday's leftovers. Afer two bites, of course, I'm stuck. So much for that idea. Now I'm journaling. Maybe that's good for me. I'm not thinking about food, but I'm feeling depressed. Normally on the weekends we do all our errands, shopping, cars, etc. But with T at work, I'm sitting here saying, "What am I going to do w
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What's on the agenda for the weekend?

This is the second time I'm trying to write a journal entry. The first one was deleted when I clicked on spellcheck. No more spellcheck for me. Today, my husband told me that he was going to eat out after work, close to his work. That left me to fend for myself. As soon as he told me that, I decided to find a fast food place close to the house and buy something there. I ended up at Long John Silver's. I ordered two fish and its fixings: soda, fries, fritters, and lobster. When I got home, I co
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I need a fill

Today I ate three meals, if you count the one slice of bacon at breakfast. I feel I eat a lot for dinner. My husband is on first shift for the next three weeks, the first time in our eight year marriage. I'm cooking for him and me. I keep it to food that I can eat, primarily proteins, like meat. I've had cravings for coffees like Starbuck's Venti Java Chip Decaf Frapaccino. Who knows how many calories it has, but it's so good. That's probably why I gained one pound this week. I called the Dr.
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