New page! DCT hope you are recovering fast from shingles and its not lingering XX .
It’s horrible isnt it! Look after yrself and let others spoil you! ☺️
I’ve still got the rash, but the pain is minimal,and I seem to have been left with a jolting,twitching,jumping sensation all over,which mainly happens at night. XX
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Thanks everyone for the supportive comments.
Welcome Lacy and thanks for the exercise suggestions. I belong to an online gym and am ashamed to say I rarely log on these days. Part of the reason is that my house is a shambles with the unfinished renovations and just general clutter everywhere. I need to have a good clear out before my surgery as it is just getting me down and will make moving about with a bad leg hard.
Anyway, I’m pleased to report that my bg was down to 5.0 this morning. So hopefully finally back on track.
I have a couple other NSVs to report too. I was at my counsellor’s office yesterday. I usually sit on the couch in the waiting room because the two chairs have wooden arms and when I’ve tried to sit in them before, my painful lipedema fat tissue was getting pushed up against the arms and it was so painful that it made me nauseous. But my hips have slimmed down a bit now along with my waist, so as an experiment, I sat in a chair, and guess what? I fit without hitting the arms now! Of course that led to a bit of overconfidence and I chose to sit in one of the big overstuffed armchairs in the actual office, and unfortunately I’m still too wide for that, but at least it is soft so it doesn’t hurt me. Anyway, that led me to try on a pair of Bermuda shorts when I got home that I’ve been using to measure my progress. I hadn’t tried them on for a couple of weeks as it was frustrating how tight they were around my legs and that fat didn’t seem to be budging, so I incorrectly assumed that it was all lipedema tissue and it wouldn’t be lost. But I was wrong! The legs are fitting much looser now.
So anyway, as much as I am pleased with the results, there is definitely a part of me that feels it is not deserved given how off-piste I’ve been this week. But I am trying to have some self-compassion and acknowledge that it was a hard week, so of course things haven’t gone to plan. It is always the 2-3 week mark where I am likely to fall off the wagon, and then the events over the last week just made things harder. But instead of using that as an excuse to chuck it in, I’m going to try to get back on with things and continue to make further progress. No excuses for me, Yowzer! A year does seem rather long, but 6 months may be more doable. I need those shorter term goals to keep me on track. My next goal is to get those Bermuda shorts fitting to the point where I could wear them in public. Still a bit tight through the bum for that! -
Heidi another four exercise options from You Tube, depending on fitness levels. I do like Will too.
Yes2Next is a mother (84yrs old) and daughter channel. The daughter is the instructor and her mother does the exercises alongside her, mainly seated. It’s an engaging channel with varied exercises, including strength.
Improved Health is a lovely channel with an instructor that does not talk all the time and again is varied with walking, dancing and strength videos.
Lucy Wyndham-Reid is a walking/cardio channel mainly.
The Girl With The Pilates Mat s excellent and does varied “classes” for beginners and more advanced exercisers alike. She also caters for patients with osteoporosis, if this is a consideration.
I admit that I pay for You Tube as that way it is advertising-free. But for a long while I just fast forwarded where possible, or gritted my teeth and carried on when not.
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Morning all! YOWZER and HEIDI thanks for your good wishes. I’m gradually getting better: the blisters have pretty much gone now and as of this morning the pain seems to finally be going away. I had the shingles in a very uncomfortable place – from the boob right round to the middle of the back – so lots of everyday movements and clothes choices were pretty limited. But I think I’ve turned the corner now. YOWZER I hope that yours goes completely very soon; it does bring you down doesn’t it. And HEIDI well done for all your loss over the last few weeks and months, you are doing really well!
I have builders in this week fitting a new upstairs bathroom, and today they are also replacing kitchen worktops. It’s all pretty chaotic, particularly as the shower in the ensuite then somehow caused a flood on Monday evening! The upside is that to have a shower on Tuesday I finally went back to the posh gym and it was great! I was a bit wary of going into the water but in the end did four gentle lengths before coming out for a nice long shower. I’m hoping to get back in the groove properly again over the next week or two.
Trying to catch up with posts. Someone said that September feels more like a new year than January and I really agree with that, probably because I’ve worked in education for the past 20 years. But it’s definitely time for (yet another!) reboot for me. I’ve really let things slide over the last couple of weeks but am puling myself up by the bootstraps and intend to lose a pound a week between now and Christmas. That should take me to around 138-140lb and I think I will then stick.
Hello to LACY and ANNIE and thanks for all the exercise tips. I intend to follow them up as I know it’s an important element for me in many ways. Lucy Wyndham Read was mentioned, and she is the creator of the 7 minute belly workout I’d mentioned sometime earlier on here. It does work if you do it regularly so I just need to remember to actually do it!! LACY well done on your loss and good luck with your doctor’s appointment – I hope she eats her words!!
CATHY so sorry about your dental issues and I hope you get them sorted soon. It’s such a complex area. Earlier this year I needed root canal treatment in an upper left tooth but only found out when she was investigating what turned out to be referred pain in another tooth. So I hope they take everything into consideration and get it fixed for you. Great news about your toe too. And good luck with your new push for the rest of the year. You can do this!!
ARCTICFOX well done for all the progress you are making. I loved your quote “you are just one consistent year away from changing your life completely”. Very inspiring. And, as you say, we can break that down further into smaller chunks. On this thread we still have 4 months to go so let’s see what we can change in that time!
Meanwhile, off to clear that kitchen . . . .
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DCT! we are like twins! 😄My rash is in exactly the same place as yours! Across my boob and round the back. If i wear a lacy bra i have to put tissue in the cup so the lace doesnt rub against my boob…ouch! I’m so glad we havent got rash on face.
How lovely (tho inconvenient when youre poorly) to be making improvements to your home You will enjoy your new bathroom and kitchen worktops every day! XX
HEIDI I love your chair and shorts NSVs! I have lympho too,possibly a touchof lipo as well – fun isnt it!!!!!
Lovely to find you are losing in areas you didnt expect to.XX
ANNIE good to see you here. Thanks for the info,will look them up
Ship ahoy everyone! Have a good Wednesday XX
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YOWZER how weird is that – The Shingles Twins! I may try the tissue tip, as every time I’ve tried to put on a bra it’s just too uncomfortable. So my standard attire over the past couple of weeks has been baggy summer top and no bra, teamed with loose fitting sweat pants. But I have a few things on the horizon where I will need to go out in public so probably need to find a few other clothing options!
I know what you mean about the night issues too. I sometimes experience a kind of fizzing feeling all over, and have also woken up several times absolutely drenched in sweat. Sorry, probably TMI!!
Anyway, go well and here’s hoping we’ll both be completely shingles-free soon. I hope you are also getting better in other ways? Thinking of your sciatica and shoulder issues. Hope all is much improved X -
Annie Many thanks for the exercise tips. I shall have a look at them all.
DCT Good to hear that the shingles pain is fading. But it still sounds very sore. Take care!
Yowzer the NSVs were ARCTICFOX’s. I loved the one about the chair. I have some bad memories of uncomfortable cafe chairs too! And one plastic chair which almost didn’t support my then weight! How absolutely fantastic to have moved from size 22 to size 12/14 in dress size. it is really inspiring. Today I reached the 2 stone mark so feeling pleased.
Have a good Wednesday. x
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DCT ….fizzing is such a good word to describe that feeling!
Sciatica and shoulder are both taking their time to improve 🙄
Due to sciatica meaning I can hardly walk,have been seen by OTs and they have brought me a trolley to hold on to and ferry things round the home,a sturdy stool for the kitchen,so i can sit while i cook,do laundry etc,they have raised my sofa so i can get up easily,ditto for my bed,and ( aaaarghhhhh) a rollator – which particularly dismays me! I feel about 100yo! But at same time,am so grateful for everything as they have made my life easier.
Letshope we soon recover from the dread shingles!🙏🙏xx
HEIDI and FOXY! Sorry getting you muddled up. FOXY go8ng from 22 to a 12/14 is an amazing accomplishment – wild applause!- same to HEIDI reaching the two stone mark.
Such results feel much more satisfactory than even the nicest thing to eat!
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CCATHY my how to live like a cat has just arrived.i
It looks so good and I am so pleased that the authors cat has same name as ours -Ziggy! XX -
Yowser- it’s a lovely book. Did you get the version with a lovely black cat on the cover. How interesting that his cats shares the same name as yours- ziggy! My cat Monty is a tabby. A beautiful rescue who I love. My husband who is an ordained Buddhist once used the book at one of his evening talks at his Buddhist group. It went down well with the cat lovers amongst us. I hope you enjoy the book. So many lessons for us to learn from a cat.
My dental pain is still a thing. Day 3 of the Amoxicillin today. Feeling a bit sick so it’s curbing my appetite. In positive news I’ve signed up to sing with the choir again this year. I sang with the Manchester and district hospitals choir for many years when I worked at Christie Hospital and last night I had an urge to join again for the Christmas concert at the Bridgewater Hall in December. It’s a fund raiser for what used to be called Clic Sargent. I’m going to my first rehearsal next week at my local hospital. I feel so positive now my toe op is deferred!
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Hi everyone,
Just a quick update post.I was supposed to have my gallbladder operation on Monday but, unfortunately, the evening before I felt shivery and had a high temperature. I felt fine in the morning so went along to the hospital for my 7.15am check in. I did mention how I had been feeling the night before and my raised temperature, though it was back to normal on waking. The nurses did their usual tests, my temperature was high again and my heart rate was too so they did blood tests. The surgeon came to see me and explained the blood tests didn’t show what was causing the infection/inflammation so he understandably thought it would be too dangerous to operate. I came home and they will be in touch to rearrange. My temperature was totally back to normal that evening. Frustrating but can’t be helped, I’ve had a migraine ever since, probably anxiety. I haven’t been able to concentrate much on my food plan lately, just feeling for the last 9 weeks since the acute pancreatitis that I’ve been hanging on waiting for the surgery to be any day and wish I had known it would be at least 9 weeks (not the 2 or 3 originally mentioned) and think I could have really concentrated all of my efforts into getting a good bit of weight off instead of messing around the way I have. I’m busy catching up on posts and so sorry to hear so many have had/still have various ailments. I think any of you who are still managing to eat healthily going through all of that are brilliant. Fingers crossed I will be able to focus my mind soon. Dawn XX -
Now I’ve confused Yowzer and Pootle re Pootle’s dress size reduction. My apologies. I need more sleep!
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Hi everyone,
My bg was down to 4.7 this morning after 36 hours of fasting. I may have been in a hypo overnight because the cat woke me up very early, but I didn’t wake up enough to test my bg, and by 6am my heart was just pounding, so I think that was my counter regulatory hormones kicking in to bring me back up.
Anyway, I’m feeling good and actually haven’t broken my fast yet, but will shortly as I have an appointment at my bank at 11:30 and in the office for the afternoon after that.
Yowzer, I see Heidi’s post about the confusion on my NSVs – so I definitely don’t deserve the wild applause yet. I think I’ve gone from a 22 to an 18 so far though.
DCT – glad your shingles has calmed down and you were able to get back to the posh gym.
Dawn – sorry your surgery had to be cancelled, hope you can get it done soon!
Cathy – glad to hear you are being so positive in spite of your recent dental issues, etc.
I’m so glad I was able to get through this fast and hoping it will get me back on track. I really want to be slimmer, not just for the short wearing and chair sitting, but also because I’m now less than 2 months from my surgery and I know it will go easier and the healing better if I am slimmer and my bg is under control.
I was watching a documentary last night and in one of the shots, a family was sitting down to a meal of quiche and salad, and I moaned to Copilot that I would love to have quiche and salad for a meal but with gluten and eggs out, it seemed impossible, and it immediately came up with a recipe for me using tofu, cottage cheese and chickpea flour as the filling with an almond flour and flax crust. So I’m motivated to give it a try later this week. I have some fish I need to cook up for meals today though. Lots of things to look forward to as I have late crops of green beans and zucchini coming in the garden and have planted some spinach to overwinter that should be ready to start picking a few leaves in a week or so. And my kale and chard patches are still going strong. So much fruit coming off my trees right now too. I took a whole bunch of plums into our local sharing shed (and got some cucumbers in exchange), and I still have 100’s of lbs on my trees. Pears coming too. I need to get all this harvested before the bears start trundling into my yard to try to fatten up for winter on all this fruit. I’m very lucky to have all this, I know, but we suspect it will be quite a hard winter for getting fresh produce, so trying to do my bit for myself and my community. -
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Yowzer – nope! #1, it’s illegal to do that, and the conservation officers will kill bears that eat human food #2, it’s incredibly dangerous and I really don’t want to come nose to nose with one in the dark, #3 the horses get really freaked out if the bears come onto my property.
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Thanks Articfox, fingers crossed it will be this month.Dawn XX
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FOXY,thanks for explaining,sorry,I didnt know any of that,that makes me see it differently!
I just worry about any animals going hungry,specially in winter,when they need more calories to keep warm. XX
DAWN i’m so sorry youve been messed about. I hope you get seen to asap. XX
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Morning all! Just checking in quickly mostly to say hello to DAWN. I’m so sorry your surgery got postponed. How frustrating! I guess they need to be cautious but it’s such a difficult call to make, especially when you’ve been gearing up for it. I hope it gets rescheduled soon.
ARCTICFOX how fascinating to read about the bears! It sounds like you are doing so much : never a dull moment for you! And you have some great food ideas too,
Hello to everyone else, and I hope you all achieve some kind of progress this week, and that those with health issues see some positive improvement X
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Good morning all,
Hope you are all coping with the various health problems… and we can all make good progress as the ship goes through the last quarter of the year.Foxy you have done very well to go from 22 to 18 so far! I have found life so much easier now I am not carrying all the size 22 weight around!
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Yowzer, no worries. It isn’t very intuitive for people who are not around bears to understand how dangerous they are. We had some Japanese students staying with us once when I was a teenager and we went for a drive up the mountains and saw a mama bear with 3 cubs. They wanted to get out of the car and go up to them so they could take photos because they were ‘so cute!’, and we had to physically restrain them from getting out, because you don’t mess around with any bear, but especially not one with cubs. My mum’s British cousins were here for a visit and they went to Banff National Park and when they came back they said the meanest creature they encountered was a park warden who told them to get back in their car and drive on when they stopped and got out of the car to take photos of a grizzly on the side of the road. They were expecting sympathy from us about that incident and we just sort of intimated that yes, it was a pretty silly thing to do as they could have been mauled or killed. You don’t mess with Canadian wildlife, but it is something that we just grow up with here and we just know how to behave around these creatures, and it is easy to forget that others don’t. Never fear, there is plenty of food for everyone. The country is so vast and people only live in a tiny fraction of it. These bears should be down at the river catching salmon and in the woods eating berries and roots to fatten up right now, but the farmers’ corn fields draw them in and when that gets harvested, they come looking for fruit because it is easier than hunting, but really not very good for them, just like excess carbs and sugar aren’t good for us either. And remember, they aren’t up and about in winter. They are nestled down in their dens hibernating, burning very few calories the whole winter.
Anyway, just a very frustrating 6.2 to report this morning after my eating day yesterday, I think due to having to pull some garlic orders together after I got back from the office and ending up just having a very late dinner of seed crackers and hummus. I was supposed to have a dinner of fish ‘tacos’ with the tacos being swiss chard leaves, which would have been much better, but I didn’t have time to cook and it was quite hot too (35 C) so didn’t want to heat the kitchen up. Put the fish in the freezer so I can have it on the weekend. The chickpeas are still spiking me up. But back on a fast day today, so if my experience over the last few weeks holds, it should start to come down again after a few days of ADF. -
Hi everyone and thank you DCT and Yowzer. I’m hoping to hear from the hospital in the next couple of weeks and know I should use that time to really stick to a healthy food plan but I’m struggling to do that! I hope everyone has a nice weekend.Dawn XX
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Hello all,
So sorry to hear your op was postponed Dawn – hopefully they can reschedule quickly for you. And I just want to send my best wishes for quick recoveries to DCT, Yowzer and CCathy.
Arcticfox – loving your posts – it’s a fascinating glimpse into another world!
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Dawn, crossing fingers that you get a new surgery date quickly.
Wow Arctic Fox, I can’t imagine living in close proximity to bears! I am sure you get used to it but 😱
I saw my GP yesterday and she is happy with how things are going. I have lost another kilo and a few more cm from waist and belly even though I’m slowly increasing food intake. I’m very nervous though after failing at maintenance last time.
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Hi everyone,
Mariet I suppose it isn’t much different from having to be careful of snakes and spiders. At least bears don’t usually come inside the house!
Anyway, disappointing start to the day after my eating day yesterday with bg at 6.1. Only a tiny bit better than the 6.2 I had 2 days ago and higher than yesterday’s 5.7 after 36 hrs of fasting. I know Jason Fung says that if your cortisol levels are elevated due to stress then fasting won’t help. So I may have to get back to the walks and maybe add some yoga. Or start with yoga this time. We are unfortunately inundated with smoke right now from wildfires. There is a big one near my office that started yesterday. So walking probably not the best for us asthmatics at the moment. I am trying to get my garlic cleaned and packed up this weekend as there is rain and increased humidity in the forecast so I will have to wear a mask while working today. I’m sure the smoke isn’t helping with my bg either. -
Hi everyone and thank you Shetland Lace and Mariet. I’m about to do a food plan for the upcoming week as I seem to have in my head the thought that once I’ve had the surgery I can then concentrate properly on healthy eating and it’s doing me no favours:/. Mariet it’s good to hear your hand is getting better. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.Dawn XX
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Following on from my last post, I’ve gone onto the MFP app and see I already have a food plan in place for the next five days, I can’t even remember doing it! No excuses not to stick to it unless the hospital want me in this week.Dawn XX
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Hi everyone,
I only managed to fast 22 hours yesterday. It was too hot and smoky and I was working hard outside getting garlic cleaned and the fruit trees picked and digging potatoes. I started to feel really woozy around 3pm so came inside and had lots of water with a splash of lime juice while I cooked a cottage cheese and zuchinni flatbread thing that I topped with pesto, roasted garlic, artichoke hearts, olives, rainbow chard and mozzarella. It was delicious. I finished with a cup of hot chocolate made with stevia. I thought for sure that my bg was going to be super elevated this morning, only to find it was 5.2. So low carb is winning over fasting right now, I guess. Eating today and then I will see about tomorrow. I do want to try another week with ADF to see if I can at least make some more progress on having to bring my belt in another hole. That surely has to help with my bg situation in the long term. Then it will be a week of refeeding on a low carb diet followed by a few days of a fast mimicking fast. -
Hi everyone,
ArcticFox, 22 hours fasting sounds very impressive to me. And the flatbread sounds delicious. Could you share the recipe? I still miss the bread sometimes! Dawn, very best wishes for your food plan this week. It is an excellent idea to be as fit as you can for the surgery. Best wishes to all shingles sufferers, and to Mariet as you continue to recover from the hand surgery. xI have had another healthy eating week, though have still not embarked on a beginners’ strength training course yet. I hope to have a better story next week! Toda’y I reached 13 kilos discard after 15 weeks since my reboot. So practically no loss this week, but only 0.2 kilos from the top of a BMI healthy range. Although I’ve been telling myself it’s about health and not weight loss, I do feel a bit down when there is little change on the scales! Anyway, I am enjoying slipping on size 16 trousers and wearing the ring-that-didn’t-fit, so NSVs will do.
Have a good week everyone.
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Hello everyone,
Yes, Heidi, 22 hours is not that bad. It is just that I have been doing 36 hours, and getting more benefit from that extra overnight period, whereas eating dinner has been pushing up my fasting glucose. However, because I ate 2 hours earlier than usual, that seemed to help.
However, after another full day of eating my bg is back up to 6.6 this morning. I’m getting very frustrated. I had very low carb meals. Finished the flat bread for lunch and then had konjac noodles with kale and soy free tofu for dinner. I made a carrot cake in the afternoon from almond flour and stevia and had a couple of slices, but it was a failure, so the rest will go in the compost. So quite high protein but still very low carb. I think exercise was key to getting my bg down before and with the smoke and shorter days, I haven’t been getting my evening walk in, so I may have to reinstate some workouts from my online gym in the evening.
I have been struggling with pretty low mood over the weekend. The smoke really socked us in so that doesn’t help, but things just feel tough right now. I was ruminating a lot about the family stuff, as I think from a psychological and legal safety perspective the time has come where I’m going to have to cut ties with my immediate family. I was kind of in denial before and my counsellor was trying to see if I would be able to set boundaries with them first so I wouldn’t have to take this drastic step, but unfortunately, every time I set a boundary, they just march right over them and then say I’m being rude or a bully, so it is just not working. And clearly it is having an impact on my health with by stress and bg levels continuing to be elevated! -
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You have been giving 100% effort this last few weeks. You are very scientific in your approach and I admire your tenacity and enthusiasm. You are a very physically active person and I know how hard you have worked to achieve your goals. Like you, I have a lot of determination but I don’t always feel I get the rewards I want. I feel your frustration. This last couple of weeks I have changed my mindset to using food as purely nutrition and fuel. I am making all my food from scratch and cutting out ultra processed foods and trying not to eat between meals. I don’t think it’s fair for us to keep beating ourselves up when we are doing what we can. I am not weighing myself as that for me is a massive trigger . I am sad to read that you’re struggling with low mood and that your family are not respecting your boundaries. You are supported by your counsellor and I hope they are able to help you through this difficult time. I totally agree that stress and raised cortisol levels will have an impact on your numbers. Please be kind to yourself ArcticFox. I hope you will soon feel better. Let’s just try everyday to do our best. -
Don’t give up on your family Arctic Fox — they are important to you and there is no one closer than they, despite their difficult personalities.
I have watched family members do what you are thinking of doing and it has only made family relationships worse.
Find a third way,
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I love how when I post I bring the entire conversation to a halt — mostly because I don’t agree with constant support for poor choices — you all like to think you are “kind” but why is it kind to say “go ahead, ruin your family relationships, it will be good for you”???
It is a very bad idea to ruin family relationships — they are the most important people in our lives, no matter how difficult they are.
We can always find some solution and over time, we can improve the difficult parts and increase the parts that still work (and don’t attack me, I am clearly not supporting sexual abuse or actual physical violence).
Part of getting physically healthy is managing our mental health as Arctic Fox has worked so hard on!
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Morning all!
CALIFORNIAGIRL don’t worry! You haven’t brought any conversations to a halt. This thread does vary in terms of posting frequency and can go quiet for a while without any one person causing that to happen. How are you doing? I remember your name from my early days on BSD. How is your journey going?
ARCTICFOX I hope you are feeling a bit stronger. Have you managed to restart your online gym yet? And, to echo what CATHY says, I hope your counsellor is able to help you navigate through this difficult time.
CATHY well done for going back to cooking from scratch. Do share any recipes on here. I’m trying to do likewise though has been tricky this week with builders in and out of the kitchen. But we’re getting there! DAWN how is your food plan going?
HEIDI I’m really pleased you are so near a healthy BMI now. That really is tremendous progress! Well done 👏. I’m making very gradual progress but thankfully there is a slight downward trend beginning to happen so I guess I need to be patient and do the traditional Keep On Keeping On thing.
YOWZER, I meant to say in my last post that I was so sorry to read about your mobility issues. You are always so inspiring despite what you are going through. I really do hope that things improve for you soon. To continue our last shingles-related exchange, I’m now getting back into bras, and have found the most comfortable so far is a soft stretchy one from a company called Body and Bra. It’s a bit like a sports bra but softer fabric. Feels nice for a while but it’s still a relief to take it off!!
MARIET good to see you back and I’m glad you are able to do a bit more with your hand now. And well done for further losses both on the scales and measurements – that’s great news!
Hope the rest of the week goes well for everyone. I’m almost at my weight loss target for the week but do need to up the exercise to tackle the dreaded belly fat! Will report back in due course . . . .
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Just popping in to say that I reached BMI 27 today – so technically no longer overweight for 65 plussers. Feeling very pleased. I shall continue to eat healthily though, since there is still some room for manoeuvre! And I enjoy it too.
Now about to face five days of a different challenge as I head to the UK to care for my mother while my father is in hospital. I doubt there will be time to post, but I shall be continuing to cheer you all on. Take care.
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Congratulations Heidi on your wonderful achievement. Having a BMI of 27 is incredible! Your hard work has paid off. I would be exceptionally happy with that result! Thank you for inspiring us all.
I haven’t weighed myself for a few weeks but I’m focusing on healthy eating and not scales. I have an interview next week for an exam invigilator position in a sixth form college and panicked that I wouldn’t be able to fit into my smart trousers. I had a try on today and they fit so I am using that as a NSV! Now I am not having my toe op I am feeling positive and have rejoined my choir (not sang with them since pre Covid) and I applied for the job. Interview and task (?) on Tuesday. I hope your trip to the UK to care for your mum goes well. Im ringing the dentist again tomorrow as antibiotics haven’t cured dental pain! It’s better but the nerve is still sensitive! ⚡️
Hope everyone else is doing ok.
ArcticFox- are you ok?
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My friends and family call me unlucky Alf- it’s a reference to a comedy show that used to be on TV- I think it was a sketch from The Fast Show. It was funny!! I’ve been feeling so positive since the orthopaedic surgeon decided to defer my toe op- I’ve applied for a job and got an interview next week and I’ve rejoined choir. So today I brought forward my dental appointment because the pain hasn’t resolved despite a week of antibiotics. It’s now 5 weeks since my initial dental appt for what I thought was an abscess. Long story short he told me he thought it could be oral cancer and he has referred me on the two week wait cancer pathway to the oral surgeons! I am totally shocked and totally devastated. It’s always two steps forward and three back! I am going to try to stay positive but how much more can I take. I feel I want to shout really loud. I’m hoping it’s not cancer but he said I will need a biopsy and it has completely thrown me. I have never smoked and I don’t drink so I am hoping that he is wrong. Yet again I have stumped the medical profession. My GP told me a couple of years ago when I had a recurrence of the rare retroperitoneal Schwannomas that I am in his book of interesting cases! My dentist said today that he had never seen my issue or seen it in a textbook!! 🤦🏻♀️ he took a photo on his phone to send off with the referral! Feeling very sorry for myself.
ArcticFox – please let us know you are ok?
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Oh Cathy so sorry to read your post – what a worry for you! Stay positive though as hopefully it is something else.
Earlier this year my specialist thought I may have a brain tumour but thankfully the MRI was clear! I’m praying you have a similar result xxI haven’t posted in ages but do read most of the posts on this thread when they come into my inbox. I have totally lost the plot diet wise, have a lot going on in my personal/family life and aiming to get back on track soon.
I’ll start by catching up with all of the posts I’ve missed!
Thinking of everyone else who is struggling or has health issues too – take care all xx
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Oh Clarinet Cathy I can’t believe it, what a shock for you, such a devastating announcement. I hope he was sensitive in the way he told you, though any way of hearing would be unbelievable.
I’ll be thinking of you and sending all kinds of positive thoughts and wishes. Take the time you need, lean on family and friends, regroup.
You’ve always been so strong, it seems so unfair for you to have one more thing to have to deal with.
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CATHY I just want to say how shocked I am by that potential diagnosis. I hope and pray that he is wrong and it turns out to be something else, but I can only imagine how worried and upset you must be feeling. I’m so sorry. You are such a positive person and a good friend to all of us on here and it does seem so unfair that you are going through this. Completely understand if you go quiet for a while but please know that we’re all here for you in any way that we can be. Sending love and prayers x
SUE it was lovely to hear from you too, despite the circumstances. And I’m so pleased that your own health scare is now resolved. I’m sure you’ll get back on board withe the WoE once your other issues are sorted out.
ARCTICFOX I hope you’ve had a better week and look forward to an update when you’re ready. Remember that you too are among friends here, and we are cheering you on in your journey forward. Lots of love x
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Cathy my thoughts are with you. Only wishing for a positive outcome for you. Take care.
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Hi there,
Sorry for the absence. I’ve been busy with the garlic and I was blindsided by more stupid stuff going on, having to take steps to protect myself, and feeling quite down about things. I talked through the situation with several people who have direct knowledge of all the players, including my godmother, and I had a session with my counsellor that really helped. I won’t go into details but things are pretty bad, so let’s just say that it is good that I have several credible witnesses on my side this time, and an incredible support system that is stepping up on my behalf, and leave it there.
I’m really tired, so I’ll just say that I figured out why my bg was high in spite of fasting – low insulin. I knew my insulin had gone down because my waist circumference has shrunk incredibly over the last few weeks. My belt has gone in another notch again this week. And also, some of my newer skin tags have shrunk and changed colour. I was watching a podcast with Ben Bikman and they hit on the reason for elevated morning fasted glucose when you have low insulin such as when fasting or on a keto diet, and it is that you can’t clear that morning bg spike that results from cortisol very quickly due to the low insulin. Anyway, for a bunch of reasons, I started my week of refeeding a few days early and my numbers the last two days were 5.0 and 4.7. So lower after eating days now because I’m getting enough of an insulin spike to clear the glucose. Fascinating to see this play out in real time.
Cathy – so sorry about your diagnosis, and I hope that it isn’t truly the case and that you find out more soon. -
So sorry to hear what you’ve had to deal with, Arcticfox, and very glad you’ve got plenty of support.
I shall watch what happens with your refeeding with interest – I’ve just reached my goal and am trying to work out how to adjust my macros to a sustainable way of eating rather than ‘diet’ mode. I’m scouring the forum archives at the moment to see how other’s have dealt with this. I’ve kept my carbs very low, and never considered it could cause low insulin issues. Oh well, you live and learn!
Cathy – I’m so sorry to hear your news. Nobody is ever prepared to hear that as a suspected diagnosis, but your dentist is far from certain, so I would hang on to that! Sending you lots of positive thoughts and good wishes. And good luck for your interview next week🤞
And I want to wish everyone a relaxing and (hopefully) enjoyable weekend.
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ARCTICFOX it sounds like so much is going on for you, and I’m really glad you have a strong support network around you. And it’s so good to hear about your insights into insulin and blood glucose, and also your NSV victories : hopefully that is all a real boost for you right now.
HEIDI very well done on achieving a healthy BMI. That’s great news! I hope you time with you mum is going / went well.
DAWN any news on your op yet?
And CATHY you are in my thoughts and prayers daily x
Hope that everyone has an unexpectedly positive week in some way. My thread-related goals for the week are to lose my weekly 1lb target and also get back into exercising more regularly, now that my builders have gone.
Wishing you all well X
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Hi everyone,
Just catching up on some posts. Firstly Cathy, I was so sorry to hear your news and am not surprised you were shocked, I hope it turns out that it’s a different diagnosis and that you find out soon. I’m doing ok thank you, no date for surgery yet, I may ring to chase up if I haven’t heard by later in the week.
Arctic fox I’m pleased you found out why your bg was high. Sorry you’ve been having such a difficult time, it’s good that you have supportive people around you.
Heidi, your weight loss is inspirational, congratulations on reaching a healthy bmi:) I’m about to do a food plan for this week, I could have stuck to last week’s better than I did but it was helpful having it there.
Lacy, congratulations on reaching your goal, I seem to remember there was a thread on maintenance a few years back.
DCT, I’m thinking I too should probably start doing more exercise, I’ve been putting it off waiting for my operation but maybe now’s the time I should start using my daughter’s treadmill!
Yowzer, I hope you are ok and that your sciatica has eased.
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Bumping the thread up above the advertising again.
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Hi everyone,
Just checking in quickly as I’m in the middle of reprocessing after a very deep EMDR session earlier this week. I’ve got some very interesting feelings and sensations this time. Sometimes it can bring up a lot more bad memories and emotions, but this time I’m feeling really, really good. I’ve been a lot more open to people, for instance, and smiling at everyone in the supermarket. But I feel quite vulnerable with it too, so I’m keeping myself to myself for the weekend at least. I have next week off work but will be taking a day trip on Tuesday to deliver garlic and see some old friends, so that will be nice. -
ARCTICFOX how are you doing? I’m really pleased that the EMDR therapy seems to have gone well, and also that you have a bit of down time this week. Take care of yourself and take things easy. Every one of your posts is inspiring and a positive move forward.
DAWN I hope you get a date sorted soon for your surgery, and that it goes well for you when it does happen.
CATHY if you’re reading this just know you’re in my thoughts and prayers. Sending love x
I’m doing ok. Slow and steady. Deliberately so, as I have lots of social things on at the moment. So am being strict when I can and allowing myself some leeway when out and about.
I’m also more concerned with NSVs as I’m increasingly realising how fickle scales are. When putting mine back in my new bathroom I did a bit of an experiment and took weight readings in several different places. Would you believe 3lb difference between them all! So I’m still aiming for my pound a week loss between now and Christmas but am more concerned about changes I can see and feel rather than numbers on the scales.
Hope everyone is ok and that next week goes well for you X
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Hi DCT, and all of us here. I just wanted to echo your post. Really hoping that CATHY gets reassuring news. And that DAWN gets a date soon. ARCTIC FOX I hope that feeling of lightness continues, and wish you and all well for the coming week.
It has been 10 days since posting but it feels like a month! I have been caring for my mother in the UK while my father has been in hospital. As they sometimes say, old age is not for softies. It has been a distressing and exhausting time for everyone and may well continue to be. But I have had to refocus on my husband’s cancer treatment for now. Apart from one bad evening of comfort/stress eating, I have managed to keep on track. My best NSV is just looking decent again in size 16 trousers, and getting the compliments. As well as knowing that I am now at a normal BMI for my age, which makes me feel healthier. This week I shall start some exercising, continue to eat healthily, and probably not lose weight. And I shall tell myself that that is OK!
For my own record though, I am noting that I have been eating healthily for 17 weeks, and have now lost 13.7 kilos.
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Hi everyone! Thank you DCT and HEIDI for your comments,I just want to echo all that you both said X
Havent the energy to write much,going for blood test on the 30 th ( cdnt book a sooner appt) Doc thinks I might be anaemic as Im so tired and i keep having muscle spasms and jolts and twitches.
I’ve never been anaemic in my life,but apparently anaemia following slapped cheek syndrome is a thing.
Love and best wishes to all,and specially to CCATHY xxx have a good week folks as we sail into autumn / spring!
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HEIDI very well done for your amazing loss and for being so consistent despite your difficult circumstances. You’ve done really well. I hope that everything improves soon for all those that you are caring for, and that you manage to get some rest and relaxation for yourself.
YOWZER I’m sorry to hear about the potential anaemia, and hope the blood test can start getting things sorted for you. You’ve had so much to deal with recently and I hope there is some positive change very soon X