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12-26-2015, 02:14 PM | #11 | |||
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Everyday I have to climb 5 fights of stairs just to move my car. And believe me that is a struggle. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Starznight (12-27-2015) |
12-27-2015, 12:25 AM | #12 | ||
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I can't imagine a single flight of stairs let alone FIVE!
You are my hero! Which undoubtedly explains the 10lbs in a month... I mean I used to know what five flights of stairs were, would rather walk up the 17 flights of stairs than hop in the elevator (smelly smelly people... It's a drop of perfume folks, not a whole bottle ) I know it's incredibly unhealthy, and probably the last thing in the world I need to do, but I'm ready to stock up on slimfasts. Last thing my poor joints need is being crushed under the mass that is becoming my body It feels like I can't wear my white sweatshirt lest child running screaming from me, afraid the Stay-Puff Marshmellowman is cross dressing and coming after them. Alright I guess some of the sense of humor is returning, though I still might go to SAMs club and get the Opera size slimfast pack.
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12-27-2015, 05:23 AM | #13 | |||
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I can relate.
Seems the simplest tasks are becoming exhausting. Things I used to do in one hour take half a day (do for 5 minutes.....rest for 20 ). One thing I'd like to do again is just go somewhere alone. Not that I don't love and appreciate all that my family does for me but I just want to go to the grocery store and not feel like someone is standing behind me waiting (because they ARE!). And I want to be able to walk up and down each aisle looking at everything. I can't do that anymore because my legs are screaming after about 30 minutes. Doesn't anybody hear it but me?? Whenever I'm feeling less than adequate for whatever I have going on during a particular day I tend to whine about things like my non-existent balance.....my left leg that won't cooperate on any type of flooring but laminate or linoleum......the fact that I can't go without shoes in public. I do know that I'm thankful for all that I can still do.....and for my awesome family that won't leave me alone no matter what. There are just some days that nothing can bring me out of my funk.......except maybe a piece of Dove chocolate and a good cry. Afterwards I'm good to go!
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (12-27-2015), Starznight (12-27-2015) |
12-27-2015, 07:50 AM | #14 | ||
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I totally forgot about going out alone. Just driving around really, radio blasting to the songs I wanna hear... Not just what "the driver" will tolerate. Picking up what I want from the grocery without getting another's two cents about it. (Mom has to point out all the generics, and coupons and do all the math to ensure I'm not paying 1/30th of a penny more per pound on my pasta... DH has to ask if I really want that or wouldn't I rather have whatever it is he wants... But I can get it... If I really want it...)
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12-27-2015, 10:45 AM | #15 | |||
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Five flights of stairs?!?!
I'll bet you paid for that:
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12-27-2015, 10:52 AM | #16 | |||
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One day, many years ago, I used to sprint up the stairs like it was nothing. Until one day I made the trip up and down about 5 or 6 times. That night my ankles were hurting so I looked at them, they were black and blue, just from going up and down the stairs. That's when I decided to only make ONE trip a day down and up. It took a few weeks for my ankles to heal.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (12-28-2015), Starznight (12-28-2015) |
12-28-2015, 08:50 AM | #17 | |||
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Yes, stairs are no longer our friends y
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12-28-2015, 10:40 AM | #18 | |||
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Try eating only half of what you're eating now. That aught to do it.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (12-30-2015) |
12-29-2015, 12:42 PM | #19 | ||
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Half of what I'm eating now would equate to about 2 oz of chicken and a quarter of a salad a day. That's basically starvation. I just don't have much of an appetite I never have. And it goes away even more so when I'm depressed or just feeling lazy. I'm the type that can go days without eating anything, and not even notice, nor have that 'OMG I'm starving!!!' reaction.
It's not that I never feel hungry, I do, but then I forget that I was hungry if I don't eat right away. So if it requires any energy at all to make something to eat... I generally won't. Salads are my friends because you feel a rumbling of hunger, open the fridge, toss a bit of lettuce into a bowl, sprinkle with some salt and pepper and if you think of it grab a fork or just munch on it. If I'm feeling a bit more froggy then I can toss a few carrots into the mix. If I'm really feeling lazy, I can skip the salt and pepper and just grab a few leaves of lettuce to chew on. I've tried to make a schedule of when to eat, I've tried making meals in advance so I can just grab them and eat, I've tried finding quick and easy things to eat that are a bit more substanstial than some leaves of lettuce and still, I fall back to my old habit of rabbit food, and glasses of milk. Every so often my appetite will rev up and I'll crave something fiercely, things I don't like at all, like tomatoes or apples (yuck) and nothing will satisfy it but eating a tomato or eating an apple... But I also have a hard time eating when it's not something my body seems to think it wants too. If I'm not hungry for steak and the DH cooks it for dinner, I really can't eat it all, I might get one bite down the throat but nothing more. DH is used to that so he doesn't try to tell me to finish it anymore, or to eat more of it, or ask if it doesn't taste good or if there's something wrong with it. He'll just grab the rest of it off my plate and eat it himself.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (12-30-2015) |
12-29-2015, 02:51 PM | #20 | |||
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Did you know that all you require a day is piece of chicken the size of your thumb? That's IN a meal. We do eat way too much meat. Just the size of your thumb. Your measuring device is with you all the time. Cutting down on meat is the best thing you can do for yourself barring that you have no restrictions on your diet.
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