i'm not mel but...

sylvester stallone...in the "rocky" movies from the 70's i think it was. the boxing movies. he has another one coming out.

Jo this is what Alan eats during the day.

Breakfast. A cup of fiber one cereal with skim milk, glass of OJ,
He puts splenda on the cereal (he used to put pancake syrup so be happy he just puts splenda). His doctor said of all the stuff, at least splenda is better than nutrasweet. I'd use Stevia but who could afford this??
And a cup of decaf herbal tea.

Then he has a banana for a snack.

Then for lunch he has grilled chicken on a bed of lettuce tomatoes, chopped zucchinis, radishes, with a splash of extra virgin olive oil and some balsamic vinegar.

Then he has a bowl of fruit (fresh) no syrup.


Supper is a turkey burger (no bun)or some dreamfield's pasta with fresh tomatoes (no salt) and if he does have the pasta he doesn't get a potato. a baked potato) or my famous patatas which is a diced potato just put in the pan and it gets browned (like hash browns), with a little extra virgin olive oil.. He also has a side of either broccoli, zucchini, and of course (and this is every night), he has a bowl of steamed fresh carrots )thankfully no more pancake syrup on that. His main entrees for dinner are either turkey burgers, a bowl of dreamfield's pasta, a piece of steamed salt free chicken, and maybe once in a while some turbot fillet. He hates fish by the way. I adore it.

He doesn't eat any bread, rice, rolls, nothing with gluten but as I said he tested for that and it was all negative.

After dinner, he eats another bowl of either shredded wheat (yuck) with skim milk), some fat free yoghurt, another banana and maybe he'll have a whey shake.

and oh yes, he does have one of my nice blueberry muffins that I make with fresh blueberries (good antioxidents.)

So there you go.

He lost tons of weight, had built up muscles and we are presently in the process of still determining why he has the PN. Thankfully it has not progressed and he can manage without pain meds. That, in itself is a good thing. His doctor is extremely proud of him. He works out at the same gym as Alan does.

Here's a link to Rocky.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075148/


It put Sylveser Stallone on the map.


Mel

hi melody,

does alan like the maple flavor or is it the sweetness?

adding an extract of maple can give him the flavor. no sugar...and NO SALT.

Oh - good that list sounds much better- the other one had me worried.

"Massage and frisky therapy" (MFT) may be an underated treatment for PN pain.

Carlie

Curious:

What do you mean MAPLE FLAVOR???

There's a thing I can buy that tastes like maple, and has no sugar or salt???


Where, where where?????
Melody

yep...maple extracts...like vanilla extract. i use extracts all the time.

if you want to order online..you can look up maple extracts, maple flavorings. or just your regular grocery store.

this wouldn't be something he can pur on foods..but you can cook or bake with it, adding the maple flavor.

here is a link...it gives a recipe...but the nutrition facts are for the maple flavoring

http://www.barryfarm.com/nutri_info/...pleflavor.html

Thank you so much.
Melody

Like I said, it was probably a dumb question...

Cathie