Believe it or not, I completely forgot about the weigh in. Just slipped my mind. I’ve also decided on a mental health day, so there is no real post about much of anything at the moment…
Best wishes,
JM
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Mar
30
Category: Weighing In
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Mar
23
SW: 262
LW: 252
CW: 254
TOM weight gain. That’s something I definitely didn’t miss when I wasn’t having proper cycles. Mind you, two pounds is a lot better than the five pounds I used to gain like clockwork when I was a teenager.
This week things are a bit interesting in the flat. A few things are changing and will hopefully prove to be just what we need.
For the first time, I have planned out a menu for the whole week – every single meal (and I’ve scheduled in exercise, too) – and we’re going to try to follow. So far today, things have been good. Some experimental meals have turned out to be great and very satisfying.
Of course, with food comes water. I slacked on a lot of things while I was sick and now I’m getting back into them gently.
I keep reminding myself that, while the menu is all written up, I can change things if I feel I have to. That may seem, to some, like it defeats the purpose of having the menu, but it’s what I have to do. I tend to get really obsessive about food and such, so reminding myself that things are flexible is helping ease the obsessive tide that I already feel rising a smidge.
Like I mentioned, I scheduled in exercise as well. I have an hour of exercise every day with a DVD. It’s a workout that combines yoga and pilates. And for anyone who thinks that’s not a tough workout, well buy the DVD and try it yourself. Even the instructor gets sweaty, so there.
On the mental health side of things, I’ve decided to hold off on food/body image counseling until at least my next appointment at the women’s clinic (early May). That will give me time to journal as well as see if I can stamp out/get past the issues and obsessions I get. (I’ll explain more about that stuff later.)
It feels kind of overwhelming to address so much at once, but it also feels good to be working on it.
How is everyone else going?
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Mar
16
Hi everyone!
I hope you enjoyed Mr. JM’s time here last week. He’s really good to me when I’m ill and he wanted to help me get as much rest as possible by taking over some of my blogs.
He’s a peach like that.
Time to weigh in…
SW: 262
LW: 252
CW: 252
No change, and I am totally okay with that. Haha!
Mystery Virus 2009 continues to suck all my energy, so I have zero exercise since I last weighed in. Just walking to the shops (which I did all of once) was a major trip for me that left me exhausted. So going twenty minutes on the elliptical? Out of the question.
I’m calling it Mystery Virus because no one has been able to tell me (with absolute certainty) what’s happening or even when I can expect to get better. Right now I just plan on finishing the meds I’m currently on and then I’m going to let my body do as it wishes. I have a bit more energy than I have, so I’m going to start doing some gentle exercises to get things going.
It’s been so weird to experience this. My brain is in working order and all that, so it’s like a brief taste of what it feels like to have your body betray you. There was a point when I switched my office chair for a comfy chair because I was dozing off at the computer pretty regularly.
Thankfully I am past that stage. So, two more days of meds and then lots of positive thinking. I’ve done everything doctors have told me to do and nothing has worked, so I’m going to start doing what I feel is right. And that’s just plain ignoring that I’m sick. Hehe!
I hope you all are doing well!
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Mar
13
Hello everyone! JM here. Yes, I am still alive and kicking.
Thank you to everyone for your patience while I recover and to my wonderful husband for taking over on my blogs when and where he could. I know he had a lot of fun. I hope you enjoyed his writing.
Because I’m cross-posting this on most of my sites, I can’t say whether or not he’ll continue to post on *this* site in particular. He took on the heavier load of the beginning of the week and now things are winding down a bit. I’m hoping that by next week, I’ll be either completely back to health or at least to a point where being awake for more than two hours isn’t an effort.
For those of you who are curious about what’s going on, I’ve had some sort of virus or other for about a month now. It’s quite miserable, but a big problem for me because I can’t get paid leave from work (a downside to freelancing) is the fatigue (and zero energy). I am sleeping a lot, and thought I’m told it’s what I need, it still doesn’t make life any easier.
So that is what’s been going on with me and why my husband volunteered to step in and share some of the load so I can recover properly.
We went to the hospital last night and I got a chest x-ray to make sure I’m free and clear of pneumonia, which I am. So now it’s up to me to rest and a new round of antibiotics to get cracking on this virus.
Thank you again for all your patience. I’ll be right again in no time.
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Mar
12
Guest Post by Mr. JM
JM is SOOO going to regret letting me have a go at this… *grins*
Another things I came across in the science journal, probably fifteen years back now, was a study looking into antioxidant effects and the best sources for them. There has been more recent work done on this and a couple of reportedly better sources for antioxidants but the one I saw had something unusual to say.
Scientists were looking for things to affect free radicals inside cells. Far out in front (strawberries came second) were Blueberries, showing a remarkable ability to hunt down or otherwise mop up those nasty free radicals which are produced as the cell produces power from sugars.
This wasn’t so unusual – there’s been a number of studies that show something along the lines of the darker red or blue a food is the better it is as an antioxidant – it is speculated the odd ability of French and Italian people to live longer despite a diet that should kill them by 60 years is due to red wine and olives.
But Blueberries showed an effect which not only stopped free radical damage from occurring, but seemed to actually repair some of the damage.
As few as 6 – 8 BB’s per day is enough to get the effect, but it must be whole fruit. They can be frozen, but if it’s juice, it must the whole berries juiced.
One other thing I read way back when, for those taking Vitamin C – if you take C, you should take B (a B Complex is fine) as taking either by itself creates an artificial deficiency of the other. I’m not sure what the balance ratio is – I just make sure if I take one of C I take one of B as well. Note you should not take more than 1000mg per day of C and you should take vitamins with food – some of them can do bad things to an empty stomach.
See you when I’m 140 and playing squash.
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