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Absolutely shattered …
Posted purpleorc24 on October 27th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
I have been busy today with washing, cooking and bathing the dog to name a few chores I have done. I must admit my body is now giving me huge warning signs to slow down. I usually find if I get so tired like I am then I get to feeling really tearful over nothing. I would normally go to bed to sleep it off but I am holding off as I want to go to bed early tonight with getting up at 7.30am in the morning. If I went to bed this afternoon I would not want to go to bed until the wee hours. I have been riding it out this tired feeling for the pass hour. I feel a bit better than I did so that is some blessing so I think I have just about ridden it out
Another day of eating on plan so a little easier than it was on Saturday when my body was saying this was going down like a lead balloon. I have cooked 2 meals today and one is sitting in the fridge now waiting to be reheated in microwave tomorrow on return from the MS therapy centre. So I have a health meal awaiting rather than making an excuse up for junk. I will take some muffins with us tomorrow to have at lunch with a coffee which keeps me filled up till my evening meal.
Not too happy with the scales the last couple of days it shows a 3lb gain though I suspect it is the few days off plan last week that have come to haunt me. So I am hoping that my time on plan will rectify my blow outs. I will settle for no gain this week and weight 178lbs. I have a mini goal that I want to achieve which is to lose another 4lb and that will take me to a magical 9 stone lost (126lbs). We use the stones and pounds method of measuring so some of my goals may seem wierd and wonderful but the reason being I am working from a different weighing system. I am sure that if I lose that amount I will fit nicely in to my 2 pairs of denim jeans. I can put them on at the minute and zip up but they feel a little snug for my liking. So an extra 4lbs will give me a little bit of wiggle room.
Time to go and sort tea out. Here in the UK tea is not only a cuppa but a meal itself. Traditionally it was sandwiches and cake. Though now due to people working it is inevitably a hot cooked meal. I have my cooked meal at lunch time so I will be having some fruit and a muffin I think. Depending on how hungry I feel. That reminds me that I must get some muffins out the freezer for tomorrow. So bye bye ladies and gents.
purpleorc
Down to earth with a bang…
Posted purpleorc24 on October 26th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
Well yesterday was my first day after a week of having more foods off plan than I normally would do on plan. To say it went like a lead balloon would be an accurate description. My body needs to detoxify after having some junk crap foods so drinking plenty and having good wholesome food. Though until the crap has gone from my body I am still in craving mode.
I have breast of turkey for lunch with steamed vegetables. Then a simple recipe using apples and baking them. Was going to have stewed rhubarb but then someone gave me some apples. The rest I will stew the rest a good source of fibre and also getting a fruit(s) portion in for the day. They are quite sweet these apples so I will need no sweetener either so even better. I love stewed fruit something nice and comforting about it. It brings back memories of my childhood in the days when freezers where not invented for use in the home. We then sorted through the apples to make sure that they were perfect, that they did not have any bruising, grubs or areas that would go “bad”. They were stored on brown paper and used in the winter months.
We use to salt beans (runner or kidney beans as they are known) to preserve them. Not sure that the sodium would be good for us now. Though it was necessary then to preserve food anyway you could. Carrots would be stored in sand as I recall. Lots of jams, chutneys and pickles were made with the glut of produce as well. Nothing was wasted you couldn’t afford it. Now it is shameful how much is wasted compared to years ago. We are losing skill like pickling, jam making and chicken as we purchase them off a shelve. I am guilty as charged on that one. My DH does not eat pickles or sauce so I just don’t bother it is not worth it for one person.
Over and out
purpleorc
Where has the time gone ? …
Posted purpleorc24 on October 25th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
It has been a rather busy week hence I have neglected coming on here which I would not normally do. Today is the first time that I do have a little time to myself although not heaps as I have had to catch up on all those chores that seem to pile up.
Not lost anything on the weight front this week but that is not surprising as we had to eat out several times this week due to doing deliveries for BIL. They have been long journeys so I have packed food to go with to minimise the eating of junk food. Unfortunately when eating out there is not a great choice of healthy food so it is a matter of picking the best from a bad bunch.
At the minute I am cooking some muffins made with oats the frozen fruit that I have used this week is blueberries as apposed to raspberries. When they have cooled down I will pop them in the freezer so that I can have them during the week but especially when going to the MS treatment centre as they are filling and stop me reaching for that luring biscuit tin that is plonked right in front of me. I have to sit there some 2 hours waiting for my DH whilst he operates the oxygen therapy tanks.
The trips this week for the deliveries have been to Cwmbrân and to Broadstairs in Kent. Although the Kent delivery did not take place in the end as we broke down. DH manage to limp the van into a service station so the waiting for the break down lorry was not so bad. Although the weather turned bad and it was chucking it down with rain. I felt sorry for the break down gentleman who was hooking up our van to the tow truck. It was bucketed it down and he was having difficultly removing something from the vehicle that he has to protect the gear box. All to technical for me when it comes to cars and van working lol
Time to go and take the muffins out before I burn them.
purpleorc
Posted purpleorc24 on October 14th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
Well did not make it on here yesterday but that is life. Will have a day or so this week away from the blog as I am having my parents over for a few days. They are going to have their car serviced and MOT. Yikes like that is going to cost an arm and and leg. I am so so fortunate that I have a car on motobility and things like that are all taken care off. It is an excellent scheme for people with a disability. If it wasn’t for the car I would be so isolated buses are a nightmare due to the fact they tend to pull off before I am sat down. Well that sends me whizzing down the bus at 90mph and ending on the back row of seats. I have trouble with gripping so any sudden movement like that I can’t hold on like most folks.
Then on the Friday Dad has got a routine check up at the hospital from his bout of appendicitis 6 weeks ago. Gosh does time fly it seems a life time away from all the tooing and froing from hospital each day.
DH on Thursday is taking his test to become a number one operator of the oxygen tanks at the MS centre. I wish him all the luck in the world and hope that he passes. The number one operator has the ultimate responsibly when tanks are in operation they work in conjunction with another number one or a number 2 operator. Due to the nature of my condition I am unable by the guidelines of the centre to be a number one operator but I am allowed if I wish to be a number 2 operator. So fingers crossed that he passes with flying colours.
Now I have to own up today of eating well and truly something off plan. I had a carrot cake a whole slice of it. To try and counter act my evil ways I have not cooked the planned evening meal and had a sandwich instead with a small oat bar square (homemade). So that will be it today for food till tomorrow morning. I hope that I have pulled back some of the thousand calories devoured in one fowl swoop.
purpleorc
size 16 jeans here we come …
Posted purpleorc24 on October 12th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
Well I have managed to be a good bunny today eating clean though was not so clean yesterday it was not a complete disaster. fingers crossed my tummy seems to have really settled down and all the pain and discomfort have gone. Even the swelling is gradually reducing if I have a bout like this my tummy swells up this time by 3″ It has shrunk by 2 1/2 ” now so much improved.
Had a nice nsv today tried a pair of 16 uk sizing by the way denim jeans although I would not yet wear them for going out I can fasten them and that means I am going in the right direction. To me they feel a tad too tight for my liking but not far off so here to the size 16 jeans. To some that might not seem a big deal but when you were a size 24/26 UK sizing I could only dream of being in a size 16. I would say at the beginning of this journey I would be glad if I got down to a size 16 and here I am knocking on the door. I wear size 16 skirt, blouses and trouser but the jeans are eluding me. I know that with my frame and height I am never going to be a size 10 unless I starve myself and I am not going down any route like that. I want to eat healthy and have curves in all the right place.
Just had my daily exercise a lovely walk in the moonlight. The moon is nearly at its full phase. Walk was much easier than yesterday as I conked out half way and had to stop at a cafe for a cup of coffee to revive me. I think maybe I got a tad to hot and whoosh all my energy up and left me. Much cooler tonight so no struggles in walking even though I had a busy day with house chores.
purpleorc
oh to be a normal weight …
Posted purpleorc24 on October 11th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
Not a lot to report to day as it has been all quiet on the western front. Did make a type of milk jelly with sugar free jelly and low fat evaporated milk. It was a small carton so I could not put in the normal 200g so instead I put in 170g so not far out really. Just topped up with a shade of cold water to make it up to the full pint. Nice light dessert and not heaps of calories. Plus a nice big serving of it as well.
Eating light today ready for the extra calories we will be having tonight at friends. She cooks a 3 course meal and we never eat that at home. 2 course yes. Sometimes we have homemade soup then the main meal or we have the main meal with small desert.
Have had 4 days of eating clean now in a row. I know today is not going to be so clean with the jelly pudding but it remains low calorie. Healthy eating is such a balancing act of getting it right but actually living I put that in loose terms. I must never have forbidden foods else that will make me want them all the more. I now have everything but somethings I only have once in a blue moon. I know I could lose weight far quicker if I was more strict but I want to be happy. So it is this fine tight rope that you balance upon and have a few wobbles now and again when you eat the naughties. Though if 98% of your food is good the other 2% I can live with. The weight has slowly dropped off at a rate of an average of 1 - 2 pounds per week. Though now it is very slow but I expected to come to that point and was ready not to be discouraged by this. Even if I never make my goal I am sure as hell a lot nearer to it. I would dearly for once in my life love to be of a normal weight instead of overweight, obese and morbidly obese.
purpleorc
Happy birthday Mum …
Posted purpleorc24 on October 10th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
My Mum’s birthday today so telephoned her and had a long chat. Will see her on Tuesday so not so long. We see each other 2 times one week and 3 times another week so over all I see quite a bit of Mum and Dad. I am having Mum and Dad over to stay for a few days whilst they have their car serviced but also Dad goes for his check up at the hospital.
About 6 weeks ago Dad was taken into hospital with appendicitis which is quite unusual for someone of his age but obvious not unknown. Dad is 74 going on 75 and had a heart attack earlier this year. Hence his treatment of appendicitis was not of the norm. Due to the heart attack only being a few months ago the risks on the operating table where minimal but the hours and days afterwards the stress the body undergoes from surgery is great and that is likely it would give him another heart attack. So it was decided to try antibiotic therapy first which in layman’s terms is a course of antibiotics in Dad’s case given IV (directly into the vein). For a couple of days he felt pretty rough and looked it for that matter. Then on the third day he looked like a different man much brighter and great colour to his skin. Towards the end of his stay he was getting very bored as he was feeling well but had to stop for the antibiotics. This ward was very old fashioned in its layout with the Nightingale style rows of 2 beds down either side of the ward. There was no television unless you went to the day room which Dad couldn’t do as he was hooked up to drips with potions of insulin and fluids (sugar and salt solution to replace the food and fluid that he could not take orally). So this is the normal check up at the out patients department to see if everything is hunky dory. I don’t think he will be in with the doctor above 5 minutes but it is best to go. Not saying that the antibiotics will complete cure the appendix from being infected again but with any luck it will never happen again. Though this has bought time so if surgery is the option he has better chances of survival.
Did a bit of shopping in the city today whilst DH was helping his nephew move home. My poor legs and back have paid the price tonight of me walking so much. I did push it to go to the shops I wanted to go to when really I should have limited it to much less but my brain took a holiday I think so I did not have the person sitting on my shoulder telling me you should not attempt that it is foolish. Then I had to walk across a small stretch of cobbled pavement, I could not step onto the road to avoid them as the road was extremely busy so that would have been a death wish. So I tackled the cobbled pavement well talk about looking like someone who has one over the eight well I was just like that. I have poor balance and coordination and then adding in cobbled stones is a recipe for me looking drunk. The one thing I did not fall over but I had purposely wore my flat shoes today rather than my court shoes. This was as I was walking without my DH and divvy here forgot her walking stick which I use when I am not with him. So I just wobbled around town but I so much wanted to do it as rarely are we up that end of the town so I made the most of it. I was like a kid in a sweetie shop where do I go now. So that ounce of sense I was born with deserted me and I went to all the shops I wanted to rather than selecting a few. I think I need my bumps read as we used to say in my nursing days when we had done something a bit foolish.
Ate clean again today so I am pleased with myself. I am going to friends tomorrow so I should eat rather clean as she is healthy eating as well. I have tailored my calories for tomorrow to be that wee bit less so it will be covering the 3 course meal that she cooks. Looking forward to the evening as she and her DH alway lay on a nice spread then we go on to play cards.
Time to go now as I am tired and winding down faster than I would like.
purpleorc
Chores to do I have them coming out my ears …
Posted purpleorc24 on October 9th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | 1 Comment »
Been a busy day today flitting from one job to another but end up doing to much as I have got so many jobs to finish. I wish I did not have this habit but my brain thinks of something else than needs doing so I start on that but not finish the first task in hand. Then another task pops in my head so I start on that one well you get the picture it is like a revolving door not getting off and spiralling out of control at times. I do try and stop myself but sometimes I go forget my good intentions and end up in a mess. Also to rub it in I do not seem to have much to show for my hours of work.
Kept on plan the last couple of days and ate clean, mind you I am having to be good to give my tummy a break. I have a stomach ulcer which is not healing as fast as I would like and every now and I get really bad pain from it as I have eaten something it does not like. I had eaten something that was quite fatty and oh boy did it bite me for my troubles. That what comes of not sticking to healthy eating when I should 
So hence I have been eating clean and little and often. The only blessing was it was for about 12 hours that I was in pain then puff it went as soon as it appeared. Where as in the beginning of my dx it would be 72 hours of pure hell. So at least things have improved vastly on that front even if I am not cured.
Going out to play cards in a bit but got to get ready of course so I guess I be running round like a blue @rse fly but what new 
Yesterday playing cards I was in a team with my niece not that we have a choose we draw a ticket and then that tells us where we are playing. Well I did not do very well and played all night to lose one of my flags. This is a military whist drive and you have 24 flags if you lose you give one away. If you win whilst 2 of your players are playing at another table then they win a flag. If you get 10, 11 or 12 tricks then you get 2 flags or one from a floating kitty if you win by that many at home. It seems complex game but in actual fact it is simple but more difficult to explain. I was playing this game when I was a young girl of about 14 or maybe a tad younger. So you need not be a rocket scientist to get to grasps with the game. My niece whom plays now is 15 years and has been playing for many years.
YIkes its weighing in day tomorrow that has come round awfully fast the scales haven’t been my friend the past few days but hopefully with eating clean the last few days that may mean at least I am what I was last week. Well no good worrying over it as nothing I can do to change that now c’est la vie.
Must shift my behind so off I go till next time.
purpleorc
Old mother Hubbard’s left the cupboard…
Posted purpleorc24 on October 8th, 2008 | Filed under DAILY ~ RAMBLINGS | Comment now »
Did not get out last night as planned to play cards as unfortunately the road on route was jam packed with traffic. We heard that on the radio on the traffic report that the motorway near my home town was shut for a couple of junctions in both directions. A lorry and 2 cars were involved in the accident. Cars were obviously trying to find an alternative route to their destination which caused chaos on the roads which were not designed to take such volume of traffic. Enough of my moaning I am sure that with the road being closed there must have been one or more fatality. So my hearts go out to the family and friends of their loved one if this is the case. When you think of things like that I have much to be grateful for each day and I know in many ways I have been blessed.
Did the weekly shop today so no more old mother Hubbard’s cupboards 
So I have spent a good half a hour chopping and preparing vegetables for tomorrows dinner of roast turkey joint. A good sized joint so will make another meal so will make it good value. Had one a few weeks ago these leg joint and it was really yummy. I know it is not as lean as breast meat but with everything being so costly I have to try and tighten the belt where ever I can without to much compromise to my healthy eating plan. Good thing afterwards I can make a small soup from the stock that the turkey produces. I really like turkey stock even nicer than chicken stock which is good. I will use the stock from the bones of the turkey or chicken for that matter and it has a much nicer taste than a stock cube. Not saying that I do not use them because I do when I do not have this stock to hand. I think it will be a carrot and coriander soup as that is very tasty. Easy to make and filling.
I think I will make a jelly with some tiptop cream in. Not too high on the calorie front and satisfies that craving for sweet stuff. I make it with sugar free jelly and if I want less calories I put fat free yogurt 200 grams that is also very nice. Excellent if you have guests as well so you can keep on plan and still produce a nice meal with dessert.
Right time for me to shift my proverbial else I will not be ready to go out.
bye
purpleorc
purpleorc
battery that has run down and need recharging once a week 
Did not get much of my book read be lucky if I read 20 pages when it is normally up to 60 pages. Unfortunately today I had a job getting a seal with the mask they use as it had a little hole next to the fastening which let air our every time you breath rather than it going down the extraction tube. Then for good measure it was blowing air upwards and steaming my glasses 