MInx
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out of the blue I decided to weigh myself this morning. Bad idea. You see I'm desperatly trying to lose weight.
I've mentioned before i'm on the heafty side to say the least and most of that in the last year since I got blood clots and had a stroke due to blood in my brain.
I gained like 60lbs! AND to make it worse I needed to lose that 60! That's why I had my knee replaced so I could once again get out there hiking, and working outdoors like I used to and keeping off weight and being fit. Not tiny, just fit.
So to compensate for not being able to even walk outside in this frozen tundra we live in, (too risky I might fall), and since it's 15 miles to town to walk there, I have been very good about healthy dieting.
Lots of fish, salad, no bread..well I do eat a banana and half English muffin every morning. I do eat 1/2 yam or 1/2 baked potatoe or 1/2 cup brown rice for supper along with fish, "the other white meat" lean pork loin, chicken, turkey,(I hate turkey) lots of vegtables, mostly green beans,carrots, spinach, sometimes a treat of Busch baked beans. And one a rare day fresh frozen corn.
I also try to eat some fruit such as apples or pears for snack maybe once a week..once a week I allow a snack of graham crackers, 2 in evening.
I do not drink coffee so I drink Diet Pepsi (hooked on it) and make sure I drink at least 40/50 oz of water a day..(good thing I don't get out much :bgrin )
My house is a modular, 70 feet long and I walk it constanly as it's an open floor plan.I clean house etc but can't do heavy work yet due to stroke.There is NO pool in our town to go do water aerobics or I would be there at least 3X a week! Let me also add that I have a badly pulled hip flexor muscle and a right hip needing replacement that I refuse to do after what I went through with the knee.So VERY very painful when I do walk.I also have a muscle disease that causes pain but that's not important here..
I think I have been trying very hard! I want to be able to drive my horse!They say they can pull their own weight and she is 300lbs so OK, sounds foolish but if I keep going at 200lbs I will overtake her!
SO WHY dear Lord after all this trying and being sick and yes lately sometimes only eating half my meals due to loss of appetite from my meds..did I weigh myself and find out I gained 8 lbs!!
Carl can tell you he's here and know I do not cheat.Sometimes I just feel like cashing it all in but for the kids.SOrry to be a downer. You guys don't deserve that from the "grandma " on the forum
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But life shouldn't be over at only 65
Love Maxine
I've mentioned before i'm on the heafty side to say the least and most of that in the last year since I got blood clots and had a stroke due to blood in my brain.
I gained like 60lbs! AND to make it worse I needed to lose that 60! That's why I had my knee replaced so I could once again get out there hiking, and working outdoors like I used to and keeping off weight and being fit. Not tiny, just fit.
So to compensate for not being able to even walk outside in this frozen tundra we live in, (too risky I might fall), and since it's 15 miles to town to walk there, I have been very good about healthy dieting.
Lots of fish, salad, no bread..well I do eat a banana and half English muffin every morning. I do eat 1/2 yam or 1/2 baked potatoe or 1/2 cup brown rice for supper along with fish, "the other white meat" lean pork loin, chicken, turkey,(I hate turkey) lots of vegtables, mostly green beans,carrots, spinach, sometimes a treat of Busch baked beans. And one a rare day fresh frozen corn.
I also try to eat some fruit such as apples or pears for snack maybe once a week..once a week I allow a snack of graham crackers, 2 in evening.
I do not drink coffee so I drink Diet Pepsi (hooked on it) and make sure I drink at least 40/50 oz of water a day..(good thing I don't get out much :bgrin )
My house is a modular, 70 feet long and I walk it constanly as it's an open floor plan.I clean house etc but can't do heavy work yet due to stroke.There is NO pool in our town to go do water aerobics or I would be there at least 3X a week! Let me also add that I have a badly pulled hip flexor muscle and a right hip needing replacement that I refuse to do after what I went through with the knee.So VERY very painful when I do walk.I also have a muscle disease that causes pain but that's not important here..
I think I have been trying very hard! I want to be able to drive my horse!They say they can pull their own weight and she is 300lbs so OK, sounds foolish but if I keep going at 200lbs I will overtake her!
SO WHY dear Lord after all this trying and being sick and yes lately sometimes only eating half my meals due to loss of appetite from my meds..did I weigh myself and find out I gained 8 lbs!!
Carl can tell you he's here and know I do not cheat.Sometimes I just feel like cashing it all in but for the kids.SOrry to be a downer. You guys don't deserve that from the "grandma " on the forum
But life shouldn't be over at only 65
Love Maxine
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