Truthfully, I keep hearing from another patient where I had my RNY that I need to be tracking my macro/ micro-nutrients & im bloody confused by it all.

So, at some point in September I will be signing onto Good Measures also.

Busy day finishing up my packing, etc. Already took my “baby” for boarding 😞. Later today I will be picking my mother-in-law up, then pick my husband up, stop home quick to load the car, and then drive to Hartford, CT to spend the night (1+ hours away) as our flight leaves early tomorrow morning.

So far today I’ve had scrambled eggs for…[Read more]

I started my day with a dental appointment and am now killing time at the grocery store until it’s time to pick up my husband’s prescription. I’m sitting in the former food court area drinking a free cup of decaf coffee.

Breakfast – none yet unless this coffee counts

Lunch will be the roasted turkey breast and olive spread I didn’t have…[Read more]

Hi!  Just got back from my trip to Delaware and I’m trying to get back into my routine!  Exhaustion does not help!  My eating was not great so I need to get that back under control, but I was much more active than normal so that’s good!

@liz-kelly check in!

Today was busy! And I’ve had a headache all day.

I honestly am not thinking well enough to do a meaningful report back (my apologies!) but tomorrow is a new day.

Good night, my dear friends!

@thinkhealthy

LOL – borrow away!!

Okay @sarahlareina, you are officially my hero!!! I love your organization skills and would love to be able to mimic them!! I love lists and organization, but don’t always know how to accomplish!!! Hope you don’t mind me “borrowing” some of your ideas???

Well I know this advice can be useless if you are not really comfortable talking to people but here are my tips:

1. Go in with a smile on your face! They don’t know you so they don’t know you’re nervous. Fake it til you make it.
2. My best line for meeting people and making friends is, “Hi, I don’t know you but I’d like to. My name is Nikki. What’s…

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Yep, I definitely make lists to categorize them and am using those to guide my time; i.e., spending my time primarily on those items I control. I’m not sure where I came up with this idea, but I’m putting things in 3 buckets: What I control, what I can influence, and what I just need to be aware of/watch progress.

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Stress is definitely starting to take a toll on both my husband and me. Neither of us are sleeping well and our eating is becoming more of an issue. He’s eating too much and I’m not wanting to eat because everything makes me queasy. Even my favorite foods.

Working on steps (I’m having a lot of pain in my hip so this is slow) and my…[Read more]

The stress of getting ready for vacation has been causing havoc with my eating. Eating too fast and some not so good food choices. I finally said you have got to stop, so I just sat down with my feet up and closed my eyes for a while to regroup. It’s a slow process, but I am learning that if I start to get too overwhelmed that the best thing for…[Read more]

Don’t even get me started. We have this coffee bar thing on my floor (high counter with stools and laptop plugs, etc.) which has become the “I want it out of my house so I’m going to sit it here in hopes that you save me from eating it by eating it first” space.

Ugh.

And the worst part is you have to go past that bar to get to the coffee and…[Read more]

Rock on, sista!

I feel you on the chips. They are my kryptonite.

My day started early with the dog deciding we needed to get up NOW!

I got my shopping done including the roasted turkey breast for lunches from the grocery store.

Steps are done (and no, Nikki, not on the treadmill) I have 12 ounces to go before hitting my 80 ounce goal

Breakfast was sausage and lentil soup

Lunch was some of the turkey and…[Read more]

I’m interested in this stress management process. Is this something you learned about? Tell me more! Like…I know you are a list-maker. Is this about making lists of things you control vs. influence? And what do you do with that info?