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clevermanka) wrote2010-02-26 02:19 pm
clevermanka) wrote2010-02-26 02:19 pm
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More yapping about changing my body
I know my attitude toward food has changed (already!) when I savor a skinless, unseasoned chicken breast, pulled straight from the refrigerator and not even warmed up. I used to consider breast meat as something worthy of being eaten only if was between two slices of quality bread and accompanied by some Serious Condiments. Today, cold and unadorned, it was delicious.
Yeah, yeah. Hunger is the best sauce. Right.
I could have put off eating until I got home, but yesterday I didn't eat much until late (poor meal scheduling) and I was just the tiniest bit shaky and spacey by the time dinner was ready. I would like no repeats of that, please. I don't want negative connotations to the new eating habits. Note to self: Half a cup of oatmeal and a few bites of pork rib stew are not sufficient to get you through until dinner on a high-calorie day. I need to start planning those days' meals better. I wouldn't have anticipated that the high-calorie day would be the one to require more effort. Makes sense once I think about it, though.
I'm tired. How much of that problem can be blamed on: food intake changes, lack of exercise, persistent coughing, general malaise. I guess the better question is: What is having the most effect on my energy levels, and is it something under my control? Right now the magic 8-ball reads: Answer Unclear. Ask Later.
In yoga class, Gopi sometimes tells us, "Ask your body how to make this pose easier." In other words, check in with your muscles, bones, and connective tissues to find where things feel unpleasant or stressful. Either work with those areas to relax them, or find ways to work around those areas so they aren't freaking out. Don't make your body do things it absolutely hates to do. I need to find ways to apply this technique to other things I find unpleasant, but I know are beneficial. How can I make fasting easier? How can I make exercise more pleasant? How can I get along with right-wing religious nut-jobs? Ha! Ha ha!
Short notes:
* I am less hungry the morning after a low-cal day. Yesterday I felt no hunger until after 10:00 a.m. I really enjoyed my morning milky coffee, though.
* I need to eat some slow-release protein before bed on high-cal days. I bought some cottage cheese and blueberries for this exact purpose yesterday and totally spaced eating it. *facepalm*
* This is my life.
In non-food issue land: Yesterday I received confirmation that I do not have a genetic immune problem. So, yay. Since he got several sample boxes of an appropriate drug, Dr. Hoffman is trying another approach to the small bowel bacterial overgrowth issue. Starting March 1, I'm trying a drug called Xifaxin three times a day for five days. Then I take two Pepto-Bismol tablets twice a day for two weeks. Then I do nothing for the rest of the month. Repeat process in April. If this keeps me from blowing up like a balloon every time I eat, that will be good and bad. Good because hurray, cure. Bad because it's something I'll have to do every month for ever and ever unless someone comes up with a drug to actually cure this (unlikely). Also bad because there is no generic and Xifaxin is not on the KU formulary. So it's about ten dollars per pill. That's an expensive solution for something that's not what I'd call a debilitating health problem.
I've still got the appointment with my Mother's Miracle Acupuncturist at the end of April, right before my next appointment with Dr. Hoffman.
Yeah, yeah. Hunger is the best sauce. Right.
I could have put off eating until I got home, but yesterday I didn't eat much until late (poor meal scheduling) and I was just the tiniest bit shaky and spacey by the time dinner was ready. I would like no repeats of that, please. I don't want negative connotations to the new eating habits. Note to self: Half a cup of oatmeal and a few bites of pork rib stew are not sufficient to get you through until dinner on a high-calorie day. I need to start planning those days' meals better. I wouldn't have anticipated that the high-calorie day would be the one to require more effort. Makes sense once I think about it, though.
I'm tired. How much of that problem can be blamed on: food intake changes, lack of exercise, persistent coughing, general malaise. I guess the better question is: What is having the most effect on my energy levels, and is it something under my control? Right now the magic 8-ball reads: Answer Unclear. Ask Later.
In yoga class, Gopi sometimes tells us, "Ask your body how to make this pose easier." In other words, check in with your muscles, bones, and connective tissues to find where things feel unpleasant or stressful. Either work with those areas to relax them, or find ways to work around those areas so they aren't freaking out. Don't make your body do things it absolutely hates to do. I need to find ways to apply this technique to other things I find unpleasant, but I know are beneficial. How can I make fasting easier? How can I make exercise more pleasant? How can I get along with right-wing religious nut-jobs? Ha! Ha ha!
Short notes:
* I am less hungry the morning after a low-cal day. Yesterday I felt no hunger until after 10:00 a.m. I really enjoyed my morning milky coffee, though.
* I need to eat some slow-release protein before bed on high-cal days. I bought some cottage cheese and blueberries for this exact purpose yesterday and totally spaced eating it. *facepalm*
* This is my life.
In non-food issue land: Yesterday I received confirmation that I do not have a genetic immune problem. So, yay. Since he got several sample boxes of an appropriate drug, Dr. Hoffman is trying another approach to the small bowel bacterial overgrowth issue. Starting March 1, I'm trying a drug called Xifaxin three times a day for five days. Then I take two Pepto-Bismol tablets twice a day for two weeks. Then I do nothing for the rest of the month. Repeat process in April. If this keeps me from blowing up like a balloon every time I eat, that will be good and bad. Good because hurray, cure. Bad because it's something I'll have to do every month for ever and ever unless someone comes up with a drug to actually cure this (unlikely). Also bad because there is no generic and Xifaxin is not on the KU formulary. So it's about ten dollars per pill. That's an expensive solution for something that's not what I'd call a debilitating health problem.
I've still got the appointment with my Mother's Miracle Acupuncturist at the end of April, right before my next appointment with Dr. Hoffman.
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Also, OMG cutest icon EVAR. I want to party with you more.
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Pirate's Ball?
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I might beg you for crash space that night, though.
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Wheeee!!!!!
That will be a week into my "the doctor says I have to eat gluten every day for a month before I can be tested" hell, so I get to have a beer too!
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maybe it's jealous of all the fun we're g have...
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And you're ticket has been purchased.
And of course you can have crash space!
Anytime! - that's what that room is for.
Plus - that day is a week into my "the doctor says I have to consume gluten every day for a month before I can be tested" hell, so I can have beer too!
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Also: "How can I make exercise more pleasant? How can I get along with right-wing religious nut-jobs? Ha! Ha ha!"
:rofl
Lastly, did you send me mail? I just want to make sure no-one has co-opted your gmail account prior to sending my personal information. :-] (sheepish)
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