GotGarlic
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Addie
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I am getting so fed up with trying to gain weight. I can only eat small amounts at a time, wait a couple of hours, then snack again. I have been munching on dry Cheerios all day yesterday and today.
At today's weigh-in, I lost a pound. I know I will never be back where I was. I am missing 3/4 of a leg. But I would be happy if I could get up to at least 80 pounds. I look like a walking skeleton.
Today I looked in the mirror. OMG! I look so American Native. High cheekbones, small eyes, and short like the rest of the tribe, from what I have seen in pictures. And none of them were very skinny like I presently am. I need to gain weight!!!
At today's weigh-in, I lost a pound. I know I will never be back where I was. I am missing 3/4 of a leg. But I would be happy if I could get up to at least 80 pounds. I look like a walking skeleton.
Today I looked in the mirror. OMG! I look so American Native. High cheekbones, small eyes, and short like the rest of the tribe, from what I have seen in pictures. And none of them were very skinny like I presently am. I need to gain weight!!!
roadfix
Chef Extraordinaire
Helps one deal with pain, too. Addie, I assume you don't have to drive, or operate a forklift. Just a thought.
CD
She operates an electric scooter on occasion.Helps one deal with pain, too. Addie, I assume you don't have to drive, or operate a forklift. Just a thought.
CD
Caslon
Executive Chef
Appetite and hunger are related to each other. You might feel your stomach is getting hungry and telling you you need calories , but a lack of appetite can suppress that natural desire of hunger telling you to eat. Understandable.
The lack of desire to plan out and make meals as before is also understandable as you don't do as much activity as before (and other factors), and therefore don't burn off calories that give you both hunger and appetite. I myself have gotten sedentary lately and therefore my breakfast meal seems to last 7 hours before I feel appetite or hunger again.
"Ensure Plus" brand is the best tasting nutritional drink shake, bar none. My favorite flavor is Strawberry. I've even had that as a desert type thing. The other nutritional brand shakes are like drinking muscle man weight gaining powder mixed into a liquid. Very gritty. Walmart has 6 packs of Ensure Plus that are at least $4 cheaper than supermarkets per 6 pack. Strawberry flavor is often sold out.
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CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
Addi, you just need to move in with me, I'll fatten you up on all those fatty Russian/Ukrainian foods.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Helps one deal with pain, too. Addie, I assume you don't have to drive, or operate a forklift. Just a thought.
CD
No, I never learned to drive a car. But I can plow up a straight row with the tractor.
You know, I have the feeling that I am not going to be one of the folks with a lot of ghost pain. What little I do have is very short lived, and I tend to chock it up to old age. I seem to fail to recognize it for what it is. And that is a good thing.
I posted on Facebook that I am doing a test of eliminating nightshade vegis from my diet, since it may help with osteoarthritis. Now, I have people trying to convince me to eliminate more stuff from my diet. I know they mean well, but crikey, one test at a time. Also, I want science, or at least personal experience. One person said I should look up the Autoimmune Protocol Diet. Yikes! That diet cuts out a LOT of foods. I don't have an autoimmune disease, so, no thank you. And after spending an hour looking for reasonable sites with info on that, I hadn't found any. I have other people telling me that the keto diet helps. Well, it might and I might try that, but not until I finish testing the nightshades. But, I am curious why keto might help arthritis, other than losing weight is generally a good idea with arthritis.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Cheryl J
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Taxy, I hope that you find a diet that works for your osteoarthritis. It sounds like a long process eliminating certain foods, and I wish you the best.
Thanks Cheryl
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
TL, when it comes to my health, I turn to the medical field. People mean well, but they are not the ones with the problem. Personally, I think you are looking for a means to solve your food problems the right way. Eliminate a food, one at a time. The only advice I can offer is, go to see a dietician. They know which food can create problems for certain health problems.
Good luck. Hope you find the solution soon.
Good luck. Hope you find the solution soon.
Thanks Addie. That's my point, I really only want to hear science or from people who have the same problem and it helped them. If the people with the same problem won't or can't provide links to the science, I will hunt for it.
I'm not having issues with food. I am testing to see if certain foods seem to be making my osteoarthritis worse by causing inflammation. I will be talking to a rheumatologist, then possibly a dietitian.
I spent hours preparing a Thanksgiving Day feast for two yesterday. Mark took a Zanax about one o’clock, promptly fell asleep, and was out til nearly 11. The feast is still intact in the refrigerator, and instead of trying some of my creations for lunch, decided to make ham and Swiss sliders with the Hawaiian King rolls I bought.
I’m hurt, a little insulted, and pretty PO’d. He said he was “waiting for me,” but that’s NEVER stopped him before.
I’m hurt, a little insulted, and pretty PO’d. He said he was “waiting for me,” but that’s NEVER stopped him before.
roadfix
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I wish people would use common sense and be considerate when parking.
Yesterday I left a note on a car window that was parked in front of my house. The curb is just long enough for 2 vehicles to park but this dude parks in the middle, between 2 driveways, preventing another vehicle to park either in front or behind him.
Being Thanksgiving Day I knew the street would be packed with parked cars, including my guests' which were arriving later in the day.
Yesterday I left a note on a car window that was parked in front of my house. The curb is just long enough for 2 vehicles to park but this dude parks in the middle, between 2 driveways, preventing another vehicle to park either in front or behind him.
Being Thanksgiving Day I knew the street would be packed with parked cars, including my guests' which were arriving later in the day.
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GotGarlic
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How is his recovery coming along? He may have been feeling unwell and hoping the Xanax would help.
I'm sorry you're upset. I can't tell you how many holidays we've had where I felt like I disappointed my husband. He's been amazingly understanding when I can't follow through on my plans. I'm very lucky.
I am so angry right now!!! I took a United Airlines flight from Denver to Hartford, and checked a suitcase that was too big to go as carry-on. When I got to the Hertz lot Hartford, and went to get my Garmin Nav system out of my checked bag, it was gone -- along with anything else of value.
So, I basically worked for minimum wage, or less, today, once you subtract my losses.
Self-employment giveth, and self-employment taketh away.
CD
So, I basically worked for minimum wage, or less, today, once you subtract my losses.
Self-employment giveth, and self-employment taketh away.
CD
Well, that's a bummer. Won't insurance cover it?
No, not the stuff stolen. All of my camera and computer equipment is listed on my business insurance policy, but the stuff in that luggage was personal stuff.
I'm going to pursue it with United Airlines, but I doubt I'll get anything out of it. They will want me to prove that the missing stuff was actually in the checked baggage, and how would I do that?
CD
CharlieD
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i am so sorry that happen to you. I had similar situation. Not to that extent. i did not have anything that expensive. But these people will take anything they can get their hands on.
imagine they took bunch of traveling utencils from my bag. Cheap garbage. But it is just horrible. Again, I am very sorry.
