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Geez, January, What Did I Do To You?

January 8, 2012 By Elizabeth

If the past eight days are indicative of what the rest of 2012 is going to be like, I might be looking at one tough year. I'm just getting over a bad cold and now I have a bladder infection or a UTI or something. I had the doctor on call paged and she says to go to Urgent Care, which is exactly what I want to be doing today. Yippee. Meanwhile, Chris found out late Friday afternoon that he has to go to California tomorrow and be gone until Thursday. So I get to deal with the bladder thing AND the kids and the house and everything by myself. Fun. Chris is in a bad mood, too, probably because all I've been doing for the last eight days is sleeping and blowing my nose and now, running to the bathroom every five minutes, which isn't exactly putting me in the mood for sexy time, if you know what I mean. Guess I have to go pee in a cup for a strange doctor now. I just really hope that January and the rest of 2012 are going to be better than these last eight days or else I may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Welcome to my Life Tagged With: Health

Why I Didn’t Finish Optifast

May 2, 2011 By Elizabeth

A reader asked on Facebook whatever happened to me and the Optifast program. It was a 12 week program consisting of 12 weeks of nothing but Optifast liquid shakes, bars, and soup, then it was supposed to be 12 weeks transitioning back to real food. By week 9, I was begging them to let me eat. The thought of taking another swallow of a shake or another bite of a bar (I had given up on the soup almost immediately, it was disgusting) made me physically ill. I started skipping meal times because I couldn't bring myself to do it anymore. I stopped losing weight, naturally. The clinic behaviorist told me that my problem was I didn't NEED to lose weight. I wasn't there because my weight was literally going to kill me sometime soon if I didn't lose as much as possible as fast as possible. And for that reason, I wasn't as "motivated" as other participants. Well then. I somehow made it to week 12. In those 12 weeks, I lost exactly 9 pounds. I went from 204 to 195 and then my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, Optifast Tagged With: Health, obesity, optifast program, Weight loss

Photo – Nathan wearing Metatarsal Boot

April 16, 2011 By Elizabeth

Thursday night, Nathan was running from the kitchen into the living room to plug in his cell phone before the battery died, and he landed wrong on his right foot. It isn't swollen or misshapen, and he can put weight on it although it hurts, but just to be safe, I took him to the doctor on Friday. Because Nathan had specific pain on one point of his foot, the doctor sent us for Xrays and also wrote prescriptions for crutches and for a metatarsal boot, which keeps Nathan's foot aligned correctly and also protects it. I have been so impressed with how well he's dealing with all of this. We even went to the library today. I told him he could stay home, but he said "Mom, I have to get used to walking with the crutches for school." How's that for being a trooper? He hasn't complained at all, and best of all, he's letting me take care of him. Chris keeps telling me to let him get things for himself, but I LIKE giving him extra attention. At 12, he doesn't really need much … [Read more...]

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