Eating Paleo

I've been eating Paleo foods for almost 2 months now. I'm feeling great and my skin is looking real good, like glowing. I have lots of natural energy and don't have an ounce of craving for processed foods or sweets of any kind.

I did try to eat a bowl of chocolate cereal about 3 weeks into it and had to throw it out. It tasted real nasty and I was actually trying to make myself eat it but then I thought, "why in the world would I do that?" Into the trash it went.

My last trip to the doctor was about 2 weeks ago and I've lost 30 lbs! Well I just couldn't believe it. I thought and felt like I had lost a few lbs but I was pleasantly surprised.

I've been sticking to eggs that we buy from local farmers, ham, mushrooms, vegetables, nuts and just a few fruits. I also eat meat a few times a week. I'm not hungry at all in between meals but do eat nuts, raisins, dried blueberries and bananas. I use as much coconut oil as I can, even put it in my coffee in the AM. I'm sure I'm not listing everything here but the idea was to keep it as simple as I could and as easy as I could in the beginning.

I love everything that I'm eating but starting this weekend I'm going to start cooking. I'm waiting form my Amazon order to come in with my coconut flour and cacao powder. I went to the organic food store and paid out of my ass for some quinoa. Next time I will order it online or look for it at Walmart.

I'm an 80/20 believer so I do get some cottage cheese with my fruits at times and I'm probably eating more fruit than I should considering my goal is to lose weight. But the whole reason I chose Paleo is so that I could eat fruit without feeling guilty so I don't feel a bit guilty when I eat a banana or musk melon. I love them. I'm perfectly happy with what I eat.

I can see how this could be difficult for some people to follow because of the preparing and "cooking" that's involved. It's hard when you can't buy something off of the shelf and throw it in a pan. I worked myself out of that thinking by just reminding myself of all of the poisons that are packed in there with them. Plus they don't taste good now.There's also more shopping and planning involved but it's doable. I go to the local meat shop to get my meat fresh and cut up then go home and sort it out and freeze it. I go to the farmer that sells eggs and buy several dozens at a time, I have to remember to bring my old egg crates. I've been doing this for years though. If you're wanting to cook like I'm going to start doing you have to source your cooking supplies. It's easy to find the organic items you need online but you have to wait...sometimes you can find what you need at the big chain stores but not always and not always organic. I'm also running to the store much more often for the staples of Paleo because they are mostly perishable.

Anyway this is where I'm at in my life. I've been posting at my other blog, On Turkey Lake. It's about the house improvements, crafts and sewing that go on at my place.  I love it all.

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CHER

I Changed my mind

I've decided against any kind of surgery to lose weight. I'm not that much over weight that I feel its justified and after spending a lot of time pondering it I decided that I haven't exhausted everything that I can do . I couldn't shake the fact that I hadn't done everything possible for myself and therefore surgery would be the lazy way out...not life out death. Quit being so dreadfully dramatic Cheryl.
A few Weeks ago I quit eating after dinner. It was somewhat challenging for the first few days but now its old hat. I've lost a few pounds I can tell.since I drink only water i'm not worried about accidentally drinking something either. Its not just about not eating (although it's amazing how many calories I was eating at night), it's about shutting down my digestive system and giving my organs a break...therefore NOTHING goes in the mouth. No tastes, bites or sips of anything.
There's no rapid weight loss going on here but I feel better and I don't have any strange pains in my stomach. I don't wake up feeling like my food hasn't digested. This is just my first step. It's not a real small one either like I thought it would be. I'm constantly having to tell people "no thanks, I don't eat after dinner." I suppose this will die down when winter gets here. If I think i'm gonna want something sweet I eat it with dinner.
It's weird...I was talking to my mom and she's doing the exact same thing! Great minds think alike.

WLS update

I  have been posting on my Cozi blog which isn't public. I'm going to copy and paste them over here so there are gonna be lots of posts at once from out of nowhere.

I looked over my older posts too and I've been posting here since 2009. Wow that's a long time for me to keep up with something. So there is something to say for journaling.

I noticed that almost all of my picture posts have disappeared. The link to the pictures server that I used is obviously gone. Too bad that I'm not sure what pictures those were so I'll just have to remove the posts altogether.

Went to Dr. Beitzel today, it was my last visit of my 3 month weight loss visits. I've managed to remain the same weight for 3 months. That's good for me, I didn't gain and I was gaining like crazy. So I have the papers from my visits but not a medical necessity letter which I told him I needed. I'm confused, maybe he is sending it in. I thought we had our shit together and the nurse handing me the papers and said they all looked good and that she hoped I got approved. So I didn't look at them until we had already left.

I'm going to fax all my info to Dr. Sloan tomorrow hopefully... I'm waiting for a copy of my blood tests results. I thought they were on my online medical records website but nothing is there so I sent them an email. Maybe I should also be asking about that letter. My psychiatrist wrote a letter of medical necessity a few months back so hopefully that will work if all else fails. It's getting to be a little more real. blah blah blah...more on that later.

~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER

It's getting kinda late

It's getting kinda late, 12:40 but wanted to make a quick jot. I've gotten some relaxation tonight after having Lala for 5 days and Micah and Rylie for the weekend. Loved every minute of them but to go from basically doing nothing to taking care of toddlers is quite a feat. That would be one of my main reasons for wanting to get myself healthier and choosing WLS surgery for that. 

It seems that the time frame to get all of my insurance information together is coming to a wrap up. Tomorrow is my last visit with Dr. Beitzel for my 3 month doctor supervised weight loss program which I should say hasn't gone well. After that visit all I need to do is finish up the intensive paperwork on the surgeons website and fax all my other doctor's information of all my visits. If there's one thing I have it's a paper trail of doctors.

My mom and Jayme came out for a fish fry tonight, it also saved me a trip taking the kids home. That was awesome because I have a lot of driving to do next week and we've been trying to save on gas money to put it into the house. Little by little it's getting done. We've been doing remodeling for a year now. I know because I was reading some of my older blog posts and there was the first posting in March of last year about the things that we had purchased and what Bill had already done. It's hard to imagine that it's been a year because it did go fast but when I think of all he's accomplished it adds up. 

Tonight was the first time that mom and Jayme got to see the house in the shape that it's in right now...the new upper bathroom and closet. The new closet office which I love. Many things in the kitchen were new to Jayme and she really likes everything especially the master suite. 

I'm excited about having my final doctor appointment tomorrow but now am getting a bit nervous, not much but just a little

~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER

Lala Loopsy

Nothing exciting today except it kinda warmed up for a bit. It was nearly 40 today and me, Lala and the dogs went out back for a few hours.

Bill went ice fishing all day. He took the car so now he gets to go to the grocery store tomorrow.

Me and Lala just got done talking to Coffee on OOvoo. That was kinda fun. She got to see Lala taking a bubble bath hehe.

~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER

A Shortage of US Clowns

 Apparently there's a clown shortage in USA. The news said that the ones that we have are getting ready to retire and the younger crowd never went into the business because they didn't really go to the circus. I say it's because they are creepy!

On a brighter note, we have Lala and she is keeping the house hopping. She is a non stop talker but I love to listen to her, she's really a hoot. You never know what is going to come out of her mouth. She's laying by me on the floor and hopefully she's asleep now since the news is on. Yup she is, just checked.

We got some more snow but I'm just really sick of tracking it. All I really know is we got tons this winter and we're 2 inches shy of breaking the record set back in the early 80's. I think we're gonna get quite a flood because we are getting rain soon too.

Lala went on a sled ride, papa pulled her on it and then she played on a Lala sized snow hill yesterday. I love my little Lala loopsy. She is now calling me grandma loopsy ;)

~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER

Long Winter 2014

 It's 3 am and I'm just about to go to bed.

We're going into ft. Wayne tomorrow to see Jayme, mom and the kids. We're bringing my Lala home with us for a few days. Hoping we get snowed in so I can keep her longer!! Hehe.

We went down to Lee and Elaines to have chicken wings and everyone else drank beer. We played dice. I got to know the new renters Pam and Steve which was nice. Other than that the rest of us are the Winter crew here at the lake. Of course us, Lee and Elaine, Rick and Cindy, Paul and Jean and Tina. The Merkels didn't come tonight. It's nice to just get out of the house and be around other people for awhile.

Bill got me a dozen beautiful pink roses for Valentines day and a lovely card. It surprised me, even though he gave it to me early or I should say especially since he gave it to me early. I took pictures but still haven't goten everything set up so it syncs with my computer. I gotta get up kinda early, much earlier than I have been getting up so I'm off to bed. I'm excited to see my munchkins.

It's been a very long winter.


~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER

Excuse me, I've lost my appetite and can't find it

 I've lost my appetite and I'm not gonna go looking for it. It's been very noticable for almost 2 weeks now. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the amount of YouTube videos that I've been watching on weight loss surgery in preparation for my surgery. I do get hunger pains once in a while like right now but it 1am and I'm upstairs.

Last night I went and got a bowl of cereal but that's not a good idea so I'm gonna stick it out with my ice water. I go to see Dr. Beitzel for my final wls office visit on the 24th. I'm excited but hoping that I'll have dropped a few lbs this time. With my decreased appetite I should have.

I didn't get up till almost 4pm today! I'm a bit embarrassed to say that even to myself. I stayed up late but not that damn late.

I fell yesterday and slammed into the floor and banged my head on the drawer handles from tripping over some plumbing pipes Bill had laying in the middle of the floor. It was an awful trip, scared the shit out of me but he scared me more with the  look on his face and running to my rescue. I remember looking at him with a dazed look in my eyes. And of all things I thought, Awe, he loves me. What a dork lol. Just like the movies. But I guess I think he secretly hates me. That's no way to live a life.

I've talked to a few friends from high school lately while playing games on the phone with them and it's a bit bittersweet when I hear about their jobs and kids in college. I know those days are over for me and have to move on but I still feel like I'm missing out on the prime of my life.

I got my first wls video uploaded, it's still set as private because I want to make sure that the only people that see it are people looking for wls and advice and what not.

Well, I thought I was gonna slide through that fall unscathed but the pain finally set in tonight. At first it just felt like I had done a lot of exercising then it zeroed in on my lower back, right side of my head and neck where I slammed into the drawer handles and weirdly enough on both sides of my neck in the front. It's a good thing I have so much cusion. The rest of my body is aching but not too bad and nothing that 4 ibuprofen can't cure.

~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER

It's been such a long long long Winter! We've broken records this year for snow fall and below zero temperatures. I now know what cabin fever truly feels like. I don't have much to do and I asked Bill when he was going to get the ax and chop through the door and say Honey I'm Home! REDRUM.

Boy he's done so much to the house this Winter that I hardly recognize it anymore. I love love our new master bath and closet. I even got a built in office in our regular closet. It's where I'm at right now. It's great, it has all the room I'll need to keep the computer, printer and files together. Of course the kitchen and living room got swapped. Our kitchen is simply awesome. He just finished putting a pull out trash under the sink on the island and today he made tip outs of the fake drawers in the island. He's planning and working on getting the stairs moved. Once that's done we'll be able to finish the master suite.

I actually had a reason for this post but now I can't remember so it must not have been too important. It seems as though I'm going to be able to post more often since I have my little office area that's dedicated for the computer.

~~Show Faith, Always Dream, Share With Everyone, Hope hope HOPE and Love Ridiculously & Unselfishly and Be the Person you Dream and Hope to be remembered for~~

CHER