True, I can vouch for that! I used to be able to listen to my body and eat whatever I wanted and not gain but those days are over and now I have a deranged metabolism. But I always wondered why my appetite changed so much when I first gained weight. I could eat beyond being full and I could never do that before. Now my appetite is much more tuned back in like when I was thin. That's the exciting part!!

Morgan, I like that idea! I'm going to try that!

Thanks! Now I've been bouncing up and down about 2 lbs (plus my monthly friend was especially evil this time around and I put on 5 lbs from that which went back down later but I see no progress scale-wise that week) and now I've been sick and have had other problems so I went to the doctor to help sort that out. I wrote a new topic on that. I'm sitting about 2lbs up right now...probably fluid again. I haven't done much exercise this week either but last week I ran twice (30 mins each) and then Fri was up and down a ladder at work for about 6 hrs so I was super sore and swollen up from that. I'm hoping all of that gets resolved soon. I was worried I'd done something to hurt my foot because it swelled up so bad and I was a little scared. I iced it and it didn't help. It was my arch that ached but the top of my foot swelled up. But then again my ankles are always swollen...but I explain that in the new topic. I'm persevering!

Hi all, I went to my doctors office yesterday (I've been sick) and finally got a helpful PA who listened to my problems (chronic issues I've had for years) that have been worse as of late and he ordered a bunch of tests. I had basically pleaded my case with my worries about my swelling being something other than just normal swelling. I explained how long it's gone on, how bad it gets and how miserable it makes me. I told them what helps (rest, watching my fluid intake) and what doesn't (drinking more, water pills) and how I've tried to manage with it. I'm finding it difficult to travel anymore and that makes me really concerned. I'm too young to be so swollen in my feet even after an hour sitting. Water pills don't help. He signed me up for many tests to help find out what this is, I'm so tired of it. He is checking to see if it may be my thyroid as I have a family history of hypothyroidism. He says that could be why my cholesterol is a little high too and I've been losing hair. He's also testing me for hormone imbalances and congestive heart failure as some of my symptoms indicate that as well (arrhythmia, shortness of breath when I lie down, a few other things). Ugh. I'll let you guys know when I get my results. I'm home today doing another test that takes 24hrs that tests for kidney function (I think). However I have a terrible headache today and I'm trying to deal with that. All I know is that my three back to back pregnancies in my teens really started it all. My fourth and last pregnancy I almost died in delivery so I think maybe its just too much stress on my body! I just don't know what it's doing anymore and I'm not really that old to be having so many problems like this. I had these problems in my 20's too and always tried to just think it must be normal but now I'm realizing its not. My ankles and feet get so swollen just after a day at work that it hurts to bend at my ankles - it's just so bad and its like my skin is burning because its stretching so much. Ouch. It seems the more I drink the more I swell. I avoid sodium which helps very little. I watch my electrolytes closely and make sure I get potassium and magnesium, calcium, etc. and I told them I eat a very low carb diet and its cleared up a lot of my problems and helped with my energy levels (I've always had trouble with my energy). I hope the doctor can help me figure out why. Cross your fingers for me I can find out what's going on and get some help with it. I think the hardest part is not knowing and I've let this go on way too long without insisting we get to the bottom of it. I certainly don't want to end up like my brother - not getting tests done until you collapse from a grand mal seizure on the basketball court, end up with a diagnosis of glioblastoma (stage 3) at age 32. Wasted away and dead by 34. No way. I can't be too careful!

-Michelle

Yes one of my favorites! I didn't know how easy they were, I'd never made them before and certainly didn't have any recipes without breadcrumbs but I found one and it was a keeper. It had both sweet and heat! It called for sweetener, herbs, and cayenne! They were good! I'd eat just a plate of those without the sauce sometimes lol. It's from a low carb cookbook I bought a while back and is really become a staple in my house. I make a bunch up and freeze them and he'll "steal" them for spaghetti. Lol. He won't admit it but he likes them a lot!

I think I may prep these ahead for tomorrow's breakfast. Yummy! I have everything for these...and I'm of Scottish heritage so I think it's required lol!

Very true, Tony and I often add extra goodies to my sauces...like homemade meatballs without filler, just lots of herbs and spices and parm. Yummy!


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