Hi morgan and umpa AND the rest of FTS family
Yes ive been away a bit -- didnt want to disappoint anyone I had gained so much back...
Morgan I started the day with a doc appointment. I went in as a followup to (just had to get off tablet and onto laptop -- hate typing by poking one key at a time)
Morgan, I haven't shared before that I have a couple medical problems I've dealt with the last few years. One of them is extreme fatigue -- falling asleep during day time even....this is how bad it could be. I was at a pistol range with some friends from work, and a couple of them were about 15 feet away from me shooting 45 caliber pistols. I was 15 feet away but on the other side of the glass.....and fell asleep!!! I was also falling asleep at traffic lights. It has been determined I have sleep apnea (something else that was much much better when I lost FAT). But there is something else going on too. It's not low thyroid, and doc says my brain neurotransmitters do not communicate correctly....and he says I can call it that or major depression.
I'm not unhappy though.....except for about my weight issue and being so tired issue. I do work a midnight shift which doesn't help with thesleep problem now either........ I've been to many docs trying to figure out what was wrong....and it was better but recently has been worse again, and so went to the doc on this monday....my first day back on low carb -- now this is absurb and weirdly funny, but we were talking about my current sleep difficulties...when he told me he wanted me to try Abilify for sleep....OH MY GOSH....I took one-half of a 5 mg tablet (he told me I'd be able to go up to 30 mg)....and two things happened instantly...INSOMNIA -- total INSOMNIA, AND THEN RAGING HUNGER!!! This in some sick way is hysterical to be so determined to eat FTS again that first day and then to have this happen. I could have eaten everything in this house and then burglarized my neighbors for anything they had. I had some FTS LC brocoli soup that didn't help and then I succumbed to a PBJ and glass of milk...and the carbs just put me in snoooooooooze haven finally. Except woke up early THIS morning for endodontist appointment and the doc did this PROBING on my back molar (there are still pieces of my fingernails in the ceiling of that exam room). The endodontist then decided I'll have to have that removed. So I returned home with a very sore mouth/jaw....and decided something soft and carby would be good (I know, I know, I'm incorigible). So the moral of this story is stay away from docs and dentists?
hahaha
But on the way home I went to the store and got my salad, and protein, and HWC stuff and fresh veggie stuff, put a roast in the crockpot and made some taco meat so I can have some taco salads.....my house and fridge are packed ready for all the low carb food I need and I don't have junk around to tempt me.
and now mouth is feeling better (still sore, but it's manageable) so tomorrow, I'm having scrambled eggs, and couple slices of bacon, and some bullet proof coffee.....
then at work I'll have a salad and also some roast and broccoli. IF I have time in the morning before work (in the afternoon), I'll make myself some FTS cheesecake and slice up some berries to take with me. Also I'll have a couple of boiled eggs that I can devil up at break time and a couple cheest sticks. That will get me through Day 1.
So gal you're right, we can make it.....we just need to be strict to get into nutritional ketosis -- I LOVED that stage a year ago when the cravings decreased, energy increased, and then I just coasted along staying on track and the weight came off.....this on FTS a few days then off FTS a few days and in CARB HELL is just keeping me spinning my wheels....and I'm so tired of that. Want to get on with it and get going.....
Hmmmmmmmmmm I guess I need to update my ticker to show I'm 285 now.....sigh....but I'll get back to my weight on my ticker soon enough IF I stay on track.
And how was your day? And, how close are you to being back in nutritional ketosis? If I eat strict and do some even light exercise I'll be starting back in about 3-5 days.....of course it takes a couple weeks to fully get there where you're in total healthy and fat-burning mode FTS WOL.
Well it's 2:00 A.M. and I'm getting off this puter and going to try to read and to get some sleep.
I wish everyone a good day.......hug
