Fourteen Pounds.......

and counting. The test yesterday went down (so to speak ha ha) without a hitch.  It wasn't fun and I was there for 3 hours...but its over.  Still dealing with some pain, but I figure I have to get all the barium out.  They gave me some yucky fizzie stuff and told me not to burp---Are you kiddning????  That's one of my main problems!!!
So now I have lost 14 pounds since May 1st.  It doesn't seem fair to congratualate me when I have not felt well for two of those weeks.  Now I have another problem-all my clothes are too big.  But I will save them because you know when I hopefully feel better, I am going to gain some of that weight back.
The pool was quite busy this morning for 7:00 a.m. I did my stint and it felt great!

Waiting.....

I am sitting in the x-ray department @ the hospital waiting for some tests-upper GI and small bowel to specific. I get to drink barium which is definately NOT on my diet!! I could take up to 4 hours to go through my small bowel. I am not a patient person-so this will be an exercise in patience! Anything to get to the bottom of my pain and gas problems. It has not been a fun time.

Frappachino

I have no idea how to spell that word so that was my best shot!! It doesn't even show up on spell check. 
I am going have a few tests to determine where my stomach pain is coming from.  If you want to lose a lot of weight quickly-don't eat!!!! There, that's it in a nutshell. 
I do feel a tad better today so stopped at Tar-get's Starbucks and a lady in front of me ordered a green tea frappachino and that sounded good to me so I ordered one:  "A tall unsweetened green tea with skim milk and a little whip."  It tasted really good and I am sure I needed the calories.  Hey, this might be my new summer drink. 
Nice lunch on your anniversary ha! 

No Contest

Yep, right now it isn't even fair that I write about healthy eating when I am so sick I can't even eat.  We had to watch the 2 grands today while Kar took a class for certification so we took them to GFV.  I was in so much pain the whole time but it did help pass the time.  We left a little early because I thought Donaldo might have to drop me off at ER, but when I got home I took an anti-nausea pill and felt some better.  I have so much gas-I don't know where it comes from and it is so painful that I know why babies cry so hard when they have colic.  It all started with this new medication I am taking  for my headaches-and I am determined not to take any today.  I just have to make it to 11:00 a.m. tomorrow for my doctor's appointment. So basically, I am not eating much, and the weight is dropping off-so I guess you can say that is one good thing-except it is not a good way to do it; besides you gain it back when you feel better (hopefully). 
It's kind of ironic that you go on a healthy diet and then feel so horrible.  And THAT is my tale of woe. But never mind about that, I was still able to snap a few photos.

It was a very breezy, partly cloudy day and not very crowded.  I think JB is getting some molars back there while his sister has a loose tooth. 

                             

It Isn't easy......

Life has it's little rough spots here and there and I am in one now.  Still having tummy trouble and pain so really dieting is a non-issue right now.  I still don't eat sugar and today I had some simple carbs....but that's how it is. I have a doctor's appointment with my GI doctor on Wednesday.  I did feel fine this morning....went swimming by myself.  Donaldo had a lot of outside work to do; trimming bushes and weeding and cutting the grass so he didn't want to expand too much energy swimming laps which is reasonable. 
If I didn't have swimming, I don't know what exercise I would do, because this is the only one I can stick to and actually like.  It does require effort to get up-and actually go, but once I am there I really like it and I feel so much better afterward.  I think exercise is a must in maintaining health and losing weight.  I will never be the size I was when I married and was for 20 years afterward, but seeing the scale go down is rewarding.  I think it is healthy for your heart and lungs to exercise. I wish everyone could do water exercise; I think it is so much easier on your body. 

Potent Quotable

                              

"Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thristy.'"  John 6:35

It Would Be So Easy.....

to slip back into bad habits after losing 10 lbs.  You feel kind of free and just kind of want to eat more.  Especially if I start to feel better like I do this morning.  Oh, I hope, hope this pain goes away for good.  They changed my medication to something in the same family but slightly different.  The doctor had no other explanation for my pain.  So, I can see how it would be so easy to fall back into old patterns.  I don't think it is ever easy to lose weight and keep it off.  Also, I am really not "on a diet", it is more like healthy eating; no sugar or simple carbs, but it is so simple to eat the wrong things.  
This morning I did not feel like going swimming, but I got my bod out of the old bed and trudged out of the house and drove to the rec center.  I quickly entered the water just to "get it over with."  It would have so much nicer to stay home.  But I shaved five minutes of the time and got home in record time and I am glad I went.  Gotta keep sticking to it. I just have to!!!