Mothers' Day ride to the vet

Hi S
xxx.x No bm yesterday in spite of p & d (prunes & detox). Neighbor just called. Mom is wandering around in her yard. I'm going to get her. I'll be on line at 10:30 if you want to talk.
B


Well at least you are almost back down to what you were last Sunday.

I don't understand how 1 cheese burger and ff can do you so much damage up to 3 days later. It's like your body is grabbing onto the food and storing it like it is not going to eat for a month. Maybe after you eat something bad like that you should eat constantly things that are good for you... low low cal veggies and very complex carbs w a little protien ...celery, oatmeal, brown rice, whole grain toast.

You are forgetting to tell me what you've been eating and what's for din din tonight
Love S


Sorry. Last night I was going to have the swiss steak but I had a ff yogurt and a ww bagel with milk. I'll have the steak tonight with mashed pot. I just can't face anymore brown rice.

Mom was sitting on a neighbors bench in their side yard saying she was going to work. When I went to get her she said she had already had breakfast and had packed her lunch. Not so. this is scary. Haven't heard from K as to my e-mail about things to do to get her admitted somewhere. I guess he's gathering info befoe he answers.

I think my spike was due to stress more than the cheeseburger & ff. I stopped taking my "happy" pills about 2 months back also and I probably shouldn't have. I was feeling so good back then I thought I didn't need them. WRONG ! ! ! So I'm back on them now.

Now mom is sitting in her chair just looking out the window. Can't tell if this is an act or her dementia. I have to cut the grass today so she can sit and stew if she wants to.

Love B.



There should be plenty of Swiss Steak sauce to make the brown rice palatable.

You definitely need the complex carbs right now. Didn't I send you some packets of plain wild rice to mix in with the brown rice?

Love S


Yes. But right now I need the comfort of ff mashed potatoes to satisfy me without going to the sweets. I'll try both the rice. Or I'll make new rice. For some reason frozen rice reheated is dry & tough even tho I add plenty of sauce.
B


I found a new way to fix the rice now, so it may be different in the next batch. The Salisbury steak (the one with brown gravy) would be better with mashed potatoes. Maybe you could thaw it and have the red Swiss steak with rice tomorrow??? I just can't see the red sauce being that good on m pots.

I just made 11 Baked Chimicanga dinners with brown rice with a packet of smokey black bean salsa to mix in with the rice. Hop you like it.

I'm making Sweet & Sour Meatballs tonight.

Love S


Maybe you're right. The chimichangas sound great.
At some point, you've got to stop cooking for me. I'm thinking about easy ff recipes I can cook for myself. I'm browsing your cookbooks.
B


YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I'll get you cooking yet.! And you always know exactly what's in your food!
Love S



xxx.x this am. BM yesterday. Thought I'd lose more but I'll take 1/2 lb. Mom and I getting ready to go to bkfst. Don't worry. I'm having my oatmeal.

I gave her $40 in a card from you and added a note that we should go out to dinner. We'll go somewhere in S.

See you later.

I can be more dependable next week in my e-mails.

Love B.



Well at least you lost .x lbs from last week. I was afraid I would have to chalk up a gain for the week.
After mom leaves, we're going to have to stick to the rule of you loosing at least 1 lb a week.
From observing the overall chart, you'll be down almost 3 lb next week....DON't BLOW IT !!!!!

Love S


Well, I'm back up to xxx. It's got to be water and s ! ! ! Took mama riding all day yesterday and had no bm. My ankles are swollen for the first time in weeks. I'll take a water pill today. I had my prunes and the detox yesterday but no results.

I have to go to PA tomorrow to get my hair cut but that's all. I'm so sick of my weight going up and down. I guess you are too.

Sat nite I had your swiss steak with the rice. It was good. Last nite I had a pbj sandwich. I'm having the chicken florentine tonight.

I'm very discouraged.

Love B


Just got back from the vet...my cat had bloody urine. The vet said whatever it is, it's obvious that training him to use the people toilet, has let me catch it at the beginning instead of waiting to notice him feeling sick or not eating.

I don't know what it is. You should be doing better now that you've made the decision to put mom in the home permanetly. Are you drinking enough water? Eating prunes? You've stopped telling me everything you are eating. Are you keeping your list? PLEASE don't get discouraged.

I tried dropping the rice in boiling stock, worked great. R said he loved it and he didn't even know it had been frozen before.

Complex carbohydrates make your body work twice as hard to digest, keep you fuller longer and you don't get the peak and then the crash. Are you eating a raw piece of veggie after every meal?

Love S