Back from the Missing

Hello all,
I know I was missing but what could I do? I had surgery.  I went to the ER for pain in the abdomen, it has happened before.  I was expecting them to send me home with no fuss but instead they admitted me into the hospital.  I couldn't believe it.  The other part that surprised the s$%&* out of me was that I needed the gall bladder out. 
So there it was Friday night expecting surgery sometime Saturday or Sunday at the latest.  Well due to some complications which I won't bore you with, I was there until Tuesday evening.  By that point, I was sooooo ready to leave that place.  Then I went home and recovery was slooooww. 
I can tell you that living without a gall bladder is well interesting.  I don't recommend it.

I have been on facebook playing the addictive games like crazy which I started a few months ago.  Now instead of blogging, I'm doing that.  I'm trying to write my book so Facebook has to take a step back.  If you're interested in reading a part of the book, email me at bookreedr19@live.com and I'll hook you up.

M

In the hospital

I have been away for a while because I was in the hospital.  I had to have my gall bladder removed. It was very sudden and I had many tests before they would take the durn thing out so I sat in pain for days before the surgery.  It sucked ass.  Now I am recovering pretty slowly.  I have to rely on others to do things for me but slowly I am gaining strength to do it myself.  I have to learn to eat without the gall bladder.  Low fat eating...I have no choice now or I will be miserable.

M

Failed Diet Website

So I gave up on that website I was so excited about.  I don't who the webmaster is but they did not build it correctly.  There are definite bugs in their system.  However, I have found a great website that has even better tracking and an online community for motivational purposes.  There is meal planning and all kinds of functionality.  It's called startyourdiet.com.  Now if you want access to everything, you have to pay $30 a year but I think it's worth it.  I'm on my fourth day and doing great.
Wish me luck!
M

Diet Website Woes

Some of you may have read that I was using this diet website to plan and track my diet and I was excited about it.  However, after a few days I have realized the website is inevitably flawed and it is driving me crazy.  I have spent a lot of time now searching for another website and I have but I had to pay for its services for the year.  I will report on my progress in a week and let you all know which one it is so you can use it if you are interested. 
M

I should have stayed in bed

I had a radio frequency injection in my neck today.  It hurts like a SOB when I come home but usually I have to stay in bed the day and the second day.  If I try to do much it hurts more. Well here is my story:

I'm on this diet thing, some of you might have read about the website I found the other day so I need to eat only the food on the diet and my husband can cook practically nothing.  So I march myself downstairs after I sleep off the anesthesia and I start cooking.  Let me tell you OWWWWWW.  I should have stayed in bed.  We had basil oil cod with asparagus and brown rice.  The meal yesterday was so much better. On a scale of 1 to 10 this meal was a negative 3.  I should have stayed in bed. 

Well then I proceeded to knock over an entire pitcher full of raspberry tea all over the floor.  So there I was standing in the middle of raspberry tea feeling drowsy with pain killers after forcing down nasty yucky diet food.  Duh duh duh....here comes my savior to clean up the mess but was upset I didn't just stay upstairs in bed. 

Here I am now in bed propped up with ice and more pain killers. 

What is the reason for all this you ask?  Well it's supposed to help the pain in my neck.  But to get there, I have to have pain in my neck.  Oh well. Life goes on.
M

Surprise, surprise! OR NOT

Went to the doctor today and of course I knew that he was going to tell me that I needed to lose weight and exercise because of that annoying thing called cholesterol.  Big Shocker, I felt like telling the med student he always has come in first to assess his patients.  I felt this news coming.  But you all don't want to hear my woes. 

I found this really cool website where you put in your food allergies, the foods you don't like and it plans out your meals.  It gives you a shopping list.  There is a place to plot your progress and log your exercise.  That was exactly what I was looking for because I hate diets (not just the word) because I never know what to cook.  This gives you options of recipes for all the meals of the day and then you log them in. I thought I'd check it out for a couple of weeks and see how it goes.  Here is the site: http://www.drgourmet.com/user/login.php

Let's see if I am successful considering my bum ankle and inability to really exercise.  Will update you all later.
M

Fat Tuesday

I would also like to say a word about Fat Tuesday today.  I have never participated in the Fat Tuesday events to celebrate before lent begins.  I figure like this: it is just an excuse for people to go out eating and drinking and partying. 

For lent, pick something that is very meaningful for you and which you will learn something significant if you were to deprive yourself of it and give it up.  It's not so bad.  The one thing that's hard for me is the no meat on Friday thing.

I remember one year I gave up chocolate: oh my goodness did I go crazy.  I was so addicted to chocolate that giving it up taught me that one should not be so addicted to anything like that. 

It's late now so people are probably home but I bet they went out to party before the season of Lent and of sacrifice.  What are you giving up?
M