Denim Deb
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And just think, if you got thirsty, you could get some fresh milk w/no trouble whatsoever.
AL - Recording baby steps: Newest Addition
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AL
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Thanks for your input, and for putting it kindly 
Right now, I am very healthy and active other than my weight. But my mom is obese and I have seen the troubles she has had. She was healthy at my age too (in fact she had me when she was 36, I am 38). Now she is wheelchair bound from knee problems, insulin dependent diabetic, has a heart stint and is on more meds than a pill box will hold. The most heartbreaking thing to me (literally made me cry, and I am not a crier) was seeing her in so much pain in the hospital because she was too big to roll herself over without sitting up, and she couldn't sit up for fear of falling off the bed. SO she had to wait for multiple rude nurses to come and help her (I am not knocking nurses in general - just these specifically -in fact, they were so bad I wrote the CEO of the hospital, the Nurse manager, and the floor manager, and copied the newspaper editorials. We went to a different hospital the next time and it wasn't as bad).
I am way too heavy to ride a horse, especially a young horse like Buddy. I have to buy jackets at the men's big and tall store because I don't want to spend $$ on a work jacket for the barn at the plus sized stores online.
I guess basically what I am saying is that I have reached a point in my life where getting by isn't good enough. If I can get 5-10-15 years of the kind of active living I dream of, it is worth it. Does that make sense?
OOOOh speaking of milk! This surgery sometimes makes folks lactose intolerant but they can drink goat's milk. Now I am most assuredly not hoping for complications - I am praying for zero problems - but if lactose intolerance were a side effect there could be a bright side if I could have goat's milk, I mean, my parent's surely couldn't deny me some dairy goats if that is the only milk I could have ... I mean... *soulful sad innocent eyes*
Right now, I am very healthy and active other than my weight. But my mom is obese and I have seen the troubles she has had. She was healthy at my age too (in fact she had me when she was 36, I am 38). Now she is wheelchair bound from knee problems, insulin dependent diabetic, has a heart stint and is on more meds than a pill box will hold. The most heartbreaking thing to me (literally made me cry, and I am not a crier) was seeing her in so much pain in the hospital because she was too big to roll herself over without sitting up, and she couldn't sit up for fear of falling off the bed. SO she had to wait for multiple rude nurses to come and help her (I am not knocking nurses in general - just these specifically -in fact, they were so bad I wrote the CEO of the hospital, the Nurse manager, and the floor manager, and copied the newspaper editorials. We went to a different hospital the next time and it wasn't as bad).
I am way too heavy to ride a horse, especially a young horse like Buddy. I have to buy jackets at the men's big and tall store because I don't want to spend $$ on a work jacket for the barn at the plus sized stores online.
I guess basically what I am saying is that I have reached a point in my life where getting by isn't good enough. If I can get 5-10-15 years of the kind of active living I dream of, it is worth it. Does that make sense?
OOOOh speaking of milk! This surgery sometimes makes folks lactose intolerant but they can drink goat's milk. Now I am most assuredly not hoping for complications - I am praying for zero problems - but if lactose intolerance were a side effect there could be a bright side if I could have goat's milk, I mean, my parent's surely couldn't deny me some dairy goats if that is the only milk I could have
... I mean... *soulful sad innocent eyes*
pinkfox
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huge hugs...
comming out of the surgery closet is almost as hard as making the desicion to have surgery in the first place.
i did drop you a pm, but wanted to say, while this is a DRASTIC step (and you are absolutly right, no matter what the odd few say about it) this is not an "easy" way out...
the bypass is a tool, it essentially forces you to listen to your body...
i tell people they essentially gave my body a loud speaker...before i had a little voice that said "hey mabe you shouldnt eat that" now i have a little voice with a loud speaker that says 'if you eat that im going to make you regret it"
honestly, the first 2 months i had an intolerance to milk...i had to mix my shakes with water and slowly work to from fat free to 1%
i had no problem with goat or sheep milk...but couldnt get it.
after the 3 month mark however i can drink 2% and full fat, but for me its a meal, i have to sip it and its very filling
now if im "lacking" on my protein ill mix up a smoothie with yogurt and milk as a meal to boost my protein for the day.
i never had any problems with kefir, yogurt or cheese however...just milk that first couple of weeks.
now my only intolerance is anythign dry...
this is a huge step, and it does sound like youve done your reserch, so for that i can only wish you an amazing amount of luck and well wishes (if they do this laprascopically which most do now, the healing time is incredibly quickly, i was on my feet within 2 hours of surgery, off pain killers by day 3 and walking a mile a day before the end of the first week, and in the gym at 3 weeks!
but you will have to remind yourself, even though your not hurting, and you look healed form the outside, inside your still healing, so take it easy.
i actually update my facebook notes weekly with my weigh in and how that week has been, if you have a facebook and want to add me, (this goes for ANYONE interested in seeing how my journey so far has gone, and there are pictures) just drop me a pm and ill send you the info to add me (as its friends only)
comming out of the surgery closet is almost as hard as making the desicion to have surgery in the first place.
i did drop you a pm, but wanted to say, while this is a DRASTIC step (and you are absolutly right, no matter what the odd few say about it) this is not an "easy" way out...
the bypass is a tool, it essentially forces you to listen to your body...
i tell people they essentially gave my body a loud speaker...before i had a little voice that said "hey mabe you shouldnt eat that" now i have a little voice with a loud speaker that says 'if you eat that im going to make you regret it"
honestly, the first 2 months i had an intolerance to milk...i had to mix my shakes with water and slowly work to from fat free to 1%
i had no problem with goat or sheep milk...but couldnt get it.
after the 3 month mark however i can drink 2% and full fat, but for me its a meal, i have to sip it and its very filling
now if im "lacking" on my protein ill mix up a smoothie with yogurt and milk as a meal to boost my protein for the day.
i never had any problems with kefir, yogurt or cheese however...just milk that first couple of weeks.
now my only intolerance is anythign dry...
this is a huge step, and it does sound like youve done your reserch, so for that i can only wish you an amazing amount of luck and well wishes (if they do this laprascopically which most do now, the healing time is incredibly quickly, i was on my feet within 2 hours of surgery, off pain killers by day 3 and walking a mile a day before the end of the first week, and in the gym at 3 weeks!
but you will have to remind yourself, even though your not hurting, and you look healed form the outside, inside your still healing, so take it easy.
i actually update my facebook notes weekly with my weigh in and how that week has been, if you have a facebook and want to add me, (this goes for ANYONE interested in seeing how my journey so far has gone, and there are pictures) just drop me a pm and ill send you the info to add me (as its friends only)
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awesome thanks PF!!!
Yeah I have read that dry foods are pretty much out for most people, unless you use a sauce or dressing etc ( Have you ever been to bariatriceating.com ?).
The surgeon said his ability to do it laprascopically is totally on me - pre-op diet of clear liquids and I think protein shakes for 6 days to shrink the liver. I am also working out pretty much everyday (well, 5 days a week at the gym, every day in the yard) and watching my grease / sweet / fat intake - trying to cut them down to nothing for the next several weeks so I will be ready.
My friend at work said he was up walking 2 hours after recovery. He has his 1yr mark coming up and has lost nearly 200lbs and looks amazing! He has done 2 5k's and rides his bike on the bike trails at the university near here. And he is incredibly happy.
I have only had a few people tell me "can't you just do it with diet and exercise" - I don't understand how having your organs sliced apart, pulled to another area and reattached is "easy"? And since you have to exercise the same (Or more because of excess skin risks) as a diet, how is it lazy? If they are saying stuff in well meaning I talk to them, otherwise I just walk away.
Anyway we had a light frost last night. Yes. A frost. In April. In Florida.
Hopefully it didn't damage my pepper plants - I didn't cover them when I came home on break from work because I was running late. I'd forgotten I had to go to TSC before they closed and buy some hay / bedding for the rabbit.
I am considering going and putting some of my tomatoes out, but I woke up with a massive headache, a bad case of the 'drop everything you touch' and some grouchiness - so I may just make sure they are ok in the trailer and wait until Friday.
ETA - forgot this award winning pic of the "babies" - 4wks old this past Sunday. I really need to get individual pics so I can round up some help on gender ID for them
Yeah I have read that dry foods are pretty much out for most people, unless you use a sauce or dressing etc ( Have you ever been to bariatriceating.com ?).
The surgeon said his ability to do it laprascopically is totally on me - pre-op diet of clear liquids and I think protein shakes for 6 days to shrink the liver. I am also working out pretty much everyday (well, 5 days a week at the gym, every day in the yard) and watching my grease / sweet / fat intake - trying to cut them down to nothing for the next several weeks so I will be ready.
My friend at work said he was up walking 2 hours after recovery. He has his 1yr mark coming up and has lost nearly 200lbs and looks amazing! He has done 2 5k's and rides his bike on the bike trails at the university near here. And he is incredibly happy.
I have only had a few people tell me "can't you just do it with diet and exercise" - I don't understand how having your organs sliced apart, pulled to another area and reattached is "easy"? And since you have to exercise the same (Or more because of excess skin risks) as a diet, how is it lazy? If they are saying stuff in well meaning I talk to them, otherwise I just walk away.
Anyway we had a light frost last night. Yes. A frost. In April. In Florida.
Hopefully it didn't damage my pepper plants - I didn't cover them when I came home on break from work because I was running late. I'd forgotten I had to go to TSC before they closed and buy some hay / bedding for the rabbit.
I am considering going and putting some of my tomatoes out, but I woke up with a massive headache, a bad case of the 'drop everything you touch' and some grouchiness - so I may just make sure they are ok in the trailer and wait until Friday.
ETA - forgot this award winning pic of the "babies" - 4wks old this past Sunday. I really need to get individual pics so I can round up some help on gender ID for them
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AL
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I have a couple of closeups of the chicks on my phone, need to get them sent over but don't have time now - after the gym and taking Buford to the vet to recheck his eye (all 3 ulcers GONE) I worked in the garden for a little while. I think the stupid frost got 2 of my pepper plants, I'll keep an eye on them and see if I need replacements.
I hoed a row and set 20 mounds for my squash and zuke seeds. I have 3-4 random squash plants that have come up from those that died in the frost this past fall! I'll get those seeds in before getting ready for work - looks like the tomatoes will have to wait at least another day (and maybe 2 days - busy day tomorrow- gym at 8, my regular counselor appt at 10 and my 2 hour psychological eval for the surgery at 2).
I had my first person find out about my possibly having the WLS (weightloss surg) and tell me they had considered it but decided to "do it the hard way". I didn't bat an eye before saying " well, really I don't see anything easy about paying someone to slice your organs apart, pull one up from the lower abdomen to the upper abdomen and reattach it to a thumbsized portion of your stomach which will restrict not only how much you eat but what you eat. Example - your "hard" way you cheat and eat cake you feel guilty and do double gym duty... I cheat and eat cake and I have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, clamminess, dizziness AND guilt / double duty at the gym. "
He just stared agape and said keep him informed on timing and how I do (by the way - did I mention this was my boss' boss??? )
Gotta go get those seeds in.
Oh... and I posted this for OFG but if you didn't see it in her journal....
BACON!!! with a gamey taste?
http://www.northescambia.com/?p=50433
I hoed a row and set 20 mounds for my squash and zuke seeds. I have 3-4 random squash plants that have come up from those that died in the frost this past fall! I'll get those seeds in before getting ready for work - looks like the tomatoes will have to wait at least another day (and maybe 2 days - busy day tomorrow- gym at 8, my regular counselor appt at 10 and my 2 hour psychological eval for the surgery at 2).
I had my first person find out about my possibly having the WLS (weightloss surg) and tell me they had considered it but decided to "do it the hard way". I didn't bat an eye before saying " well, really I don't see anything easy about paying someone to slice your organs apart, pull one up from the lower abdomen to the upper abdomen and reattach it to a thumbsized portion of your stomach which will restrict not only how much you eat but what you eat. Example - your "hard" way you cheat and eat cake you feel guilty and do double gym duty... I cheat and eat cake and I have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, clamminess, dizziness AND guilt / double duty at the gym. "
He just stared agape and said keep him informed on timing and how I do (by the way - did I mention this was my boss' boss??? )
Gotta go get those seeds in.
Oh... and I posted this for OFG but if you didn't see it in her journal....
BACON!!! with a gamey taste?
http://www.northescambia.com/?p=50433
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AL
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ok had more time than I thought with my single bite slow chewing rehearsals lol
There are an awful lot of pretty tail feathers..... but I'm still hoping for a few pullets!
The barred rock impersonator
Red - one of my favorites. Does it look like hackle feathers to you?
Remember the little runt?
I have fallen for this one. Pic doesn't really show it but she (yes) is almost all white with just specks of black on her wings
This one looks too much like its daddy to be a pullet
There are 6 others but I didnt' feel like wrangling them for photos
There are an awful lot of pretty tail feathers..... but I'm still hoping for a few pullets!
The barred rock impersonator
Red - one of my favorites. Does it look like hackle feathers to you?
Remember the little runt?
I have fallen for this one. Pic doesn't really show it but she (yes) is almost all white with just specks of black on her wings
This one looks too much like its daddy to be a pullet
There are 6 others but I didnt' feel like wrangling them for photos
Farmfresh
City Biddy
In Missouri if you are hunting and see a wild pig you are required to try and kill it. Wild pigs are very dangerous and destructive.
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If they were in our county there would be no photos of them crossing the road, only hanging from a rafter draining somewhere lol . We are the "redneck riviera" , wild hogs wouldn't stand a chance!
I forgot earlier but seeing it mentioned in pinkfox's journal reminded me - my friend gave me a bunch of asparagus to plant. Doesn't it take a year or 2 to get anything from it? So I should plant it somewhere I won't want to till anytime soon?
I forgot earlier but seeing it mentioned in pinkfox's journal reminded me - my friend gave me a bunch of asparagus to plant. Doesn't it take a year or 2 to get anything from it? So I should plant it somewhere I won't want to till anytime soon?
Denim Deb
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Yep, it takes a year or 2. I've heard of people planting it in their flower beds.
