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By NCN, on July 24th, 2009%
It’s Friday and my week has been crazy. Want proof? I haven’t posted over at No Credit Needed, I haven’t been to the gym, and I’m exhausted. Instead of giving in, and eating a bunch of junk, I’ve decided to make a smarter choice, and eat very lightly today.
It’s always difficult for me to figure out how to have a successful eating day. My struggle usually begins with breakfast. See, once I start eating, I want to continue eating. So, I tend to avoid breakfast. Of course, that’s ridiculous, and usually leads to me eating a massive lunch. Then, the massive lunch leads to sluggishness, which leads to snacking, which leads to….
You get the picture. It’s super-hard for me to get started eating, and then eat sensibly throughout the day.
I’ve tried high-carb for breakfast, low-carb for breakfast, fruits, cereals, oatmeal, protein, fat… In other words, I’ve tried every single combination of foods that I can imagine. And, still, once I’ve started to eat, I want to continue to eat. (Please note – As evidenced on this very site, I can, for a couple of months or so, control my eating, but then I lose resolve and return to bad habits. It’s ridiculous, but, hey, I wouldn’t have the site in the first place if I was good at this stuff.)
That’s it. That’s the post. I’d love to have some insight or some thoughts on how I’ve solved my “breakfast issue”, but I really don’t have any. Instead, I’m going to go eat an apple, a few cashews, and drink a big glass of water. Hopefully, this will be enough to satisfy me until lunch, and then I’ll go from there. Step by step, choice by choice.
By NCN, on July 16th, 2009%
After a couple of months of slight pain – and very, very intense pain last weekend – I went to the emergency room Sunday. Diagnosed with a kidney stone, I was sent home with some pain killers and a recommendation to see a urologist Monday. I went Monday and, armed with more pain killers and a couple of other medications, I tried for two days to pass the stone. Unsuccessful, I went to the hospital today, and the urologist had to remove the kidney stone. Long story short, and sparing you the details, I am in tremendous pain, high as a kite, but very thankful to have had the stone removed. In the words of the urologist, it was “rather big” and I “would never have passed it”.
With all of the medication and fluids that I’ve had pumped into my body, I’ve gained almost 1o pounds. My wife is pretty sure that my weight gain, which began about three months ago, started right around the time I started to complain about “lower back pain”. Come to find out, it was probably the kidney stone. Hopefully, now that the stone is gone, I’ll feel better, and be able to re-start my weight loss journey Monday. Thanks for the prayers. Rock on.
By NCN, on July 13th, 2009%
Well, this might explain things.
Back in March, when I was really doing well with my weight loss, my Dad came to visit me and help me do some work around the house. The first morning he was here, I awoke with a terrible pain in my abdomen. I went to the doctor, and he gave me some pain medications, and warned that I might have a kidney stone.
I took the medication, and after a couple of days, I felt much better. So, I figured that I either passed the stone, or that there was no stone in the first place. (I’ve never had a kidney stone, so I really didn’t know how one would feel.)
Since March, as you can see here at the blog, I’ve gone ‘backwards” with my weight loss and exercise routines. I chalked this digression up to my usual pattern – lose weight, get excited, go back to bad habits, gain weight, repeat. But this time, I felt different. I really wanted to exercise, but I’ve felt SO lethargic. And, I’ve been dealing with a constant “low-level” pain in my groin.
Sunday morning, I awoke to the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt. Long story short, I have a kidney stone, and I may have to undergo some sort of procedure to remove it. I’m headed to a Urologist today. I’m a little nervous, but I am pleased that the “lethargy” and “low level of discomfort” were not simply in my head. Now, hopefully I can deal with this stone, and move forward with my weight loss.
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