DogMa

DogMa · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject:

Ha. It's a great motivator.

And yay. No DVD, but instead I went for a long and very brisk walk with two co-workers. We were gone almost an hour, walking VERY fast, and up and down hills and such.

DogMa · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:20 am Post subject:

Sigh. A rare weekend post for me. But re: my big dinner tonight, God or fate or the universe made the decision FOR me. I came down with a cold yesterday, which is even worse this morning. I can't really taste anything, so there seems to be no point in going to a fancy, expensive, four-star dinner. So packaged diet lasagna it is.

I'm still going to try to get a good run in, though. If it's too hard, I'll walk. But a cold's no reason to bail on my workout!

lauradr · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:43 am Post subject:

Robin, Hope you feel better soon

Lauren · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:29 am Post subject:

Hey, Rob, sorry you got sick. I hate summer colds, they always seem particularly cruel, the idea of a cold seems much more fitting in the winter months! And true, a cold shouldn't stop you from your work out UNLESS you get a chest cold with cough, at which time you won't have the respiratory strength to do cardio, and you should just chill a bit, or walk slllllooooowwwww...

Either way, hope you feel better soon, and sorry you missed out on your grand dining experience!

Cheers,

Lauren

DogMa · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:31 am Post subject:

Argh. It actually DID mess up my workout Saturday. My sinuses were so messed up that I got dizzy while I was walking and cut it short. The good news is, I think it was allergies and NOT a cold (funny how a couple of hours after I canceled on dinner, I felt almost normal again).

Anyway, did a short run yesterday but walked the rest of the hour, and then walked the full hour today (except I had to slow down a hair halfway through). I'm wondering if my recent workout issues are because I stopped eating before hitting the treadmill (which is how I used to do it, but maybe now my body's used to getting a few calories first). Anyway, tomorrow I'm going to try scarfing down a piece of fruit while I feed the dogs, and I'll see if that helps.

DogMa · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

Yeesh. So yesterday afternoon, one of my friends at work called me to a bathroom a couple of floors down because she was having some tummy issues and needed some Pepcid or something. I went down, and she was in far worse shape than she had let on. Diarrhea, nausea, horrible stomach cramps ... at one point she just lay down on the floor of the bathroom. I finally told her I thought she needed to go to the ER. She couldn't walk, so I "borrowed" a chair from the lab next door (and got to see a tray full of dead mice in the process; ugh) and wheeled her to the ER (thankfully, most of the buildings here are connected). She started throwing up on the way, and by the time we got there she was barely conscious.

So anyway, I was there for a few hours with her, until her sister came. She's OK; they think it's food poisoning, so she's home right now with instructions to come back if she develops a fever. (As an aside, this is the friend on the medically supervised liquid protein diet; it's similar to Medifast except, IMO, much worse. She meets with a dietitian and a doctor every week, but none of the people there seem to know what they're doing and they're very inconsistent in their instructions. And they don't care how few shakes she has a day, or how rarely she eats. It's crazy.)

Anyway, thankfully I had just had my snack before she called. Also thankfully, I'm so not hungry on this new program that I was OK even though I went a couple of extra hours without food. Weight's holding steady, but that's because I was having some sandbox issues of my own (same as always, though) and because my workouts still are not up to snuff. Still down my 5 pounds, though (and I think more once the sandbox thing clears up again; funny that I still have the problem with all the fiber and fruits and veggies I've been having).

Other than that, things are good here in DFW-land. I'm loving the rain and the cooler temperatures, and I'm insanely excited to be getting my new shipment of food today. I ordered a bunch of new stuff to try, plus enough of my favorites so I can have 'em each at least once a week. I can't wait to get home from work and unpack it all, though. And arrange all the packages, just like I used to do on Medifast. (Yes, I realize this makes my life sound incredibly pathetic.)

nickieluv · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject:

Not at all - I think a lot of us have the 'arranging bug' in common. Lists, arranging, categorizing - tons of fun!! Plus I feel a little bit of calm and safety when my cupboard is full of my MF favorites - I'm having some anxiety as I get low on cocoa....

I'm glad your friend is better. Is she enough of a friend that she'll listen to your concerns about her diet? I'm sure MF could be dangerous, too, if you didn't listen to the rules and decided if 5 shakes are good, 2 is better. Especially when you stop feeling hungry, that would be easy to do.

DogMa · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

Nope. She's heard it from me - and from everyone else here, plus she got an earful from the doc last night. She HAS followed some of my advice, and is having something every few hours and eating lean protein and veggies for dinner (at least some of the time). I think this may have scared her enough to consider switching to something more sensible, though. I hope so.

Mike · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

Hi there. Just checking in... been AWOL a bit. Thanks for checking on me.

DogMa · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:53 am Post subject:

Glad to hear you're still with us.

Meanwhile, no good deed goes unpunished. After my ER adventures the other night, I woke up today so dizzy that I actually toppled over a few times (near something soft, luckily). So I'm home for the day, and as much as I want to try some of the new foods I ordered, I'm probably sticking to the program's chicken noodle soup (and SO glad I have a big stockpile of it). In addition to my friend (who's still out with her stomach problem), two other people in our office have had some sort of stomach flu or something this week, so I'm guessing I'm the latest victim.

The nice thing is the office called to make sure I was OK and see if I needed anything, even though I live kind of far away. They said they know I live alone and have no family here, so they wanted me to know I could count on them. And that they'd be happy to grab an office chair and wheel me into the doctor if necessary.

BiggerInTexas · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:21 am Post subject:

Hey, Robin! Really sucks you got the tummy bug.

At least you wiggled out of the cold, right?!

I still haven't gotten back on the exercise wagon. *sigh* I was hoping it wouldn't be hard - shoulda known! I still get really tired, and at the end of the work day I just wanna go home and go to bed early. Maybe as my body finishes healing I'll start to get more energy back.

The rain's been nice, eh? I wish we'd gotten even more, but at least it cut the triple digits for a coupla days! Very nice!

Karli · Preferred Member 60# Club Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 1234

Hi, Robin,

I haven't updated myself too much on your journal yet, but I wanted to thank you for stopping by mine ! Having the guts to come back pays off, and you are very helpful to those who need more guts ... hee hee (okay, well, not the muffin top kind, but the emotional kind !).

Anyway, I will be back to catch up soon. I hope all is well !

nickieluv · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject:

Rest up and feel better, Robin - don't make the office crew come chasing after you!

dede4wd · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject:

Hope you and your friend feel better soon!

DogMa · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:20 am Post subject:

Thanks, you guys (and Karli and DeDe, so good to hear from you!!). I'm doing a little better today, but still off-balance. I'm actually thinking I might be a little anemic; I'm always kind of borderline, and I've had a lot less iron since starting the new program. I really kind of hope that IS the problem, because it would also explain the lame workouts (and wouldn't you know it? Another symptom is an unusually fast heart rate, especially when exercising - something I've been asking about for MONTHS).

Anyway, got some iron (I know, I know, too much can be bad, too, so I got the lowest dose they had; but after adding up the iron in everything I'm eating, I'm really only getting about half the recommended amount) so hopefully I'll be feelnig better soon. Plus I had a Vitatop today, because they have 50 percent of the RDA - and I was having one every morning before my workouts, up until I started the new program.

BTW, down to 131 today, so just 1 pound above where I was when I stopped Medifast (and given that I've been working out a lot the past two years and had to have gained at least 1 pound of muscle, I figure I'm back to where I was). So yay for that.