Well its 210am and why am I up? Kid r all asleep but my brain wont shut off to let me sleep sigh. I've had a pretty low-key weekend, hubs worked most of it, but luckily someone called them on their dumb stuff and like magic they were released at 3 today. Seems they didn't go thru proper channels to have them work the weekend...idiots! I've spent alot of the weekend researching. Guess that's why my brain is still going strong tonight. I researched tons of blogs and articles on homeschooling getting ideas, advice, know how ,did lots of research on healthy meal ideas. And last but not least research for a subject I've thought of on and off awhile, I had kinda written the notion. Off but then a dear friend of mine brought it up as something she is pursuing, I'm going to make an appointment to talk about weightloss surgery...more so lapband. I've searched and searched and read about the bypass that is a bit to radical for me. The gastric sleeve, the one my friend is doing and the band. The later two are the ones I want to know more of. Its always scary going into surgery. But I think this is something I need to consider hard, diets haven't worked I've tried Atkins, southbeavh, alli pills, herbs, citrus and hotsauce diets, gym, I've given up sodas completely for 6 weeks now and no change. Vitamin b shots worked while I was taking the, then I gained it back plus some...something has to give. So I'm gonna embark on a new journey. And hope for the best.
In just a couple hours we will be taking zach to the temple mall for therapy. Letting. Him walk there and then we will head over for his psychologist appointment and pick up his viagra. I need sleep....brain needs to rest.
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Showing posts with label weightloss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weightloss. Show all posts
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
so far so good
well ive been doing alot of thinking about the resolutions i made, and i know many of these just get tossed aside normally, but i really dont want them to, so im doing everything i can to keep these going strong.
for 1 i bought at kohls, the awesome shark steamer pocket, this thing rocks! it steam cleans all sorts of things, sinks, mirrors, stove, cabinets, deoderizes and kills bedbugs in the beds and couch, it also sanitizes the things we clean with it and releases wrinkles from clothing....it does ALL of this with water...well steam...but NO chemicals!
today i gave up sodas, i dont feel the need to pick one up, so hopefully it stays that way, not only will this help(i hope) with weight loss, but it will also help keep my immune system stronger, and help me stay healthier, the chemicals in sodas, its awful! so day 1 with no sodas, im trying to maintain a challange going on right now about eating from the pantry, i did need to buy lots of produce and things to help with the new eating habits, but i do want to try to eat much of our old stuff from the freezer and pantry instead of wasting this month. once this challange is complete i plan on eating much less processed foods, eating more homemade items. id like to do more freezer cooking, where i cook meals ahead of time so that they are "like" frozen meals.
needless to say i have many goals for me and the family this year, we will be healthier and happier and hopefully more green and more frugal.
for 1 i bought at kohls, the awesome shark steamer pocket, this thing rocks! it steam cleans all sorts of things, sinks, mirrors, stove, cabinets, deoderizes and kills bedbugs in the beds and couch, it also sanitizes the things we clean with it and releases wrinkles from clothing....it does ALL of this with water...well steam...but NO chemicals!
today i gave up sodas, i dont feel the need to pick one up, so hopefully it stays that way, not only will this help(i hope) with weight loss, but it will also help keep my immune system stronger, and help me stay healthier, the chemicals in sodas, its awful! so day 1 with no sodas, im trying to maintain a challange going on right now about eating from the pantry, i did need to buy lots of produce and things to help with the new eating habits, but i do want to try to eat much of our old stuff from the freezer and pantry instead of wasting this month. once this challange is complete i plan on eating much less processed foods, eating more homemade items. id like to do more freezer cooking, where i cook meals ahead of time so that they are "like" frozen meals.
needless to say i have many goals for me and the family this year, we will be healthier and happier and hopefully more green and more frugal.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
rambles and prayer request
well Zach had a GI appointment today, with a new doc since our last one moved out of state. unfortunatly we were told by the new doc almost right off the bat that he is also leaving:( however he told us the new location where he will be and we have decided to follow him. roughly the same distance just another town. he seemed really caring and upfront, and open to parents suggestions, so i think that was awesome.
Zach has lost more weight....he at one time tipped the scales at 28lbs and now is 25lbs 15 ounces. he is also growing last appointmetn he was 33 and a 1/8 inches, today he was 33.5 inches.
the actuall appointment was over very fast, checked his button, looks like zach may need a new bigger size button before too long, and we made a few tiny tweaks to zach's feeding schedule. instead of getting 75cc 4 times a day by bolus and 450cc for 10 hours at night at 45 cc per hour, we are now going to do 90cc per bolus feeding, 4 times a day (the differnce is very minimal ....equals an extra tablespoon a feeding...an extra 2 ounces thru the day time hours) and this will shorten his night time feeding by 2 hours with us increasing the rate it goes from 45cc to 50 cc per hour. the hope is, that zach will eventually not need a night time feeding at all and only be getting bolus feeds during the day....more like a "normal" eating pattern.
our trip with the boys to the appointment was a nightmare, it was chance more than mikey who could not deal at all, i guess school is starting to wear on him and since he doesnt nap at school (but he lays quietly) he is tired, anyway he climbed on the doctors bed, jumped off, kicked mikey off the stool, was screaming and bouncing everywhere, the doctor actually even hinted at spanking his bottom! eek. then as i went to get zach's viagra from the pharmacy, the nurse took the boys with zach to a near by bench to wait, chance didnt want to, so he continued to get up over and over, and kept being put down on the bench. he got mad and kicked, hit and pinched our nurse! when i came out of the pharmacy he had slapped her in the face.....oh my can you SEE how RED i was and how MAD!?! we had a small bathroom break where we had a screaming match, and he cried, hit, and spit at me....needless to say i did win that one, and he did not only apologize to me and the nurse but also gave her a hug. the scary part for me was the extreme meltdown he had...reminded me of mikeys about 2 years ago.....
sometimes angels are with us though, a neighbor i met briefly and have said hi to a few times, stopped me at the mail box today and we were talking about getting the boys together, she has 2 boys and a baby girl, anyway i was very unsure expecially after the behavior today, so i told her about the boys a bit, turns out...her boys have mood disorders, one is possibly on the spectrum for autism, they have been on the same sleep medications since 3 years old, just like mikey...talking with her was like a huge relief...here she is 3 houses down, dealing with much of what is going on in our house, the meltdowns, the quirkyness, the lack of sleep, picky eating. i wanted to just fall down and cry talking to her....but of course i didnt, i enjoyed the adult time and then came back inside feeling like a weight had been lifted. God's plan is always there, we just dont always see it. God is always with us.
i need to ask for prayers for 2 fellow CDH babies, who are both on ECMO right now. Max is finally stable, not progressing, but stable on ecmo and Ireland is going in for her surgery to fix her hernia tomorrow while on ECMO. there blogs are...
http://clairegriffinsblog.blogspot.com/ (Max)
http://lovingourirelandrose.blogspot.com/ (ireland)
please keep their families in your thoughts as well.
Zach has lost more weight....he at one time tipped the scales at 28lbs and now is 25lbs 15 ounces. he is also growing last appointmetn he was 33 and a 1/8 inches, today he was 33.5 inches.
the actuall appointment was over very fast, checked his button, looks like zach may need a new bigger size button before too long, and we made a few tiny tweaks to zach's feeding schedule. instead of getting 75cc 4 times a day by bolus and 450cc for 10 hours at night at 45 cc per hour, we are now going to do 90cc per bolus feeding, 4 times a day (the differnce is very minimal ....equals an extra tablespoon a feeding...an extra 2 ounces thru the day time hours) and this will shorten his night time feeding by 2 hours with us increasing the rate it goes from 45cc to 50 cc per hour. the hope is, that zach will eventually not need a night time feeding at all and only be getting bolus feeds during the day....more like a "normal" eating pattern.
our trip with the boys to the appointment was a nightmare, it was chance more than mikey who could not deal at all, i guess school is starting to wear on him and since he doesnt nap at school (but he lays quietly) he is tired, anyway he climbed on the doctors bed, jumped off, kicked mikey off the stool, was screaming and bouncing everywhere, the doctor actually even hinted at spanking his bottom! eek. then as i went to get zach's viagra from the pharmacy, the nurse took the boys with zach to a near by bench to wait, chance didnt want to, so he continued to get up over and over, and kept being put down on the bench. he got mad and kicked, hit and pinched our nurse! when i came out of the pharmacy he had slapped her in the face.....oh my can you SEE how RED i was and how MAD!?! we had a small bathroom break where we had a screaming match, and he cried, hit, and spit at me....needless to say i did win that one, and he did not only apologize to me and the nurse but also gave her a hug. the scary part for me was the extreme meltdown he had...reminded me of mikeys about 2 years ago.....
sometimes angels are with us though, a neighbor i met briefly and have said hi to a few times, stopped me at the mail box today and we were talking about getting the boys together, she has 2 boys and a baby girl, anyway i was very unsure expecially after the behavior today, so i told her about the boys a bit, turns out...her boys have mood disorders, one is possibly on the spectrum for autism, they have been on the same sleep medications since 3 years old, just like mikey...talking with her was like a huge relief...here she is 3 houses down, dealing with much of what is going on in our house, the meltdowns, the quirkyness, the lack of sleep, picky eating. i wanted to just fall down and cry talking to her....but of course i didnt, i enjoyed the adult time and then came back inside feeling like a weight had been lifted. God's plan is always there, we just dont always see it. God is always with us.
i need to ask for prayers for 2 fellow CDH babies, who are both on ECMO right now. Max is finally stable, not progressing, but stable on ecmo and Ireland is going in for her surgery to fix her hernia tomorrow while on ECMO. there blogs are...
http://clairegriffinsblog.blogspot.com/ (Max)
http://lovingourirelandrose.blogspot.com/ (ireland)
please keep their families in your thoughts as well.
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