Food & Exercise -- 2/4/2007

This morning we took my MIL out for breakfast to a popular local
diner. Afterward DH and I drove home -- just hung out here the rest
of the day. We got some upsetting news about an hour ago from my BIL.
My MIL, who'd been in great shape this morning, was taken to the
emergency room with severe rectal bleeding. We're still awaiting test
results. On top of my mother's situation this is raising stress
levels pretty high at the moment. I'm hopeful MIL's problem will be
something easily corrected, but we shall see. She's 85, so things are
more complicated than for younger people.

Anyway ...

Food:

* 9:45 (diner): 2 fried eggs; 2 peanut butter cup pancakes (decadent,
I know :-)) w/ 1 pat butter & 2 tbsp syrup; 6 oz. orange juice
* 4:15 (home): 1 oz. peanuts
* 8:00 (home): 4 oz. ground turkey breast burger on whole wheat
hamburger bun w/ 3 slices melted f/f cheese, dill pickle slice, &
catsup
* 9:30 (home): 6 oz. wine

Totals: 1517 calories (117 from alcohol), 56g fat (33%), 143g carbs
(38%), 82g protein (22%)

Exercise: None (There would have been time to run this afternoon, I
guess, but it was much too cold. And I still have the sniffles. I'll
go to the gym tomorrow, though.)





Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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This morning we took my MIL out for breakfast to a popular local
diner. Afterward DH and I drove home -- just hung out here the rest
of the day. We got some upsetting news about an hour ago from my BIL.
My MIL, who'd been in great shape this morning, was taken to the
emergency room with severe rectal bleeding. We're still awaiting test
results. On top of my mother's situation this is raising stress
levels pretty high at the moment. I'm hopeful MIL's problem will be
something easily corrected, but we shall see. She's 85, so things are
more complicated than for younger people.

Anyway ...

Hang in there... My dad was just diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer,
and my grandmother who is progressing with alzheimer's just fell and
shattered her hip. It is not a happy time for our family. I haven't
resorted to stress eating, but I might start stress drinking! Just
kidding... But I understand your stress and anxiety. I am suffering from
terrible insomnia and haven't gotten more than 4 or 5 hrs of sleep per night
for awhile now. It really sucks!

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:26:33 -0800, "determined"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
.. .
This morning we took my MIL out for breakfast to a popular local
diner. Afterward DH and I drove home -- just hung out here the rest
of the day. We got some upsetting news about an hour ago from my BIL.
My MIL, who'd been in great shape this morning, was taken to the
emergency room with severe rectal bleeding. We're still awaiting test
results. On top of my mother's situation this is raising stress
levels pretty high at the moment. I'm hopeful MIL's problem will be
something easily corrected, but we shall see. She's 85, so things are
more complicated than for younger people.

Anyway ...

Hang in there... My dad was just diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer,
and my grandmother who is progressing with alzheimer's just fell and
shattered her hip. It is not a happy time for our family. I haven't
resorted to stress eating, but I might start stress drinking! Just
kidding... But I understand your stress and anxiety. I am suffering from
terrible insomnia and haven't gotten more than 4 or 5 hrs of sleep per night
for awhile now. It really sucks!


Thanks for your empathy, and my thoughts go out to you too. It looks
like MIL has diverticulosis. She's still in the hospital, but it
sounds like something we can deal with. My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris

In article ,
Chris Braun wrote:

Thanks for your empathy, and my thoughts go out to you too. It looks
like MIL has diverticulosis. She's still in the hospital, but it
sounds like something we can deal with. My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris

You've been dealing with quite a bit lately. I really feel for you--it's
not easy seeing the ones you love slip away bit-by-bit, and harder when
you feel guilty because you're not by their side.

I hope you're feeling better and are taking care of you...it's more
important now than ever...

And explain those peanut butter cup pancakes to me...

Amy

On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:05:43 -0500, A Ross
wrote:

In article ,
Chris Braun wrote:

Thanks for your empathy, and my thoughts go out to you too. It looks
like MIL has diverticulosis. She's still in the hospital, but it
sounds like something we can deal with. My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris

You've been dealing with quite a bit lately. I really feel for you--it's
not easy seeing the ones you love slip away bit-by-bit, and harder when
you feel guilty because you're not by their side.

I hope you're feeling better and are taking care of you...it's more
important now than ever...

And explain those peanut butter cup pancakes to me...

Amy

Thanks, Amy. DH and I are both reminding ourselves that we need to
take care of ourselves. Exercise is a big help with that (though I'm
afraid I'm not getting out to run today, as wind chills are below
zero).

The peanut butter cup pancakes seem to be made by mixing chopped up
peanut butter cups into the batter before cooking. They're really
tasty, but it's just as well the restaurant isn't here where I live
:-).

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris- Hide quoted text -

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Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

On 6 Feb 2007 11:38:06 -0800, "k." wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

Thanks for your thoughts. We all have to lose our parents sometime,
and we don't have much control over how the game is going to play out.
But it is tough. I kind of dread calling my mom each day; sometimes
it seems like the woman I knew is just not in there any more.

Chris

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On 6 Feb 2007 11:38:06 -0800, "k." wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

Thanks for your thoughts. We all have to lose our parents sometime,
and we don't have much control over how the game is going to play out.
But it is tough. I kind of dread calling my mom each day; sometimes
it seems like the woman I knew is just not in there any more.


My mom is schizophrenic, and when i talk to her, which is maybe once every
couple years, she is merely a shell of what she was when I was a kid. I try
to remember the good stuff, but it just sucks.

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:16:15 -0800, "determined"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
.. .
On 6 Feb 2007 11:38:06 -0800, "k." wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

Thanks for your thoughts. We all have to lose our parents sometime,
and we don't have much control over how the game is going to play out.
But it is tough. I kind of dread calling my mom each day; sometimes
it seems like the woman I knew is just not in there any more.


My mom is schizophrenic, and when i talk to her, which is maybe once every
couple years, she is merely a shell of what she was when I was a kid. I try
to remember the good stuff, but it just sucks.


Wow, that is really hard. It reminds me that my situation is really
much easier than what many people face. At least this is a recent --
and probably short-term -- situation.

Chris

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:16:15 -0800, "determined"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On 6 Feb 2007 11:38:06 -0800, "k." wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

Thanks for your thoughts. We all have to lose our parents sometime,
and we don't have much control over how the game is going to play out.
But it is tough. I kind of dread calling my mom each day; sometimes
it seems like the woman I knew is just not in there any more.


My mom is schizophrenic, and when i talk to her, which is maybe once every
couple years, she is merely a shell of what she was when I was a kid. I
try
to remember the good stuff, but it just sucks.


Wow, that is really hard. It reminds me that my situation is really
much easier than what many people face. At least this is a recent --
and probably short-term -- situation.

Chris

God, I hope it didn't sound like I was trying to minimize your issues... I
just want to give you empathy. I understand to a degree what you are going
through! Your situation is PLENTY difficult.

Betsy