MARCYINCNY2's Apr 2010 CalorieKing Blog
Spring Eats
Thursday, April 22nd 2010
Tater n ramps are not exactly a good weight loss choice but the season is so short.I'm working around them as best I can.
Now the rhubarb in the shallow bed is about half grown and looking tempting...
My first week of the Meltdown Challenge is looking less than successful. The pound I lost early on showed up again this morning but I've also got some sore and swollen muscles from my first bike ride. Regardless, it felt so good to push the pedals again....
My L4 and a New Goal
Monday, April 19th 2010
I reset my goal weight ten pounds lower than the goal CK had set for me when I got to the end of the silver program. Last fall a DEXA scan showed severe osteopenia in my 4th lumbar. Earlier this year when I was still trying to decide whether or not to take Actonel, I finally measured my height and found I was a good half inch shorter than I used to be.
I have since found out that people typically lose about 1 cm (0.4 inches) every 10 years after age 40. (Height loss is even greater ...
Ramps aka Wild Leeks
Sunday, April 18th 2010
I still don't have much appetite. I don't know if it's the lingering after effects of the antibiotic or the fact that I'm still not tasting much including the famously pungent ramps.
I hope I can taste them soon while they're still at they're best.
Meanwhile I'm already doubting my Meltdown Challenge goal in regard to green checks. I'll have to find out how CK determines the green checks because there's quite a bit of leeway online but I can't figure out exactly how much. The C...
Return to the Land of the Living
Friday, April 16th 2010
My head feels less like a drum this morning, my hearing isn't as hypersentitive and I think I discern the return of my sense of taste. Seems like a good time to take stock.After the Guinness cake marathon and all the ice cream in the days after my dental implant followed by more than a week of no exercise, I'm feeling fortunate to be where I am weight-wise.
The question is what do I want to do now? I've gotten so far behind on so many things that weight loss just seems like a major so...
Pure, Unadulterated Misery
Monday, April 12th 2010
Two weeks of my life gone in a haze and I'm still not up to snuff. (I can't remember the last time I heard that phrase, let alone used it myself, but it fits perfectly.)Two weeks ago tomorrow I had a difficult dental implant done and didn't sleep well for several nights because of the pain. Then we had unseasonably warm weather triggering an early, vicious beginning of the allergy season. Last week I began to suspect my symptoms weren't due entirely to allergies and by Wednesday I had a fu...