Had exercise this morning and the diet class at 12:30 PM this afternoon. She checked to see if we were keeping our food diaries and we were. I've lost 1/2 lb in the first week. I'm on a 1,300 calorie maximum and have been able to keep it under that. I've cut out 8 oz of milk and 2 slices of bread. Smart Balance buttery spread is only 50 calories a tbls so I may add that back in. I've been a little empty but not too bad. My mouth has been so sore this past week two nights I just had smoothies for supper. I see the dentist tomorrow and hopefully he'll be able to help.
The other exercise class I want to go to is tomorrow at 10 AM but that's the time I have to be in H'ville at the dentist. I have a pair of shoes to take back to Academy Sports and I will do that on the way back.
The PT came from Home Health and showed Frank some exercises to do to strengthen his legs and will be back 2 times a week for 3 weeks. Hopefully, this will help keep him from falling.
It had snowed during the night but none stayed on the ground at our house. We saw some on bushes and roof tops going into town this morning. It's been at 32 degrees with the wind blowing all day. Our power bill was higher this past month but not too bad. I have to pay bills tomorrow.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Shopping
I went to H'ville to take back some Land's End merchandize to Sear's. I got there 5 minutes before they opened. I then went back through Madison and stopped at Academy Sports and bought a pair of athletic shoes. I should have gotten a pair like I had, but didn't. I went to Khol's after that and bought a couple of shirts. I had a bunch of coupons plus a $10.00 off card for my birthday. Today was the last day I could use that.
After wearing the new shoes in the house, I decided they weren't wide enough, so I will take them back Monday and get a pair of the exact same shoes that I have. That way people won't know I have another pair of shoes. I have two pair that I don't wear any more. The soles are too thin. I need shoes with a thick sole with more support. I'll see if Mary Kate wants them or if she doesn't, I'll give them to the Salvation Army.
Mary Kate and Nate will be coming up the week-end of President's Day. I remember when we celebrated each President's birthday separately. Sophia has something she has to do and won't be coming.
After wearing the new shoes in the house, I decided they weren't wide enough, so I will take them back Monday and get a pair of the exact same shoes that I have. That way people won't know I have another pair of shoes. I have two pair that I don't wear any more. The soles are too thin. I need shoes with a thick sole with more support. I'll see if Mary Kate wants them or if she doesn't, I'll give them to the Salvation Army.
Mary Kate and Nate will be coming up the week-end of President's Day. I remember when we celebrated each President's birthday separately. Sophia has something she has to do and won't be coming.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Friday
Exercise was great as usual. Didn't go anywhere except after lunch. I knew I had paid Heritage Propane when I got the bill. I pay online and I retrieved the copy of the bill and took it to Regions bank. Later on in the month, I got a late bill from them. I wrote a check and paid it again. I went to the bank to see if they paid them and they had. The lady told me to wait until Wednesday and check back with Heritage to see if they had gotten the check from the bank. I know I have paid them twice this month. If they have both payments, they can put one on next months bill. I was really shocked when I got the late payment because I always pay my bills on time each month.
I go see Dr Michael Knight Tuesday. He was the one who made my denture and I have never been satisfied with it and now it's hurting my mouth. There's just not enough room in my mouth for the denture and my tongue. Plus, I have a bump on the end of my tongue that really hurts and that makes my mouth really sore. I don't usually complain but this is very uncomfortable. I have to have such a thick denture because I bit through two other ones he made for me. Maybe they make stronger dentures now so that it won't have to be so thick. I'm to young to go without my teeth but something has to be done with this situation. (Haha-I know this is funny...).
I'm hoping we get to go to church Sunday.
I go see Dr Michael Knight Tuesday. He was the one who made my denture and I have never been satisfied with it and now it's hurting my mouth. There's just not enough room in my mouth for the denture and my tongue. Plus, I have a bump on the end of my tongue that really hurts and that makes my mouth really sore. I don't usually complain but this is very uncomfortable. I have to have such a thick denture because I bit through two other ones he made for me. Maybe they make stronger dentures now so that it won't have to be so thick. I'm to young to go without my teeth but something has to be done with this situation. (Haha-I know this is funny...).
I'm hoping we get to go to church Sunday.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Family History
Trudy came over and spent the night. We went to the Family History Center at 9 AM. It doesn't open until 9:30 AM but Sis Walker gets there early and I want to be the first person there. Trudy learned how to scan pictures and I released about 26 people to have their work done. I still don't know what I'm doing. Sis Walker is such a great help. We left at 11:00 AM. I was getting tired and hungry.
On day two of my diet, I'm well under the 1,300 calories the CalorieKing.com website said someone of my height, age and weight should be. I think I've already said this but I'm 25 lbs over what I was when I got married. That's 47 years of eating. This class that Janet is conducting is motivating me to want to loose at least 5 lbs and a few inches here and there. We've only had one class and will meet again next Monday. It's Thursday now. I need to ride my bike but I don't want to.
Frank sees Dr Walker today about his broken knee cap. We want Home Health to come in and teach us exercises to strengthen his legs. Janet said falling is caused by weak legs. I need to do more walking or biking and walking up and the stairs to strengthen my leg muscles. I sit too much. Frank fell Sunday and Tuesday night after going to the bathroom. He doesn't know what makes him fall. If he had his natural hips, he would have broken one of them, he's fallen down so much. But both of his hips have been replaced for 20 years.
On day two of my diet, I'm well under the 1,300 calories the CalorieKing.com website said someone of my height, age and weight should be. I think I've already said this but I'm 25 lbs over what I was when I got married. That's 47 years of eating. This class that Janet is conducting is motivating me to want to loose at least 5 lbs and a few inches here and there. We've only had one class and will meet again next Monday. It's Thursday now. I need to ride my bike but I don't want to.
Frank sees Dr Walker today about his broken knee cap. We want Home Health to come in and teach us exercises to strengthen his legs. Janet said falling is caused by weak legs. I need to do more walking or biking and walking up and the stairs to strengthen my leg muscles. I sit too much. Frank fell Sunday and Tuesday night after going to the bathroom. He doesn't know what makes him fall. If he had his natural hips, he would have broken one of them, he's fallen down so much. But both of his hips have been replaced for 20 years.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Canon
Got my hair cut. Let Kari mousse and blow dry my hair and it looks really nice. It only costs 4 more dollars for her to blow dry it and I think I'll have her do it next time. It's short but that's the way I like it.
Trudy came to the salon while I was getting my hair cut. She went on to the house and I went to Walmart for groceries. We were out of fresh veggies and had to eat canned peas and corn. I came home and cooked cauliflower and kale for supper. I have broccoli to be cooked as soon as I have room in the refrigerator.
Tomorrow, we'll go to the Family History Center. My Canon scanner came in today. Trudy got on the phone to Canon and a nice guy walked her through how to figure out how to use it. I could order it with one "click" but I surely couldn't have learned how to set it up. I scanned in the pictures I was going to take to the FHC and have done there. We still have to learn how to name the photos and get them into the genealogy charts. Learning goes on forever!
We have an appointment for Frank to see Dr Walker tomorrow. I called to have him get home health to come out and show us how to strengthen Frank's legs so he won't fall but he has to see him first.
Trudy came to the salon while I was getting my hair cut. She went on to the house and I went to Walmart for groceries. We were out of fresh veggies and had to eat canned peas and corn. I came home and cooked cauliflower and kale for supper. I have broccoli to be cooked as soon as I have room in the refrigerator.
Tomorrow, we'll go to the Family History Center. My Canon scanner came in today. Trudy got on the phone to Canon and a nice guy walked her through how to figure out how to use it. I could order it with one "click" but I surely couldn't have learned how to set it up. I scanned in the pictures I was going to take to the FHC and have done there. We still have to learn how to name the photos and get them into the genealogy charts. Learning goes on forever!
We have an appointment for Frank to see Dr Walker tomorrow. I called to have him get home health to come out and show us how to strengthen Frank's legs so he won't fall but he has to see him first.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
New Exercises
Today, at 10 AM, I went to Round Island Baptist Church to exercise with another of Janet's exercise groups. It's still Silver Sneakers but with this group she can do harder things. We walked around the gym 6 times and did push ups on the walls and did some new moves she wouldn't do at the senior center. I really enjoyed it. I won't be able to go on Thursday. It is the day I do Family History at the church. I'll get to exercise M-T-W-F.
I counted up my calories and was 300 over the 1300 I was shooting for. I'll leave out 2 milks and a bread and Smart Balance buttery spread. I still have to set some goals. I want to get my BMI down and I want to cut calories and I want to loose some inches. I just have trouble putting them down in goal form. I'll have to exercise at home. Get on the recumbent bike and walk up and down the stairs several times. I'm tired tonight and don't want to think about it.
Tomorrow, I'll get my hair cut and probably buy some groceries. We're out of fresh veggies. I called the Dr today about getting home health to come and teach us some exercises for Frank to do to strengthen his legs. Janet said that weak legs could cause falling. Frank fell last night but couldn't wake me up. That's twice he's fallen in a week. I hope he's not hurting his knee when he falls.
I counted up my calories and was 300 over the 1300 I was shooting for. I'll leave out 2 milks and a bread and Smart Balance buttery spread. I still have to set some goals. I want to get my BMI down and I want to cut calories and I want to loose some inches. I just have trouble putting them down in goal form. I'll have to exercise at home. Get on the recumbent bike and walk up and down the stairs several times. I'm tired tonight and don't want to think about it.
Tomorrow, I'll get my hair cut and probably buy some groceries. We're out of fresh veggies. I called the Dr today about getting home health to come and teach us some exercises for Frank to do to strengthen his legs. Janet said that weak legs could cause falling. Frank fell last night but couldn't wake me up. That's twice he's fallen in a week. I hope he's not hurting his knee when he falls.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Monday
Karen came over and we went to exercise. We were going to another class held by Janet about changing life styles and loosing weight at Round Island Baptist Church at 12:30 PM. I got Frank's lunch ready early so he would be finished and ready to be in his room when I left.
The class was 1 1/2 hours and we went over things that we would be talking about in the upcoming classes. We are to keep a food and exercise diary and to share it with Janet and we are to count calories. I had a calorie counting book but don't know where it is, so I ordered another one from Amazon and will get it in 2 days. I just don't know how to figure out how many calories in a serving of goulash is and how much is a serving. I want to be able to eat as much fresh veggies as I want but I'll have to see how the calories go. I looked up on calorieking.com and it says a person my age and height and activity level should weigh 119 lbs and eat 1,300 calories a day. I was 125 lbs when I got married and would love to weigh that now! I'd have to loose 26 lbs to achieve that. I feel motivated to try to loose weight and rev up my activity level. Janet teaches another exercise class at Round Island Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM and I'm going to try to go to that. Frank is always back in his room sleeping or reading and I am sitting in the living room watching TV, doing nothing, so it would be good to go exercise again. That way I would be exercising 5 times a week. That should help with the weight loss.
Wednesday, I get my hair cut and Frank did have an appointment with the Pain Clinic but I looked at his leg and thought it would be good if Trudy could pick up the Rx for us since she's coming over anyway and that would keep Frank from having to get out with his leg brace on. I'll call tomorrow and see if she can pick up his script.
The class was 1 1/2 hours and we went over things that we would be talking about in the upcoming classes. We are to keep a food and exercise diary and to share it with Janet and we are to count calories. I had a calorie counting book but don't know where it is, so I ordered another one from Amazon and will get it in 2 days. I just don't know how to figure out how many calories in a serving of goulash is and how much is a serving. I want to be able to eat as much fresh veggies as I want but I'll have to see how the calories go. I looked up on calorieking.com and it says a person my age and height and activity level should weigh 119 lbs and eat 1,300 calories a day. I was 125 lbs when I got married and would love to weigh that now! I'd have to loose 26 lbs to achieve that. I feel motivated to try to loose weight and rev up my activity level. Janet teaches another exercise class at Round Island Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM and I'm going to try to go to that. Frank is always back in his room sleeping or reading and I am sitting in the living room watching TV, doing nothing, so it would be good to go exercise again. That way I would be exercising 5 times a week. That should help with the weight loss.
Wednesday, I get my hair cut and Frank did have an appointment with the Pain Clinic but I looked at his leg and thought it would be good if Trudy could pick up the Rx for us since she's coming over anyway and that would keep Frank from having to get out with his leg brace on. I'll call tomorrow and see if she can pick up his script.
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