JUDDD Up Day (Goal 1500cals)

Weight - 238.8lbs (without bandages)
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - Physical Therapy

Wow it felt really great not to have to wear bandages on the arm last night. I actually slept much better and was surprised to see my weight back in the 230's again. Finally. I slept without getting up and having a 2am snack, too. So that's even more good news!

Monday JUDDD Down Day Menu

JUDDD Down Day (Goal 500cals)
Weight - 242.8lbs (with bandages)
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - No

I have great news. I don't have to wear the bandages anymore unless at night. That is...if the swelling stays down. The therapist thinks part of the problem might have been an underlying infection. I've lost a lot of swelling in my arm! I feel very free.

Low Carb Menus Update

JUDDD Up Day 5 Dinner - Grilled Pork Chops & Sausage
with Fried Cabbage and caraway seeds.

The menu posts are on hold right now. I'm sad to say, life is kinda turned every which way right now. My arm is wrapped in the heavy bandage you saw in a previous post, but also, I haven't been feeling good and sleep has been worse than usual. We found a small red spot on my left foob on Wednesday and just watched it. By Thursday at treatment time, I felt really bad and the red area had grown about 4 or 5 times as large. We called the doc and he wanted to see me Friday morning. He wasn't majorly concerned but said he wanted me on two HUGE antibiotics immediately and that I can't miss a dose. I'm to call him if I see any changes.

JUDDD DAY 4 - JUDDD DOWN DAY MENU (DD)

Wednesday - JUDDD - Down Day (Goal 500cals)
Weight - 239.2
Mood - 7
Pain - 6
Exercise - Lymphedema Therapy

Didn't make my down day goal yesterday. I'm finding it tough to find the right eating schedule and when I do eat, I'm so starving it's difficult to make my mind comply with limits. I'm feeling irritated that in addition to this unwieldy bandage on my arm that makes everything slower and harder, it's

JUDDD DAY 3 - JUDDD UP DAY MENU

Tuesday - JUDDD - Up Day (Goal 1400-1600cals)
Weight - 238.4
Mood - 5
Pain - 6
Exercise - Lymphedema Therapy + Physical Therapy

I'm back dawn a pound after a bad down day where I ate over my caloric goal. I also have about 2 lbs of bandages, so I bet I am maybe less than what the scale said this morning. It will be pretty interesting to see how I'm going to be able to work with essentially one hand! Caps are so hard one handed. And so are my preciouses (the exclamation points!!!!!).

JUDDD _ D2 Down Day JUDDD Menus

Monday - JUDDD - Down Day (Goal 500cals)
Weight - 239.4
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - Lymphedema Therapy

This is only D1 Bandages.
I'm told they will get bigger...

I will be brief in the coming days as I'm typing one handed. I have to keep my hand and arm bound to try to get rid of the lymphedema in my left arm.

Restart JUDDD with Atkins - Nutritional Ketosis (NK) Eating

Sunday - JUDDD - Medium Day (Goal 1000cals)
Weight - 238.4
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - House Cleaning

Well folks what an amazing journey the last three days provided. I ate mostly potatoes, apple cider vinegar, kosher salt and potassium salt for the last three days - pretty much ad libatum (as desired) and to satiety. Very interesting results. I say mostly because I had a 2am cheat on the second day of jack cheese, hard salami and pork loin and I added a tiny bit of jack cheese, pork loin and tomato to last night's dinner (about 1/2 oz of cheese and pork and 1 small slice tomato).

Doing Something Out There...

Weight - 239.0
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - House Cleaning

On Day 11 I determined that something was not working for me. I've tried to eat original Atkins (65-75%) fat on average, while keeping carbs at 20g net and eating protein to adequacy. (I actually keep my protein between a range of 60-80g when eating "normal lc".)

What I saw happening is actually fairly representative of what I've seen in the past. This time I averaged about 65-80% fat. And I gained weight. I didn't feel bad. Other than feeling increasingly uncomfortable from the fluid retention. I didn't have any earth shattering cravings or anything.

Atkins Induction Meal Plan - Day 10

Weight - 244.8lbs
Mood - 6
Pain - 8
Exercise - Going to pysical therapy

I'm refusing to sweat this weight thing or lack of it. It is not an indictment of Induction or Nutritional Ketosis. It is a fact of post-surgical inflammation and metabolic interruption. I'm going to believe that and just go with it. Seriously.

Atkins Induction Meal Plan - Day 9

Weight - 242.0lbs
Mood - 8
Pain - 7
Exercise - No, but I MUST get motivated and do it.

Well, I overate protein yesterday. I had 95g of Protein and for me, that is way too much. I make it into glucose, wayyyyy too easily. And voila, this morning I was up on the scale. I envy those of you who can enjoy a bunch of meat and cheese and still lose.

Atkins Induction Menu Plan - Day 8

Weight - 240.0lbs
Mood - 8
Pain - 6
Exercise - No, but I MUST get motivated and do it.

Well, I'm happy to report the plumbing is ALMOST finished, which is a big relief. I've figured out that I just don't enjoy having strangers in our house! And I certainly don't like the upheaval. Since the cancer, my brain gets very over-stimulated and doesn't process things well when faced with harried chaos. I used to be able to handle things much better.

Atkins Induction Menu Plan - Day 7

Weight - 241.4lbs
Mood - 7
Pain - 7
Exercise - Moved more kitchen stuff out of more cabinets! Oy veh!

Very weird to have lost the beginning of this post. Can't remember what I said, but I think I mentioned that it was so easy to stay on plan with my eating, despite having to eat out so much over the last 3 days. Even crummy fast food. But I can say, I was completely happy to have a home cooked meal for a change - even if it did happen at 9:30pm! 

Atkins Induction Menu Plan Day 6

Weight - 242.0
Mood - 8
Pain - 6
Exercise - Yes, if you call unloading cabinets in the kitchen exercise.

My mood is quite a bit better this morning. Funny how cathartic poison pen letters are, even when you don't send them! It also helped that I made myself make a delicious dinner for Denny and our sock monkey boys last night and then actually got about 5 hours of sleep for a change. Sleep is a game changer. I look forward to the day when the pain from the incisions relaxes enough to allow me to sleep better. I was approaching that point when I went into the second surgery - it had taken months to get to that point.