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Random thoughts for Monday

Calories eaten yesterday: 1585
Fat: 83g (49%)
Carbs: 43g (11%)
Protein: 112g (29%)

Calories burned in exercise today: 320

Blood sugar was 85 this morning. Since that was normal I didn't believe it and ran some more tests. On the second and third tests the TrueTrack gave me 75 and 90. I pulled out the Aviva and it gave me 105. Yike - those are some wide ranging numbers! Here's the picture of my current belly bloat. You can click to enlarge it. Isn't this scary? I really hope doing the cleanses will help. I bought some Acidophilus today just to make sure I don't accidentally kill off all the good bacteria in my body.

Went to the gym today. My gums are still hurting me a bit from the surgery, and after how horrible and tired I felt Friday and Saturday I didn't want to overdo it. I did 45 minutes of weights (Woot! I love weight training!) and then walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes between 3.5 and 3.9 mph (2.55 miles). To get in a little more exercise I walked the last 1.5 miles to work. :) Hopefully I can get to the gym again tomorrow. Blood sugar after all this working out was 106.

I'm trying to increase my calories lest I was eating too little to lose weight. I'm also working on trying to cycle calories a bit so I'm not eating the same number of calories every day.

I'm also wondering if maybe I need some carbs with my post-workout protein shake to build muscle. It wouldn't have to be many carbs, of course. I found some Muscle Milk with 22g of protein and 9g carbs. That might work without pushing my total too high, and would only be necessary on days I do weight training. At any rate, it's something I'm thinking about.

Here's some other recent photos I've taken. Click any of them to see the full size.

The brochure the periodontist gave me after my surgery Leftover stuff after my oral surgery Obese woman on bus with large See's candy bag. 

Posted by Victoria S. at 7:27 PM Labels: bloating, photos 
=-) "We Shall Overcome", is a song I think of. What about you? There is no, "weighting around" for those who are "moto-vating" around!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:57:00 PM 
Signed, Aww-uno-B

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:58:00 PM Don Q. said...

Hope you get to the bottom of the bloat. That looks downright uncomfortable.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:39:00 PM