Not much sleep happening as I am so uncomfortable, legs in pain. I sit up in bed to sleep most of the night, laying down on occasion, making for an awful night’s rest.
Today’s FitBit Stats:
2716 Steps for 1.26 Miles and 3191 Calories burned. 1 Floors Climbed.
Last Night’s Sleep Recorded This Morning:
8 hour 2 min. Asleep last night, Awake X4, Restless X16
Food Schedule:
10AM – Vanilla Shake & 8 oz glass of water with Orange Fiber
12PM – Chocolate Shake mixed with shaved blended ice (not bad)
2PM – 1 Chocolate Mint Protein Bar
4PM – Chocolate Shake & 8 oz glass of water with Orange Fiber
6PM 1 packet Chicken Soup in 8 oz Water & 8 oz glass of water with Orange Fiber
8PM – Vanilla Shake mixed with shaved blended ice and one 12oz can of Diet Orange Soda (Excellent!)
412.00 Lbs at the Doctors Office. Blood Pressure now normal.
FOOD PLAN BEGINS!!
I went to the doctor today. He raised my Bumetanide back up to a full pill per day, allowing for the water to leave my system. This he believes is the cause for the open sore. He prescribed Cephalexin, and had my legs wrapped in what they call a “boot”. I will be going back Wednesday to change the dressings. My legs are HUGE! Like Elephant legs! It is quite painful… and depressing to view. This will change as I lose weight.
I began the food (rather liquid) intake today. The shakes, protein bar and soup are quite good, but I am finding myself wanting more. Not because I am hungry, but because I conditioned myself to be that way. I expect to be eating while watching our television programs. Never a good thing. Anyway.. here is my food intake for today…
10AM – Vanilla Shake & 8 oz glass of water with Orange Fiber
12PM – Chocolate Shake with crushed ice (not good)
2PM – 1 Cinnamon Nut Protein Bar & 8 oz glass of water with Orange Fiber
4PM – Vanilla Shake
6PM 1 packet Tomato Soup in 8 oz Water & 8 oz glass of water with Orange Fiber
8PM – Chocolate Shake mixed with 16oz shaved blended ice and one 12oz can of Coke Zero (Excellent!)
Melanie kept me strong through this day. Going as far as writing notes on my bathroom mirror that “I have this”, and that “she loves me”. I am very blessed to have her in my life. I am finding it is vitally important to have support form those who live with you, not to mention everyone else.
Today’s FitBit Stats:
4,513 Steps for 2.1 Miles and 3,388 Calories burned. 7 Floors Climbed.
May 19, 2016
MEETING DAY & Meal Replacements Begin
Week 002 – Day 000
Today we met again at Kaiser, picking up our food ($100 for the week’s supply), weighing in, and having the RN take our blood pressure. First… I was disappointed quite a bit with myself, allowing my brain to get the best of me in the food department. Even though I thought I was doing better… I had eaten worse, shoving in all my favorite foods, and thus GAINED MORE WEIGHT! This is the heaviest I have ever been. Even my blood pressure with sky rocketing….. so much so that the RN (Linda) was worried. Then I showed her my legs and she truly knew something was wrong. She set me up to see the Doctor tomorrow ASAP.
We all met and went over the food we just received. We will all have 6 meal replacements each day. Mine will start tomorrow as follows:
Even with my eating some challenged foods, because I am eating less of them, I feel like I am losing weight. I am traversing my stairs better, albeit my legs are still swollen badly. My right leg is still pouring out water, and painful. I am very much looking toward tomorrow’s weigh in to see how much weight I have lost. I will show the nurse my leg. Maybe she will have a suggestion.
I have begun eating less. However as I do, I start thinking too much that I will not be having food soon, and I begin eating all the wrong foods. Things I believe I will miss. I basically panic over food. Something true addicts do when they cannot see where their next fix will come from.
A few days ago my legs began swelling excessively once again, creating large blisters and dry, leathery skin. My right leg started having pain above my ankle on the rear side. An area the size of my fist becomes raw, and begins leaking my body’s water. It is so extreme that my wife placed a thick feminine pad on it, then wrapped my leg before bed time. By morning it had accumulated so so much water that is water dripping off the pad. One could literally wring it out and have water splash on the floor! At this time it became gross to view…. see the below photo. I thought maybe the cool water of my pool would help,… and it did feel better when I soaked my legs, but it did not help the sore. Cleaning it up once again, I let it be in the open air to see if it would dry out and heal. No such luck. Again, here is the photo… NASTINESS….please excuse the dog hairs on my foot. As if that is what you would be looking at…lol.
Today we met all who are participating in the program. There are currently 20 of us. We went over what is expected and the food we will be taking in. Since we have no food to bring home with us this week, we are supposed to begin lessening our food intake, and trying to eat better, while logging what we eat, and how we feel during the day. I am greatly hopeful and confident this day!! I believe I can do this!!
Program Description
Phase 1: Active Weight Loss (weeks 1-16)
*Meal replacement beginning in week 2 of the program.
*Weekly group sessions (60-90 minutes).
*Periodic medical checks, lab tests, and EKGs.
*Mandatory purchase of all meal replacements during this phase.
Phase 2: Continued Weight Loss / Early Maintenance (weeks 17-30)
**Transition from meal replacements (weeks 17-20).
**Weekly group sessions (60-90 minutes).
**Mandatory purchase of all meal replacements between weeks 17-20. Optional purchase of additional meal replacements between weeks 21-30.
Phase 3: Long-Term Maintenance (weeks 31-82)
***Weekly group meetings (60 minutes).
***Optional purchase of additional meal replacements – up to 3 per day.
Here is the OPTIFAST Meal Replacement List We Choose From…
