Done with chemo, rads - now about those 10 pounds...

I'm thrilled because I stayed the same. So it's +0 and -0 for me! 

Hey everyone!  I'm checking in to report that I lost a pound this week (when I was weighed at rads).  I've been walking a lot and eating a lot of veggies and protein and trying really, really hard to stay away from the carbs.  Could do a little better on that one.  Also, I am down to my last 7 rads!!!  Can't wait to cross that off my list.

Hi all,

I lost 1 pound this week. 

My weekly goal is to lose up to 1 pound.  That way if it's under a pound I'm still encouraged.  It's slow going, but I've heard slow is better, and the chances are good that it will stay off that way.

Did anybody find losing weight easier while getting rads?   I've just finished week 2, and the techs told me weight loss is a pretty common event.  Sounds good to me.

Michele

Hi ladies... I  haven't forgotten about you all.  I just now caught up on all of your losses and challenges.  Good job sticking with it!!

I have not been so good at sticking with it.  Today is a new day though, I have planned out the next two days meals to help get me back on track.  I'm still struggling with my blood counts, so my energy is lacking; thus no exercise (or very little).  It seems to be  a vicious circle though, so I am trying to break it.  Same with the emotional eating, I have to stop with the excuses.

Hopefully with these changes I can stop the scale from climbing, and hopefully start a downward trend.

Hi All,

Please forgive me.  I really didn't abandon the idea of losing weight nor abandon the support group, but I have been REALLLLLLY  BAD!  I am so ashamed to say I haven't even tried over the last 1-2 weeks.

CHJ, I'm right there with you on the appetite thing.  When I get stressed, I eat.  And boy have I been stressed!  It is definitely an emotional thing for me.  At least you are exercising.  Good for you!

Congrats Wintermoon!  I'm so happy you are at the finish line.   Anyway, it sounds like you all have done very well! 

Azsunn, hope your energy level is improving.  Hang in there!

Hope everyone has a better week and a great weekend!  Karen

ummm CHJ, there is no protein to speak of in your morning so far, and way too few calories. 

I have gotten off track too, and my digestive system is out of whack again (constipation) which doesn't help matters.  I haven't been eating terribly (I don't like greasy food and haven't been overdoing the sweets) but I stopped writing down what I eat and counting WW points, so I'm sure I've been consuming too many calories. 

This a.m. instead of my usual high fiber cereal with milk, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts (I live in New England and they are everywhere!) and got one of their new egg white flatbead sandwiches, with cheese and veggies.  It wasn't bad, and I got some protein and dairy in.  Supposedly they are under 300 calories.

My son will be with his grandparents for most of next week, so at the very least I'll be able to get a walk in every evening.

eating both halves of the sandwich would be better. 1/2 a sandwich is fine with a yogurt or a bowl of soup. On it's own it is not enough calories. Try to aim for 250-400 calories per meal, and 100-200 per snack.

Try this trick, for each meal ( lunch and dinner) your protein serving should be about the size of your hand(without fingers) and the rest of your meal should be low glycemic carbs preferably lettuce and watery vegetables  like tomotoes and cukes with a light dressing or some low fat cheese.   If you have red meat skip the cheese and other fats.

  Since you had a cupcake today you get no dessert at your cheat meal!!  ;p

chj, so how did your day end?!  Noelle, that breakdown in calories makes so much sense.  I've never thought of it that way before.  Kayree, hang in there and think of today as a new start.

Ok, ladies, I've lost another pound.  I'm trying to walk as much as I can; this week it has only been twice, but I was able to walk 1 hour each time. 

I'm loving the fresh produce from the farmer's market.  Even the kids are picking up peaches or cucumbers to snack on instead of "junky" foods, so the whole family is thinking twice about our food choices. 

I'm finding it easier little by little to make food changes.  (I had started making changes about a month before I was diagnosed, but chemo threw most of that out the window.)  For instance, yesterday I had most of a Coke and counted that as my sweet treat for the day.  I hadn't had a soft drink in about a week, so it was a change of pace.  Does that make sense?  And I've never thought of a soft drink as a sweet treat before. 

I'm asking myself questions all the time now: does this really taste that good?  Do I really want to eat this entire piece, or slice, or portion,  and not eat something else?

We're all in this together,

Michele

use this calculator to get your total calorie intake info for your goal weight. The calorie breakdown I mentioned is for 5 or 6 meals per day. 

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/health/caloriecounter.html 

 N

Well, I got back from vacation yesterday around 6:30 p.m.  I wieghed myself this morning and I've put on 2 lbs!  I tried to make healthy choices but I know I didn't always.  We left Halifax on Thursday at 12:30 p.m.  We had a sleeper car but didn't sleep very well and had to get up at 6:00 a.m if we wanted breakfast.  Unfortunately the train was 2 1/2 hours late getting in to Montreal which meant we missed our train to Toronto and had to take a later one and then a later train to Oakville.

That's my excuse for having a Big Mac for lunch at the Montreal train station (my daughter wanted McDonald's and there was very little time to get anything) and then a HUGE tea biscuit that my husband bought for me.  Even breakfast on the train was questionable.  I had granola but without seeing the box who knows what was in it.  I also had yogurt, juice (sugar laden no doubt), fruit and 1/2 slice of toast.

On the good side we did lots of walking in Halifax and there are a lot of very steep hills leading up from the harbour.  Hey, maybe the 2 lbs is all muscle!!!

I will try harder next week.

Sorry I didn't check in on Fri.-I spent the day at the beach, and then had a busy weekend, and Dr. Appt. on Monday, but I'm back at work today, and that seems to be when I have more time to get on here-How ironic!-I gained 1.8 pounds, and I'm sure it's because I haven't been exercising as much-tonight, after work, I WILL be working out. I hate the way I feel when I don't, sluggish and tired all the time. Hope you guys have a great week!

I dont' know about my scale.  I was weighed at the hospital when I had my Herceptin on August 7th and weighed 57kg.  Today I had a Muga Scan and weighed 56.5.  That's about 1 lb. down but according to my scale at home I'm up 2 lbs!  Like Wintermoon says I'll have to rely on my own scale for weekly weigh ins.  Sigh.

Rads are done here ( in canada) after 5cm total tumour size. I missed it by 1 cm. I had very clear margins and no chest wall involvement and my lymph involvment was only a micro-cell and they took out 17. Why Stress over rads? Most of the women I know say it is still way easier than chemo.