SpiceWare's Blog

Doesn't sound like any fun at all.

 

Are you feeling better? Arm doing okay? Chest pains gone?

I thought I put that in there, but guess I didn't - the arm numbness and chest pains are both gone.

 

I'm still very tired though, probably a few more days to recoup from lack of sleep.

I was in hospital for 4 days last autumn. And I was under the impression that they sometimes(?) really do their best, to make you even more sick. Little sleep, bad food, non-working TVs...

God - I am so glad you are doing better... That's some scary stuff.

Sounds nasty - glad you are doing OK now.

Isn't this kinda the sympotms of a stroke? Maybe it's time to go vegitarian + fish for awhile.

They checked for that, wasn't a stroke.

 

I eat a lot of fish and veggies, I've lost 30 pounds by doing a modified version of the Atkins diet. Lunch yesterday was green salad, salmon and cooked spinach. Dinner was a huge bowl of gazpacho soup with a little bit of meat and cheese on the side.

 

I love rice (sushi, asian foods, etc) so I knew I couldn't do a strict Atkins diet. When I started I was at 200 pounds, so I set my initial target weight at 199. I step on the scale every morning after I get out of the shower (so there isn't any variation due to cloths). If I'm at or below my target I have a Whatever-I-Want day, otherwise it's a low carb day. I usually get WIW twice a week (occasionally it's once or thrice). Every couple weeks I dropped the target by 1 pound. I did this until I got to 170 and have left the target there for the past 9 months, though lately I've been debating dropping another 5 or even 10 pounds.

 

My doctor was skeptical when I started eating this way, but he isn't anymore - I no longer take cholesterol medication and my blood pressure medication is at a lower dosage.

Sorry to read what happened to you; though I'm glad to read you're feeling relatively better.