Back on Track

Gosh, what a difference a day makes. I am glad I figured out that I was consuming too many calories. Now I can take care of that little issue and have gotten back on track today. I was going to shoot for 1500 calories but think I'll go for 1800 per day for the rest of the week and see what happens. I don't want to do too drastic a cut. If all goes well, I can either stay with 1800 for another week or cut back to 1500. I want to play with it a little and see where it goes.

Today has been a busy day for us. Tim had a doctor appointment this morning. Went to that and expressed concerns about chest pain Tim is still having. The doctor does not think it's Tim's heart as he had a quite extensive cardiac work-up in August that showed nothing other than cardiomyopathy for which there is little treatment other that what is already being done.

Tim explained his tremors are getting worse. They really are and some days they are so bad he can barely use his hands, even to feed himself. The doctor referred him to a neurologist (Tim has been to before but we'll start that all up again) and we'll see where that takes us.

The last concern Tim had was a feeling of having concrete on his feet. The doctor told him this is mainly due to the extensive neuropathy in his feet and legs. He goes for a Doppler study on them on Thursday, though, to check to be sure there is adequate blood flow through his veins to his feet and legs.

The doctor felt Tim is progressing well with control of his blood glucose levels. His blood pressure was also very good. He goes back in February for another follow-up. He also filled out paperwork so that we can get a handicapped parking tag for the car. Tim gets very short of breath when he has to walk far and he won't let me drop him at the door. He says if I'm going to walk, then so will he. Have I mentioned how stubborn Tim can be?

We left there and went to the bank. After that it was back to the car dealership to drop off more paperwork. I can't believe they still don't have this all completed. ::sigh:: Lunch out was next on the list. We went to a fast food Italian restaurant called Fazoli's. I had the child size portion of ravioli (which is four squares) with meat sauce (300 calories), 1/2 cup of steamed broccoli with 2 tbsp parmesan (protein serving), and one bread stick (extra carb because I was weak). I went to their online site to get nutrition info and entered it into my fitday.com account. Now the info is available at my fingertips if I have that again. This puts me in a good caloric range with enough calories left for dinner. I've been pretty pleased with myself.

Next stop was an insurance meeting to figure out how the new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan is going to affect Tim and our finances. Got some info that will actually save us the premium payment so we'll check into that more tomorrow.

Quick trip to the DMV to drop off paperwork for the handicapped placard. They don't have them there but faxed the info to the state and advised the placard will come via mail to our home in about 7-10 days. Cool!

It's been a very good day. I feel that I am back in control of what goes into my mouth. At least I'm much more aware of it. Stepwise, I'm doing pretty well also. This is going to all add up to a lower number on the scale Sunday. I just know it!