And even harder to break, right?
Well. I have not forgotten. But I have not been checking in, either. It's been a whirlwind.
First: Sister is out of the hospital. She got out on Tuesday afternoon. Without a lot of fanfare. Or even any real instructions. Going back and forth to her was a strain. She was very stressed/depressed. They gave her ativan - I was shoving it down her throat at one point. She was soo upset and it wasn't good. They didn't tell us what it was - no explanation. But maybe they did give her one and I wasn't there to hear it. She was so out of it, she didn't know what was going on.
Second: Send dad down to the offices. He came down. Probably didn't do anything, but brought a hell of a lot of mail back to me.
Third: Did get appointment for Sister at heart specialist (and other doctor appointments). Explanation: she did this to herself. Her (unadmitted) alcoholism caused high blood pressure. Which went untreated for gawd knows how long. So something happened, some trigger (or it just got worse), and her heart started racing - because it was out of rhythm. A. fib. Anyway.. it's racing away and making her out of breath and tired. She took some speed. Sent her heart into way, way overdrive. She went to hospital. They basically treated her - well, not badly, but not great. The medicines have the HBP under control and her pulse is better. The breathing is a little easier. She's still in arrhythmia. She doesn't have health insurance. We'll need to see. I've got to see about getting her some health insurance.
Fourth: I DID Go See The Monkees! It was fun! And then Mon and I went ahead and went to Oceanside. So. Much! Goodness! So, so good! and Fun! Great, great time.
Fifth: I watched a documentary about juice fasting. The people in the movie had incredible, almost unbelievable results. (Note to self: if they were that incredible/unbelievable, why do you believe it???) All from juicing. For extended periods of time. Probably not the healthiest thing to do. But! it has inspired me to start a diet. I am eating/drinking nothing but fruits and veggies. And the occasional source of protein. Heeee. I keep adapting it. Trying to make it more healthy - and less extreme, but still have crazy good results. It probably doesn't work like that, does it?
-So: I started on Monday. And did really well. And then I ate a pie. Yes, an entire pie. My orange dream pie. V good.
-So, I started again yesterday - Tuesday. Had my morning smoothie. It has oj, frozen strawberries and banana (with protein powder). Had Wendy's Berry Chicken Salad for lunch. And then for dinner from Outback, I had their seasonal steamed veggies (which truth be told probably had butter, because they were delish) which consisted of broccoli, squash, (very few) snap peas and carrots. Last night I was hungry. So I had some sunflower seeds, some blueberries and a little bit of strawberries.
-Today I had my morning smoothie, then a nectarine for snack, and now a Subway salad - which mostly consists of shredded iceberg - but I had them add a little spinach, onion, pickle, tomato, peppercinis, not enough green pepper to talk about, and some cucumber. I emptied the contents of the red wine vinegar on top and just slightly drizzled their oil stuff on it.
I have been continuing to wash my face at night (shower) and moisturize. And put on sunscreen. Oh! and floss! Don't forget that, because it is Not my favorite. I've had to switch to not take my vitamin at night. It makes me throw up. So weird, because that never happened before. But now, I think it's happened two or three times. So not a fan of that. Need to switch to the morning. Just get 'er done.
I have been cooking more of our meals. And! had a really good reaction to a pork roast on Sunday. So that was very encouraging. Yay!
Have been shopping less at Wal-Mart. So that's good. But even as I write this, I totally want to make a Wal-Mart run. Huh. Have to work on that one.
Have Not been exercising. Not even a little. Need to concentrate a little more on this one.
And so: verdict. I am going to keep checking in and being accountable to myself. Keep on the veggies. They are soo good. Drink more water. Do it! Do it! Do it!
Luck!
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