Weigh-in Wednesday and a GI system recalibration

Today I was postcall, which means I came home filled with hopes of productivity and then napped instead. I took my mom's dog for a walk after I woke up to get some exercise in without going into an intense lactic acidosis with a harder workout since my GI system is slowly coming back to life and I didn't want to push it. I saw a dermatologist this afternoon and had some little vascular lesions on my nose buzzed and then came home and spent some time with the kiddos, had dinner, did bed time, and am now updating you, my adoring fans.

I also did a weigh-in today and am a bit disappointed that my GI distress didn't result in more of a loss.

0.4 pounds down from last weigh-in

Tomorrow I'm in clinic, which means I'm back to the walking pad, which should be good. It's at a 5% incline though (and isn't adjustable) and so I do get really sweaty when doing that workout. I've ordered a desktop fan to help with that. It's supposed to arrive tomorrow, so here's hoping that I'll be less wet at work. < I'm leaving that statement right there because I think it's perfect and you will not tell me otherwise.

Today's eats:

Lunch

Other part of lunch

The oh shit, I'm hungry but I have somewhere to be protein

Same as above

Beef pot pie - it looks yummier not in its ziploc

Dessert - not from 2023, don't worry - this was probably an inappropriate test of my GI system

Let's see if I can keep up the food photos while working! And let's also hope I don't explode from drinking egg nog like an idiot.

Dropping a knowledge bomb

I'm just over here killing it with my activity goals and doing mediocre with my food goals. I got my 10k steps in every day last week, which is hard to do, especially on postcall days where I just want to be unconscious. I was also on call on Saturday and didn't get much sleep and I elected to just take my weekend to be lazy. I got back on it today though!

Today, when I got to the locker room at the gym, I realized I didn't bring my bluetooth head phones, my sweat towel, or my locker lock. This was not awesome because the audio quality with the junk pair of headphones I leave in my gym bag for such an emergency is very poor. Also, without my sweat towel, I don't have a good way to block the time or the timer of my work out and it makes the work out seems a million times longer. Also, I forgot my lock (I used it when we went swimming last week). Though I doubted folks would go looking for lockers with stuff in them, I was not thrilled with leaving my stuff unlocked. But, I figured I needed the exercise and I could risk one day. Well, I'm glad I did, because despite all of these things, my workout today felt really good.

In addition to my workouts helping my step count, one of the things my obesity medicine doctor said to me really stuck with me. I was talking about how I am a fairly anxious person, but that I really don't want to try any medications because, as a physician, with the use of medications, it massively increases the cost of my disability insurance and in some states, I have to declare that I'm using such medications. This is garbage, and I know this, but it's how I feel. Anywho, her response was that there is a ton of literature out there that says regular exercise has the same outcomes as medication in the treatment of anxiety and/or depression. So, yes, this is helping me get my steps, but I'm hoping it helps with my mental health too. Good knowledge bomb to drop.

I have been failing abysmally at taking pictures of my food. I'll try to be better tomorrow. I'm in the OR, though, so I don't know what my eating will look like tomorrow.

Weigh-in and wrecked

Yesterday was a tough call day. The calls, questions, consults, and patients were nonstop. I got very little sleep and felt like human garbage. It's really hard to function as a normal human being when you haven't slept much in 24 hours. I was supposed to have a massage postcall, but I canceled because even a heavenly massage felt like asking too much. I did, however, keep my appointment with my student loan guy, because I need to get my PSLF stuff going.

I ended up taking my ozempic to work and taking it in the evening, mostly because that's what I've been doing and I hate to break tradition...ish?

Once home, after sleeping for a good 6 hours, I woke up and felt so tired that it felt like even my bones were tired. I had enough time to do a gym trip before my student loan appointment, but I decided against it. I felt absolutely wrecked and a workout would have made it worse. So, I ate my leftover gyro, had some cookie portions, and played on the interwebs until my appointment. After my appointment, I laid on the couch reading my book until the kiddos got home. 

After dinner, I took the kids for a walk so Nasur could have a little down time sans kids and then we came home, did bath time, spruced up Reyah's windows with some Halloween Paw Patrol window things, and then did bed time. 

Now I'm pooped. I'm likely going to head to bed shortly. I'm in the OR again tomorrow and it's going to be another long day. I feel like I'm dying slowly. Only up side is that if I go to bed now, I could get like 9 hours of sleep, which sounds amazing.

I did do a weigh-in today. Down some more ell-bees. Happy about that. I will say that the ozempic is definitely helping with my appetite and eating appropriate portions. Typically, when home alone, with 3 cookies, those cookies would not have been safe. However, I ate a small section of 2 of my favorites and that was that. Also, because I didn't eat lunch until 3:30, I didn't eat much dinner because I just wasn't hungry. Now I'm feeling the beginnings of hunger, but I'm just too tired to make anything to eat.

Yesterday's lunch: mediocre chimichangas with salsa and sun chips (there were no tortilla chips)

Today's weigh-in: 3.4 lbs down from last week

Man, I am slacking on food photos. I'll try to work on it!

Getting some steps in and some eats

So, my day yesterday was busy, busy, busy. When I'm on call, the call is 24 hours and there is nothing I like less than a busy 24 hour shift. That being said, when you're too busy to eat, I feel like that probably helps with weight loss. But, the lack of sleep? Maybe that's a negative.

Anywho, once home, I showered, made some breakfast, and then met with our financial advisor to finally start some 529s for the kiddos and put in more of my hard-earned money to our retirement accounts. Money is so complicated and I don't have a clue what I'm doing, so I'm very thankful there are smart folks around to help me.

After 2 hours of financial planning, I watched the last episode of Only Murders in the Building. I'll be honest, I was a bit disappointed in this last episode. For those who are watching, what'd you think? Anyway, because I need to keep moving, I opted to walk in place while watching TV. I know walking isn't much, but it's better than sitting! And these types of small healthy changes can be a big game changer in the grand scope of life. 

After TV, I napped to catch up on the sleep I didn't get yesterday and to get enough sleep for my next two 24 hour shifts. Yes, I'm crying on the inside. After my nap, I made some turkey taco meat for dinner tonight and then went to get the kiddos. Once home, I got dinner together and then we enjoyed some tacos. After dinner, I took the kiddos to Costco to get some milk and watermelon and picked up some good-looking salmon while there. Once home, it was bath time and bed time. After the kids were in bed, I cleaned up a bit and then got the last of my steps in watching Junior Bake Off on Netflix.

Today's food photos are next! Not pictured was my breakfast - had scrambled eggs and some avocado. Also not pictured was my dessert banana (eaten after dinner) and two servings of sliced ham for snackage. 

The perfect banana

My snack after nap time (didn't want to ruin dinner)

Taco! I thought we had hard shells, but alas, we did not, so I had a carb smart tortilla

Second taco, but without the tortilla to save on some calories

Today's dinner fruit (we usually have some kind of fruit with dinner)