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I think I am ready to start eating right and losing weight again after about a 3 week pause. But I probably won't step on the scale until next Sunday! Not sure what caused me to lose my motivation, except it was probably several things. I really wanted to lose weight before moving to my new house. I don't want the first impression of my new neighbors to be a fat lady with a cute white dog. I thought I'd be moving around April. Now I have no idea. They don't even have the street in yet. And then the knee thing happened. I can't take long walks or even short walks right now. And like always, I hate cooking!
But after getting a call from my doctor's office that all my lab results were fine, I actually reviewed the results and everything is normal (thyroid, blood sugar, etc) except for CRP which was very very high. It always is. The optimal result is <1ml 1,2,3 mil indicates average to increased risk of heart disease. Or it CAN indicate that. Mine is over 10. It's been the same the last 4 or 5 times tested. It indicates lots of inflammation in my body. My doctor really doesn't seem worried about it anymore. Nothing indicates heart problems. The inflammation is now obvious to me with my knee problem and 2 puffy, fluid filled areas by both ankles. I know that losing weight will help, but the 20 pounds I lost since the previous lab test didn't make a difference. My doctor wants me to follow an anti inflammatory diet. I try, but don't like to cook. Today I plan to start logging food again and to try to stay under 100 grams of carbs. At first it was fun and challenging then it got too hard thinking I can't even put dried cranberries in my salad or 2 tablespoons of applesauce to help me swallow pills unless I cut carbs somewhere else. But I'm motivated again. I'm hoping if I lose 30 pounds the CRP results will be better.
View Diet Calendar, 25 February 2024:
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1068 kcal
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Fat: 39.79g | Prot: 80.75g | Carbs: 94.28g.
Breakfast: Crystal Fat Free Milk, Cheerios, Cream (Half & Half), Sugar, Coffee. Lunch: Crystal Farms Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, White Flour, Egg, Dynasty Panko Bread Crumbs, Drained Mandarin Orange (Canned or Frozen), Trader Joe's Raw Sliced Almonds, Taylor Farms Mediterranean Crunch Chopped Salad (Salad Only), Ken's Steak House Lite Asian Sesame Dressing, Fresh Gourmet Wonton Strips Authentic, Sanderson Farms Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. Snacks/Other: roasted salted pumpkin seeds. more...
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At least you have lots of good test results. Anti-inflammatory diets are good and I probably should follow one but my biggest problem is that I get bored on diets like this. I an not into a lot of inflammatory foods but I do like some red meat and some processed meats and I don't like some of the healthy foods either like cooked greens, tomatoes, avocado, garlic, sardines, and mackerel.
25 Feb 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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Thanks Morticia. I've read that the CRP lab test is rarely done. I remember the first time it was ordered after I was on Medicare the lab said Medicare wouldn't approve it until my doctor explained why he ordered it. I think he originally ordered it when I was a new patient of his and he saw my family history of heart issues. I read somewhere that about 1 out of 10 people get high results and it means nothing. But for most of my health issues, including the knee losing weight seems to be the main problem. So that needs to be my main focus. About the only thing on the anti inflammatory diet I am good about is not eating processed meat, so I avoid the deli counter. Once in awhile ill have a pepperoni pizza or ill have bacon if I go out to breakfast. But I'm trying to stop even that. I've decided my next pizza will be mushroom and black olives!
25 Feb 24 by member: Fritzy 22
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