Doctor day

Today was my visit with the pulmonologist. I see him because I sleep with a CPAP machine at night. I snore quite a lot and when I snore, I stop breathing - up to 55 times an hour! Uh, yeah, that's not good. The CPAP keeps a continuous pressure through the mask I wear to keep my throat open when I sleep so I don't snore and I don't stop breathing. Now that I've lost a fair amount of weight, I can have the pressure reduced on the machine. That is a good thing. The doctor told me at this rate, I may be off the machine altogether in the next 4-5 months. That would be fantastic!

After the doc visit, I headed up to Mom's to help her with her email. I stopped at the grocery store to get myself something to eat because it was 10:30am and I hadn't eaten anything since I got up at 6:30am. I got some thin-sliced deli roast beef and some swiss cheese. Yum! I also got some pears and some Pom juice - pomegranate and tangerine blend. Delish. I only ate the meat/cheese at the time. So email fixed, got some puppy updates and I headed to work to drop off something for a friend.

Cindy is the recipient of one of my latest book purchases, "Green for Life". I thoroughly enjoyed that book, especially all the smoothie recipes in the back. Head on over to Cindy's blog to see what she's up to this week. She'll probably talk about the book, too, once she starts reading.

After catching up with a few people at work, I headed to WalMart to get the curtain rods I need for the patio curtains. I realized at that time that I hadn't eaten again. It was now around 2pm. I really need a watch to remind me to eat every three hours. It's kind of maddening to have to eat that often, but I still had some roast beef/cheese in the car so I ate a little of that.

After shopping, I headed home. I was tuckered out. I knew I needed something refreshing to drink, but I was so tired, I didn't make juice or a smoothie. I know, I know, I would've felt so much better, but I was just so tired, you know? John got home from work and decided he was making burgers and Tony volunteered to make me my burger. He said he knew I could only maybe eat 1/4 of a burger patty, so I let him go for it. He carved down a hamburger bun to about the size of a soda can lid, added the burger, a slice of tomato, little bit of lettuce, onion, feta cheese and a nice light dressing of some type. I ate the meat and most of the veggies, but not much bun. I'm not supposed to eat soft bread yet, but I did eat a little bit but I chewed it til it was all but juice in my mouth. I know that sounds gross, but it's how I have to do it. Cantaloupe for dessert and I'm a happy camper.

I have to force myself to get the protein down. I need to make sure I have protein at each of my 5 meals during the day. I do notice that if I don't get much protein during the day, either by meat or veggies, that I feel lethargic and unmotivated. When I made the smoothie the other day, it perked me right up, so I have to remember that I can have a smoothie instead of a meal since those veggies do contain some protein.

Pretty much a blah day. I didn't even weight myself.