low carb menu

- 11 eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup
- SF jello with heavy cream

LCing

Thursday: - Not sure how many eggs, seven or eight, fried in butter - Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup - SF jello with heavy cream Friday's menu: - 15 eggs, fried in butter - I think this is the right number.... lots of eggs - Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup - SF jello with heavy cream

Low carb menu

Tuesday's menu:
- Not sure how many eggs, seven or eight, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup
- SF jello with heavy cream

Wednesday's menu:
- 11 eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup
- SF jello with heavy cream 

Considering scaling back on some of the zero carb condiments, based on price and suspected gastric distress.

Low carb menu

- A dozen eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup
- SF jello with heavy cream

Low carb menu

- Seven eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter
- SF jello with heavy cream

Low carbin

- Ten eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter
- SF jello with heavy cream

Low carb menu

- Ten eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter
- SF jello with heavy cream
- 12 oz cheddar 

Low carb menu

- Eight eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter
- SF jello with heavy cream
 

Low carb menu & nursing school

- Five eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped cinnamon raisin peanut butter
- SF jello with heavy cream
 
So, my classes start up on September 6th.  My surgery is on August 23rd, which should be plenty of time for me to heal in between without even having to skip a semester, after all, which is ideal.

Low carbin' at the pool party

- 3 deviled eggs (ala sister)
- A little romaine with ranch and maybe 1/4 cup of cheese (at least)
- Pork loin
- SF jello with heavy cream
- Three eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms jelly & whipped peanut butter

All of the excitement

- Seven eggs (maybe less, hard to remember)
- 8 oz cream cheese
- Walden Farms whipped peanut butter and jelly
- SF jello with heavy cream mixed in

My GI doc said that my CD is highly treatable!!!  He wants to start me on Remicade asap.  He agreed to let me have my plastic surgery done first and thinks it's good to get that out of the way before beginning my infusion.  Yayyy.

All is good.

August 23rd... abdominoplasty and arm lift.   It was going to be on August 1st, but I cancelled it per the recommendation of a GI doc at the hospital who warned against doing it whilst on the prednisone.  The prednisone will be done on August 12...

Flying down to Arkansas on August 8th to meet with the boyfriend, meet his mom and driving him up here with a carload of his belongings to have us begin our life together.

Exciting and thrillingly scary stuff.

*Schedules appointment with therapist.*  (may as well - my yearly deductible has been met :P)

Low carb menu

- 13 eggs
- 10 oz spinach
- Walden farms whipped peanut butter and strawberry jelly
- Sf jello with heavy cream

Low carb menu and dry sheets

- Twelve eggs, fried in butter
- Walden farms whipped peanut butter and strawberry jelly
- Sf jello with heavy cream

Did not wake up with a night sweat even once!!!!  I need to start tracking this more often... Since night sweats seem to correlate with "active Crohn's" (or a flare up), this has to be a good thing.  Also, it adds to a better night's sleep... and a more restful beauty sleep.

Weaning off the prednisone!  Went from 25 down to 20mg.... and 5 less each week.  Last night, I had heart palpitations and not that much energy, but a quick google search made me glad to know that there was, at least, a reason for the issue.

Eating for a bandaid never works!

- Twelve eggs, fried in butter
- 24 oz cream cheese
- Sf jello with heavy cream

More night time eating..... I went crazy because I made a STUPID mistake on a credit/no credit quiz for my college class.  I neglected to fill in all of the boxes!!'

These quizzes are supposed to be "gimmie" points because you can literally print out the questions beforehand.

Luckily, my prof knows I try hard and I think he likes me.  I'm the kind of girl who you either love or find really annoying.   When I was in the hospital, he told me not to worry about the Test, the he could just not factor it into my grade, but not only did I show up, I got the highest score in the whole class. 

I pray my professor will give me the benefit of the doubt.  It really just takes my grade from a High-A to a Mid-B (from a 94 to an 86), but to go down like this would be a shame. 

Been makin' those red blood cells

- 10 oz spinach
- A  dozen eggs
- Walden Farms whipped cinnamon raisin peanut butter and pancake syrup and grape jelly (all Walden Farms products claim zero cals and carbs, by some magical way, I am guessing)
- SF jello with heavy cream

Got my bloodwork done... My hemoglobin went from 5.1 (lower than that, actually) all the way up to 11!!!!  Going in for an iron infusion today, which obviously helped a lot last time....

Onward and upward. :)

Low carb menu

- 10 oz spinach
- Nine eggs
- Walden Farms whipped peanut butter and pancake syrup
- SF jello with heavy cream - really loving the peach flavor

Low carb menu

- Five eggs, fried in butter
- SF jello with heavy cream
- Walden farms creamy bacon dressing - just to taste
- 16 oz cream cheese
- Atkins shake (french vanilla)
- 8 oz parm 

Low carb menu

- Nine eggs, fried in butter
- Eight sausage patties
- SF jello with heavy cream
- Walden farms raspberry fruit preserves
- 8 oz cream cheese

Low carb menu

- Nine eggs, fried in butter
- Ten sausage patties
- SF jello with heavy cream
- Walden farms peanut spread, apple butter and grape jelly
- 4 oz parmesan cheese

Low carb menu

- Six eggs, fried in butter
- A batch of spinach bread , using a couple extra eggs for more body
- Seven sausage patties
- 2.5 oz bacon
- Parm cheese
- Some Walden Farms cinnamon raisin peanut spread and grape jelly
- SF jello with hwc

Food is not a pain reliever

- 11 eggs (I think)
- Burger patty with lettuce, mayo and mustard (ala brother in law)
- Five sausage patties (maybe more)
- SF jello

Night time eating........... I feel like the steroids, the finding out about the autoimmune disease, the medical bills, the low energy have been taking their toll on me.  I, in typical binge fashion, have been turning to food for comfort.... (which, I might add, is fucking short-lived and makes me feel way worse than before).  Read: not effective. 

Low carb menu

- 10 eggs, fried in butter
- Two batches of spinach bread 
- A bottle of ranch dressing
- SF jello with heavy cream mixed in

I could not stop eating the spinach bread.  It's very good.   I made a double batch and it's sooo good.

Low carb menu

- One egg, fried in butter
- Two eggs, bacon wrapped shrimp, cheesy spinach casserole, white fish, beef, a couple slices zucchini and shrimp (at Chinese buffet)
- SF jello 
- Two eggs and two sausage patties with sf syrup
- Two servings of burger florentine
- Parmesan cheese

I need to reel in the eating.  Definitely been eating for comfort and for reasons other than fueling my body. I need to get this in check for sure.

Low carb menu

- 15 eggs, fried in butter
- Two servings of burger florentine
- Mayo

Low carb menu

- Atkins vanilla shake
- Two eggs, fried in butter
- Two eggs, fried in butter
- Four eggs, fried in butter
- Half a piece of burger florentine
- Mayo
- 2.25 oz cheese
- SF jello

Low carb menu

- Fifteen eggs
- Large can of tuna (I think it's like 10 oz)
- Mayo
- SF jello
- 0.75 cheddar cheese

Low carb menu birthday style

- Six eggs, fried in butter
- Seven eggs, hard boiled with mayo
- 2.25 oz cheese
- SF jello

Since my hemoglobin is still low, I'm kind of struggling with the energy thing.  Iron infusions to come in the near future.

I was able to drop from 40 mg to 25 mg of the prednisone, which is good... After two weeks, I will taper down 5 mg/week, which is good. 

I didn't really do anything for my birthday because I was just out of the hospital the day before.... I'm more of a home body than a big birthday party girl, anyway.

But my dog and I definitely cuddled hard in honor of Mommy being home.

Low carb menu

- Two hard boiled eggs with two pieces of bacon, a slice of swiss cheese
- SF jello
- Three eggs
- Four eggs
- Four eggs
- Four sausage patties

I was so hungry last night... I think from the prednisone.... but I'm going to do my best...