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Well, I never did get to celebrate Mother's Day or my birthday as they happened during hubby's round of new chemo. He has been very symptomatic most of the time since then and taking care of him takes up a lot of my spare time. He is worth it. He used to be cute like Sean Connery. Now he is cute like John Belushi/Larry The Cable Guy, steroids make you puffy. LOL. I'm okay with it. I weighed a fit 115 when we met with curves in all the right places but then menopause happened and I morphed into more of a Queen Latifa/Melissa MacCarthy. LOL. Maybe not quite that fluffy but I did at one point double my weight. He still thinks other men find me attractive and guards me like a police dog. LOL. Very demented hubby. LOL. When he is in fine form he can still make me laugh till I am breathless and half-dead from hypoxia. Sounds horrible but it isn't as for me a man who can make me laugh is at the top of my list. It's also high on my list of traits of women friends. If you know who Red Green is, one of his quotes is "If women don't find you handsome they should at least find you handy." Unlike Red Green, Hubby is REALLY handy. Hubby is worth a lot of sacrifice. So I have to reaccess my half-baked goals to be able to take care of him. I have to find new tools for my "tool box". Which means less fast food, junk food, carbs. More protein/lean meat/fish, adequate fiber, low to moderate glycemic veggies/fruits, seeds/nuts, low sugar/low fat "dairy", beans/legumes. One of my tools I relied on in the past is not buying stuff that I should not be eating but hubby has cancer and is encouraged to eat whatever he can. So that tool is not going to work real well. I served a lot of salads with tons of raw veggies which hubby can't tolerate. I have to really cut back on ice cream, cookies, candy, pie, cake. etc. And bread, pasta, and rice. I probably will have to learn to watch him eat them. Yikes! LOL. I have some friends who are joining this site now. Rjv531, grandma73, and LadyShineEH14. LadyShineEH14 you need to not be on private to be able to talk to us. My friends are awesome and I told them all about you all who are awesome too. This picture is for Wonder Girl T3r3sa7 who requested it. More later.
Diet Calendar Entries for 01 June 2024:
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1670 kcal
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Fat: 101.29g | Prot: 84.98g | Carb: 131.80g.
Breakfast: Clementines, Great Value Vermont Maple Premium Sausage Patties, Farmland Foods Thick Cut Bacon, Egg White, Lewis Bake Shop Keto Bread. Dinner: Olive Garden Italian Dressing, Mezzetta Imported Golden Greek Peperoncini, Mt. Olive Jalapeno Slices, Marketside 12" Meat Trio Pizza, Organic Great Value Chia Seeds, Cucumber (with Peel), Marketside Classic Iceberg Salad, Great Value Green Olives with Pimento, Pepperidge Farm Seasoned Croutons, Now Foods Nutritional Yeast Flakes, Dole Green Onion, Red Sweet Pepper. Snacks/Other: Sam's Choice Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa, Skinny Pop Popcorn, Peter Pan Creamy Peanut Butter, Lewis Bake Shop Keto Bread. more...
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2953 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Desk Work - 3 hours, Reading - 1 hour, Bathing - 30 minutes, Washing Dishes - 10 minutes, Cleaning - 2 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 7 hours and 20 minutes, Cooking - 2 hours. more...
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Your hubby sounds like a gem! I love sense of humor, too. Beautiful garden!
01 Jun 24 by member: moko 13
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Amen sister! Im with you on the laughs are what attracts me too! A keen sense of humor and a little green eyed monster here ad there are GOLD! You are a helluva woman and you have an awesome hubby and relationship. Blessings! And that is the best looking cabbage I have ever seen. LOL. So neat and tidy too. xo
01 Jun 24 by member: Windy Day
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01 Jun 24 by member: Windy Day
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Sounds like you & hubby have something very special. 💜💚💛
01 Jun 24 by member: shirfleur 1
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Thanks, Moko! He is a great guy. I'm almost 5 years older than him and he says I lured him with M&Ms. Partially true. At least I didn't use the lost dog routine. LOL. I am not a full cougar as there has to be a 10 year difference. I told our son I was a Lynx. LOL.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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BTW, my son in Alaska once grew some cabbage, but just as the heads were maturing, some moose came by and ate them all. LOL!
01 Jun 24 by member: shirfleur 1
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Windy Day, we were not looking for forever when we met as we both had other plans but God had plans for us. When it is right, you know. Hubby has a really green thumb and passed some of it on to me. The best garden we ever had we had to put on rubber boots and stick the plants in the mud which keep sucking our boots off our feet. LOL.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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shirfleur 1, We have a lot in common. Actually were born in the same county but met in another decades later.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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shirfleur 1, we have had our gardens eaten by practically everything. You learn to plant a lot and share. LOL.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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Morticia I love this: "we were not looking for forever when we met as we both had other plans but God had plans for us. When it is right, you know. " Beautiful
01 Jun 24 by member: Windy Day
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Windy Day, Thanks. Hubby and I had both ended bad relationships and had no desire for another. We were introduced by a friend. I was moving to Naples, Florida to take my dream job. He called one day and said he tried to let me go, tried to forget me and it was not ever going to work. So I stayed.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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Morticia, that is so romantic! You were meant to be together. And Id be willing to bet you've never regretted your decision to give up the dream job for your soulmate. That's wonderful. A real true love story💞♥️♥️
01 Jun 24 by member: Windy Day
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Morticia i love that story of love. What a gift you both have been given. If you are a lynx with a five year gap and a cougar is a 10 year gap then at almost 15 years what am i? Sabre tooth tiger? Mastodon? Big hugs to you for your not quite as planned birthday.
01 Jun 24 by member: Yearofhealth2023
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I think we were even surprised by what happened. When I went to meet his parents for the first time his dad told him, "Son, this is the one. You can stop looking." Hubby said, "I know, Dad." His father told my mom he didn't really believe in romantic love until he was around us.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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Yearofhealth2023, LOL. You, GF, are a fox! We know we are blessed. All of our friends are divorced now. I planned to never remarry but he talked me into it after quite a while. The first 30 years of my life before I met him were miserable before I met him. God took pity on me.
01 Jun 24 by member: -MorticiaAddams
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I dont think it is pity Morticia more like a reward. I had such a less than pleasant childhood and young adulthood and I remember thinking why do i keep having such bad things happen and THEN i got pregnant. I could barely take care of myself, was in college and working full time and a single parent from first trimester and thought this was terrible. Turns out it was the REWARD God gave me for all the tests i experienced. Not that all has been roses but she was worth every single unhappy thing prior to that. So maybe thats what happened for you. God said, hmmm, Morticia keeps hanging in there let me send her a lifelong reward. That’s the 🎁
01 Jun 24 by member: Yearofhealth2023
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What a beautiful story! I took have a gem of a husband who also makes laugh so I can really relate to what you are saying. I know it's hard to take care of him even though you obviously take the " in sickness and in health" seriously. Don't forget though to take care of yourself as well! Thanks for sharing, I feel like I know you better now💜
01 Jun 24 by member: Diana 1234
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look at this beautiful garden thanks for sharing morticiaAddams
01 Jun 24 by member: buenitabishop
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not my husband, but my father-in-law was on chemo and just being able to try to eat anything was so hard taking care of him. Had I not been 20, I probably would have gained so much weight. I probably would have felt better if I had taken any time to eat something healthy, go you for having the wherewithal. We were left with lots of vanilla Ensure drinks to finish since he could usually drink one mixed with vanilla ice cream. They're actually pretty good.
01 Jun 24 by member: sherylquintanasmith
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Wow your garden is amazing! So jealous. Thanks for posting it! Wow I loved your story! So romantic. M&Ms, who would've thought... 😂 I'm almost 3 years older than my husband! Not sure if that constitutes a name but 50 next year will suck when he's still 47 as he likes to tease me. Sorry you had to miss your birthday and so much lately. Sounds like you have a great husband but he's definitely lucky to have you! And about the eating! Ugh, my life! I live with 4 skinny people who don't want to eat as healthy as I do. So 95% of the time I have to eat differently. Tonight my daughter made chocolate chip cookies. I am trying not to have sugar (day 6). So I feel your pain. I'm sorry you have to be around his food that you don't want to eat and make two different meals, etc. That's hard. I've struggled with that situation for years so I know it's hard mentally and time-wise. You are an amazing person! We are here for you and that's fun that your friends have joined you on this!
01 Jun 24 by member: T3r3sa7
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