Weight and Wheelchair bound.
I never had much of a weight problem. However, for the last 5 years or so since I have been confined to a wheelchair my weight has been creeping up. Now try as hard as I can, I can't get my weight to go down or just stop going up.
Well I guess that isn't quite true. I think what happens a lot is I get bored just sitting here in the den all day long. So in the afternoon I will have a snack of 8 or 9 dry roasted almonds. Sometimes, I also will have a 1/2 cup of sugar free jell-o. Then of course there is the snack I always have before bedtime. It is REALLY hard to change a lifetime of eating habits.
I try to keep breakfast down to two pieces of bread, either toasted with butter and jam, or with butter and cheese. Or I will have a small serving of my homemade granola. Lunch is always a small bowl of soup and a piece of fruit. At supper I never have seconds. I guess I will just have to try to reduce my supper portion and my bedtime snack portion.
However, like I mentioned before, it is extremely difficult to change your eating habits. Before I was confined to the wheelchair, I used to ride my bicycle, workout at the gym, and swim laps. These were activities I liked to do. They made me feel good and also allowed me to eat normal portion sizes and not gain weight.
Now I have a neuromuscular disease that has me confined to a wheelchair and some of the medicine I take for that causes weight gain. I also have an under active thyroid which causes weight gain. I guess I am just frustrated today.
Well now it is time to have another boring lunch of soup and an apple.
Well I guess that isn't quite true. I think what happens a lot is I get bored just sitting here in the den all day long. So in the afternoon I will have a snack of 8 or 9 dry roasted almonds. Sometimes, I also will have a 1/2 cup of sugar free jell-o. Then of course there is the snack I always have before bedtime. It is REALLY hard to change a lifetime of eating habits.
I try to keep breakfast down to two pieces of bread, either toasted with butter and jam, or with butter and cheese. Or I will have a small serving of my homemade granola. Lunch is always a small bowl of soup and a piece of fruit. At supper I never have seconds. I guess I will just have to try to reduce my supper portion and my bedtime snack portion.
However, like I mentioned before, it is extremely difficult to change your eating habits. Before I was confined to the wheelchair, I used to ride my bicycle, workout at the gym, and swim laps. These were activities I liked to do. They made me feel good and also allowed me to eat normal portion sizes and not gain weight.
Now I have a neuromuscular disease that has me confined to a wheelchair and some of the medicine I take for that causes weight gain. I also have an under active thyroid which causes weight gain. I guess I am just frustrated today.
Well now it is time to have another boring lunch of soup and an apple.
posted by UP at 9:03 AM
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Oooops! Eeeeeeeeeeek!
Look at what I did with that comment! I didn't close the HTML thing at the end, or something. -grin-
Oh well, I never claim to be 'techy.' :-)
Mari-Nanci
That is hard. I really feel for you. I was taking a drug at one time that made me gain half a pound every 3 days like clockwork.
Being confined to a wheelchair and having thyroid problems at the same time... ugh. I was talking to a friend recently who had had a stroke and was gaining weight. She can't do much at all and says food is one of the few things she has to look forward to.
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