Bedbound ‘n’ Bonkers Food Diary

[CraftySam]

Making a thread for my food diary when I start.
It will be soon but has to be when a carer can hoist me out and get me on the scales
Not sure what they will say. Prob 21/22 stone or so.
My respiratory nurse says with such bad sleep apnoea it will be difficult to lose as my body is in distress mode but not impossible
Fingers crossed

 

[AliGal]

Let's hope your nurse is wrong. Good luck!

 

[CraftySam]

B boiled eggs

L ryvitas (hexb) with marmite and free cottage cheese. Banana and 150g vanilla skyr (FREE omg)

D tesco lf ready meal think 7 syns idk lol
Jaffa cake alpen light 3 syns

Hexa milk for teas throughout day
1 litre squash
3 mint teas

 

[mistyangel]

Making a thread for my food diary when I start.
It will be soon but has to be when a carer can hoist me out and get me on the scales
Not sure what they will say. Prob 21/22 stone or so.
My respiratory nurse says with such bad sleep apnoea it will be difficult to lose as my body is in distress mode but not impossible
Fingers crossed
♥

That is the thing, losing weight can help Sleep Apnoea, I know a lot of people, one in particular who had particularly bad Sleep Apnoea and he managed to lose 3 and half stones, so I am not sure what your nurse is saying, but I suppose they are more of an expert than me. But all in all healthy eating must be a good thing either way!!!

 

[CraftySam]

Yeah I was stopping breathing 90 times per hour which is very scary. I mean, severe sleep apnea is 30! the CPAP machine does a great job bringing it down in number but because of other health conditions I'm having problems using it for long

I should be put on the scrap heap

 

[mistyangel]

Yeah I was stopping breathing 90 times per hour which is very scary. I mean, severe sleep apnea is 30! the CPAP machine does a great job bringing it down in number but because of other health conditions I'm having problems using it for long

I should be put on the scrap heap

That is scary, but having a healthy eating plan can only be a good thing right? I really hope you find a balance that will suit you and wish you well x

 

[CraftySam]

Oh I've always eaten healthily the soup I lived on for the putting on 3lb a week was 1 potato 4 carrots half a Swede and cabbage/spinach etc...

All healthy but..I put on weight

Probably because I'm so special

 

[AliGal]

I think some of us fat folk are really responsive to carbs. I've probably eaten as much in fat and protein in calories but still lost weight when I lowered the carbs. There's a chap who tweets as lowcarbgp and a website called dietdoctor.com that you may find interesting.

It will be wonderful if you can recover sleep.

 

[CraftySam]

Well the problem is even if you take sleep apnea out of the equation I still have non restorative sleep so it's a silly situation indeed

Yes I tried keto for a year. Under 20 carbs per day and it only stopped me putting weight on I never lost any. My specialist told me not to worry but ... of course I shall

 

[CraftySam]

B boiled eggs

L ryvitas (hexb) with marmite and free cottage cheese. Banana and 150g vanilla skyr (FREE omg)

D tesco lf ready meal think 7 syns idk lol
Jaffa cake alpen light 3 syns

Hexa milk for teas throughout day
1 litre squash
3 mint teas

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2 apples in evening.

 

[CraftySam]

B 2 boiled eggs and a banana

L mini quiches and jacket potato with Philadelphia (hexa)

D chicken stir fry

Snack ryvita (hexb) and cottage cheese

Syns 5 milk in tea
1.5 nice by nature smoothie lolly (24kcal)
4 for stir fry sauce

10.5 syns total

 

[CraftySam]

B 2 mini quiches + banana

L potato filled with tuna and sweetcorn
Banana with vanilla skyr plus 1tsp white choc options

D rice and chicken & veg curry

S toast and marmite

HEXA milk in teas
HEXB toast

Syns
1 for mayo in tuna and sweetcorn
1 for after lunch options mixture
1 for toast spread

 

[CraftySam]

B nothing

L potato with coleslaw and 2 mini quiches
Apple

D oven chips and mince with veg
Melon

Milk for teas (hexa)
Toast snack (hexb)

Syns
toast, coleslaw and oven chips

 

[CraftySam]

Exactly. That's why my body is in crisis as atm I can't even use CPAP for long. Will see what happens after first few weeks as I always lose water weight at first but sometimes it just comes back again

Fingers crossed

 

[CraftySam]

I already have diagnoses

 

[bog willow]

Gosh, Sam, your situation sounds so challenging. Are you hoping some weight loss will help with the sleep apnea, or is your sleep apnea not caused by excess weight?

I have had friends, due to psych med weight gain. that needed to use a CPAP for sleep apnea, but it sounds like your situation is something different. I guess you wake up still tired, not feeling like you've slept well..you mention you have non restorative sleep in addition to sleep apnea. Chronic exhaustion I can relate to, having suffered the worst insomnia for many years.. so wow, well done you for giving it a go, my hat's off to you.

 

[CraftySam]

For years I've tried so so hard. I'm never going to stop trying. I've eaten healthily for years and gained so much weight I'm just hoping that this time if it goes it will stay the heck away

 

[CraftySam]

1 Aug

Having pineapple and banana after dinner too. I'm costing us loads in fruit haha

 

[CraftySam]

Week 1 loss 10lb wooòohooòo

 

[CraftySam]

So unwell
Today
Been left food
To munch on
If I can