Random Muttering
May. 10th, 2006 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyra_ojosverdesGod, eating can be a chore sometimes.
Like when I'm adjusting to new meds which make me a little sick to my stomach, so I have no appetite whatsoever and eat on principle and to avoid low blood sugar and it's all "Oh, if I must nibble upon something..."
I've made it through three-fourths of a bran muffin and am very proud of myself. I need to finish that muffin and another by five pm. This is my Big Important Goal for today. Yeah, I'm not impressed either.
ETA 2:42 pm: I finished the second muffin with two hours to spare! Wooo! Um.
Related random muttering: at the doctor's office Monday, the nurse weighed me (as nurses are wont to do). She had me sit down in the examination room and congratulated me on losing 15 pounds since my last visit (in November). I sort of blinked at her, so she further praised the accomplishment. I further looked nonplussed. As![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gryphonwing and I jointly griped last night, she doesn't know how I lost the weight1, she doesn't know how quickly I lost the weight2, she doesn't know my relationship with food3... she's just looking at the numbers and assuming the change is good.
My doctor, on the other hand, glanced at the numbers and asked if the weight loss was related to stress. I said yes, it was. She recommended exercise and attention to what I'm eating with regard to nutrition. You know, standard doctor advice.
1. Some people eat more when under high stress. I lose my appetite.
2. I'm estimating 20 pounds in two months. I've gained five pounds since the last week in March. I don't own a scale and only weigh myself when I visit my father or go to the doctor, so I only have a rough idea of when the weight loss took place.
3. I had subclinical anorexia (didn't drop down to 80% of my total/expected body weight, more like 85%... though now Wikipedia tells me diagnostic criteria is 85%... whatever, it was between ages 12 and 16) in junior high and high school. First person to minimize that by noting I'm not exactly underweight as an adult gets to be batting practice for anyone who's ever dealt with an eating disorder.
Like when I'm adjusting to new meds which make me a little sick to my stomach, so I have no appetite whatsoever and eat on principle and to avoid low blood sugar and it's all "Oh, if I must nibble upon something..."
I've made it through three-fourths of a bran muffin and am very proud of myself. I need to finish that muffin and another by five pm. This is my Big Important Goal for today. Yeah, I'm not impressed either.
ETA 2:42 pm: I finished the second muffin with two hours to spare! Wooo! Um.
Related random muttering: at the doctor's office Monday, the nurse weighed me (as nurses are wont to do). She had me sit down in the examination room and congratulated me on losing 15 pounds since my last visit (in November). I sort of blinked at her, so she further praised the accomplishment. I further looked nonplussed. As
gryphonwing and I jointly griped last night, she doesn't know how I lost the weight1, she doesn't know how quickly I lost the weight2, she doesn't know my relationship with food3... she's just looking at the numbers and assuming the change is good. My doctor, on the other hand, glanced at the numbers and asked if the weight loss was related to stress. I said yes, it was. She recommended exercise and attention to what I'm eating with regard to nutrition. You know, standard doctor advice.
1. Some people eat more when under high stress. I lose my appetite.
2. I'm estimating 20 pounds in two months. I've gained five pounds since the last week in March. I don't own a scale and only weigh myself when I visit my father or go to the doctor, so I only have a rough idea of when the weight loss took place.
3. I had subclinical anorexia (didn't drop down to 80% of my total/expected body weight, more like 85%... though now Wikipedia tells me diagnostic criteria is 85%... whatever, it was between ages 12 and 16) in junior high and high school. First person to minimize that by noting I'm not exactly underweight as an adult gets to be batting practice for anyone who's ever dealt with an eating disorder.
