Well, the first day of my healthy new lifestyle sort of worked. I managed to drink more water. I got out and walked a little (still not feeling good enough to do a lot of walking yet). I ate turkey spaghetti for dinner with whole wheat spaghetti and NO garlic bread even though there is some in the freezer.
My real problem still remains the prednisone munchies. I seem to be addicted to chocolate covered peanuts. I am not talking about a handful here, but an entire bag a day. As my “never been fat” husband is quick to point out, the bag has over 1200 calories. Okay, 1200 calories is a day’s worth of food. Who cares if I ate turkey spaghetti if I also managed to down almost an entire bag of the chocolate peanuts (and the night is still young).
I know I should just drink tea or water (good for the bronchitis als0); however, that really and truly does not help the prednisone munchies. Could just scream, but maybe seeing this in writing will help.
not eating after 7pm is a harsh start… try 9pm… much more realistic…
water intake is NOT counted with beans, potatoes, etc….
64oz of water is best taken by sipping all day long…. FYI – drink 5-6 oz of water 1st thing in morning, 10 mins. prior to drinking coffee… you are sleepish in am due to dehydration … you will be amazed at the difference in waking up after water intake…
Eight glasses of water (liquid) per day should include the liquids from what you eat.. from beans, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.