Life Is Beautiful…..
I can’t believe how good I am doing; every day I feel better and better. Today I would have never guessed that I had surgery six weeks ago; six weeks wow it is amazing down eighty three pounds and feeling like a completely different person life is great. There have been so many changes or the last six weeks; my knees feel so much better, my feet don’t hurt as much, my back doesn’t hurt at all and I am doing Water Aerobics and I feel great after wards. In fact if the surgeon’s office will let me I am going to start doing Pilates on the nights that I don’t do Water Aerobics.
My goal is to try really hard not to have to have plastic surgery if I don’t have to. One elective surgery for me is enough. I know that if I work out hard enough that it may not be too bad. I know since I started going to gym I have started firming up. I have lost quit a lot of my but and it hurts to sit but since I started doing aerobics my but muscles are tightening up; so it is a good positive thing.
I need to sit down and write out my goals that I want to achieve from my weight loss surgery. There are so many things that I want to do that I don’t know where to start to set them. I know that I want to learn how to snow board; and I want to go to England. But other than that some of the things that I want are so simple and silly but they are still important to me. I know that one of my goals is to be able to by one outfit from Hollister;
Well maybe not I just went on there website and I am not sure that there is much there that I can wear. I love there clothes though that are really cute.
The Dietitian that I work with at St. Marks Hospital really pointed out how important it is to set goals and to take pictures. I did really good taking pictures the first few weeks and since then I have been a slacker. I am going to have my dad take a picture this weekend and I will post them on my blog. I don’t see that much of a difference in my self but every body else does.
I noticed that my hair is starting to thin out and so tonight I went and had my hair chopped out, it is shorter than it has ever been. I love it; it is going to be easy to take care of and it’s not going to take a lot to do it.
Thank you all so much for the love and support, it has been a big help in these difficult days. I appreciate the friend ships that I have and all the prayer that have been said in my honor. I have the greatest friends in the world and I love all of you!
Thank you!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
How To Get Past a Weight Loss Plateau
Thursday March 4, 2004
Says Jason Barger:
"Everyone who has ever been on a diet has hit a plateau at some point. It is that point where no matter what you do, you cannot seem to lose any weight. I myself have hit many of these and I am going to give you a few ways to blast through your weight loss plateau."
Depending on what type of weight loss plan you are on and how much weight loss you have attained already, these factors can play a significant role in halting your weight loss. You just need to see this as a maintenance point and keep charging ahead, while waiting to achieve your goals.
The first thing to consider is that you may be getting close to your ideal weight. I myself quit losing weight once I got down to 175 pounds. It seemed I could indulge a little bit and still stay at this weight. Now, it seems harder to put weight on then keep it off. But, I still need to stay on top of this because I know how quickly I can slip back into my old eating habits.
So if you aren't already at your ideal weight I am going to give you a few suggestions that may be able to help you break through this barrier. The main thing is to stick to your plan. This happens to everybody and you will get through this plateau.
Mix up your program:
By this I mean you may want to switch things around a bit. You may even want to modify your program. If you have been eating all protein, then you could try switching to salads or all vegetables for a couple days. You could even try switching to all carbohydrates for a few days. If you have been eating all carbs, then maybe switch to all protein for a while. You get the point, try to shake things up a bit and see if this helps or hurts.
Eat Healthier:
If you have been losing weight but not eating very healthfully, then maybe you should try to nourish you body. If you haven't been eating many calories or eating little or no vegetables, maybe try to get your body some extra nutrients. Try eating healthy foods and fats for a while. Your body may be missing something and this might be just the thing to get your through your plateau.
Start Exercising:
If you haven't already started an exercise regimen, then you should start. This can boost your weight loss immediately. Exercise and its benefits can range from losing weight to giving you a healthier heart. There are too many reasons not to exercise. If you have reached a plateau in your weight loss, then now is the best time to start exercising. Just get outside and walk for 20 minutes a day. If you can run then run. If you can only walk, then walk. I guarantee you that this will help you break through your plateau.
Go out and eat:
This also could be a good time to just go out and eat whatever you want. This can help you forget about dieting and weight loss for a while and just enjoy yourself. One care free day of eating is not going to sabotage your whole plan. Just eat whatever you want and forget about calories, carbs and fat for a day. This may be just what your mind and body need to get back on track and help you achieve success.
Says Jason Barger:
"Everyone who has ever been on a diet has hit a plateau at some point. It is that point where no matter what you do, you cannot seem to lose any weight. I myself have hit many of these and I am going to give you a few ways to blast through your weight loss plateau."
Depending on what type of weight loss plan you are on and how much weight loss you have attained already, these factors can play a significant role in halting your weight loss. You just need to see this as a maintenance point and keep charging ahead, while waiting to achieve your goals.
The first thing to consider is that you may be getting close to your ideal weight. I myself quit losing weight once I got down to 175 pounds. It seemed I could indulge a little bit and still stay at this weight. Now, it seems harder to put weight on then keep it off. But, I still need to stay on top of this because I know how quickly I can slip back into my old eating habits.
So if you aren't already at your ideal weight I am going to give you a few suggestions that may be able to help you break through this barrier. The main thing is to stick to your plan. This happens to everybody and you will get through this plateau.
Mix up your program:
By this I mean you may want to switch things around a bit. You may even want to modify your program. If you have been eating all protein, then you could try switching to salads or all vegetables for a couple days. You could even try switching to all carbohydrates for a few days. If you have been eating all carbs, then maybe switch to all protein for a while. You get the point, try to shake things up a bit and see if this helps or hurts.
Eat Healthier:
If you have been losing weight but not eating very healthfully, then maybe you should try to nourish you body. If you haven't been eating many calories or eating little or no vegetables, maybe try to get your body some extra nutrients. Try eating healthy foods and fats for a while. Your body may be missing something and this might be just the thing to get your through your plateau.
Start Exercising:
If you haven't already started an exercise regimen, then you should start. This can boost your weight loss immediately. Exercise and its benefits can range from losing weight to giving you a healthier heart. There are too many reasons not to exercise. If you have reached a plateau in your weight loss, then now is the best time to start exercising. Just get outside and walk for 20 minutes a day. If you can run then run. If you can only walk, then walk. I guarantee you that this will help you break through your plateau.
Go out and eat:
This also could be a good time to just go out and eat whatever you want. This can help you forget about dieting and weight loss for a while and just enjoy yourself. One care free day of eating is not going to sabotage your whole plan. Just eat whatever you want and forget about calories, carbs and fat for a day. This may be just what your mind and body need to get back on track and help you achieve success.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Feeling Good, But Tired!
I am so glad that I am doing as good as I am doing. Every once in a while I have a bad day or I eat something that my stomach just doesn't like; but those days are far and few in between so I am doing good. To day I did eat some crackers with my lunch that my stomach did not like; but that confuses me because the last time I ate them I did fine. So I think that they were just too dry today. So I will just wait a few more Day before I try them again. Let me tell you I hate throwing up, but it is far worse when you have to through up at work.
I got on the scale Saturday and have lost another three pounds; for some reason I think that my weight loss should be a little bigger than what it is, but at the same time I can complain because I am still loosing. I have friends that have had this surgery and about this time they were plateaued and weren't loosing anything; and I have lost consistent since January 19th. I don't want any one to think that I am complaining because I'm not; I just thought that the weight loss would be bigger for longer and it is just frustrating to me. I thought that I would loose more than I am. I am happy thought with what I am loosing; because as of right now I have lost more weight than I have ever lost in my whole life. So I am happy with what ever little bit that it is each week.
I keep promising that I am going to have my dad take a new picture of me, I am going to this week I promise. I guess that you can really tell know how much weight I have lost; but I have to tell you that I can't tell a differance but that is okay.
Well I am going to go so I can go to the gym and get my butt kicked by my areobics instructor. I was bad and didn't go on saturdaybecause I was sick to my stomach. I am going to try and blog a little more often this week, because there are some funny thoughts that run through my head right now. I love you all and appretiate all the love and support and hope that all of you know how much it means too me.
Thank You!
Ronda Gardner
I got on the scale Saturday and have lost another three pounds; for some reason I think that my weight loss should be a little bigger than what it is, but at the same time I can complain because I am still loosing. I have friends that have had this surgery and about this time they were plateaued and weren't loosing anything; and I have lost consistent since January 19th. I don't want any one to think that I am complaining because I'm not; I just thought that the weight loss would be bigger for longer and it is just frustrating to me. I thought that I would loose more than I am. I am happy thought with what I am loosing; because as of right now I have lost more weight than I have ever lost in my whole life. So I am happy with what ever little bit that it is each week.
I keep promising that I am going to have my dad take a new picture of me, I am going to this week I promise. I guess that you can really tell know how much weight I have lost; but I have to tell you that I can't tell a differance but that is okay.
Well I am going to go so I can go to the gym and get my butt kicked by my areobics instructor. I was bad and didn't go on saturdaybecause I was sick to my stomach. I am going to try and blog a little more often this week, because there are some funny thoughts that run through my head right now. I love you all and appretiate all the love and support and hope that all of you know how much it means too me.
Thank You!
Ronda Gardner
Thursday, April 17, 2008
A Long Week…..
I started back to work fulltime this week and I am a little tiered. I have to admit that it isn’t as bad as I thought that it was going to be; every day it gets a little easier. I think that getting back into the swing of every day life and being more active and doing more is really helping me to feel better. I know that the nights of the week that I go and do water aerobics I am so tiered that I don’t want to go; but I get up and I go and I feel great after words and I am glad that I went.
I think that it may also be the way that I think about things some times; I try not to think about what needs to be done and just do them and it makes it easier. I know that I am starting to learn what I can and can’t eat and foods are getting a lot easier to deal with. I am also starting to add new foods so I am getting more of a variety and that is helping too. I know that last night I ate a little bit of Chili and some cheese for dinner, it tasted really well and I was afraid that I was going to get sick but once my stomach started to digest it and it was okay.
There are times that I wish that I was farther out than I am, I am craving fresh strawberry really bad. I want too eat one but I am afraid of what it would do too me. I know that I can’t add fresh fruits and vegetables for a while. I am almost five weeks out, in a week I will start Phase three and that is from week seven through life and I will be able to add more foods. I am really excited about being able to add peanut butter; I love it and have been craving really bad. I was bad the other day and had just a little bit of it and it tasted so good. It tasted better than anything else I have had since I started eating food; I have to have organic peanut butter but that is okay I love Organic P.B so I am okay with that.
I am looking forward to the near future and what it holds for me. I need to get my father to take some pictures of me so I can post the new ones on my blog. I think that I am starting too look good. My stomach is getting flatter and it is a good thing; can you say “Oh Happy Day” I love the changes that are happening to me, they are wonderful and I feel great. I feel like a new person; I can walk far and not get tired and I don’t hurt. Things are just getting so much better.
I am glad that I chose to have a Gastric bypass; it has given me back my life. It has been a great thing, a difficult experience but I have learned a lot. Thank you all for your love and support, I am grateful for the love and prayers that I have received. Thank you all for everything!
Ronda Gardner
I think that it may also be the way that I think about things some times; I try not to think about what needs to be done and just do them and it makes it easier. I know that I am starting to learn what I can and can’t eat and foods are getting a lot easier to deal with. I am also starting to add new foods so I am getting more of a variety and that is helping too. I know that last night I ate a little bit of Chili and some cheese for dinner, it tasted really well and I was afraid that I was going to get sick but once my stomach started to digest it and it was okay.
There are times that I wish that I was farther out than I am, I am craving fresh strawberry really bad. I want too eat one but I am afraid of what it would do too me. I know that I can’t add fresh fruits and vegetables for a while. I am almost five weeks out, in a week I will start Phase three and that is from week seven through life and I will be able to add more foods. I am really excited about being able to add peanut butter; I love it and have been craving really bad. I was bad the other day and had just a little bit of it and it tasted so good. It tasted better than anything else I have had since I started eating food; I have to have organic peanut butter but that is okay I love Organic P.B so I am okay with that.
I am looking forward to the near future and what it holds for me. I need to get my father to take some pictures of me so I can post the new ones on my blog. I think that I am starting too look good. My stomach is getting flatter and it is a good thing; can you say “Oh Happy Day” I love the changes that are happening to me, they are wonderful and I feel great. I feel like a new person; I can walk far and not get tired and I don’t hurt. Things are just getting so much better.
I am glad that I chose to have a Gastric bypass; it has given me back my life. It has been a great thing, a difficult experience but I have learned a lot. Thank you all for your love and support, I am grateful for the love and prayers that I have received. Thank you all for everything!
Ronda Gardner
Sunday, April 13, 2008
What a Day!
Yesterday was a crazy day, I got up at seven in the morning to go to the gym and do water aerobics and man can you say that they kicked my butt; literally my bottom was so soar I wanted to cry before I was done. I met my friend Laureen’s trainer and he told us that we were awesome because he can’t do water aerobics because they are so hard. We are talking about a weight trainer who has done water resistance training and speed swimming and he can’t do water aerobics. That makes me feel good, they are hard but when you are done you feel like you have gotten a good work out I love it, my skin and hair doesn’t they are dry enough with out the added chlorine but I need to do something.
After the gym yesterday I came home, I got showered and cleaned up so I could go to a bridal shower. My cousin Risa is getting married to a sweet man named Chris; they are so cute together, I wish you could see them together. (those of you who don't know them) I can't believe that she is getting married; she is the baby of the family I love her to death and I am really excited for them both. They are twenty two and she waited for him while he served a mission. They are just an adorable couple! You could say that last night when I got home I was exhausted and then I took my husband out to drive and to practice parallel parking so that he can go down and take his driving test and get his License’s. I slept really good last night to say the least!
I started crying last night when I was with my husband because my hair has started falling out, I knew that it was going to happen but I am having a hard time dealing with it. It isn’t like my hair is really thick or anything and I don’t have a lot to spare. So I am just hoping and praying that I don’t loose too much before it starts to thicken back up. I am going to make a hair appointment to get it cut, it is probably going to be cut off short so that I can have the appearance of think hair with out actually having thick hair. I am not vain or anything but I am not dealing with this part of the surgery very well.
Mark tells me that I am beautiful anyways and that it doesn’t matter, and I know that it doesn’t but I am a girl and I am not supposed to go bald. I know that thinning hair is normal; my hair has been thinning for a few years now and it hasn’t been a problem. I can deal with any thing that the lord gives me, I have been through a lot of really difficult trials since I was married, I think that the hardest trial that I have faced was my miscarriage. There is nothing in this world that I have wanted more a child, to be a mother. When I found out I was pregnant I was over the moon I was so excited that I cried all the way home from the Doctors office. I am praying that it may happen again some day when the time is right. I want to be a mommy.
This last week I lost another four pounds, I am trying really hard not to be disappointed. I know that four pounds is better than nothing; and a lot of my friends who have had this surgery by this point in their weight loss they had hit a plateau. I have been loosing since January and I have not hit one yet; there has been weeks that the weight loss has been slower than others and then the next thing that I know I have had another huge loss. So I am going to stay positive and things will happen. I want to be able to get down to one hundred and seventy pounds; but if I can get down to two hundred and look good I may stay there, but I really think that I am going to try and keep going. I want to be under that two hundred mark. I said one day that I wanted to try to get down to one hundred and fifty and was told that there was no way that, that was way to small for me. I don’t want to have to deal with people telling me that I am too skinny, and that I look sick. Wont that be funny though, to be told that you are too fat your entire life and the to one day to be skinny. I think at that point I would just laugh at them.
I know that I am excited for what the future holds in store for me and that I can’t wait to be skinny. It will be a dream come true and the answer to a prayer. I hate trying to live life being over weight. It is very hard you really can’t live you just exist. You sit on the side lines and watch life pass you by. There are so many things that I want to do.
When my niece and nephews are here I want to be able to go out side with them and kick a soccer ball around, I want to be able to play volley ball with my friends from work, I want to be able to go to the zoo and walk around and enjoy my self and not feel like I am going to die. I want to go to salt lake and walk around the “This is the place monument” and enjoy my self and see how the early saints of the church lived and worshiped. I want to be able to go to lagoon and ride the rides and actually fit in the seats and not get squished my the bars. There are just so many things that I could go on for a day; but I think that you get the point. I want to be able to enjoy life to the fullest.
Well I am off so that I can get ready for church, I love all of you very much and I am so grateful, that I have such wonderful friends to help me through this journey. Your love and support means the world to me and I don’t think that you will ever know how much. Thank you all for your prayers and for keeping me in your thoughts. I know that I have many friends out there who did not think that I should do this and tried to talk me out of it. But I did what I thought was best for me, and I am very glad that I did it. I love you all.
Thank You all
Love
Ronda
After the gym yesterday I came home, I got showered and cleaned up so I could go to a bridal shower. My cousin Risa is getting married to a sweet man named Chris; they are so cute together, I wish you could see them together. (those of you who don't know them) I can't believe that she is getting married; she is the baby of the family I love her to death and I am really excited for them both. They are twenty two and she waited for him while he served a mission. They are just an adorable couple! You could say that last night when I got home I was exhausted and then I took my husband out to drive and to practice parallel parking so that he can go down and take his driving test and get his License’s. I slept really good last night to say the least!
I started crying last night when I was with my husband because my hair has started falling out, I knew that it was going to happen but I am having a hard time dealing with it. It isn’t like my hair is really thick or anything and I don’t have a lot to spare. So I am just hoping and praying that I don’t loose too much before it starts to thicken back up. I am going to make a hair appointment to get it cut, it is probably going to be cut off short so that I can have the appearance of think hair with out actually having thick hair. I am not vain or anything but I am not dealing with this part of the surgery very well.
Mark tells me that I am beautiful anyways and that it doesn’t matter, and I know that it doesn’t but I am a girl and I am not supposed to go bald. I know that thinning hair is normal; my hair has been thinning for a few years now and it hasn’t been a problem. I can deal with any thing that the lord gives me, I have been through a lot of really difficult trials since I was married, I think that the hardest trial that I have faced was my miscarriage. There is nothing in this world that I have wanted more a child, to be a mother. When I found out I was pregnant I was over the moon I was so excited that I cried all the way home from the Doctors office. I am praying that it may happen again some day when the time is right. I want to be a mommy.
This last week I lost another four pounds, I am trying really hard not to be disappointed. I know that four pounds is better than nothing; and a lot of my friends who have had this surgery by this point in their weight loss they had hit a plateau. I have been loosing since January and I have not hit one yet; there has been weeks that the weight loss has been slower than others and then the next thing that I know I have had another huge loss. So I am going to stay positive and things will happen. I want to be able to get down to one hundred and seventy pounds; but if I can get down to two hundred and look good I may stay there, but I really think that I am going to try and keep going. I want to be under that two hundred mark. I said one day that I wanted to try to get down to one hundred and fifty and was told that there was no way that, that was way to small for me. I don’t want to have to deal with people telling me that I am too skinny, and that I look sick. Wont that be funny though, to be told that you are too fat your entire life and the to one day to be skinny. I think at that point I would just laugh at them.
I know that I am excited for what the future holds in store for me and that I can’t wait to be skinny. It will be a dream come true and the answer to a prayer. I hate trying to live life being over weight. It is very hard you really can’t live you just exist. You sit on the side lines and watch life pass you by. There are so many things that I want to do.
When my niece and nephews are here I want to be able to go out side with them and kick a soccer ball around, I want to be able to play volley ball with my friends from work, I want to be able to go to the zoo and walk around and enjoy my self and not feel like I am going to die. I want to go to salt lake and walk around the “This is the place monument” and enjoy my self and see how the early saints of the church lived and worshiped. I want to be able to go to lagoon and ride the rides and actually fit in the seats and not get squished my the bars. There are just so many things that I could go on for a day; but I think that you get the point. I want to be able to enjoy life to the fullest.
Well I am off so that I can get ready for church, I love all of you very much and I am so grateful, that I have such wonderful friends to help me through this journey. Your love and support means the world to me and I don’t think that you will ever know how much. Thank you all for your prayers and for keeping me in your thoughts. I know that I have many friends out there who did not think that I should do this and tried to talk me out of it. But I did what I thought was best for me, and I am very glad that I did it. I love you all.
Thank You all
Love
Ronda
Friday, April 11, 2008
I am still in Shock…..
The other day when my friend Stephanie text me and told me that the New Kids on the Block were doing a reunion album and tour; I was in shock they were one group I thought that when they broke up would never get back together. Things were bad in the end; but a part of me is kind of excited about the new album, seeing them in concert will probably not happen but the album will be nice to hear. It really brings back a lot of wonderful and fun memories!
Okay, I had to get that out of my system so that I could focus on my blog for the night. Well my wedding ring is now too big. I can’t wear it for the fear that it is going to fall off my finger. It is really annoying while you are trying to work when your ring sits and spins around in a circle. I love my wedding ring and I don’t want too loose it that would break my heart.
I have felt better that last two days than I have in a while, it is amazing the difference. I blogged and said the other day that the surgeon wanted me too add Iron to my diet and that the first time I added beef it made me sick. Well I have learned that if I fry it for spaghetti or tacos, I can eat it that way and it goes down easy and doesn’t make me sick. And since I have added more Iron to my diet water is starting to taste better. I would love to be able to drink something else besides water; but a lot of things make me sick to some stomach and besides that artificial sweeteners dry out my mouth and give me cotton mouth.
I think that later I am going to try to drink a Diet Pepsi or talk my hubby into sharing one with me. I can’t drink a whole one by my self; and I love diet Pepsi but I will not touch Diet Dr. Pepper YUCK!!!!! Nasty and vial stuff; if I am going to drink a DP it is going to be the real thing.
Wow I really don’t have a lot to say tonight; I feel great am doing better every day, oh yeah and I got a new position at work! I am going to be a gatherer; I am really excited about that I love doing gathers. It is only a class three job and I am a class 4 operator, but this will give me the opportunity to make better money than I have ever been able to make at Beehive. I just need to convince them that the machine I am on is now mine and have it adjusted to fit me not Susanna, I use it more than she does so I don’t understand why it needs to be set for her. It is going to be a good positive change.
Well I need to get finished with every thing so I can get up early in the morning and go to the gym; we are doing water aerobics and eight thirty in the morning. I tell you I love them and would do them every day of the week if there was a class available but there isn’t. So I will do them on the nights that they are available to me and then walk on the other nights with my husband. I do also like the exercise bikes at the gym also.
Well I am off for the night, I just want to thank you all for the hundredth time for all the love and support, it really means a lot too me. It is helping to keep me going; you are all greatest I have realized that I have some amazing friends that I didn’t realize that I had. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Love you all
Ronda Gardner
Okay, I had to get that out of my system so that I could focus on my blog for the night. Well my wedding ring is now too big. I can’t wear it for the fear that it is going to fall off my finger. It is really annoying while you are trying to work when your ring sits and spins around in a circle. I love my wedding ring and I don’t want too loose it that would break my heart.
I have felt better that last two days than I have in a while, it is amazing the difference. I blogged and said the other day that the surgeon wanted me too add Iron to my diet and that the first time I added beef it made me sick. Well I have learned that if I fry it for spaghetti or tacos, I can eat it that way and it goes down easy and doesn’t make me sick. And since I have added more Iron to my diet water is starting to taste better. I would love to be able to drink something else besides water; but a lot of things make me sick to some stomach and besides that artificial sweeteners dry out my mouth and give me cotton mouth.
I think that later I am going to try to drink a Diet Pepsi or talk my hubby into sharing one with me. I can’t drink a whole one by my self; and I love diet Pepsi but I will not touch Diet Dr. Pepper YUCK!!!!! Nasty and vial stuff; if I am going to drink a DP it is going to be the real thing.
Wow I really don’t have a lot to say tonight; I feel great am doing better every day, oh yeah and I got a new position at work! I am going to be a gatherer; I am really excited about that I love doing gathers. It is only a class three job and I am a class 4 operator, but this will give me the opportunity to make better money than I have ever been able to make at Beehive. I just need to convince them that the machine I am on is now mine and have it adjusted to fit me not Susanna, I use it more than she does so I don’t understand why it needs to be set for her. It is going to be a good positive change.
Well I need to get finished with every thing so I can get up early in the morning and go to the gym; we are doing water aerobics and eight thirty in the morning. I tell you I love them and would do them every day of the week if there was a class available but there isn’t. So I will do them on the nights that they are available to me and then walk on the other nights with my husband. I do also like the exercise bikes at the gym also.
Well I am off for the night, I just want to thank you all for the hundredth time for all the love and support, it really means a lot too me. It is helping to keep me going; you are all greatest I have realized that I have some amazing friends that I didn’t realize that I had. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Love you all
Ronda Gardner
Thursday, April 10, 2008
I Love Working Out….
Yes, you read that right; you are not going crazy. Last Saturday I went and joined Golds Gym and I am thoroughly enjoying working out. I can’t so much that that I like going out and just walking for the heck of it, but going to the gym is fun.
Last night my friend Laureen and I went to the gym and we did water aerobics and it was a blast! I loved it…. I have never had so much fun working out ever and I can’t wait to go again. The crazy thing is, I actually felt like I got a work out when I was done. I love them; I told my mom that her and my dad need to go with us. There were several men in our class, and I think that my dad would like it.
One more day and I get on the scale and I hope that I loose, I know that a lot of people say that once they hit so many weeks that they hit a plateau and I am really dreading it. I think that it will be very hard to not loose anything for a week of; but I think that if it happens that I will be able to handle it, it will just be hard. It is normal every one does it.
I know that I did it while I was going to Weight Watchers that there were several times that I would plateau and then I would have a big loss and get back on track.
All I know is that since I have lost seventy five pounds I feel like a new women. I feel great; I feel like I cold run a marathon physically, but I do not have the energy to do it. All though last night when I went to the Gym I did not feel like I was tired and I wanted to stay home and sleep; but I got up went to the gym and I worked out and I felt great. It woke me up and gave me energy. In fact this morning I had more energy than normal and I think that it was because I worked out last night.
Debbie, thank you for what you said in your comment. Trent and I have been having this argument for years, that I Sexy is a state of mind not a state of being. He tells me that I am sexy, I have a hard time believing it I don’t feel sexy.
I think that things are starting to look up for me and they are starting to get better. Now that I have added more iron to my diet it is helping me get my water in. I still feel dehydrated some times; especially while I am at work, but I am working on it. I will work through every challenge and it will only bring a better tomorrow and make me stronger.
I will continue to update everyone on the changes and how I am doing and feeling. This weekend I will have my dad take some more recent pictures of me so that I can put them on my blog. It is crazy the changes that my body is going through.
I want to thank all of you again for your support and all the love that you have given me. I know that it has helped to keep me strong through the hard times. You are all great, I love you all!
Thank You
Ronda Gardner
Last night my friend Laureen and I went to the gym and we did water aerobics and it was a blast! I loved it…. I have never had so much fun working out ever and I can’t wait to go again. The crazy thing is, I actually felt like I got a work out when I was done. I love them; I told my mom that her and my dad need to go with us. There were several men in our class, and I think that my dad would like it.
One more day and I get on the scale and I hope that I loose, I know that a lot of people say that once they hit so many weeks that they hit a plateau and I am really dreading it. I think that it will be very hard to not loose anything for a week of; but I think that if it happens that I will be able to handle it, it will just be hard. It is normal every one does it.
I know that I did it while I was going to Weight Watchers that there were several times that I would plateau and then I would have a big loss and get back on track.
All I know is that since I have lost seventy five pounds I feel like a new women. I feel great; I feel like I cold run a marathon physically, but I do not have the energy to do it. All though last night when I went to the Gym I did not feel like I was tired and I wanted to stay home and sleep; but I got up went to the gym and I worked out and I felt great. It woke me up and gave me energy. In fact this morning I had more energy than normal and I think that it was because I worked out last night.
Debbie, thank you for what you said in your comment. Trent and I have been having this argument for years, that I Sexy is a state of mind not a state of being. He tells me that I am sexy, I have a hard time believing it I don’t feel sexy.
I think that things are starting to look up for me and they are starting to get better. Now that I have added more iron to my diet it is helping me get my water in. I still feel dehydrated some times; especially while I am at work, but I am working on it. I will work through every challenge and it will only bring a better tomorrow and make me stronger.
I will continue to update everyone on the changes and how I am doing and feeling. This weekend I will have my dad take some more recent pictures of me so that I can put them on my blog. It is crazy the changes that my body is going through.
I want to thank all of you again for your support and all the love that you have given me. I know that it has helped to keep me strong through the hard times. You are all great, I love you all!
Thank You
Ronda Gardner
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
I Need To Add More Iron To My Diet…
I called the surgeons office today and talked to them because I haven’t been feeling very good and I have been having a hard time dealing with certain foods. I know that some of it is my body and the way that it just deals with certain foods. They told me that I will learn what I can eat and then stick to those foods for a while and then we can try again later to add different things.
I have a copper taste in my mouth and they told me that I need to add more Iron to my diet but not in the form of a pill; they want to me too add a little bit of ground beef to my diet, and they also told me to eat spinach because it is full of Iron. Well I tried some beef today and the nasty taste in my mouth isn’t as bad, but the ground beef didn’t it well with my stomach. So I think that I am going to have to take it very slowly; or try to chew it longer that might help.
I have been doing a lot of thinking that last little while, I am curious about how things are going to be I loose all my weight. I am curious if I am going to still have a Big Butt, smaller but still big. I wonder if I am going too loose my boobs or if they are going to stay the way they are. I haven’t lost anything in my chest yet and I am okay with that. I wonder when I loose my weight if my check bones are going to be pronounced; and what my face is going to look like, or if I am going to look the same.
There are just so many things that I am curious about, and I can’t wait to see what the end results are going to be. I was embarrassed the other day because one of my friend’s sons’s said that I was going to be hot. I have also been told that when I get my weight off that my husband is going to have to lock me up and never let me out of the house again. I don’t know that I would go that far!
I know that Mark can’t believe that changes that I have already under gone since having surgery. I know that right now I am almost twenty pounds light than I was the day that I got married. I would love to be able to try on the wedding dress that I worn again. I felt so pretty that day and I want to be able to feel like that every day of the year; I felt like a princess.
I know that things have been difficult for me the last little while but it is worth every thing that I have gone through. I have lost almost eighty pounds and I feel like a new woman; I feel great, it is so nice to not have a back ache and to have my knees not killing me. It is just amazing the changes that I have under gone in such a short time.
Thank you all for being patient with my ramblings and my crazy thoughts. I appreciate the love and support, thank you I love you all!
Love
Ronda Gardner
I have a copper taste in my mouth and they told me that I need to add more Iron to my diet but not in the form of a pill; they want to me too add a little bit of ground beef to my diet, and they also told me to eat spinach because it is full of Iron. Well I tried some beef today and the nasty taste in my mouth isn’t as bad, but the ground beef didn’t it well with my stomach. So I think that I am going to have to take it very slowly; or try to chew it longer that might help.
I have been doing a lot of thinking that last little while, I am curious about how things are going to be I loose all my weight. I am curious if I am going to still have a Big Butt, smaller but still big. I wonder if I am going too loose my boobs or if they are going to stay the way they are. I haven’t lost anything in my chest yet and I am okay with that. I wonder when I loose my weight if my check bones are going to be pronounced; and what my face is going to look like, or if I am going to look the same.
There are just so many things that I am curious about, and I can’t wait to see what the end results are going to be. I was embarrassed the other day because one of my friend’s sons’s said that I was going to be hot. I have also been told that when I get my weight off that my husband is going to have to lock me up and never let me out of the house again. I don’t know that I would go that far!
I know that Mark can’t believe that changes that I have already under gone since having surgery. I know that right now I am almost twenty pounds light than I was the day that I got married. I would love to be able to try on the wedding dress that I worn again. I felt so pretty that day and I want to be able to feel like that every day of the year; I felt like a princess.
I know that things have been difficult for me the last little while but it is worth every thing that I have gone through. I have lost almost eighty pounds and I feel like a new woman; I feel great, it is so nice to not have a back ache and to have my knees not killing me. It is just amazing the changes that I have under gone in such a short time.
Thank you all for being patient with my ramblings and my crazy thoughts. I appreciate the love and support, thank you I love you all!
Love
Ronda Gardner
Monday, April 7, 2008
Random Thoughts…..
I have been thinking a lot the last week; and on top of trying to figure out I can and can’t eat with out getting sick I have been thinking about my friends. It is funny when certain things happen in your life you tend to learn who your real friends are.
I am that point right now; and it is a bit disheartening. I really miss my friends and was hoping to see them while I was convalescing but it didn’t happen. In fact I haven’t talked to some of them on weeks and I can’t get a hold of them. That is all right though because I have not only learned a lot about my self; but I have learned all about my friends as well.
It has just been hard because I was expecting to see certain of my friends after surgery and I am three weeks post off and I have not seen hid nor hear of them nor have I heard one single word from them. That is okay I am doing just fine with out any of them; I have seen Shandy and Stephanie since I came home and that was great. What more can I ask for?
I have had another bad day; I am having a hard time figuring out what I can and can’t eat. I am going to get it all worked out one of these days and then everything is going to be great. I have to tell you that I am looking forward to that day. I know that this is going to be a great thing, I just have to work through the first little bit of this diet and then things will get better. I know that they will.
I can’t complain because I feel better than I have felt in a long time, and that is saying a lot in its self. I FEEL GREAT!!!!!!! I can’t even beginning to imagine feeling any better than I do right at this moment. I can’t sit at work and sew and not limp all the way to the bathroom, I can walk with out being winded or out of breath. Those two things are great in and of them selves. I don’t think that I could ask for more.
Like I have discovered that I have made a lot of great friends over the last few months; and I am so grateful for all of them and what they have brought into my life. I know that every one come into your life for a reason; and that they bring something with them. I am so grateful for how rich my life is because of my friends; old and new and I am so grateful that they are all apart of my life. Thank you all for your continuing friendship and support; I appreciate everything that all of you have done. There is a song that every time I hear it, it makes me think of my friends. I am going to add the lyrics to the end of my blog. Thank you all!
Love
Ronda Gardner
“For Good” from the Broadway musical “Wicked”
(Elphaba) I'm limitedJust look at me
I'm limitedAnd just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do,
GlindaSo now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...
(Glinda) I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let themAnd we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba) It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetimeSo let me say before we part
So much of me Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the seaLike a seed dropped by a sky bird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda) Because I knew you
(Both) I have been changed for good
(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for
(Glinda) But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore
(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sunLike a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
(Both) Who can say if I've been Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
(Glinda) And because I knew you...
(Elphaba) Because I knew you...
(Both) Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.
I am that point right now; and it is a bit disheartening. I really miss my friends and was hoping to see them while I was convalescing but it didn’t happen. In fact I haven’t talked to some of them on weeks and I can’t get a hold of them. That is all right though because I have not only learned a lot about my self; but I have learned all about my friends as well.
It has just been hard because I was expecting to see certain of my friends after surgery and I am three weeks post off and I have not seen hid nor hear of them nor have I heard one single word from them. That is okay I am doing just fine with out any of them; I have seen Shandy and Stephanie since I came home and that was great. What more can I ask for?
I have had another bad day; I am having a hard time figuring out what I can and can’t eat. I am going to get it all worked out one of these days and then everything is going to be great. I have to tell you that I am looking forward to that day. I know that this is going to be a great thing, I just have to work through the first little bit of this diet and then things will get better. I know that they will.
I can’t complain because I feel better than I have felt in a long time, and that is saying a lot in its self. I FEEL GREAT!!!!!!! I can’t even beginning to imagine feeling any better than I do right at this moment. I can’t sit at work and sew and not limp all the way to the bathroom, I can walk with out being winded or out of breath. Those two things are great in and of them selves. I don’t think that I could ask for more.
Like I have discovered that I have made a lot of great friends over the last few months; and I am so grateful for all of them and what they have brought into my life. I know that every one come into your life for a reason; and that they bring something with them. I am so grateful for how rich my life is because of my friends; old and new and I am so grateful that they are all apart of my life. Thank you all for your continuing friendship and support; I appreciate everything that all of you have done. There is a song that every time I hear it, it makes me think of my friends. I am going to add the lyrics to the end of my blog. Thank you all!
Love
Ronda Gardner
“For Good” from the Broadway musical “Wicked”
(Elphaba) I'm limitedJust look at me
I'm limitedAnd just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do,
GlindaSo now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...
(Glinda) I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let themAnd we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba) It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetimeSo let me say before we part
So much of me Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the seaLike a seed dropped by a sky bird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda) Because I knew you
(Both) I have been changed for good
(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for
(Glinda) But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore
(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sunLike a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
(Both) Who can say if I've been Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
(Glinda) And because I knew you...
(Elphaba) Because I knew you...
(Both) Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Feeling Extremely Fatigued…
Wow, I can not believe how tired I am, it is absolutely incredible. I did not thinking that it was impossible for some one to be this tired; but I am and I need to figure what I can do to make it better. I know that as of today I am three weeks post-op (yeah) and as of tomorrow I can start adding foods to my diet that are higher in protein and I think that might help.
I don’t feel like I am able to get a head of anything right now. One day I will do really good drinking all of my water and then the next day I fail miserably. I just keep thinking that this had better get easier; because today is one of those days that is making me regret having this surgery. Its like I told my self earlier that it is a little too late to go back now. I don’t that if I knew that it was going to be this hard that I would change my mind and not do it. I would still do it, but I think that would be a little more open minded about how difficult that it is going to be.
I guess that I should make it clear, I am glad that I had the surgery it is giving me a new lease on life. I feel better after loosing seventy one pounds than I have felt in a long time. I knew what I was getting my self into when I decided to have the surgery, I knew that it was going to be hard that it was going to be a big change. But my stomach is having a difficult time dealing with certain things. Like I can’t eat too early in the morning my stomach gets very upset. Some proteins make me a little queasy. I am have a VERY hard time drinking my water right now because I have a constant bad taste in my mouth.
I am trying to get used to the adjustments to my diet, and they are difficult ones. The one thing that I thought was going to be really hard was giving up sugar and chocolate. It has been the easiest thing that I have ever done. I have no desire to put any of it in my mouth. In fact artificial sweeteners make me sick to my stomach and I don’t even want those. So I think that I just need to slow down; try not to get farther than I am supposed to be right no and take it one day at a time. And for now on when I have questions I need to start calling my surgeon and asking questions.
I am trying really hard, I AM going to be a success story I am going to do great. This is my one chance to get my weight off and by damn I am going to do it if it kills me. There is no revision for me; this is a once in a life time opportunity and if it doesn’t work the first time who says it will work a second. It is going to work and I can’t wait for the world to meet the Real Ronda Gardner, the girl that has been hiding in side me for her entire life. It is going to be wonderful and I can’t wait to share this experience with all of you.
I love you and am so grateful for all that love and support that all of you have shown me it means that world to me. The love and prayers have been felt thank you all again from the bottom of my heart.
I love you all
Ronda Gardner
I don’t feel like I am able to get a head of anything right now. One day I will do really good drinking all of my water and then the next day I fail miserably. I just keep thinking that this had better get easier; because today is one of those days that is making me regret having this surgery. Its like I told my self earlier that it is a little too late to go back now. I don’t that if I knew that it was going to be this hard that I would change my mind and not do it. I would still do it, but I think that would be a little more open minded about how difficult that it is going to be.
I guess that I should make it clear, I am glad that I had the surgery it is giving me a new lease on life. I feel better after loosing seventy one pounds than I have felt in a long time. I knew what I was getting my self into when I decided to have the surgery, I knew that it was going to be hard that it was going to be a big change. But my stomach is having a difficult time dealing with certain things. Like I can’t eat too early in the morning my stomach gets very upset. Some proteins make me a little queasy. I am have a VERY hard time drinking my water right now because I have a constant bad taste in my mouth.
I am trying to get used to the adjustments to my diet, and they are difficult ones. The one thing that I thought was going to be really hard was giving up sugar and chocolate. It has been the easiest thing that I have ever done. I have no desire to put any of it in my mouth. In fact artificial sweeteners make me sick to my stomach and I don’t even want those. So I think that I just need to slow down; try not to get farther than I am supposed to be right no and take it one day at a time. And for now on when I have questions I need to start calling my surgeon and asking questions.
I am trying really hard, I AM going to be a success story I am going to do great. This is my one chance to get my weight off and by damn I am going to do it if it kills me. There is no revision for me; this is a once in a life time opportunity and if it doesn’t work the first time who says it will work a second. It is going to work and I can’t wait for the world to meet the Real Ronda Gardner, the girl that has been hiding in side me for her entire life. It is going to be wonderful and I can’t wait to share this experience with all of you.
I love you and am so grateful for all that love and support that all of you have shown me it means that world to me. The love and prayers have been felt thank you all again from the bottom of my heart.
I love you all
Ronda Gardner
Thursday, April 3, 2008
I Want To Sleep
Since I went back to work my butt is getting kicked. Man I can't believe how tired I am after four hours of work. Then one of my bundle handlers the other day said well Lauren came beck to work full time after two weeks. That made me made; because my friend Lauren was out for a month after her Gastric Bypass, and I told Darcus about it too, I did not appreciate it.
The diet and every thing is getting a little easier; except I have a very difficult time tolerating food first thing in the morning. So I think that I am going to have to adjust when I eat my meals. This way it will also give me the opportunity to get some water in first thing in the morning and I think that will help me feel better as well. I used to get up and eat breakfast at five thirty in the morning and it never bothered me; but not now it is too much.
I am still learning what my body needs and when it needs it; So I will start eating breakfast at work at eight forty five and I think that my also give me a little more energy to help me make it through my four hours at work.
My parents have been told about this stuff through Isogenics that will give me the nutrients that my body isn't getting from a lack of food. I am going to see if my surgeon will allow me to take it. You only have to drink an ounce a day so I don't see why it would be a problem.
Well I am going to keep this post short and will post more this afternoon when I get home from work. Thank you for the love and support and from reading some of my mad ramblings. I love you all!
Ronda Gardner
The diet and every thing is getting a little easier; except I have a very difficult time tolerating food first thing in the morning. So I think that I am going to have to adjust when I eat my meals. This way it will also give me the opportunity to get some water in first thing in the morning and I think that will help me feel better as well. I used to get up and eat breakfast at five thirty in the morning and it never bothered me; but not now it is too much.
I am still learning what my body needs and when it needs it; So I will start eating breakfast at work at eight forty five and I think that my also give me a little more energy to help me make it through my four hours at work.
My parents have been told about this stuff through Isogenics that will give me the nutrients that my body isn't getting from a lack of food. I am going to see if my surgeon will allow me to take it. You only have to drink an ounce a day so I don't see why it would be a problem.
Well I am going to keep this post short and will post more this afternoon when I get home from work. Thank you for the love and support and from reading some of my mad ramblings. I love you all!
Ronda Gardner
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
A Quick Post....
I went back to work today and I tried to work full time and it was too much. By Twelve o'clock I was ready to go home. So for the rest of the week I am going to work part time, I will go in at eight and work until noon. That will allow me to be home and help my father if he needs help. I will tell you that story in a bit.
I did better today the only problem that I have had is being tired. That is because I did too much; but everything is getting better. I have actually been able to tolerate sugar substitutes which makes things a little better, its helps me be able to put propel in my water to help me drink my water a little better.
Yesterday I thought that I had a bad day; my father had a worse day. I got a strange phone call from my fathers cell phone, but it wasn't my father. The man on the other end of the phone asked me who I was I told him that I was Ronda Gardner he told me that he had the wrong number. That right there sent red flags off, A wrong number on my fathers phone I started to worry. Well I call the club house and asked them if they could transfer me to the shop and they told me that my dad was out.
Well not even ten minutes later my mom called me and told me that my dad had, had a seizure at work and they were taking him to the hospital. she said that Jake called her and told her that he found my father laying face down in a huge puddle of blood. We are not sure that my dad had a Seizure, we are thinking that he black out and landed on his face. Well needless to say that my dad looks like he went face to face with Mike Tyson, he has two black eyes a huge bump on is forehead, his nose is swollen thy think that he may have broke the tip of his nose but they can 't do any thing for it, it will eventually heal on its own.
When he was at the hospital they checked his dilantin levels and they were down to three and that is dangerous. Instead of doing anything for him they sent him and told him to take two Dilantin when he got home. Well they were even in bed twenty minutes until he had a seizure, so my poor mother was up most of the night. It is hard to sleep when you wake up to your husband crying out because he is going into a seizure; I know my husband is Epileptic. Well I was getting ready to get up this morning for work and I was dragging a bit when all of a sudden I heard a big thump, and then some smaller thumps.
The first thing that crossed my mind was that my dad was having a seziure. Well he was and my mom didn't even notice, she thought that it was me slamming the door. We ended up having to call 911 and having an ambulance sent out. Well they decided to take him to the hospital; the Dr. at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center gave him a Dilantin IV and said that would up is levels.
They brought him home from the hospital and he slept most of the afternoon and did okay.
But they think that they discovered what depleted his levels, he has been doing the six week body make over, what ever its called and they think that the supplements that you take on the diet did it. He didn't have problems until he started taking them. So not only can my mom not do the diet because her doctor said no, neither can my father. I am sure that the diet is good; it just Inst good for them.
Well so that has been the last twenty four hours at house and no matter how horrible I feel my poor dad is worse. I love him and it really bothers me to see him weak like that, he is so vulnerable when he has a seizure.
Thank you all for reading my blog and for all the love and support that you have given me.
God Bless
Love
Ronda Gardner
I did better today the only problem that I have had is being tired. That is because I did too much; but everything is getting better. I have actually been able to tolerate sugar substitutes which makes things a little better, its helps me be able to put propel in my water to help me drink my water a little better.
Yesterday I thought that I had a bad day; my father had a worse day. I got a strange phone call from my fathers cell phone, but it wasn't my father. The man on the other end of the phone asked me who I was I told him that I was Ronda Gardner he told me that he had the wrong number. That right there sent red flags off, A wrong number on my fathers phone I started to worry. Well I call the club house and asked them if they could transfer me to the shop and they told me that my dad was out.
Well not even ten minutes later my mom called me and told me that my dad had, had a seizure at work and they were taking him to the hospital. she said that Jake called her and told her that he found my father laying face down in a huge puddle of blood. We are not sure that my dad had a Seizure, we are thinking that he black out and landed on his face. Well needless to say that my dad looks like he went face to face with Mike Tyson, he has two black eyes a huge bump on is forehead, his nose is swollen thy think that he may have broke the tip of his nose but they can 't do any thing for it, it will eventually heal on its own.
When he was at the hospital they checked his dilantin levels and they were down to three and that is dangerous. Instead of doing anything for him they sent him and told him to take two Dilantin when he got home. Well they were even in bed twenty minutes until he had a seizure, so my poor mother was up most of the night. It is hard to sleep when you wake up to your husband crying out because he is going into a seizure; I know my husband is Epileptic. Well I was getting ready to get up this morning for work and I was dragging a bit when all of a sudden I heard a big thump, and then some smaller thumps.
The first thing that crossed my mind was that my dad was having a seziure. Well he was and my mom didn't even notice, she thought that it was me slamming the door. We ended up having to call 911 and having an ambulance sent out. Well they decided to take him to the hospital; the Dr. at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center gave him a Dilantin IV and said that would up is levels.
They brought him home from the hospital and he slept most of the afternoon and did okay.
But they think that they discovered what depleted his levels, he has been doing the six week body make over, what ever its called and they think that the supplements that you take on the diet did it. He didn't have problems until he started taking them. So not only can my mom not do the diet because her doctor said no, neither can my father. I am sure that the diet is good; it just Inst good for them.
Well so that has been the last twenty four hours at house and no matter how horrible I feel my poor dad is worse. I love him and it really bothers me to see him weak like that, he is so vulnerable when he has a seizure.
Thank you all for reading my blog and for all the love and support that you have given me.
God Bless
Love
Ronda Gardner
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