I went to the doctors again yesterday where I had more tests etc, as although I have been getting better I still don’t have much energy to work or do anything in particular. The doctor told me I was suffering with Bronchial Pneumonia, and that I need at least another week of rest and relaxation. Whist taking elephant sized antibiotics. They have changed what I should be taking for the next week, an possibly a 3rd week to come.
I went into Detox in a Box, and had a chat with Nas, I have decided to suspend the diet for a week or so, although its going well my weight has literally fallen off me, I need to just take a break to get better.
Stats to Date-
Weight 118.2k – Drop of 8.5k
Chest 47.5” - Loss of 3.5”
Waist 43” - Loss of 2”
Stomach 49” - 1.5”
So as we can see its all gone well. I will return to write the blog when I am back on the detox. I just wanted to give you all a heads up.
Saturday 17 February 2007
Saturday 10 February 2007
Detox Day 13, Illness Day 10
I am now so fed up of being sick you can’t imagine, I'm about to go postal, and probably would if I had any energy at all. I went to the doctors and my sickness was diagnosed as a Chest Infection, and was proscribed Amoxicillin, which I didn’t take as I was advised by Nas that it would seriously screw up the bacteria in my belly etc, but by Friday I was just getting worse and worse. So I decided to bite the bullet and take the anti-bionics. In my life I have only taken them a few times as I know my body doesn’t like them, it tries to reject them and they give me really bad dry mouth syndrome. So I only take them as a last straw. I think my last straw left a long time ago, I'm feeling so low inside at the moment you can’t imagine, my body is either running a temperature of 102 degrees C, or its so cold that although I'm wearing flease trousers and jumper, and under an 15 tog arctic goose duvet and I still cant stop shivering for an hour or 2, I'm normalish for a few hours and the cycle starts again. We haven’t even started talking about what’s coming out of my nose and being coughed up, but I really don’t want to put you all off, I think I will leave it to your imagination.
I have hardly been eating over the last 4 days, I just cant face food at all, so I have been forcing up to half of a normal portion of food in my body, as I know I would be in worse shape if I stopped eating completely, but it’s a hard battle to fork in another tiny mouthful at the moment. I can’t really tell you what it tastes like as I don’t know I have lost almost al sense of smell and taste.
I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up with me feeling so rubbish at the moment, its not like I have cravings for anything as I really don’t, but a boiled egg with soildiers sounds almost too good to be true for breakfast at them moment.
I'm sure now that I have been on the Amoxicillin for 2 days now I will start to make a speedy recovery, its all I can hope for today, its either that or I think I will lose it completely.
I want to thank al the people around me who have been looking after me and sending me texts and stuff to try to keep me upbeat.
I also need to say hello to the lovely lady I met at Detox - In A Box who was also ill and having a hard time, keep it up we both know we can do it, even if it is sooo hard.
I have hardly been eating over the last 4 days, I just cant face food at all, so I have been forcing up to half of a normal portion of food in my body, as I know I would be in worse shape if I stopped eating completely, but it’s a hard battle to fork in another tiny mouthful at the moment. I can’t really tell you what it tastes like as I don’t know I have lost almost al sense of smell and taste.
I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up with me feeling so rubbish at the moment, its not like I have cravings for anything as I really don’t, but a boiled egg with soildiers sounds almost too good to be true for breakfast at them moment.
I'm sure now that I have been on the Amoxicillin for 2 days now I will start to make a speedy recovery, its all I can hope for today, its either that or I think I will lose it completely.
I want to thank al the people around me who have been looking after me and sending me texts and stuff to try to keep me upbeat.
I also need to say hello to the lovely lady I met at Detox - In A Box who was also ill and having a hard time, keep it up we both know we can do it, even if it is sooo hard.
Wednesday 7 February 2007
Day Ten - Off to the Doctors...
Well we are on day 10, or so the counter says. That’s great; I'm getting loads of compliments and nice things being said about my 7lb weight loss last week. I don’t think you can see much of a difference apart from around my chin, which looks a bit more prominent.
I haven’t blogged in a few days, and I'm sorry for that, I mean to write something every day or every other day, and this is 3 days on. I have mentioned it before but I will say it again I am sick. I hate being sick, I am so bored by being sick now I could scream. I had such a temperature last night my face turned pink. I have been coughing so much over the last week I think I have strained my lungs, as I coughed up a bit of blood last night. I'm a bit worried about that so I'm off to see the doctor today and get his opinion. I had anti-biotics, and have hardly ever taken them in my life. Unless its TB or something I will not let them proscribe them to me today. I will keep you posted on this later.
I want to thank all the visitors we are getting, we are averaging 20-40 visits a day, but yesterday we had 100, which is amazing. I know Nas and the crew at Detox In A Box sent out a mail shot to all their customers about our little blog here, so welcome to all of you as well…
I would really like to hear how your detoxes have gone, a few hints and tips etc, as I need to learn about what we are doing here, also will need to learn how to cook healthy food, as I'm an expert in too much cream and unhealthy but very tasty cooking. So let’s open up the discussion, be here for each other and learn, laugh, cry with each other too.
I think I'm over the lethargy section of the first week of the detox, as yesterday I woke up at 7:45 bright as a button (apart from feeling like crap), I normally lie in bed listening to the radio, as it takes me 40 mins to become functioning, but not yesterday, it was like a bucket of cold water was hurled over me, I was wide-eyed and raring to go…
Well time to go to the Doctors…
I haven’t blogged in a few days, and I'm sorry for that, I mean to write something every day or every other day, and this is 3 days on. I have mentioned it before but I will say it again I am sick. I hate being sick, I am so bored by being sick now I could scream. I had such a temperature last night my face turned pink. I have been coughing so much over the last week I think I have strained my lungs, as I coughed up a bit of blood last night. I'm a bit worried about that so I'm off to see the doctor today and get his opinion. I had anti-biotics, and have hardly ever taken them in my life. Unless its TB or something I will not let them proscribe them to me today. I will keep you posted on this later.
I want to thank all the visitors we are getting, we are averaging 20-40 visits a day, but yesterday we had 100, which is amazing. I know Nas and the crew at Detox In A Box sent out a mail shot to all their customers about our little blog here, so welcome to all of you as well…
I would really like to hear how your detoxes have gone, a few hints and tips etc, as I need to learn about what we are doing here, also will need to learn how to cook healthy food, as I'm an expert in too much cream and unhealthy but very tasty cooking. So let’s open up the discussion, be here for each other and learn, laugh, cry with each other too.
I think I'm over the lethargy section of the first week of the detox, as yesterday I woke up at 7:45 bright as a button (apart from feeling like crap), I normally lie in bed listening to the radio, as it takes me 40 mins to become functioning, but not yesterday, it was like a bucket of cold water was hurled over me, I was wide-eyed and raring to go…
Well time to go to the Doctors…
Sunday 4 February 2007
Day Seven – The Pink Smartie…
Well I’ve made it to Day 7, what a week its been, the food has been great, I cant fault that, its all tasty, interesting, and always waiting to discover what’s coming for the next meal. Apart from a small piece of roast chicken which I wrote about the other day I slipped in a Pink Smartie when I went to visit my sister at Honeybrook on Saturday. She was baking fairy cakes and decorating them with Smarties, I grabbed some looking for a green one, but as there weren’t any green ones, I put a pink one in my mouth. Both of my sisters, and the rest of the staff there all screamed ‘NOOOOOOOO…..’ in a typical Hollywood slow motion way. It was then I realised how bad I had just been. I love the fact that all my family and friends are all behind me in my quest of weight loss.
I'm still feeling sorry for myself, the man flu, (read cold), is still here, the skin between my top lip and nose is red raw from all the blowing I have had to do. My throat is still achy, but today was the first day with out a temperature, so I think its almost over now.
I'm really looking forward to going into the shop tomorrow, to get weighed and measured, as I do see a difference in the mirror all ready; my neck seems to have shrunk a bit and my chin sticks out more, I also got into a pair of jeans with out a struggle, so that’s a major result.
Tonight is ‘Superbowl Sunday’, a huge event for my Mum and I; it has become a tradition that we watch it together, and if we aren’t together we chat on the phone in between plays, so its going to be an odd one with out chips, salsa, beer and chocolate, but I'm sure we shall still have fun tonight.
Type to you all soon,
Rufus x.
I'm still feeling sorry for myself, the man flu, (read cold), is still here, the skin between my top lip and nose is red raw from all the blowing I have had to do. My throat is still achy, but today was the first day with out a temperature, so I think its almost over now.
I'm really looking forward to going into the shop tomorrow, to get weighed and measured, as I do see a difference in the mirror all ready; my neck seems to have shrunk a bit and my chin sticks out more, I also got into a pair of jeans with out a struggle, so that’s a major result.
Tonight is ‘Superbowl Sunday’, a huge event for my Mum and I; it has become a tradition that we watch it together, and if we aren’t together we chat on the phone in between plays, so its going to be an odd one with out chips, salsa, beer and chocolate, but I'm sure we shall still have fun tonight.
Type to you all soon,
Rufus x.
Friday 2 February 2007
Day Five - Still have Man Flu
Well here we are on day 5, still feeling rubbish, legs and joints aching, still gobbling pills for the pain; my cough has got more painful, so I was luckily enough to be able to send my Mum out to get some medicine, (not something I normally take ever), the big problem with medicines as they are all full of sugar, as I'm not meant to have any sugars, its hard, but needs must, the pharmacist gave her the least sugary syrup and I will just have to make do, luckily its only 20mls every 4 hours, so I will just dose myself in the morning and afternoon and then sleep through the rest.
I woke up a few times last night from very strange dreams, at one moment I woe up from a dream with in a dream, now I know that sounds odd, but it was a 2 stage wake up. So didn’t sleep brilliantly well last night, so I'm vegging out again today.
Last nights Bean Burgers were fantastic with a dribble of the special mustard mayo on top I was a happy bunny, cant wait for them to come around again in a few weeks. I think I have completed the breakfast rotation now, as I was back to Granola, which again I loved on the first day, but couldn’t really taste it today, more of a chore of chewing 2 bowls of it, but its very tasty from what I can remember, ahh well another 5 days to wait till it comes around again.
Well I'm off to see Nas and the crew at Detox – In a box this afternoon for the weekend’s food parcel; I hope they don’t get my man flu. So no snogging today I guess, ahh well there’s always Monday ladies…
Rufus x.
I woke up a few times last night from very strange dreams, at one moment I woe up from a dream with in a dream, now I know that sounds odd, but it was a 2 stage wake up. So didn’t sleep brilliantly well last night, so I'm vegging out again today.
Last nights Bean Burgers were fantastic with a dribble of the special mustard mayo on top I was a happy bunny, cant wait for them to come around again in a few weeks. I think I have completed the breakfast rotation now, as I was back to Granola, which again I loved on the first day, but couldn’t really taste it today, more of a chore of chewing 2 bowls of it, but its very tasty from what I can remember, ahh well another 5 days to wait till it comes around again.
Well I'm off to see Nas and the crew at Detox – In a box this afternoon for the weekend’s food parcel; I hope they don’t get my man flu. So no snogging today I guess, ahh well there’s always Monday ladies…
Rufus x.
Thursday 1 February 2007
Day Four – its all going a bit Pete Tong…
Hello to al you bloggers out there, today is day 4 I'm my quest to detox my body and loose some weight. The quest has gone well so far, until last evening that is. I know I can hear you all crying, he’s cheated already; in a way I have, but that’s not the problem. Today I feel rubbish, with a capital ‘R’. I did cheat by stealing a few pieces for roast chicken whilst I waited for my brown rice to reheat, but that’s it, my family were having a big roast dinner to celebrate my sisters boyfriends birthday, whilst I had a mountain of brown rice with middle eastern chicken with spinach.
Last night I started to get a bit of a headache, now I have been told this is normal, but I think this was from working on my pc all day, but my throat started to get sore, I also started to have a dry wheezy cough, not a good combination. As every time I coughed my throat gave me pain. This has just got worse today, with a tad of a dribbly nose. Also today my legs and back are aching; I'm not feeling good at all.
Of the food front I got to start my day with sugar free sugar puffs with sultanas/raisins and pumpkin seeds, which was lovely. Yesterdays meals were fantastic, with a flap jack the size of a tube train for breakfast; a gorgeous herb omelette with new potato salad, (I warmed the omelette in the microwave and it was lovely), and I have already mentioned dinner above.
So what can I say about the process so far… Well I'm loving it, I'm not feeling hungry till around meal times, I'm feeling nice and full from the meals, which are lovely. If I didn’t feel so rubbish today it would be great. The only downside to this is I seem to be spending most of my time in the loo, I think I'm peeing about 5-8 times a day, and now on to 2 stools a day now as well… I think I need to move a TV into the loo or a computer to work on or something.
Well that’s it for now,
Rufus x.
Last night I started to get a bit of a headache, now I have been told this is normal, but I think this was from working on my pc all day, but my throat started to get sore, I also started to have a dry wheezy cough, not a good combination. As every time I coughed my throat gave me pain. This has just got worse today, with a tad of a dribbly nose. Also today my legs and back are aching; I'm not feeling good at all.
Of the food front I got to start my day with sugar free sugar puffs with sultanas/raisins and pumpkin seeds, which was lovely. Yesterdays meals were fantastic, with a flap jack the size of a tube train for breakfast; a gorgeous herb omelette with new potato salad, (I warmed the omelette in the microwave and it was lovely), and I have already mentioned dinner above.
So what can I say about the process so far… Well I'm loving it, I'm not feeling hungry till around meal times, I'm feeling nice and full from the meals, which are lovely. If I didn’t feel so rubbish today it would be great. The only downside to this is I seem to be spending most of my time in the loo, I think I'm peeing about 5-8 times a day, and now on to 2 stools a day now as well… I think I need to move a TV into the loo or a computer to work on or something.
Well that’s it for now,
Rufus x.
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