What should I eat?
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AnnieA
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Do you do three sessions a week?
Just 2 right now
Awe. I have to maintain protein. Dialysis depletes mine. They always check it and of course all my nutrition.
AnnieA
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Wow. Your original transplant must still be doing some work if you're only doing two a week and have no dietary restrictions. Even with three, there are strict limits on potassium and phosphorus.
Yes still on Imm suppression and it’s working a little. I think no dietary restrictions because I don’t it much in general of anything
Murrmurr
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"bought all this food yesterday and now don't feel like eating."
Man, I hate when that happens. I usually have only one meal a day, too, but if Michelle finds out she'll get on me to eat at least once more.
yes, protein is important. Sometimes I have high protein drinks and a salad when I don't feel like having a full meal.
I put some food in the freezer a little while ago. I try to have more than one meal daily. If I have 3 meals I usually feel stuffed.
dseag2
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My mother drank Ensure when she didn't have an appetite. She particularly loved Butter Pecan. It kept her going until 89 y/o. I now drink it to supplement my diet.
dseag2
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This could also be attributed to muscle loss. Muscle weighs more than fat. Do you do strength training? I'm sorry if I'm being presumptuous and you have a physical ailment that prohibits this. I feel like I know so much about you, but I don't remember this.
We eat salads every day with diced chicken for protein but I find that after I do strength training at the gym I'm hungry again for something more substantial. It keeps my weight consistent.
Murrmurr
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I have a daily exercise routine but it's primarily for back pain and weakness, including traction and working what people generally refer to as lateral muscles - latissimus, levatores, oblique, etc. I do all of them while hanging by my knees from a chin bar. So, yes, it's strengthening but focused on those specific muscles. Except I also do several chin-ups while I'm at it.
I do those exercises for about an hour and 1/2 in the morning, take a walk in the afternoon and again in the late evening. I am seeing muscle loss, mainly in my arms and legs, but that started well before this loss of appetite. I've had to be in a wheelchair a couple times. Once for over a year and then much later I had to use one for several months. Muscle loss didn't start until a few years ago (or, I didn't notice it til then) but I still attributed it to having to be in the wheelchair. I certainly could be wrong about that.
dseag2
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Thank you for sharing your physical regimen. I would be hard-pressed to hang by my knees, so more power to you! Sounds like you are doing everything right. I admire you for everything you are doing to stay healthy.
I believe protein is supposed to help muscle loss. I've been drinking protein drinks of 25 to 30 grams of protein at times when I don't feel like eating much. I sometimes get the premade and just lately got the powdered. I usually get them on Amazon and get the ones that cost less. I really like Ensure but they haven't been lower in cost lately.
You may be impressed that Murrmurr can hang by his knees, but you wouldn't believe what I can hang by.Thank you for sharing your physical regimen. I would be hard-pressed to hang by my knees, so more power to you! Sounds like you are doing everything right. I admire you for everything you are doing to stay healthy.
dseag2
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Hmm, something like a bat I imagine?
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Murrmurr
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I made a thick, cushy detachable pad for my chin bar and I set the bar (in a doorway) at a height where my head is just inches above the floor, and I literally do a sort of back-roll to get onto it. No acrobatics other than that. I raise it up and remove the padding to do my chin-ups, and I can only do a handful. Like, I shoot for 10, but don't always get there. I played a LOT of baseball clear up til I was 36...or 38? Up until I fell off a ridge and busted up my back. I usually played short-stop, a position that requires a lot of physicality, and I also maintained a high batting average, which requires a lot of running, plus I grew up on a farm, which requires a lot of work. So I think all that helps now, you know?Thank you for sharing your physical regimen. I would be hard-pressed to hang by my knees, so more power to you! Sounds like you are doing everything right. I admire you for everything you are doing to stay healthy.
My dad could do push-ups on his fingertips til he was 79! His doctor found a malignant tumor in his kidney that year, and dad had a stroke shortly after surgery. It left him partially paralyzed. But anyway, I think of my dad every time I set up my chin bar. He was my inspiration to come back aggressively from that fall I took, and to stay as fit as I can.
RadishRose
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Murrmurr
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My DIL loves her protein drinks. She's into body-building - she's 6ft.1" and looks like an Amazon. I prefer food protein but under the circumstances, I'll look into the drinks.
IrisSenior
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Toast and butter - eat just a spoonful of peanut butter.
Hunk of your favourite cheese and some crackers (like wheat thins or triscuit).
Plain yogurt with your own fruit added, i.e, use frozen berries as they will keep in the freezer
Plain cottage cheese and fruit (I like canned peaches).
Canned brown beans and a roll or bread.
Can of your favourite soup.
Bowl of cereal (one that has at least 3 grams of fibre per serving).
Canned tuna or salmon mixed with mayo and made into a sandwich or have with carrot sticks.
Hunk of your favourite cheese and some crackers (like wheat thins or triscuit).
Plain yogurt with your own fruit added, i.e, use frozen berries as they will keep in the freezer
Plain cottage cheese and fruit (I like canned peaches).
Canned brown beans and a roll or bread.
Can of your favourite soup.
Bowl of cereal (one that has at least 3 grams of fibre per serving).
Canned tuna or salmon mixed with mayo and made into a sandwich or have with carrot sticks.
Thanks for suggestions. It’s very helpful!
I find it interesting to know what others are eating. I also look for ideas for my mom who is 89 yrs old. She too is looking for ideas to add to her repertoire.