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Skip Murray

12 Aug, 10 tweets, 2 min read

Today's thread...
McD's
Time to start packing breakfast and lunch...

My group home shifts usually start at 3am. I'm not one to leap out of bed and stuff some food in my face. I need wake up time first. I'm also not about to get up an hour early to allow for that wake up time.

I don't eat at work. I can, my boss feeds the staff. But everyone is sleeping and if I rummage around, I have a gal here that will wake up, will have behaviors, and will be loud enough to wake the others. So, I sit quietly...

I get off of work by 9. On my way to the shop, I stop and grab something for breakfast and lunch. Usually my big iced coffee and a couple of biscuits or McGriddles. I'm looking at making changes in what I do to myself.

Besides the weight issues I mentioned yesterday, there are other things going on. I'm waiting for the lab results. One of the things that are a challenge is the swelling that keeps happening in my legs. With all the loss of activity and mostly just sitting around during Covid...

the swelling is much worse and sometimes painful. I'm looking at a normal order from McD's...

Large Iced Caramel Macchiato 370 Calories, 490 mg Sodium

Sausage, Egg & Cheese McGriddles 550 Calories, 1290 mg Sodium (take this X2 - one for breakfast and one for lunch)

For not a lot of nutritional value, that's a ton of calories and over the daily recommended amount of sodium (hello swelling....), plus my blood pressure is a little high. If I don't lose some weight and get my pressure down, I'm going to have to go on meds for it.

I've already eliminated the large iced coffee and replaced it with water. Grabbing food in a drive thru doesn't appear to offer much as far as healthier options. I think I'm going to try to see what I can pack in my lunch box for breakfast and lunch and see if I can do better.

There's an old saying about Rome wasn't built in a day. I think that's an important lesson. Patience is important. If we want to bring about change, sometimes we need to take baby steps and make 1 small change at a time.

I can do this, be patient and make changes. Being a THR advocate has taught me more about patient than even parenting did.

What kind of little change could you make today to bring about something positive?

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Bwahahaha "sleep nicotine". Funny

Ya'all know he's going to pay for this...

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It weighs heavy on my mind.
It's all about weight.
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SKIP! Get the H. E. Double Hockey Sticks off of here and go finish your project! <Yes, I'm yelling at myself. Ya'all are too nice to do it for me>

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