Mother is back at home, with new meds, and restrictions. Which she is mostly ignoring, interspersed with occasional bouts of whining, complaining, and feeling sorry for herself. I am gonna give her a couple of days of this, then call in the heavy artillery (my brother).
She says there is nothing left she is allowed to eat (heart attack, high cholesterol & pre-diabetic). I cooked supper for her and dad tonight, all things that were heart healthy and diabetic friendly. She ate it all up no complaints, said she quite enjoyed it. Even had dessert. Didn't seem like "nothing" to me. Discretion being the better part of valour, (so I am told), I kept that opinion to myself.
I have to admit, there have been some odd conversations going on in my own head the last few days.
So, self, you now have 2 parents, and a maternal grandmother, who have had heart attacks, and have all been diabetic ... think you better change your life style a bit?
Um, ya, I guess I should watch what I eat ... loose that weight I keep talking about loosing ... get more consistent with my excercise program ... learn to cope with stress better ... cut down caffeine ... OOOHHH!!! Speaking of caffeine, isn't there a Tim Horton's downstairs?? I could really go for a 2 cream 1/2 coffee 1/2 hot chocolate right about now ...
Self, were you listening to us a second ago??
Ya, but I'm stressed ... I'll start once this is dealt with ... really ... HEY! Where did we put those nacho chips???
Self, that is a lot of sodium, and you know we are sensitive to that!
Ya, but I am gonna eat them with guacamole, and avacadoes are healthy fat, right? So its really a health food ... anyway, I skipped lunch today, 'cause I was going in to get mom, and I thought she was waiting, when in reality we had to wait 2 more hours for her discharge papers ...
The funny thing is, I am not actually a big coffee drinker, usually limited to one on Satruday morning and one on Sunday, but I have been craving it all week. I have been keeping myself to one XL 1/2 & 1/2 each day, and one can of diet coke, so my caffeine intake isn't totally crazy, but still more than usual for me.
We'll see whether, in the long run, this causes me to make any major (or minor) life style modifications.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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I hear you on that one... my Dad is a recently-diagnosed diabetic (like his father and sister), both of my parents have high cholesterol, blood pressure issues, other family members have other stuff going on... I look at all of that and have pretty much that exact same inner dialogue.
ReplyDeleteHabit is a stronger predictor of behavior than anything else, did you know that? We have to consciously attack the habit, otherwise it will win by default. Which is incredibly frustrating.