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| I am a girl named Ryan. |
| Yes, a girl. Always been one... Will ALWAYS be one. I am also a daughter, sister, wife, mother and graphic designer. I blog here to share the stories of how I can some how manage to be all of those titles & SOMEHOW stay sane. If thats what you call it. |
| If you need me for anything or have a question about something... please email me at ryanikon@gmailDOTcom. |
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| fastlane rudeness. |
| You know when your schedule is so busy you dont even have time to stop and think? And you cant even remember what day it is? But all you know is you have to be somewhere NOW and you have to go to the store NOW and you have to drop off something NOW and you have to GO NOW AND DO NOW AND BE NOW! And OMG! I am in the fastlane, been stuck here for 3 days and I dont think I'm getting out for a couple more days. |
| and rudeness. |
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Could you please pass the salt?
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This morning a co-worker and I were talking about all the flippin' sodium that food companies put into their foods. Normally the frozen dinners or shelved food. She is currently trying the NutriSystem diet and has found it to be extremely salty for her taste and loaded with sodium. And why not we figure, when they send you a weeks worth of food and NONE of it goes in the fridge or freezer? Weird. Thats right baby, you stick it right on the shelf. So, if you want to go on the NutiSystem diet, make sure your blood pressure isnt high to start with!
So as our conversation jumped around from sodium, to food, to weight and dieting and I continued to google questions that arose... I thought I would share some stuff! Cause isnt that what this silly internet is for ANYWAY?
Wonder what your Body Mass Index is? Try this site out.
Speaking of BMI... When I took my daughter in for her last check up, they informed me that they would start charting her BMI. I thought that was weird for a toddler but eh, if the doctor says... Well, let me tell you, what the DOCTOR SAID totally pissed me off. He told me that my daughter was overweight. MY little girl that can jump on the couch for 3 days straight, run circles on her trike for hours, snacks on RICE CAKES, eats her fruits and vegetables EVERYDAY... is overweight because some stupid chart is suppose to be the "know all" for the weight of a toddler. For crying out loud she is a TODDLER! Then I had to listen for 20 minutes about the things that I could do to bring her weight down. And you wanna know what I did with that info? I farted on it. My daughter eats a TON healthier than I do and at this age, I am not going to start worrying about her BMI. My God, its no wonder this country has such an issue with self confidence and personal image. Me included.
Here is a weight maintenance counter. Ever wondered how many calories you can consume, sit on the couch... er... infront of the computer blogging... and not gain an ounce? Cause THAT is important to know.
And speaking of importance... After Bubba was born, I used this information combined with breastfeeding "free" calories to lose weight. I lost 35 pounds within nine months. Now mind you there were 2 factors going on. 1: I was already overweight so I could still consume shittons of calories anyways & 2: When Bubba was 7 months old I started working at Target and walked about 10 miles a day. (No lie, we took one of those count-your-distance-things and measured!) The weight maintenance counter said I could eat about 2000 calories a day so I kept a journal and tried to stay around 1400 calories. It really worked out well! It was the first time I felt like I could go on a diet without really trying.
And last but not least. Want to know what calories are in the food you eat? Check this out!
Hope you find some of this stuff interesting. Did you? Cause I didnt mean to go on and on... atleast I am not wearing a wife beater with my chest hair sticking out of everywhere, short shorts and jumping all over the furniture. What a sight THAT would be.
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I can't believe the dr said Bubba was overweight!!! She looks fine!!!! doctors don't know everything.
Thanks for all the info!
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January 18, 2007 1:56 PM
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I had a dickhead doctor tell me that I was overweight WHEN I WAS 6.5MONTHS PREGNANT!
LOL @ you farting on the sheet!!! I almost chocked. Perfect remedy!
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January 18, 2007 7:52 PM
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| Unless the toddler looks like a weeble, you ain't got nothing to worry about!!! What do doctors know anyway?? :)
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January 18, 2007 9:23 PM
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| That is ridiculous that the doctor would say she's overweight. I'm totally all about having Evie health (like it seems you are too) but I do not plan to teach her how to count calories and make her get on a scale everymorning. Stupid doctor.
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January 18, 2007 10:02 PM
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| There is something wrong with me. It's like I had some sort of stupidity black out and forgot to put in a few vital words. I meant to say: I'm totally all about having Evie eat healthy...
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January 18, 2007 10:03 PM
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Whaaa....? Did the doctor seem to care about her health at all, or just her weight? Whatever, worrying about a toddler's weight in any case is ridiculous.
The BMI is kind of sketchy, too, because it only measures height and weight and doesn't consider a whole host of factors that affect your health.
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January 19, 2007 7:38 AM
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I am so glad that I have you girls to back me up here!
I was FURIOUS when I was talking to the doctor.
This is the same doctor when Bubba was about 20 months old asked me if I noticed the "glow" on her nose. My first though? OMG WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? No, apparently if your child is getting enough fruit... and more the veggies... they will have some magical pinkish, orangey glow to their nose.
WHAT THE HELL EVER. I tell ya... I think I am going to go to Med School and just be my own doc. Anyone wanna go with me?
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January 19, 2007 8:54 AM
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That shocks me to read about nutrisystem being so laden with sodium.
And I was shocked again to read the comment from your Pedi.
I would say its about time to find a pedi who is more in tune with you and Bubba.
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January 19, 2007 7:46 PM
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| GIRL - you crack me up! I was LOL - for real :D Doctors can be real assholes sometimes. I think they get too into that "Let's be blunt/frank with our patients" crap. When I found out I was pregnant with Q, I went to my new OB-GYN for the first time and explained my history with having lost 114 lbs. He took one look at me and said "Well, since you're overweight, I don't want you to gain too much with this pregnancy". I was like "Hello? What part of lost-114-lbs did you not understand?!" He gave me NO credit for my accomplishment and just rubbed it in that even 114 lbs. later I was still a tad chunky. Fathead! Heh. Yeah, he's rubbed me the wrong way a few times actually.
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January 20, 2007 12:14 AM
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| Oh yeah, GREAT post by the way. Thanks for all the diet info/links. I SO need to get this baby weight off!
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January 20, 2007 12:16 AM
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