Food
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Setting Calorie Goals
With the dietary changes fairly well-managed, I wanted more data about my body composition and the calories I require to maintain my weight. I’m still struggling with sodium and working on getting my water intake higher, but these things will come with time. And usually I don’t exceed my sodium limits, it’s just that I
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Food Adjustments
There’s no clinically-proven way to slow PSC progression. But I believe diet could make positive outcomes more likely. So in early August I began making changes to the way I eat. Initial approach It didn’t take much to conclude that alcohol was off the table but aside from that advice, my hepatology group only told
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Local treats: Potomac Chocolate
We were in the Washington DC area and were lucky enough to have dinner with one of my husband’s high school friends and his delightful wife. They drove in the city traffic about an hour to meet us in a little town called Occoquan for dinner at The Secret Garden Cafe. The conversation was lively,
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Six month update
While we were in the dreaming stages for this adventure, we would routinely remind ourselves that we’d have a significant adjustment period, coming from living in a house. We guessed that our first six months might be full of fine-tuning and redirecting, possibly with some hard discussions and compromises. We reminded each other that we
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Home for Thanksgiving
Just a short post to say I had a lovely time visiting my parents from 11/25 through 12/1 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The three of us drove to Madison, WI for a delicious Thanksgiving meal at my middle sister’s home. Our son joined us and it was lovely to get to spend some time getting
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Mocktails!
Consistent with the food goals for indulgence, experimentation and fun we’re starting to play around with non-alcoholic mixers Our good friends from whom we’re renting our summer housing have treated us on several occasions with unique and delicious mocktail inventions. We’ve been inspired to try our hand at putting together some mixes for ourselves, but