Back to the dentist I go..

Last time I wrote about having to have my tooth extracted because it was abscessed. Well, when my gum tissue healed and I had a chance to look into my mouth without messing anything up, I noticed I had a brown spot on the outside but inside of the tooth next to the one that had got extracted 2 weeks earlier. At this point, I'm freaking out because I can't lose another tooth! It seems like all my cavities turn into needing a root canal, which I can't afford and I have to settle with getting a tooth removed. This has happened 3 times now. So I made an appointment to get it looked at. Turns out I have 5 cavities. 1 in the tooth with the brown spot, and the other 4 are under current fillings so I couldn't see them. The dentist said they are very tiny cavities hence why they weren't bothering me at all, and that I would be elgible for a program to have them fix them all for free since I had no insurance. The program is basically letting dental students from different colleges give me and other qualified customers an IV sedation so they can get their certificate. The students will not be working on me, but the qualified dentist themselves which I'm fine with. I don't care if I'm sedated or not.. I don't have a fear of the dentist or anything like that but I do get a bit of anxiety, so this shall work out better. Now I just have to wait until May 17th.

Patiently waiting.. ...

Cooking Healthy Meals

I'm sitting here looking through my 'Biggest Loser Family Cookbook' when I happen upon a page that says: "Try to cook a few extra meals on the weekends or always make enough for leftovers. When you have a precooked dinner at home, you're less tempted to pull up to the drive-thru, and you won't waste your calories on food that won't keep you full and nourished."

Now what I didn't I think of that before? The last 6 weeks I've been cooking meals every-night. Well, mostly every-night. There has been some times we've cheated and went out to dinner, but we got right back on track the next day. I've just been in a weird mood the last 3 weeks or so where I don't want to cook anything, or I'm bored of the simple meal plans we've been following on the sparkdiet. I've been spending my extra time browsing websites and checking out library books to get some different ideas that are of course low calorie. I have came across many recipes that I've wanted to try where the ingredients are too hard to find in store, or it's too long of a process to prepare/make. I guess that discouraged me. I just want out of this funk and back to  cooking. I can say this book is helping me tremendously.. I love it! Their recipes are super easy, and delicious. I've already made their nachos, buffalo chicken egg rolls, and tonight I am doing a sloppy joe meat loaf. I will let you know how that turns out.

Anyway, I'm going to try it out and cook next nights dinner or get it all prepared to be cooked and see if that works for us. I think it will. Sometimes Stephen doesn't get home from work til 7:30-8pm and by that time we are starving. I like to wait until he's home to eat, as a family, but lately I've been having to start it early because I just can't go that long without eating food. If I could just reheat something, that would save so much time.

I would already have dinner going by now.. as its almost 7pm, but unfortunately my hamburger turned green. I guess it doesn't hold well in the refrigerator for longer than 2 days past sell by date.? I was not even going to chance it. So Stephen is picking a pack up from the store on his way home. He said it shouldn't be too much longer. Patiently waiting.........

Happy Valentines to You and Yours!

Happy Valentine's Day Ladies, and Gents. 

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with a whole lot of love.

My fiance surprised me with chocolate covered strawberries, and an orchid plant. :)

SO.IN.LOVE.

Cats do suck!

   I totally thought my cat was a weirdo when I first saw him do this. He will suck on a piece of the blanket and knead it like crazy. I did some research and discovered that he does this for comfort. Kittens do this to their mama to get milk out. Most cats will continue to do this throughout their life time, especially ones that have been taken away from their mama to early, which he has. 

Anyone else have a cat who does this? 

Weight Loss.

I wanted to wait a month to see what kind of results I would get before I ended up blogging about it. My fiance and I started a low calorie diet 30 days ago. We have cut our calorie intake to 1200-1500 calories a day. I don't know how many calories we were eating before but if I had to estimate I would guess around 3000-5000 calories a day. It's shocking to see how many calories are in what. I feel ashamed for not paying attention before. So 30 days ago, I was 22lbs heavier. Yes, that's right.. I've lost 22lbs in 30 days. That is with no additional exercise, other than the normal everyday living. I feel a whole lot better. I feel healthier and  my energy has increased slightly. My headaches have disappeared, but that also could be from the abscess tooth. I like cooking healthy for me, and my family, and experimenting with new things. I thought it would be hard, and I  would give up like all the other diets I've tried, but it's not. This is what is working for us, and I can't wait to see what this journey brings us.

22lbs down. 50 more to go.

Dentist Visit.

ah, yes. I sucked it up and went to the dentist. I could not wait any longer. This was the worse pain I ever felt in my life. I found out my tooth(pre-molar) was abscessed. He gave me the option of getting a root canal, or getting it extracted. The cost difference was about $900 so I just had them pull it. He explained that the reason it got abscessed was because the cavity that was put in it was way too big, and it needed a root canal then. So it just got progressively worse over the last year and a half. I am sad I lost it, but so glad to be out of pain. I do have pain from the stitches and the extraction but nothing compared to the abscess. I can't wait for it to heal so I can eat normal foods again.

Tooth pain Sucks!

Today is not starting out good at all. I woke with severe tooth pain. It hit me randomly, too. I had a filling put in that tooth back in 2010 and haven't had any problems with it until today. I'm not sure what's going on with it, but oh my god the pain is horrible. I can't even bite down on it. How am I suppose to deal with this? I can't eat, I can't sleep. I feel like I'm losing my mind. The worse thing of all is I do not have insurance to go get this looked at. We really do not have the extra money for a dentist visit either since we are going to Disneyland in May and any extra money goes straight into savings. When is it going to be bad enough that I just say screw it- and go? I think I'm there now.

I love how this picture turned out..

The only thing in focus is her beautiful long eyelashes.