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ind your favorite podcasts if you haven t listened before you ll find 24 episodes waiting for you questions or comments send an email transformation road gmail com posted by sean anderson at 9 55 am 9 comments monday september 14 2020 september 14th 2020 connected september 14th 2020 connected since our last edition i ve maintained the integrity of my food plan boundaries i ve remained refined sugar free i ve met or exceeded my daily water goal i ve been intermittingly getting in exercise sessions toggling between body weight strength routines and walks and i ve also stayed well connected with exceptional support in the past like the distant past absence from this blog was a strong indicator of intense struggle i ve received several messages of concern lately and i appreciate every single one of them thank you i m doing well one day at a time always and in many ways more connected than ever before i ve increased my connections with people and i ve doubled down on the spiritual mental and emotional side of things blogger has changed formatting no longer will you see my instagram accountability postings on this blog even though this change was brought about by technical issues it s a good change rest assured i still weigh and measure log and instagram my food each day and if you really wanted to check on that you ll find it there every single day instagram com seanaanderson but the thing is this entire journey isn t about the food my personal food plan is simply a tool that helps keep me clear headed enough to do the real work along the way i can t make spiritual progress if i m in the food my food postings on instagram were never meant to be anything other than an accountability tool for me when i post a meal i m instantly sharing my food with almost a thousand people granted only a handful look at it but it s there it s simply a function of the tool that is my abstinent food plan it isn t a recommendation it isn t for recipe ideas it isn t a hey look at what i made kinda thing it s simply an accountability measure for my personal food plan i make it enjoyable to me i keep it refined sugar free and when if changes need to be made i consult another person for those changes as i become more and more into my recovery i become torn on how to continue this twelve year commitment on this blog tomorrow is the 12th anniversary of that night when this whole thing started in 2008 i don t like the title of this blog i don t like the url i selected on the first night and i don t like these things because they lend energy to a diet mentality that ultimately never worked for me i didn t know what i didn t know back then this road isn t all about the food and achieving a dramatic physical transformation i ve done that and trust me when that s the number one goal it ll leave you sorely disappointed it did me the spiritual mental and emotional transformation the learning how to feel feelings and navigate life in better ways the willingness to let go and trust a power greater than myself that s where the good stuff is found if i m searching listening and learning in that direction the physical parts take care of itself very much a side effect of my spiritual condition those things are ongoing one day at a time i must renew that subscription each and every morning when i get down on my knees and ask for help to get me through one more day these things aren t new to me yet i was continuing on and presenting this blog and other media in ways that could be interpreted as diet mentality and didn t always reflect the hope strength and experience that has dramatically reshaped my values along this road i don t diet this blog isn t about dieting it s about living i don t know it all it wouldn t matter if i did because it isn t about what i know it s only about what i do remember my best knowing kept me in the obsession in that life stealing preoccupation and near at or above 500 pounds for almost twenty years i look forward to continuing this blog in a way that is in harmony with my heart mind and soul mom update mom is still in quarantine after several staff and residents tested positive for covid 19 she s safe and doing well they re keeping her healthy mom s uti has cleared and with that comes a clarity with her thoughts she understands why she can t go back to her regular room at the moment as soon as the nursing home gets a stretch with zero new cases they ll get her back into her regular room she misses being in her place in the meantime we visit via video chat daily mom is also getting better with the portal controls this enables her to reach out more often with me her siblings and others i m full of gratitude as i hit the pillow tonight thank you for reading and continued support practice peace and calm sean if you re interested in connecting via social media i accept friend requests on myfitnesspal my daily food logging diary is set to public mfp username seanaanderson my twitter seanaanderson facebook www facebook com seananderson505 instagram seanaanderson also i d love you to subscribe to my podcast transformation planet you can find it in apple podcasts google play for android spotify and listed wherever you find your favorite podcasts if you haven t listened before you ll find 24 episodes waiting for you questions or comments send an email transformation road gmail com posted by sean anderson at 10 26 pm 6 comments sunday august 23 2020 august 23rd 2020 emotional rollercoaster august 23rd 2020 emotional rollercoaster since our last edition i ve maintained the integrity of my food plan boundaries i ve remained refined sugar free i ve met or exceeded my daily water goal and i ve also stayed well connected with exceptional support the nursing home called at 10pm thursday night mom s respiratory distress and uti had become bad enough to send her to the hospital er i arrived at the hospital not knowing what to expect i was screened masked up sanitized and allowed to go into mom s triage room i haven t been able to be within six feet of mom or touch her in any way since early march walking into her triage room i realized the restrictions obviously weren t in place here and so i did what any loving son would do i kissed her forehead through the mask and i rubbed her hand this nudged her awake and immediately into the biggest smile ever with confusion created by the uti mom wasn t quite sure why she was in the er so i explained it to her and we visited in between mom s intermittent slumber just sitting beside her rubbing her hand was a wonderful thing the er was very busy thursday night into friday morning mom was hooked up to vitals and stable so naturally she was lower on the priority list it was just fine it gave us extra time to enjoy one another s company with mom sleeping i eventually decided to go home try to get some sleep with the plan being to return first thing in the morning or in a few hours as it were after a very short two hours i made arrangements for a colleague to fill in for me on my show i did my morning foundational routine enjoyed my coffee and headed back to the hospital not much had changed except the decision had been made to admit her to the hospital in an effort to help speed the process of clearing up the uti and the severe effects it tends to create i m not certain mom even knew i left she didn t mention it she was pretty out of it as the nursing staff waited for the hospitalist to assign her a regular room they came in to tell us mom needed a covid 19 test before admission to her room i asked if it was a rapid test and indeed it was just then mom needed to use the restroom and that required help from this er bed where she was connected to the things you re connected to in the er i offered to step out during this time in the lobby i was informed i couldn t hang around there and needed to go outside or to my car i did go to the car where i connected with several support friends the rapid test was administered around 8am i was told the results would take about 30 minutes back in her room and at almost 9am we hadn t heard anything mom and i were visiting about random things when suddenly she remembered the test and asked me how long it would take i told mom it should be done already and that i would go check and be right back to let her know the nurse at the desk checked and the results weren t showing on her computer screen she called the lab directly for the results when she hung up i knew it wasn t good who are you are you next of kin oh boy when they use the phrase next of kin you know it isn t going to be good the test was positive you ve been exposed you re not allowed to go back in her room you need to go home immediately and quarantine for ten days i follow the rules ya know i do i wear a mask i follow the guidelines but i can t go back in her room to say goodbye i confirmed what she was saying to me you mean i can t go back in there and at least say goodbye i have to leave right this second i can t do that i just told her i d be right back i can t just not go back in there the look on my face and the tone of my voice made it very clear i was going back in there to tell her about the test and to comfort her before leaving the hospital the nurse said okay do what you need to do make it quick mom has spent the last five months watching coverage of this virus on tv one of her worst fears and mine was that she d get it and here we are with a positive test mom was wide awake what did they say now mom you re going to be okay right then mom s bottom lip started quivering my heart started to break and then i just said it mom your test was positive her reaction was immediate and dramatic as you would expect she went into uncontrollable sobbing and at that point it was to hell with staying six feet away from her i wasn t making this quick i rubbed her hand and kissed her forehead through the mask i spoke softly with words of comfort and reassuring as tears streamed down my cheeks you re going to make it through this momma she cried and i just stood there silent gently rubbing her hand they tell me i have to go home and quarantine i can t visit you while you re here but we ll talk on the phone okay i must have been in there twenty minutes but the nursing staff didn t interrupt as soon as mom calmed i promised her she was going to be okay even though i wasn t sure if that was true or not and made my way out into the parking lot i got to the car and started praying then i reached out to friends family colleagues everyone i spent a good hour in that parking lot in my car alone but surrounded by the amazing support from so many people i needed that support staying connected helps keep me well as a compulsive overeater food addict in recovery one day at a time it is circumstances like these when i have a monumental choice to make i can lean into this daily practice of things or i can fall into the abyss of my disease just for those emotional moments i leaned into my daily practice and the most beautiful support was there to help hold me up i kept thinking i hope i didn t just lie to my momma when i told her she was going to make it through this i wasn t home two hours before the health department called for contact tracing i was asked to quarantine for fourteen days not ten like the hospital suggested the plan was for me to be tested after 7 days or sooner if i started developing symptoms i made arrangements and plans to do my job 100 from home i m fortunate to now have the capability of broadcasting straight from my spare bedroom if needed now it s needed i spoke to mom on the phone a little after 11am she was settled into her room and sounded calm but scared the health department informed me how mom would be tested again this time with the pcr test just to confirm the original result the results of that test would take 24 48 hours i tried to keep conversations with mom very brief during the first 24 hours in her room she gets winded fast if she s talking for too much longer than 5 minutes or so but last night when she opened the conversation with son i m so scared we settled in for a nice long soft conversation about faith hope and the road ahead it did her good and it did me good too the prayers generated by the facebook post i shared about mom s situation were absolutely beautiful and overflowing if you were one of those beautiful people thank you when i called the nurse today to get an update on how she was doing i was hoping for a repeat of the report i received on saturday she was actually showing signs of improvement her vitals were good her labs were looking better and today s report was very similar then the nurse said the doctor has ordered another pcr test i thought that was strange she just had one and we were awaiting those results she didn t see the results it was confusing so she offered to call me back upon clarification in the meantime i spoke with mom again and told her how the nurse said she was improving instead of getting worse then the nurse called me back i hung up with mom to take the call your mom s pcr test was negative that s why they ve ordered another pcr test to confirm wait what really you mean the rapid test may have been a false positive that s right wow wow wow wow okay that s the best news ever prayers answered calling mom back to give her this wonderful news was so much fun her voice perked up and you could hear her smile and her relief over the phone the rapid test must be refined and made more reliable for someone as vulnerable as my mom to receive a positive covid 19 test result feels like a death sentence a false positive is like saying oh sorry jk ing you re fine witnessing mom s reaction to the news of her positive test was easily the most heartbreaking thing i ve ever experienced but i m immensely grateful one more negative from this latest pcr test and mom is in the same situation she s been in many times before recovering from a horrible uti and she will be okay she s already showing wonderful signs of improvement what a rollercoaster of emotions i ve made my daily practice of intentional actions very important this weekend i ve stayed connected and by the grace of god stayed food sober three different colleagues have dropped things off at my door dinner on saturday night black pepper and my grocery order all delivered to my doorstep as i quarantine i m grateful i will call the health department tomorrow and find out if it s necessary for me to continue this quarantine i don t think i have any real symptoms although my brain has created some mild ones i m pretty sure they may ask me to get a test early and wait for the all clear or they may ask me to wait until the 28th i don t know i ll find out when i speak to the case manager in the meantime this entire experience has reaffirmed spiritual mental and emotional things for me it showed me the very real power of connections and how these help keep me well i ve written and spoken about maintaining the 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