Re: Refrigerator Lock

Any other soft foods I could safely leave out at night,for her to have a
snack when she gets up? I simply can't think of anything;but surely
there is more than bananaes?! (ha)

Hi Ronny,

They are the best, because they don't need to be refrigerated.

If she would notice things under a clear plastic dome or top, oatmeal
cookies or bars under glass are easily seen and nutritious (if you make them
at home).  If you left a roll in wax paper or plastic wrap, would she go for
that?  Maybe dried apple slices?

I think it has something to do with the vision changes, but my MIL seems to
not see things behind glass unless someone calls her attention to it. And I
know they sometimes reach a stage where they don't know to unwrap food
before eating.

Karen

Re: Refrigerator Lock
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2005, 4:41pm (CDT+5)
Ronny:
That's a good one! LoL

Ah;but now I wish Mom could think to check the fridge when she gets
hungry when I'm asleep. But as far as I can tell it's been a good while
since she has. I don't think she even remembers that the milk is in
there. And most of the time I think she's forgotten that she can turn on
the faucet to get a drink of water.

What I've done for awhile now is try to keep bananaes on the table so
she will have something to eat if she wakes up hungry and I'm asleep;but
then I need to keep some of those hid too or she will peel all of them
sometimes!

Onething I've got to remember is simply to leave a large glass of water
on the kitchen table at night. Then if I'm asleep she will at least have
that to drink as she eats a banana or two.

Any other soft foods I could safely leave out at night,for her to have a
snack when she gets up? I simply can't think of anything;but surely
there is more than bananaes?! (ha)

Re: Refrigerator Lock  
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 7:38pm From:
cglghl@knology.net (Gwen Love)
Ronny, you sound like me. I once said I was the only person I knew who
gained weight when I was sick. When I felt bad, I ate. When depressed, I
ate. When I felt good, I ate. I would eat when I knew I wasn't hungry
but I wanted to put something that tasted good in my mouth; I didn't
have anything else to do to make me feel better. When I had my hip
replacement in 2000, I lost some of my weight. Since then I have
gradually lost more and now I can't eat nearly as much as I used to; I
fill up too quickly. Maybe that's because I'm getting older by the day!
I read late at night (12 or 1) and sometimes sleep until noon the next
day. That way I only eat two real meals a day and I think that has
helped to keep the weight from coming back on. And the dresses I buy now
seem to be the correct size!! Gwen

Ronny:
Oh,I do especially know what you mean about eating when you're not
hungry;but you just want something good tasting in your mouth! :-)
That's how I am about chocolate! :-) Sometimes I just get a craving for
chocolate and I may even put it off two to four days if I'm going to
have to bake something;but sooner or later I will have my chocolate! LoL

What I used to do once a week was buy two Hershey bars for me and Mom
when grocery shopping once a week. That pretty well kept things under
control since after eating one candy bar,I knew I would be going back in
a few days and could get another. :-) Then once I decided to buy a whole
package of Hershey candy bars as my reasoning was they were cheaper that
way; :-) but then when such was in the house I would finish off the most
of them in two days! LoL So back to maybe buying just two a week. :-)

Ah and chocolate cake. :-) On average I make about 2 a month. Usually
when I get a real strong urge for something chocolate. :-) But then I've
learned to put the cake in the stove at night because one time I didn't
and by the next morning Mom had eaten nearly half a cake! LoL

And then there is my sometimes craving of fatty,salty or sour food! :-)
One of my favorites is green olives because they have both the sour and
the salty together!LoL

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Re: Refrigerator Lock
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2005, 8:58am (CDT-2)
From: ncgensearcher@hotmail.com (ncgen)
I never needed one with MIL or FIL. Just the opposite..she needed to be
encouraged to eat..However, I should have put one on for my boys
Ronny:
LoL I think I need one for me! LoL Really, it's horrible! :-) I get
nervous or upset and I tend to eat. I get bored,I tend to eat! I feel
good,I tend to eat! LoL So far,so good I think? :-) As I'm still holding
at just under 170lbs and a little less than 6' tall. But for some
reason,over the last several years, the people who make my pants are
making the waists smaller! :-)

Re: Refrigerator Lock  
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 10:16pm From:
kk5151@hotmail.com (Karen)
Ronny, don't you know that men's waists don't get larger, they just drop
lower. :-)

Ronny:
There ya go! LoL

Karen:
I see some guys that look like they are wearing the same jeans they did
20 years ago by wearing their jeans at the bikini line instead of the
waist line. It's kind like a bad comb-over, just gives you a strong urge
to go "tee-hee".

Ronny:
Oh man,I see some older cowboy type guys around here with huge stomachs!
And yeah,they wear their jeans low! :-) But what gets me is these guys
wear those with a belt that has a huge metal cowboy buckel and I wonder
how they stand to have that metal gouging into their overhanging
stomach?! Whoa!

Karen:
You could always get relaxed fit jeans like my hubby does. He says they
fit better. I don't say a word. :-)
Karen

Ronny:
Best not to! LoL Oh I laugh;but I wear my jeans lower too now. :-) And
lately,in hot summertime,I've gone to wearing short, baggy cargo pants.

I always wore jeans and tennis shoes all summer;but no more. Just can't
take the heat as well as I used to.

And I remember years ago when in school Mom would buy me new jeans at
the start of school when it was still hot here and when I got sweaty in
those,there would be a line of blue dye around my waist! LoL

Now I've got an idea for me for when the weather gets cooler. Overalls!

They are so comfortable!:-) And loose around the waist! LoL I used to
wouldn't wear them much because the only guys who did were older men.

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Ronny:
LoL I think I need one for me! LoL Really, it's horrible! :-) I get
nervous or upset and I tend to eat. I get bored,I tend to eat! I feel
good,I tend to eat! LoL So far,so good I think? :-) As I'm still holding
at just under 170lbs and a little less than 6' tall. But for some
reason,over the last several years, the people who make my pants are
making the waists smaller! :-)