Monday - Aug. 31, 2009

Just like I promised, I weighed. 247.8! This has been a very busy week and it looks to be a very busy week coming up. Let's hope can stay on track!

Aug 25, 2009

Yesterday went pretty well. Busier than all get out. Bought fruit and yogurt for breakfast but because of situations at work was slammed with the unexpected. Yogurt untouched and fruit was afternoon snack. Had a breakfast bar in my desk that I finally got to eat after being at work for 2 1/2 hours! Husband was eating some special chocolate malted milk balls that we had bought a couple of weeks ago and forgot that we had. Offered me some, but I said no thanks. He looked at me like that was weird. Went to subway later, ordered my sub without cheese. Both my husband and daughter looked at me. That was not Mary! Haven't told them what I am doing. Sometimes I feel undermined by people. I know they don't mean it. Probably nothing has changed in the way they treat me, I just read more into it. Off to see my neurologist this morning. Going to get his opinion on my latest medication. I think if a person has more than one doctor, they should get on a conference call and decided together had to treat a patient! LOL! Talk about a backlog in the waiting room! Have a great day!

A New Day, A Start Toward a New Me!

August 24, 2009 - I have weighed. Ugh! Didn't realize my weight had crept up this much. Still 14 lbs lighter than my heaviest ever. Here it goes.......... Today was 250.4! I will post my weight each Monday morning. I am going to do baby steps. Usually I start my day with a Vanilla Diet Coke from the Sonic. I am sitting here with water this morning starting my day. I will probably still get my diet coke, but at least I had water before. Also will stop by the grocery store on way to work and pick up some fruit. Much better snack at break time than chips or crackers. Will also grab some baby carrots for when I HAVE to munch something. Looks like a pretty busy week at work, so maybe that will help to keep me on track. I had lost so much weight the last time. My doctors were thrilled, I was thrilled! Of course you always have a least one doctor that the cup is half empty. I swear, he kept saying 20 more pounds! I always seem to do good when I get in the right mindset and then something will take me way off course. The last time I was cruising along getting real close to goal and I had my employee physical. My cholesterol was at 257! I told them it must be a mistake! It had never been that high in my life! Supposedly they tested it again with the same results. They gave me 3 months to try something on my own. I ate cheerios for snacks, oatmeal for breakfast every morning, cut out cheese, milk, you name it. Oh, and did I mention this happened during the holiday season! I had resigned myself with the research I had done that the best I could hope for was a 10-13 point drop. I went back in and my cholesterol was at 164! There was no way it would have dropped that much had the test been correct. I think the blood got mixed up! Somewhere there was some poor soul that had a false sense of well being. While trying to get my cholesterol down, I let some of my other good habits go. Weight starting creeping up. Daughters started college, hubby and I started other jobs on the side to help out and get some bills under control. Goodbye healthy eating at home and hello drive-thru! Decided yesterday that this was ridiculous! I will try and have my daughter take my present pic for posting sometime this week so we can track my progress.

Made a Decision

August 23, 2o09 - I made a decision today. I want to be healthier! Doctor just put me on Zocor. I don't want to be on another medication! I already take allergy meds, synthroid, zestril and copaxone. All of these medications are unadvoidable, but if I start a healthier lifestyle, I can probably get rid of the Zocor. I have put on some weight and my joints are starting to complain. I'm not getting any younger and there is still a lot I want to do. I will start by taking it one day at a time. By blogging, my hope is that it will really make me think about the things I do and hopefully the "Why" behind it.