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.