Celebration at the Doctor's Office

I had my yearly check-up with one of my doctors today.  Guess what?  I weighed twenty pounds less than 14 months ago!  Woo hoo!

I'm very excited to have stuck with the food journaling, started back to walking a couple of times a week, and lowering my sugar intake.

Getting healthier!

Journaling

Started my food journal again three weeks ago.  Down 12 pounds!

Looking for Help

This weekend I just looked at my husband and said, "I need your help.  I'm so tired of being fat.  I just want to be my normal again."  Bless his heart, he tried to be sweet about, but he's a realist, which is why I love him. 

"You know what you need to do."  Yes, he's right.  I do know what I need to do.  I just need a jump start.  So I'm trying this three day military diet - high protein, low carbs - to see if I can get my body losing again.

Losing for Life

I've been on blood pressure medicine for about six weeks now.  Of course, the doctor says most of my troubles would probably go away if I just lost weight.  Why is it so hard to get back to a normal weight?  The combination of stress and over-eatting has left me at some of my highest numbers on the scale.  At least, I'm still lower than my highest weight ever, which was at 8 months pregnant!

I really want to lose 100 pounds for life!!!

I am what I eat

So I should be cookies, cake, ice cream, and candy bars.

Walk a Mile

My neighbor and I have tried to walk in the mornings -- 5:15 a.m. comes really early! But I'm developing shin splints which have left me sore and achy all day at work. I've stretched and stretched some more but haven't found any relief yet. I haven't tried ice packs yet. Maybe it's time for new shoes.

Surviving the Holidays

Well, I made it through Thanksgiving without gaining major weight, but the fact that I'm up 8 pounds from last April is discouraging enough.

So on Monday, November 28th, Weight Watchers introduced their new PointsPlus program. Yeah, yeah, I thought. Just another way for WW to make money. Everybody is raving about "free fruit" -- no points for fresh fruit on the new program. Okay, I can go with it. I thought I'd get motivated. Nah, same old, same old for the week.

Then last Monday I saw an old friend at my WW meeting. Talk about a positive motivator, she's got me excited again (especially since it's Monday and I get to see her at tonight's meeting) and I tracked all week. Yes, I did!

So my friend says, with her big ol' grin and sparkly eyes, "We can do this! We'll be at goal and WW leaders before you know it!" So I have a new goal. Happy Monday!