Almost Behind

I'm almost behind a week on my health update. I thought to wait until I went to the gym and get a picture of my husband and me working hard. This week has been a bit crazy. In the middle of the craziness, my birthday happened. 

I lost 2 pounds from the week earlier. I'm now weigh 277 pounds. Last week, my husband and I went to the gym four times. We worked the weight machines and did 20 minutes of cardio. I'm pretty proud of myself on this lose. I'm definitely moving in the right direction.

I like to talk about breakfast drink. It was eye opening for me. It was basically my body already starting to notice the difference between good healthy water verses an icy creamy frappe drink. 

I went to McDonald's this morning. I picked up a large chocolate chip frappe.  I only drank half of the frappe when my stomach began hurting. It was on fire that of which I hadn't felt in a long time. It's the kind of pain you get when your ulcer is screaming at you. 

I'm proud of myself. I felt it and instantly threw away the frappe. I realize from that point on that I need to keep on the path of drinking water. In fact, I actually crave water above any other drinks lately. 

I started noticed that even diet sodas make me so thirsty all the time. When I drink water, I feel very satisfied.

Here's to drinking water and living life to the fullest!

Change is good

Change! Most people say they fear it or hate it. But change is a great way to grow and learn. Right now, I'm welcoming it. Change to a better life and health for my husband and me is definitely a must.

We decided to get a whiteboard. It has our daily workout schedule, as well as, our dinner meal plan for the rest of the month. This month we have 2 celebrations which are: last night was the 6 month anniversary to our wedding and my birthday in a week. 

Posting on the whiteboard what we plan on doing will keep us both focused on the big picture, our health. We can always tweak it if it needs to be, but still having it on the board let's us know what we need to do that day. 

Sometimes we need this kind of reminder especially on days that you just don't want to do anything. You just want to go home and relax. Maybe it was a bad day at work and you just want to jump on a video game to kill something. You can still do that, but after you have a nice workout. Plus a good workout is a great stress reliever. 

We started halfway into the month with this idea. It's a great idea and we plan on keeping it.

I'm so excited for this much needed change. Plus I have a partner who wants this change just as much as I do. Everything is great! It will be a long hard journey, but so worth it. 

Looking Up

Last week wasn't as bad as I thought it might have been. I went from weighing 283 down to 279. That's a 5 pound difference. Very exciting for me. Definitely seems to be going in the right direction.

The change in weight came from a slight change in diet. I am eating more fruits and veggies. In fact, my husband is also. This makes me happy. We both need to change our habits. 

I say one step at a time. Small steps lead to big changes. I'm grateful for the changes. These changes will in the long run make it possible to live life to the fullest with more energy. 

Another great thing happened this week. I was able to get my sugars down to 295 one day this week. I now need to get it down more than once this level and work harder to get the sugars to stabilize, but this is a victory for me. My sugars normally being in the 400s is very much not okay. 

Today I take that victory of 295 for the day as a step in the right direction. 

Here's a picture of a very happy girl this evening:

Good night everyone! 

Resolution or Life Goals?

I'll be honest here, I partied like it was 1999. I overate and drank sugary drinks like there was no tomorrow. 

You see, in my mind, I knew I was going to ban myself from drinking sodas including the diet kind. I read somewhere that even the diet drinks aren't good for diabetics. So in my mind, I better get in what I will not be able to have in 2017. 

Where in the world did I and others get a mindset like that? It's like eat everything on your plate or you will starve kind of thinking. 

WELL....that caused my sugars to be 538 Sunday morning and my weight went up to 283 this week. That's a 5 pound weight gain for this week. Honestly this is quite disappointing. 

BUT this isn't causing me to get angry at myself and belittle what I did. I recognized what I did and learned that I can't have this kind of thinking. I have to move along and realize that each decision I am making for my health is a life goal decision. It is to make me healthier and live longer and enjoy life even more.

You see, this spring when the snow has melted, I plan on going on hikes again. I miss them. I absolutely love hiking and haven't done that in almost 2 years now. 

I'm going to post a picture of me this morning as the first picture of the new year at work. I'm thinking that I'll post a picture of me once a month to show my progress. 

Stop thinking that your goals are just resolutions! Make them life changing goals that you will keep forever and know that they will improve your life.