So, the first week is over. I think that I am only supposed to weigh myself once a week, but I find myself weighing in every other day or so. I am happy and proud to report that I am down 12 pounds. Well, between 11 and 12. I am doing good. I need to start the exercise thing again, as I only did it once last week. But, either way, I am proud of myself. I have stuck to my diet pretty well all week. I ate at HyVee last night. I had the salad bar. Jeff and Josh had fried chicken and other things filled with carbs. I had a salad for lunch today. I did have regular ranch dressing, but I feel like I cannot deprive myself of everything that I like.
I would like to say a little bit on this post about my mom. Today is the 17th Memorial Day since she died. That means that I have had as many Memorial Days with her as I have had without. I miss her greatly, but am so thankful for the 17 years that I had with her. Thank you also to all of the soldiers who are fighting for our freedom, both overseas and at home. I appreciate all you do. And also to the families of the soldiers who are serving, and those who have lost their lives for our freedom.
Kate
Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Bad blogger already!
So, I am on day 5 of trying to lose weight. I am not doing so well with sticking to the diet. However, I have lost 5 pounds since Monday. I am eating less, and more healthy. So, I guess overall, that is a good thing.
This week has gone by quickly. Wednesday was Josh's last day of school and last day of swimming lessons. He got straight A's (even some A+'s!!) and passed swimming lessons! Yay!
Jeff has been out of town during the day for work a couple of days this week. He will also be travelling to Wyoming starting on Tuesday. I am a total muncher when he isn't here, so hopefully I can keep that under control.
Josh's trampoline is finally assembled. We still have a few more knots to tie, but who has the time after working a hard day. I have been super busy with work, and finding out what my days are going to be like with the new work I have taken on. The only one I feel bad for is Josh. Poor kid is stuck here with me working all day and is bored out of his gourd.
Kate
This week has gone by quickly. Wednesday was Josh's last day of school and last day of swimming lessons. He got straight A's (even some A+'s!!) and passed swimming lessons! Yay!
Jeff has been out of town during the day for work a couple of days this week. He will also be travelling to Wyoming starting on Tuesday. I am a total muncher when he isn't here, so hopefully I can keep that under control.
Josh's trampoline is finally assembled. We still have a few more knots to tie, but who has the time after working a hard day. I have been super busy with work, and finding out what my days are going to be like with the new work I have taken on. The only one I feel bad for is Josh. Poor kid is stuck here with me working all day and is bored out of his gourd.
Kate
Monday, May 23, 2011
First day
Well, the first day wasn't as awful as I thought it would be. My exercise didn't go quite as planned, but at least I did some, and will continue to build my stamina!
I am a lover of fried foods, carbs and sugar. Today I ate the following.
Breakfast:
Yogurt
Strawberries
Grean tea
Glass of hot water with half a lemon (surprising to me, I LOVED it!)
Lunch:
Chicken salad
Supper:
Taco salad
I have also been drinking my water and green tea. I will likely have some strawberries before bed, because I am having a DEXA scan tomorrow bright and early to check my gallbladder function. Great!
Kate
I am a lover of fried foods, carbs and sugar. Today I ate the following.
Breakfast:
Yogurt
Strawberries
Grean tea
Glass of hot water with half a lemon (surprising to me, I LOVED it!)
Lunch:
Chicken salad
- can of chicken breast (hey, I am a working woman!)
- 1/2 c. chopped grapes
- 2 T. chopped celery
- Drizzle of evoo
Supper:
Taco salad
- Lots of lettuce
- Ground turkey breast
- low fat cheddar cheese
- onion
- salsa
I have also been drinking my water and green tea. I will likely have some strawberries before bed, because I am having a DEXA scan tomorrow bright and early to check my gallbladder function. Great!
Kate
239... gross
Good morning, me. I would say blogger friends, but lets be honest, for right now, it is just me. So, I am 45 minutes into the first day. I didn't make it through the first C25K module. I made it through the "vigorous" warmup, and two cycles of running and two cycles of walking. This kind of got me down, but I am going to push through, and tomorrow is another day. You can't expect to NEVER exercise, and then go in full force. I am going to head upstairs now and make my breakfast.
Oh, and 239. That is what I weigh this morning. Gross. My goal is 150. Not unrealistic, but extremely daunting for this girl!
Kate
Oh, and 239. That is what I weigh this morning. Gross. My goal is 150. Not unrealistic, but extremely daunting for this girl!
Kate
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Tomorrow is the day!
Let me introduce myself. My name is Kate. I am a 33-year-old mother and wife. I work from home as a medical transcriptionist. I have many health problems, the biggest of all being my type 1 diabetes, which, due to my not taking as good care of myself as a I should, has had many complications.
My son is completing first grade in just shy of three days. Last Thursday, one of the other mom's at his school passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack. I did not know this mother well, and while it is mean to say, I am sure that her heart attack was at least partly due to her obesity. I also have to say, that my heart breaks for this woman's family. She has two young children, in addition to her husband. I don't want that to be my history. I don't want that to happen to me. I don't want my son to grow up without his mother when there is something that I can do to help myself be healthier. I don't want my husband to have to live his life without me. I don't want to miss out on seeing things like graduations, weddings, grandchildren, etc. It is because of all of the things listed above, that I have chosen to start a new way of thinking. A new way of living.
I am starting this new way of thinking and living tomorrow morning, bright and early! I have been getting myself psyched up this weekend, and having my last hurrah. I am going to be starting tomorrow on the 17 day diet. This is a diet that has been featured on the Dr. Phil show. If you know me, and at this point you probably don't, you know that I LOVE DR. PHIL! My friend Jen started the 17 day diet approximately 2 months ago. She is a skinny little minnie, so I was unsure of why she was starting this program, but she wants her clothes to fit better, and as long as she maintains a healthy weight, I say more power to her. This program is about eating healthy, cleansing your system of toxins and CUTTING OUT THE SUGAR! Again, anyone out there who is reading this knows, I am a big fan of both carbs and sugar, so this could be interesting. I definitely do not envy the hubs or the kiddo for the next couple of weeks!
I also am not a fan of exercise or the outdoors. I am hoping to change that as well. I am starting the Couch 2 5K program as well tomorrow. It promises that it can take a total couch potato (that's me!) and get them to run either a 5K, or 30 minutes (without stopping) in 9 weeks. I think that I am up for the challenge. To further get myself psyched about this, I got a new pair of running shoes today (and some sports bras!) I think that I am ready to go. My friend is organizing a 5K in a town close to where I live at the end of August in memory of her baby who passed away last August. I had originally volunteered to work it, because I thought to myself, "There is no way in heck I am going to run in it! Are you kidding?!?" Well, now I want to set that as a goal for myself.
I am going to try to blog daily about how I am doing with this whole thing. I think maybe it will help me to vent my frustrations, and hopefully keep me on track. I would like to lose about 90 pounds, which is a lot. It is a daunting task. I want to do it. I need to do it. I would like to get off my blood pressure medicine. I would like to get my hemoglobin A1C down below a 6. It feels like a lot of really lofty goals right now. It is possible, right? I can do this, can't I? I deserve better. I need to hold myself to a higher standard. There is no reason that I should have let this happen to my body.
Okay. So, I will update tomorrow after I complete my first 25 minutes or so of exercise. I think the last time that I truly exercised was when I ran the mile as a freshman in high school for the Presidential Fitness Challenge (or whatever it was!)
Kate
My son is completing first grade in just shy of three days. Last Thursday, one of the other mom's at his school passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack. I did not know this mother well, and while it is mean to say, I am sure that her heart attack was at least partly due to her obesity. I also have to say, that my heart breaks for this woman's family. She has two young children, in addition to her husband. I don't want that to be my history. I don't want that to happen to me. I don't want my son to grow up without his mother when there is something that I can do to help myself be healthier. I don't want my husband to have to live his life without me. I don't want to miss out on seeing things like graduations, weddings, grandchildren, etc. It is because of all of the things listed above, that I have chosen to start a new way of thinking. A new way of living.
I am starting this new way of thinking and living tomorrow morning, bright and early! I have been getting myself psyched up this weekend, and having my last hurrah. I am going to be starting tomorrow on the 17 day diet. This is a diet that has been featured on the Dr. Phil show. If you know me, and at this point you probably don't, you know that I LOVE DR. PHIL! My friend Jen started the 17 day diet approximately 2 months ago. She is a skinny little minnie, so I was unsure of why she was starting this program, but she wants her clothes to fit better, and as long as she maintains a healthy weight, I say more power to her. This program is about eating healthy, cleansing your system of toxins and CUTTING OUT THE SUGAR! Again, anyone out there who is reading this knows, I am a big fan of both carbs and sugar, so this could be interesting. I definitely do not envy the hubs or the kiddo for the next couple of weeks!
I also am not a fan of exercise or the outdoors. I am hoping to change that as well. I am starting the Couch 2 5K program as well tomorrow. It promises that it can take a total couch potato (that's me!) and get them to run either a 5K, or 30 minutes (without stopping) in 9 weeks. I think that I am up for the challenge. To further get myself psyched about this, I got a new pair of running shoes today (and some sports bras!) I think that I am ready to go. My friend is organizing a 5K in a town close to where I live at the end of August in memory of her baby who passed away last August. I had originally volunteered to work it, because I thought to myself, "There is no way in heck I am going to run in it! Are you kidding?!?" Well, now I want to set that as a goal for myself.
I am going to try to blog daily about how I am doing with this whole thing. I think maybe it will help me to vent my frustrations, and hopefully keep me on track. I would like to lose about 90 pounds, which is a lot. It is a daunting task. I want to do it. I need to do it. I would like to get off my blood pressure medicine. I would like to get my hemoglobin A1C down below a 6. It feels like a lot of really lofty goals right now. It is possible, right? I can do this, can't I? I deserve better. I need to hold myself to a higher standard. There is no reason that I should have let this happen to my body.
Okay. So, I will update tomorrow after I complete my first 25 minutes or so of exercise. I think the last time that I truly exercised was when I ran the mile as a freshman in high school for the Presidential Fitness Challenge (or whatever it was!)
Kate
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