A New Month To Re-Begin

Tomorrow is a brand new start of a month and I am going to get on it as hard as I can. I finally feel a lot better and hopefully will stay that way so that I can continue with weight lost.  Admittedly my weight has gone up and down for the past three months since my mom has died but on the bright side I have not gained any of the weight I lost...I just keep yo-yoing within 5 lbs.  And darn it that goal I hit last week was just a fleeting thing....but boy it was nice to see even for a couple of days and knowing I can do it.


So. Even though I am going to officially restart it all tomorrow, I have been pretty good today (well, ok, let's not count my Starbucks) and have had popcorn for lunch (not the most nutritious of lunches I know) and have really been trying to up the intake of water.  So far I have drank about 34 ounces and I am going to try and drink another bottle (17oz) before I go home.  And I am actually going to get a tiny bit of exercise in by walking to the train station, which is only 1/4 mile or so from here.  Then too I could just get on the treadmill when I get home since I will be home earlier than usual. Hmmm.... For dinner I am having a salad with leftover steak from last night...and then try not to have oatmeal cookies later.  Can't promise that, but I do have until tomorrow.


So once again, here we go.....

Is it Over?

So today I finally went back to work after being off for a week due to still being sick and not being able to breathe. That is the worst part...not being able to take a deep breath.  I went to the doctor last Wednesday and they gave me meds that didn't work and then I went to the ER Saturday because I wasn't feeling any better. And that doctor just wanted to send me home with an inhaler, because after giving me an EKG and a CT scan, etc, he said it was just viral. I did get him to give me prednisone, which also didn't help. So.


But on the bright non-breathing side, it really keeps the hunger at bay and you don't feel like eating at all.  Not that I haven't eaten some, but it is actually pretty difficult to eat because you feel really full already when you can't breathe.


I weighed in yesterday and was happy with the results, and down to a goal I had been looking for.  Of course now the hard part is not to blow it since I am starting to feel better and getting an appetite back.  I need to get myself back on course, make up a menu, buy the proper food, and stick with it.  Oh, and get on that dang treadmill. 


A Not-Being-Able-To-Breathe diet isn't something I would recommend for sure and I hope not to repeat it. I kinda like breathing.

The Advantages(?) of Being Sick

Since I have been sick for over a week, I haven't been eating very much at all.  I know that isn't good for you, but when you don't feel like, you don't do it.  And it's hard to force myself when I have a stuffy nose or can't catch a breath, etc because I already feel "full". The good thing about it is I did lose 8 lbs in one week, and while I know that is a big loss for a week, I know I will gain a couple of back when I start eating normally again. I would really like to not, but I know the reality is I will.


Still, it is a pretty good jump start to get going again.  I'd like to feel well enough to get on the treadmill like originally planned, but I think I have a few more days to go before that happens because this cough is in my lungs and making it kind of hard to breathe, which makes it hard to walk. And I like breathing. Something about it, you know?


Anyway, that's the scoop for now.

Uhhh......

I weighed myself this morning and let's just say it wasn't good and I gained instead of lost.  And I know why of course...for the past few days I really haven't ate healthy and I've had cake and no exercise and not drinking much water, etc. 


(And the Hector tells me he lost 10 lbs this past week...geez...)


So. 


No more cake. (Better have Sean Michael hide it from me.) Drink more water. (I brought in 6 bottles to work with me.) Oatmeal for lunch. (I forgot to bring in salad.) Orange for snack. (No sweets.)  Salad for dinner with maybe a little chicken. 


Must. Get. On. Treadmill. MUST!!!

What Else Can I Say?

Right?

Because no matter what, when I'm on a diet, I always think of the delicious food that I really want versus the salads and fish  you're supposed to eat, and end up cheating even when I don't want to.

However, I'm not giving up. 

I Mean, You Can't Just Waste It....

Yeah....I've done that because I can't just throw good food away. Of course then it blows it all to heck.

***sigh***

February 1st

And so it begins again.....

So far so good.