Take Two

 Take two years!  Whew!  I am still working on figuring out my battle with weight.  Yesterday at my physical, that I did not want to go to, I found out I am diabetic.  I've also been teetering a bit with a midlife crisis.  Dr. Fleming suggested bariatric surgery as a cure for my diabetes.....or at least medication.  I suggested a three month trial to see if I could reverse the diabetes before such drastic measures.  She agreed.  My appointment is March 13, my labs are March 7.  She said NO fast food.  She said limit potatoes/flour/rice.  She said nix the diet coke.  She said exercise.  She suggested a counselor, a hobby, and B12 and vitamin D.

Yesterday was good.  I had off work.  

Took thyroid pill.

5 min. walk, 2 min run, 5 min. walk.  I listened to a podcast on marginal differences while I ran.  It was excellent.

coffee, planned day, took out meat for dinner.  

ordered pictures for class ornaments for parents

Washed my sheets

Did laundry

Shaved off eyebrow....YIKES

Personal hygiene/Washed face

Looked for a gift for mom

Went to doctor

Read some in The Screwtape Letters

Left for doctor apt.

Pondered this thought a lot today, "Invest significant effort to minimize the shallow in your life."  I had written it in the notes section on my phone.  I do not know where it came from.  Now I'm pondering what is the shallow?

Got the news and came up with a plan.

Returned license plate on Jack's car

Returned Jackson's jeans

Went to Farmside for a salad, and did not get blueberry soda

Returned Stephens Shoes

Stopped at grocery for zucchini noodles

Ordered a few Christmas stocking stuffers, plus stuff for recipe box

Read Bible

Switched Laundry

Made Bed

Drove girls and Piper to get Bubble Tea and picked up pictures from CVS

Took Check to bank

Went and bought some "sister soap" for TA/Teacher Christmas gifts

Talked with Randy and drank a pot of hot tea and watered Christmas tree

Looked and diabetes information

Made dinner: Baked ziti for family with Caesar Salad/Zucchini noodles with meat sauce and cheese and Caesar salad for me.

Embroidered and watched Gray's Anatomy

Talked to mom and Andrew & Vickie on phone.  Texted Sophia

Had an apple with peanut butter

Washed face 

Took Atorvastatin

Went to bed.

I liked having a plan.  I liked having a full day and doing some hobbies.  I was HUNGRY at bedtime.

beginning again

My private journey begins today.  I'm going to take my meds and I'm going to weigh myself and I'm going to write down everything I eat.  I'm going to try to go outside and touch nature and let myself be healed by God's beautiful love letter of creation.

Wednesday Morning (July-April 22)
- Coffee
- Pills (thyroid, cholesterol, Vit. C, D, B, Fish Oil, and Iron) taken with orange, lemon, strawberry infused water
-1 c. frozen strawberry, mango, banana with 3/4 c. whole milk in a smoothie

* morning washed face with nutrigena acne face wash, followed with toner, and moisurizer.
*started tracking food on My Fitness Pal

Wednesday Lunch
-fruit infused water
-1 1/2 cup leftover rigatoni

Wednesday snack
-5 chocolate chips

Wednesday dinner
-1 cup roasted in butter brussel sprouts
-1 cup white rice
-1 cup poppyseed chicken
-fruit infused water

Wednesday snack
-diet dr. pepper
-small bowl of popcorn

HIGHLIGHT: Buying new hammock cover, and 3 azelias, 2 hydrangias, and a rosemary plant.

Movement-I planted 4 plants, moved the hammock frame up a hill and set it up with my new cover, and watered my freshly planted plants! 

I'll have to plant the other 2 tomorrow.

Awkwardly, I got overheated to the point of nautia digging the 4th hole.....I'm really out of shape.....but after cooling down and having some water I was able to finish the ones I had started.

Small victory:  Audrey baked huge gourmet chocolate chip cookies (she does this about every week once or twice).  Audrey is an amazing cookie maker!  I was full from dinner, but wanted to eat one....I resisited the urge, becasue if I ate the cookie, I'd have to have milk to go with it and our milk is whole, because that is all my kids will drink.  So the monster cookie and milk would have been 350 calories.

I did feel the need for a snack while we watched Survivor so I had a small bowl of popcorn with a Diet Dr. Pepper.  This is only 53 calories!  So I ended my day with 89 leftover calories....and if I had indulged I would have been 208 calories over budget.


In May.....add exericse