Halloween

Oct 31, 2010

It's been a long while since I blogged.  First off I have to say that I feel much, much better.  I found a new job and I have to run up and down a full flight of stairs about 5 times a day.  I can actually 'trot' up them.  I don't have to go up with one foot and then bring the second to the same step.  I actually don't have to use the hand rail to come down and sometimes even bounce down the stairs.  My knees still 'talk' to me but they don't scream anymore.
I went into the city, Chicago, to go on a ghost tour with my Goddaughter.  The pick-up point was Rock and Roll McDonald's.  After the tour my dear GD said, lets walk back to the train station.  OK....1.7 miles.  It would have killed me last year.  Don't know if I could have done it.  On a good day in the right chair I can actually cross my legs,  I only weigh about 12 pounds more than when I got married. (1988) I was a pretty big bride but then managed to gain about 110 pounds.  I'm down to 5 prescriptions from 12 and I'm smaller now than my Hubby and oldest son.  My diabetes is much improved but not gone but I still have 70 pounds to go. I'm really not perfect at this.  My sin list is I don't always get my water in, I'm usually close.  I sometimes eat to fast and don't chew well enough, and then I usually barf.  I have caffeine, daily coffee and iced tea.  I'm sporadic about exercise since I got my job. I occasionally have a few taco chips and guacamole.  I eat a few potato chips if I'm at a party and I occasional have a few handfuls of movie popcorn at the theater.  I sometimes eat too many nuts. I snack at night.
What I do right,  I almost always get in all of my protein, I stay off the couch, I do walk a lot more, I don't drink when I eat and I wait for at least 30 minutes afterward. ( I  forgot once before
nd that's a hurtin' belly!!)  I don't drink diet pop, I avoid sugar like the plague, I'm great about my multi-vitamins, I'm getting more sleep, I don't drink alcohol and I'm doing my best to stay positive.  I go to group meetings, they are the best!!!  I'm really trying to figure out why I eat when I'm not hungry and I'm doing a better job at reading myself.

Things I'm going to improve this week. 
get in my walking and weights.  Do the interval thing with my walking.
only eat planned snacks at night if at all
Lay off potato chips until goal
limit coffee to 2 a day.  One with protein and one without.
get my water in better.

Enough blogging for now....I need to blog to remember....I don't want to forget what I went through, or how far I've come.
I'm learning to love me more.  Not because I'm thinner, but because I'm kinder to myself. I've stopped judging my self so harshly.  I'm beginning to see the magnificence of me..we all are magnificent.  The moment is now.....

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