As I’m sitting here at my computer drinking my first cup of coffee, I realize that I’m addicted to the creamer. Isn’t that silly? How could creamer be addictive? I don’t know, but what I do know is that I need at least that one cup to make me feel alright with my day. And it’s just like when I smoked, I loved that first cig, and I love that first cup of coffee, but from then on each new cup doesn’t taste as good.
I’m actually a tea drinker. Grew up drinking tea from since I was small, I don’t ever remember not having tea and toast in the morning. The first time I drank coffee was in high school. There was a Mickey D’s across from school and it was a cold day, my friend drank coffee and so It always smelled so good I thought I’d try it. OMG! I hated the taste of coffee black. I remember putting cream and about 4 sugar packs in the small size coffee cup just so I could get it down my throat. Went back to tea. Got married, had kids, got divorced, drank tea. Then they came out with coffee creamers that were flavored with french vanilla, then other more delectable flavors. I got hooked on those in coffee. Still don’t like the taste of coffee, love the smell though, but put flavored creamer in the coffee and I’m good to go.
So I guess you cold say that I’m hooked on the coffee creamer and not the coffee. I’ve tried the creamer in tea, not the same. Yet I feel that it’s time for a change. I’m going to try this week to drink only tea. No coffee for me, no creamer (flavored) for me. We’ll see how long I can hold out.
Posted on February 12th, 2012 by jlo2670
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Went to DR. yesterday for a follow up. She also agreed that losing my hair is not worth it for taking the cholesterol pills. We’ll try something else after the blood work comes back. One other thing, she said that I only gained 14 pds since I was last there. I think the last time I was there it was Oct and I was at 161. But I’m going by my weight of when I was a full time smoker which was 154. From Aug to Oct I had gained 8 pds already.
I’ve noticed that when I go food shopping the end price is almost double what I used to spend. I can’t seem to get out of the store without spending at least $50 and that’s just picking up a few items. The store I go to sends me coupons for being a loyal customer. The coupons are directed toward what I usually buy. So I look forward to these coupons. Yet I am not seeing a difference in the end cost, it’s still costing me more and more to go shopping.
So I’ve decided after yesterdays $172 grocery bill that I will not go grocery shopping for a month. The only exceptions are for bread. Today I am going into my freezer down the basement and put together a meal plan. I know I have enough food to last a month. Tomorrow I will list what dinners I’ll be making.
Posted on February 11th, 2012 by jlo2670
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Woke up this morning and did one of those sit up on the side of the bed, trying to motivate, then laid back down for about 10 min. Took a shower then ate breakfast. Didn’t do the Dr. Oz thing but still had breakfast within the first hour.
Was thinking of doing our taxes, but finding it hard to motivate. Doing numbers all day is not my idea of fun. Even knowing that we should get money back.
I’m stuck in a rut. Something needs to change. I think SAD is starting to get to me, even though the sun is out more here in KY then it ever was back in OH. Seeing the DR. in Feb for a follow up, will have to chat about it. Dr. had put me on meds for lowering cholesterol and everything seemed to be going o.k. until about a month or so in, I started noticing that I was losing my hair. Didn’t put the two together and continued on until one day the lightbulb went off in my head. That was the only thing I changed/added to my regimen. So now I’m trying to eat more types of foods that are supposed to be good for you and lower your cholesterol.
You know, half the time I have no idea what I should and shouldn’t eat anymore, these studies keep coming out with things like: eggs are bad for you, no wait, 1 egg a day is fine to eat. How about the new one I just read about, coffee. More than three cups a day lowers women’s risk of developing the most common skin cancer by 20%. Drinking at least one cup of coffee a day lowers women’s risk of stroke by up to 25%. Drink at least 2 cups daily can reduce our chance of becoming depressed by up to 20%.
Everyone is always harder on themselves than they are on others. Internally I keep telling myself that I should be able to control my hunger and what I put into my body. Take smoking, did it for 39 years and have most likely lost some years of my life in doing so. I miss the first cigarette of the day. After that they were all down hill for me. I will be doing something and all of a sudden, a cigarette pops into my head. It’s just weird. I don’t want to smoke anymore, I know that I won’t smoke anymore, (one exception: if I am diagnosed with some disease that is incurable, I will definitely light one or more up, plus eat all the foods that are bad for me). Now if my hubby will quit!
Posted on January 29th, 2012 by jlo2670
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I’m 53, 5′ 3″, 175lbs. I quit smoking August 16, 2011 after smoking for 39 years. Gaining 22pds. since then. I’m sure my lungs are as black as night. In the last three years I have been diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure), high cholesterol, hypothyroidism.
At the tender age of 45 I had a full hysterectomy. I have been a meat eater, vegetarian & vegan. I like being a meat eater the best.
I’ve tried many diets, been to jenny Craig, joined a gym (three times at three different gyms), Atkins diet, cabbage soup diet, eat more weigh less, eat right for your type, Hollywood diet, grapefruit diet, LA weight loss diet, Mediterranean diet, nutrisystem, perricone diet, pritikin principle, protein power, south beach diet, thin for life, volumetric, weight watchers, Dr. Andrew Weil, the zone diet. I have followed Susan Powter and her diet regime.
I weighed 117 when I was 21 yrs old. The most I had weighed before quitting smoking was 161 pds, and that was when I was pregnant with my daughter. I maintained my weight with one form of diet or another since after my children were born. I did a lot of yo-yo dieting. My weight would fluctuate from 125 to 145, yet it seemed every year or two I would add 1 or 2 extra that would seem to stick with me, so that at the age of 45 I weighed between 142-148.
This blog is basically for me to express my thoughts and findings.
I’m back to weight watchers, and am also looking into sugar busters and watching Dr. OZ. I think I just need to cut out sugar. I’m not diabetic, my mom is though, so there is a predisposition for me to become diabetic. Geez, that’s all I’d need. I also have heart disease in my family. Dad died of it when he was 53. My brother had quadruple bypass surgery. He still smokes.
This is my first day:
Posted on January 28th, 2012 by jlo2670
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