CONGRADULATIONS TEAM CANADA!!!!!!!
Well I don't know if any of you follow Hockey, but I thought it only fair to warn you now that I'm a big hockey buff
And now with the lockout, I don't know what I'm going to do!
ANYWAYS.......moving right along..... I've decided that my first step in dropping my weight has been to start walking more. Instead of catching the bus to work at the end on my street, I'm going to walk to the next major intersection (about another 3 blocks) and I'm going to get off a couple stops before I usually would. It's not a lot, but its a start. Also, I've decided to try and ween myself off those nasty carbs! For the next few weeks I'm going to cut myself down to 1 serving of either bread, rice or pasta a day instead of 2 or 3. And lastly I've decided to give up junk food completely! No more late night stops at the store to grab a bag of chips when I'm feeling snacky. Instead I'll grab a peice of fruit or a handful of veggies! I'm hoping with my new found support (from everyone here!) and a little determination, that little by little, I can get this thing under control! I don't have a scale so I honestly don't know how much I weigh, but I'm going to buy one outta my next paycheck so I can keep track of my progress.
Last night, once the hockey game was over, I grabbed my note book and started jotting down my goals. I'm going to carry this list with me everywhere and everytime I feel myself slipping, I'm going to take a look and remember why I'm doing this in the first place ... ME!@!@! I want to look better, I want to feel better, and I want to be happy in MY body!! If anybody has any words or quotes that I can write down for encourgament while I'm on the road, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you all for being so helpful with everything and for being there to listen to my rambling, you are like guardian angels to me!!
Crazy Canucks - 09/14 - 09/19
He had a hissy fit because the dryer is in his room and he didn't want it there--he started to dissassemble it and move it out of his room. The problem is that that is the only place it can go and we need the dryer as it is currently our only source of heat and it is getting nippy at night. He finally calmed down and hooked it back up again with the stipulation that it ONLY be used before 2pm while he is at school. Thats what I've primarily been doing anyhow as it makes his room too hot otherwise. There are days (like today) when I can't wait for him to turn 18 so he can go live on his own and be crabby all the time somewhere else than in my face.
Now what am I going to do??? Because I live with my in-laws, my MIL does all the shopping and all the cooking!! I think that on the weekend when I get some money, I'll have to go and buy myself some grocerys! I don't want to become one of those people who are constantly looking at food labels, so maybe low-carb isn't the way for me to go. Perhaps I should just cut out the junk food and limit my quantity of food...(like in that Alanis Morrisette song... stop eating when I'm full) Thats what I'm going to do...limit my intake of bad foods and walk more until I get a few bills paid off and I can afford WW and a gym membership!
Mind if I jump in here?!
I was afraid I would have no loss at all as I've been retaining a lot of water lately, so I'm pleased. I'm also going back on my metformin (glucophage) but slowly titrating the dose upwards from a low dose to avoid the side effects but get the useful medical action of counteracting insulin resistance. How is everyone else doing?
