GM and GD fellow Beckies!
My DH wanted to know if you all still call it Dominian Day? I said I would ask. So, Happy Canada Day until I hear differently.
I have already gathered together some of the items needed for the
bunad. In keeping with the colors of the Norwegian flag, my dirndl skirt will be navy, the vest in a deep red and the top underneath white (or ivory). I got some red/white/bue ribbons, pewter buttons et al along with some fabric rosebuds to fashion to a headband with streamers. This weekend I will be on the hunt for a special looking long apron, preferably with a lot of detailed embroidery or lace.
BBE The food is to be served (and shared) for en masse. I find that I have a tendency to undereat in large social gatherings like this since there is so many other things to distract me: coversations, traditional dance lessons from other "represented" countries, music, people I know, etc. that overeating will be the last thing on my mind. Thanks for the concern.
My DH received some bad health news (again) last night. Word to everyone: if you are waiting for test results of any kind unless you know that they are good, don't read the results right before going to bed! Please! My sweet Paul has abnormally high trigylcerides. I was very surprised. This bumped his cholesterol up into the high range. I assured him that we could "fix it" with diet and exercise and to "forget about it" until today when we can discuss a plan. He is the opposite of me. I thrive on plans and more plans.
Well, the problem is he has never had a weight problem until the past couple of years.His BMI is 28%. His doctor told him he needs to lose 30 lbs. To me, I would love to be that close to my ideal weight. I consider him to eat a very healthy diet. Enviable by "American standards." I mean, he eats 4 servings of vegetables at our evening meals together. Always. He just loves vegetables. At home I have always made for him what I eat so he is not getting this from my cooking! No frying, I rarely bake and the only "junk food" is his stash of Kit Kat bars which he only eats on occasion. We are both very light drinkers of alcohol.
Quite honestly, his "diet" doesn't have much to work with. I'm actually stumped. I would like to say that these results are "suspicious" but it also might mean that he is inheriting his father's heart disease and he might need medication to help bring this down. We often assume everything can be fixed with diet and exercise but there are some people that even with doing all the right things they still need medication. I was so hoping he wouldn't have to because he doesn't even remember where his reading glasses are half the time. (That is why he has three pair---one I insist he keep in our china cabinet in the dining room)
This is not going to be easy. He was already complaining (and whining a little). He said, "Well, I suppose this means I will HAVE to exercise now!" Before, it was a novelty. He walked a 13.1K this winter for cancer research but for him it was a fluke to do that. In fact, everything was and now, at age 53, he is joining the rest of us who actually have to work at being and staying healthy. Now, how to motivate him to take care of himself without nagging/scaring/threatening or babying him? That is the $1M question.
Well, I am insisting that he takes the test results to the doctor when he finally gets to see one about his skin cancer (he waited 5 hours in their waiting room this past week just to get into their computer system) and get a professional opinion. I'm the fixer in the family but even I realize I am not the "Wizard".
Credit for myself: Doing my exercises first thing in the morning. In fact, ticking off any important tasks first thing in the morning. That way they are done!
Taking another 1 hour walk yesterday (certainly not speed walking though), coming home, taking two strong anti-inflammatory pills and icing my knees.
"Detachment" works for me when presented with some challenges--which I have a new one--living with someone who is not going to like to make changes, even good ones for himself. I have a significantly more amount of weight to lose than DH and my needs are equally important. No apologies.
I made good choices when eating out:baked fish, corn on the cob, coleslaw and lots of unsweetened iced tea[Sidenote: down here you
have to specifically ask for unsweetened iced tea or you will get something that is so sweet even a diehard sugar addict would curl their eyelashes drinking].
However, when I got home I had a healthy snack (SF NS peanut butter on a cut up apple) that put me over my calories for the day.
I know what I "forgot": to log my food so I knew where I was calorie-wise because then I wouldn't have had what I had since I wasn't really very hungry--just very fatigued. Practice. Practice. Practice.
Overall, a very good start to my renewed determination to see 199 lbs by Christmas Day. It will happen if I work my tail off. Today, my jaw is set.
Have a great day and a safe weekend!