GREAT JOB!!! I am 49, turning 50 in July. I started walking 10/18, and I barely could get 5k steps a day. Now I am up to an average of 14k steps a day. I did for 4 months use Nutrisense, which is a CGM program and kept my blood sugar in range at all times. It takes me daily committing to myself to make this work for me. I want to lose 50lbs by my birthday but I am not sure I will make that goal since I cannot seem to break 193 to save my life, but I have to be happy with lower weight, and better mental health. Here are the things I am doing:
20 min treadmill walk before I get dressed in the morning
20 min outside walk when I get to work (yes I arrive early to do so)
45 min outside walk when I take lunch (yes, I take it everyday. Legally they cannot stop you, and legally you have to take the break, so take it!!)
Then on rare occasion my husband and I will walk another 20-30 minutes at night.
I log every bit of food I eat, and I use my Fitbit everyday, 24 hrs a day.
I make sure I am at a 500 calorie deficit at a minimum, but most days I am at a 750-1000 deficit
When I track my blood sugar I only eat when it is between 70-90 and do my best to eat only things that raise my blood sugar no more than 20-30pts. If I am going to eat something I know will cause issue, such as skittles, I will walk 5 mins before I eat them, and then make sure I walk another 10-15 minutes within a hour of eating them.
Does this consume my life? YES. But I view my eating struggles no different than someone with a substance issue. They choose sobriety, everyday. I chose, health. I chose, me. Everyday, every hour.
You can do this, you will do this. Love yourself more than you love everything and everyone around you. Self care, and self love is being a good: mom, daughter, friend, aunt, EVERYTHING.
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