Exercise. I got out for a walk yesterday but did not manage the exercise programme. There's a medical thing going on in my trainer's family so our meeting was cancelled and a few things need attention. I think I'll go to see the physio who made my hips level last year.
Food went off the rails yesterday afternoon but not too wildly. I've come back to believing that I need a more substantial and regular (week in, week out) breakfast than I was giving myself on the high fat, low carb diet. So hello muesli, fruit and yogurt again!
Sleep. I'm implementing a earlier lights out policy and that's helping me. It had started to drift later and that always messes up my eating. I'm an early to bed, early to rise person and anything else makes me feel terrible. I've tried being flexible on this and it doesn't work.
The plan is to garden all day but it looks very dark out there though rain isn't forecast until later.
Shannon, that's a terrible week. No driving this weekend sounds like a very good idea.
Friday morning, right back up to 156 after a normal day with an actual lunch. Looks as though I'll need to feel hungry on consecutive days for anything to happen.
I'm getting a late start in spite of having a far less exhausting schedule than Shannon -- you must let yourself crash and lie around as limp as possible this weekend. Without guilt or feeling you need to be productive. (I know a little bit about those feelings.)
I wish I'd taken today off, or next week, or something. There is that feeling in the air and so many people are out.
My weight drop post cruise has stopped, so now the real work begins as the 5 pounds have "stuck".
Extra difficult will be the fact that exercise will be nil most likely till Monday and food choices will be challenging. I'm leaving straight from work for the airport to see dd until Sunday night. We will be exploring Gilbert, AZ, where she will be teaching next school year-- looking for an apartment, finding her school (she got the job via skype interview), etc. We will be in a hotel so all meals will be out.
Once I'm home, I'll have 2 weeks without dh (gone to China again) so I can focus on what I need to. Hopefully....
Wilbur (kitty) is still sad with his sister Charlotte gone. It's breaking my heart. I told dh not to be surprised when he comes home to find two new kittens. I won't do it but I sure am tempted. Dh doesn't want more kitties (ever) so we are somewhat at a stalemate. I've told him I'll wait till Wilbur is gone and then I want two kitty siblings again. We will see. Wilbur is 14.5 but I wouldn't be surprised if he lives for a long time.
Continuing the experiment of getting hungry and not feeling panicked about it. Right now, I'm going to call it healthy and a way of getting in touch with my actual needs.
Some work to do this weekend, with not a little resentment over it because it's Easter weekend.
I need that presentation to go well on Monday, but right now it feels overstuffed for a 20-minute talk.
Yesterday went along the line of errands, clearing up and making meals. This never suits me. Nor does eating too much in the vain hope it gives me the energy to trudge along doing this stuff. Or as a pointless and ineffective protest.
I like your getting hungry experiment, saef. I like that sensation and I also like being able to distinguish between digestion and hunger.
Yesterday went along the line of errands, clearing up and making meals. This never suits me.
Me either! I'm starting to hate Saturday as it's just another day of work - catching up on all the domestic stuff I didn't have the energy to do during the week. DH can't be faulted here - his current job and commute give him even less time in the evenings so he's also frantically running around on Saturday doing his errands.
As soon as the winter coat comes off I'm going to start forcing myself to do one or two errands after dinner. That should leave a bit of time on Saturday to just sit.
Hey Saef, you have my sympathy; I feel your frustration. FWIW, I wasn't losing weight despite cutting back on calories for over a month. I then had my annual checkup, and my doctor found both my thyroid a bit under the normal range, and my vitamin D level extremely low (14). In the 10 days since I added a weekly Vit. D and upped my thyroid dose, I have lost 3 pounds without changing my intake at all. I know you had a checkup recently, but if your doctor didn't check those things, it might be worth calling him.
I got a few things done in the garden yesterday and feel very pleased about that. My back is well up to emptying and turning garden compost in big containers. I'll dig a trench today and fill it with wonderful homemade compost, ready for the beans and peas. I've decided which summer raspberries to plant and am going to get them today (fingers crossed that the garden centre hasn't sold out since last week). The autumn rasps are growing away very nicely.
Food was not too bad, compared with recently. I did eat some of the biscuits (cookies) given to us as an Easter present by a neighbour but I don't see this as an ongoing problem as we never have them usually.
Andrea, that's very interesting about your checkup. I've been meaning to look into vitamin D supplementation for months, after a friend told me about some Cambridge research. It was in danger of being left till next autumn or winter but l'll move it up the priority list. Glad to hear that it and the change in the thyroid dose have made a difference to your weight.
Slightly low thyroid function can be a challenge. I've had it most of my life and no doctor will give me meds for it as they think it's not necessary. I have asked.
Here in Canada the government gives doctors way too much power and patients way less choice than they should have.
Monday morning at 158.3, which I knew yesterday by the waist of my jeans.
It's not my thyroid, Andrea, which has always been normal, though my doctor has tested it eagerly year after year. Also, I've been taking Vitamin D supplements for a while. There was an interesting article in the NY Times just last week by Gina Kolata titled "Why Are So Many People Popping Vitamin D?" that made me wonder what, exactly, it's doing for me, if anything.
It's simply too many calories. Roasted spiralized beets, roasted brussels sprouts and miso-glazed salmon for dinner. Too many walnuts and pecans on my salad.
When I'm done with my current stash of Quest bars and Oh Yeah! bars, I'm not buying any more.
I'm at work and nervous about presenting a PowerPoint at an analysts' staff meeting today.
I take Vitamin D daily. My doctor recommended that over calcium supplements for bone health. He also checks my vitamin D levels with every lab test. I have a normal thyroid, too, but have been thinking lately that I should request it to be tested as I get very tired in the afternoons and can easily doze off at my desk if I'm not busy. That and the fact that I cannot seem to lose weight at all.
I also take Vitamin D (plus calcium) which was recommended to me as I have osteoporosis. My thyroid is not normal (I have Graves Disease) and I've been on supplements for years.
My weight is so far above my comfort zone now that I hope I can finally take it seriously. I do okay for a few days then find reason to cheat or overeat. I think I've restricted for so many years that I'm just burned out. I'm back to restricting today and hope I can keep my head in the game. I am not loving the way anything is fitting, which is pretty much not at all. I was in Arizona for the weekend and allowed myself leeway (right after my cruise which means I already had extra weight to lose). I'm back now with no excuses.
