Morning chicks!
Well, I feel a little better today. My weight is down slightly this morning, though still up overall, but that’s to be expected seeing as I’ve been off track for almost 3 weeks. I didn’t add up calories yesterday, but I kept my intake reigned in and didn’t snack and nibble like I wanted too. I did have a Hungarian nut cookie, since it was a new recipe for us and I wanted to try them, but I only had one, and it was the smallest one we had, so I don’t feel bad about it. AND I exercised last night—30 minutes on the elliptical. Steve was sick and sleeping, so I didn’t want to run the vacuum in the bedroom and wake him up just so I could do Yourself!Fitness when I have all of these other exercises I could be doing anyway.
So I went to the doctor this morning. She yelled at me because my cholesterol is high. She told me to try to bring it down on my own, then we’ll have it checked again in 8 months or so and see if it’s come down. So I need to go on a cholesterol-lowering diet. I mean, I thought about it in the past, but now I really need to make a concerted effort.
And as far as weight loss goes, she said she could refer me to a nutritionist if I wanted, but she went over my typical menu with me and made some suggestions, and said that if something doesn’t change in a month or two then I could go to the nutritionist, and I was ok with that. She says that my body doesn’t need as much protein as I’m eating, and it may do me some good to reduce my protein to one serving a day. And, of course, eat more fruits and veggies and whole grains.
And about the depression, I told her my qualms with taking drugs, and she said that diet and exercise help, and beyond that I can try some St. John’s Wort or Sam-E, and then if that doesn’t help we can try something else. Ummm… yeah. That’s ok. I’m glad she’s not trying to give me drugs just to give me drugs, you know?
So anyway… today’s going ok. I have a bagel with LF cream cheese and 1.5 cups of coffee with regular creamer. Lunch is a grilled chicken and veggies frozen dinner, snack is pretzels and hummus. Dinner… it’s hard to tell.
Steve and I are going to his parents’ house this weekend, supposedly. He’s pretty sick, so I don’t know if he’s still want to go, but my guess is probably. But my new bowling shoes are at his parents’ house, so I’ll finally get them, and that is good. They’re the cutest bowling shoes ever!
OK, I need to get to work. This has been a busy week, trying to get things wrapped up before the holidays, and I'm already behind because of my appt. this morning. I hope you're all having a good day! And have a good weekend!
~Elisha