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Originally Posted by missingmyerica
I don't know if this will help or not, but have you and your husband had check-ups lately? I realized that I'm 42 and that if I don't fix this now, I'm going to end up with some serious diseases. For some reason facing your own mortality seems a little more real when you are in your late 30's (I saw from your profile you are 39) and for me in my early 40's. I saw from your profile that you are also a student? I am currently in school too. Believe me honey, if we can go back to school at this point in our lives...we can do this too!!
My hubby had a checkup a few weeks ago and a few months ago got his blood work done and everything is okay with him (except his blood pressure, which is under control with meds), and as far as me, I haven't been to the doctor's in almost a year, so maybe it is time for me to go get a checkup...I'm glad you said that, I didn't think about that. I do get scared because I am 39 and my mother has so many health problems and my real father had open heart surgery, so there are health factors definitely involved. I don't want to end up with high cholesterol or high blood pressure or diabetes or any of those kinds of things, life's tough enough! Every week, I speak to my mother on the phone and she tells me about her ailments and I just think to myself, "thank god I don't have that problem" but if I keep eating the way I do, I'm GOING to end up having some of those problems. Yes I am a student...that's a good way to look at it!
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Originally Posted by simileyhazel
Hope you are still on track and doing ok. I know how it feels to be falling off the wagon, and getting back on all the time. I have gained and lost the same 4lbs since January, which is why I joined here and started doing Weightwatchers. Good luck with your plan, and your day!
Hey Simileyhazel! Like Soulbliss said, welcome to 3FC! Thanks, I am doing okay but you know, I almost had sort of a slip up: my husband and I had been shopping for a couple of hours and it was 2pm and we still hadn't had lunch, so we kept going back and forth about going out to eat but we were going to go to Chili's so I could get something from the guiltless grill. We ended up not going (one of the reasons is that I thought about all that sodium, like someone else said, and what it would do to my hubby) and just eating leftovers, which were good and healthy. That was a close one, but wouldn't have been a disaster. I've heard great things about WW, good luck! Stick around here, it helps!
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Originally Posted by SoulBliss
Trooworld, how's it going today? Especially since your husband has health issues, is there a way you can enlist him in making better choices too? I think that if you have support and not sabotage, it will be a lot easier and more motivating for you. I realized that is sounded like I was saying your husband is sabotaging you...I didn't mean to sound harsh, but if a partner knows you are on a weight loss path and are cooking something healthy but can't wait for it to be done (can't have a healthy snack, some water, whatever to tide him over) so takes you both to eat fast food instead, there may be some of that going on.
Hey Soul...it's going pretty good so far. I was put to the test with an eating out temptation but I survived it! When we were running around today, I got hungry and we went to Target and instead of getting chips or a hot dog from the snack bar, I got some beef jerky and even though that had a TON of sodium in it, it was lowfat/low cal and filling and it wasn't the type of junk food that makes me binge.
My hubby is doing really well, for a while, he was losing all kinds of weight (and I was losing weight, too) and then we both fell off the wagon. He's been getting up at 4:00am to workout every day and then walking at work and then sometimes working out at home again at night...so he's an inspiration for me, as long as he's doing good. The problem is that we are both truly addicted to food and we feed off each other's addiction. I just have to have my own willpower and say no if he mentions eating out. He sometimes is sabotaging but doesn't do it intentionally, it's just his food addiction. YOU DIDN'T SOUND HARSH at all! No worries. I think he does sabotage but accidentally. He is always encouraging me to workout; we just went for a walk together yesterday.
We'll see how I do tomorrow, I have school tomorrow and that is stressful, but the good news is that I am there from 11-3:15 and I pack a lunch and sometimes a snack, too, so I don't have to think about it, I just eat after my first class and then I am in class until 3 and go home and maybe have a piece of fruit and a stick of cheese or something until dinner.