Day One- The Hunger Years

(the next few posts are modified from Facebook posts I'd made before restarting this blog.)

I had a nice long talk with my nutritionist. She got all tough on me and said I have to walk 20-30 minutes a day- every day. I wasn't even doing that for the 5 days a week she wanted me to! How is this going to be different??

She gave me "The Look" and said I need to stop depending on others to help me. walking partners cancelled too much (or didn't show), I had to cancel the gym (silly to keep going, since my arms are messed up from a sprain and osteoarthritis still and the walk to the gym and back would be the only thing I really needed to do). And no more excuses! She said if I didn't want to walk because it was too cold/hot/rainy/snowy/whatever (she didn't blame me for the first because it was frigid outside), then I had to do it in the house- stand there and walk in place or walk around the house for 20-30 minutes and be mobile.

Food-wise I'm doing okay but I could do better. Especially portion-wise. My weight chart was a roller-coaster ride as she pointed out, and it went down, up, down, up, down, up, up- I think the last 'up' broke that last straw for my nutritionist.
So I have a new plan for both exercise and eating, and now I have to write a journal (Ugh!) for the next week to see what things are a bad habit and what I can change.
And the worst part? She ran out of spangly stickers for me to use. Now I have to make my own doodles in each calendar day. Humph!
Good thing I just bought some new sharpies...

Please pray that I stick to it this time. I'd like to be under the "Big Threes" sometime this spring!

Day One...

Making a journal of what I'm eating- I do not like this!! I never realized how much I want to graze (and have grazed in the past) because now I have to write it down. I'm hungry, but don't dare eat for at least another hour!
Maybe some celery sticks or carrot chips....*stomach growls*

I sliced my middle finger while making carrot chips. That's what I get for trying to eat healthy. Cupcakes just don't do this to you! Chips neither!

Standing in place and walking has to be the most boring, dull thing I have ever done. Even when watching a movie, I felt that I had to move if my legs were moving! And it's really hard trying to walk back and forth in a tiny space while trying to watch Horton Hears a Who- I missed all the good parts and may have whiplash.

Want some cheese with that whine, Beth? Nope. Apparently that would put me over my calorie goal. Sigh.

I made it through Day One in tact. Though there might have been a few gnawing marks on the furniture...I'll just count that as extra fiber.

Someone told me the first day isn't even the worst day- the next two days are going to be the hardest! Ugh!