Hi,

Well here I go. I am starting my first journal ever. It's a bit scary, because committing myself to writing everything down makes it REAL... and the truth is scary..... But enough is enough. Time to stop making excuses and start living!

Quick background. I am 32, married with 2 amazing kids, DD is 3 and DS is 1. I work full time. I have had weight issues my whole life, but the past 10 years have been the worst. I have gone from 140 - 220 pounds (a few times!). I had WLS which didn't work (more about that later), done this, done that.... now I am 212, and 5'1.

I feel X-( and :c( and :down: - it's like, how and why did I do this to myself?

Last week I sat with a nutritionist for 1.5 hours. First time in my life I really understood what I need to eat, when, and how. But still, it's hard. I need to get on track. I have also signed up for a place that is similar to Curves in America, and have been going everyday for a week now. But I so don't want to do this alone... so here I am.

I got a scare yesterday. I got back some blood lab results. SHOCKING.

Cholesterol - 214 (2 years ago it was 190 and 3 years ago it was 159!)

Triglycerides - really shocking. 189. (Last year it was 112, 3 years ago it was 64!)

HDL-Cholesterol - 50 (2 years ago it was 54. 3 years ago it was 78.5!)

LDL Cholesterol - 125 (2 years ago it was 100. 3 years ago it was 98!)

The blood doesn't lie! :(

January 25th Goals

1) 6 glasses of water (I know I need to have more, but starting out realistic) :water:

2) Go to exercise class

3) Food:

Breakfast

2 slices light bread: 80 calories, with 1 teaspoon peanut butter: 32 calories
1 light yogurt: 136 calories
coffee

Snack

1 orange: 62 calories

Lunch

Large Salad
Grilled Chicken around 200 calories
Light dressing 70 calories

And that's it for now....

Hello Lynnie, sorry to hear about your blood test... But it will be better as soon as you eat healthy and do some exercise :hug:

We can do this, together!!! :peace:

Hi again.

Well I did ok yesterday with my goals - I drank 6 glasses of water, I went to the exercise class, and my food was good!

I decided to keep track of my food and exercise on a great site I found:

http://www.calorie-count.com/

It's FREE. You can enter all your food, it keeps track of calories, food groups, exercise, weight, etc. I love it!

Today has been on OK day, not great, not horrible. I didn't keep track of anything. I saw my nutritionist - same weight as 2 weeks ago. I am not going to make excuses....

I am off to a exercise class. Have a great day for whoever reads this! :)

Hey Lynnie

Sounds like you are doing really well with your journal! Keep it up girl. If you want to chat I am here!

Shannon

You have made some great changes. The site you mentioned looks great. I use fitday.com It does the same thing and is an awesome site.

Hi,

I am not doing so great... feeling blah... need to get back on track! At least I am not avoiding my journal, or DT, even if I have nothing good to report! :help:

Hang in there Lynnie,

Its a good thing to NOT avoid us. Keep coming on and chatting, reading, writting and we'll help you through the rough spots *S*

Shan