Icky and Happy

This weekend was a little rough on me. Not about the food, but I got sick. Came down with a bad cold/sore throat/no voice, you name it I have it. And of course I had to get it when I had to work. I work Saturday/Sunday 12 hours shifts and there was no way I was going to call in sick, I just started this job. Thank goodness for NyQuil! I do not know what I would have done without it.
Anyways, I did well with the food. I had all my meals prepared. I think that’s the only way to stick with it. Plus, I don’t really have any other options to get myself something somewhere else.
I did not get to exercise, of course. However, being on my feet all day long counts for something, plus I did all my workouts for the week already.
I may not skip a workout today; I am still feeling icky. The only thing is I do not like being behind with it, rather get it out of the way for the week and not have to worry about it anymore.

I will have to see how I am feeling later on. If my neighbor calls, I will probably go, since it is not as strenuous.

I also got my blood test results back and they are all fine.
Lipid panels (Cholesterol): 136 need to be under 200 YEAH!!
Triglycerides (sp?) (Fat): 42 need to be under 150 YEAH!!
Hemoglobin (sp?): 5.4 need to be under 6 YEAH!!

Now I have all my levels/panels checked and have a baseline to go by now. I will get those tests redone in 6 months from now.
Which in itself will keep me on my toes; do not want these #’s move in the wrong direction.

Hubby told me the other night that he is very happy about me switching things around a bit, as in serving more salads and such. We used to eat veggies with our meals every day, but somehow we slipped into having less “green food” and eating more starches (bread with dinner etc.). Also, every meal had to be followed by some kind of a dessert.

He is thankful that we are back to getting into healthier habits.


Well, I weighed in with 198 lbs this morning. I lost 3 pounds this week and I am very happy about it. This means I have lost 15 pounds since the beginning of this year.
I have become more confident about this process and I believe that I can continue with it and eventually lose the rest of the weight.

I was worried about my new job "taking away" from my focus on losing weight and that I would slip back into using it as an excuse. But I am not worried anymore, I just told myself, other people manage so can I! Most people have a full time job, family kids and a household to take care of and are trying to lose weight. Now if they can manage to do all of this I certainly can.

Having to work is not an excuse to not lose the weight. I just have to make sure that I prepared my meals ahead of time and take everything I need with me. Sure it's a PITA (pain in the a$$), but it's worth it. I should care enough about myself to take the time and do what's nessecary to reach my goal. No more excuses! It's all about getting my priorities lined up in the right order.