Tuesday, May 31, 2011

HOW I STARTED AND NEXT GOAL

Here I am at a 48 pound loss...As I said in another post something clicked and I started watching what I was eating since I was put on Metforman for my sugar...I cut out processed foods, sweets, fats, white flour, white potato's, pasta, white rice...At first I was afraid to eat, I had to check my sugar 2x's a day in the beginning a keep track of it..Then when I went back to Dr.s I had lost 7 pounds..hmm then a couple weeks later a total of 16...and it just kept going.
In the beginning the weight was just falling off me till I hit about 26 to 30 pounds...What happened? Oh no I can't gain this back..So I cut back on what I was eating..lost a couple here and there so what did I do panic..Oh no I can't stop at this weight so I questioned everything I ate. Would say do you think I ate to much, no I better not eat that...and I would bounce from 30 to 35 pounds for 8 to 10 weeks...
Then I talked with someone involved in nutrition and He said you have bottomed out your metabolism..WHAT I asked how??? Well I had my body in starvation mode. I was eating about 800 calories a day. So my metabolism re calculated to help it survive...Say it went to 600 calories and I'm now eating 800 calories...what does that mean??? I was gaining and losing and staying with in the 5 pounds...So I had my metabolic body scan done..It showed I should eat 1400 calories a day to loose..So this Man is telling me I need to EAT MORE!!!
Now this is something I don't ever hear...It got so scary for me...Eat to much I gain, Eat to little I gain...Ok now I am having anxiety....HELP!!!
As humans we have to eat...this is like the only addiction where you have to still consume it... Drugs stop them, Alcohol don't drink it, gambling don't go to casino...lol now we all know it isn't that easy, addictions are very hard and you go through so much to try and stop them..they can be life threatening...But food you still have to eat it...We would die without it...I'm not saying at all it is the hardest to get through...why did I even go here...Let's forget I brought this up...Just to say I have to eat food to survive...WHEWWW moving right along..
So I started counting calories and tracking my daily food and water along with protein and fiber I am eating...and I started losing again...Thank You Lord!!!
I made little goals for myself the big one coming up was at my May 19Th Dr. visit I wanted to have a weight loss of 40 pounds...I worked hard and the day was coming fast...The last visit in Feb or march I had lost 26 pounds....So it was that time to step on the scales....down 30,35,40,47 pounds...wooo whoooo yes I was so pumped.. The nurses were all excited and happy some shocked...
My next goal is 23 pounds down more for a total of 70 by my birthday in October...I have 4 1/2 months to do this....28 pounds by beginning of November would be fantastic...Something big is going on then...
Stay with me on my journey and follow me through...I will be posting my foods, my challenges and my progress...I also need to get more physical in my life...Let's see how it all works out.

Hugs,
Jolyn

Thursday, May 26, 2011

I WILL SUCCEED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU

Well it has been awhile since I have posted. This is always a crazy busy time of year, wrapping up the school year. My oldest graduates this year, so there is extra things going on with this. Tryouts for cheerleading going on for my youngest, wow you can only imagine the stress level in our home just with this. Tonight is final part of tryouts and posting the results will be tomorrow at 3:30...Dear Lord be with my baby girl during this time and always.
We are planning a graduation party, we will be having it at a park. the park is brand new and doesn't have a grand opening till this memorial weekend. We are the first ones to book the shelter. So happy my cousin's wife thought of this, I won't have all the stress of getting the home ready or the mess. Praying that there is no rain..I won't even talk about all the rain and storms.
As the title says I WILL SUCCEED!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU!!! This and many following posts are gong to be my journey as I go through my weight loss and reach my goal to meeting THE NEW HEALTHY ME...with half of me gone.
Why I started this journey this time? It all started with my doctor appointment Dec 23rd 2010. The picture above was taken of me on December 26Th 2010. Me at my highest weight. Me not feeling the best and feeling out of control. Back to my appointment, I go to my Dr. every 4 months for my complete blood work up and get b.p. checked. I need to do this since I had my Aneurysm October of 1999. My counts all need to stay low and we keep an eye on it all. But this day my results were really off and to make a long story short It showed my glucose as being high....What High..not me..see I have so many family members on my mom's side that are diabetics and I always said I may get some weird things but thank God I don't have sugar!!! I took this like hitting a brick wall, thinking ok now I really have health problems..what do I do How do I eat ( of course I knew how since I have been around it my whole life)...Please Dr. S don't put my on meds.. please lets wait I don't want to start this...What happened what changed, that it went up..Just questions after questions I asked..So stressed about this...And this is where it all began...
Stay tuned to part 2...To get you to today...
Have a wonderful Memorial weekend.
HUGS,
Jolyn

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH BLOGGER????



Having problems with blogger not showing the blogs I follow. Even if I go to one of the blogs and re follow it, it still says I am not following any blogs at this time...Ok now I am getting impatient, this has been going on since last Saturday..Are any of you going through this or do you have any idea how to fix it? Till then I am going through the blogs I follow from manage the blogs you follow..HELP!!!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

THOUGHT THIS WAS HILARIOUS

COME ON HAVEN'T WE ALL FELT LIKE THIS ONE TIME OR ANOTHER!!??!!
The scarey part is when you feel like more than one of these at a time..lol
Have a great day and I hope you don't have any of these menopausal Dwarfs in you today.
HUGS,
Jolyn