After months and months of slacking I'm starting to take care of myself again and it feels good. A couple of days ago I went for my annual physical and bloodwork. I want to see just where I'm at with everything. Getting older and having gained so much weight I'm getting concerned about cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. My results haven't come in yet, hopefully in the mail today; I can't wait to see what they are. My blood pressure was okay - 124/78, slightly higher than it was last time though. My resting heart rate was 70, which was okay. The bad thing is that I've gained 52 pounds since I had my last physical, which was a year and a half ago. I also had a mammogram done on the same day - still waiting for the results of that, as well.
Yesterday, my first day back on track, went well. I stayed on track with my eating and drank 96 oz. of water. That was a non-scale victory considering I was consuming a liter of soda a day for the past ump-teen months. I'm doing WW again, counting points. I'm not going to the meetings (too expensive right now), just using the info from when I went last year (and quit). I have everything I need. I knew that I had to start out slow with exercise again, since I'm basically starting from square one, so I did a one mile walking video. I was tired and my calves burned like crazy after that. Reality check of what I'm doing to myself. I used to walk 5-7 miles a day.
So, onward and upward, trying to keep a positive outlook. It's hard when doing this by yourself. I'm used to having my DD to do this with me, since she moved out I'm flying solo. But I can do this.
Girlfriend, you are NOT doing this by yourself. ;)
ReplyDeleteGood for you on the walk! I am having medical issues preventing me from all but the most casual of strolls. Which sucks. Count your blessings that you can do it! :D
Sunny - I thank God for the support that I get here, which works every time.
ReplyDeleteGood for you for getting going again and hanging onto the positive attitude. Like Sunny said, you are NOT alone.
ReplyDeleteYay--you're back! I knew you'd get the 'blah' out of your system and come back raring and ready to go. Okay. Let's chip away at this little by little--together--what do you say?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Happy New Year to you and I'm glad to see you back! I'm trying to resolve to keep up with my blog better as well this year, it seems as though everyone is dealing with so much lately. Keep you head up and just believe, you've done it once and there isn't any reason why you (and I) can't do it again! :)
ReplyDeleteMel - I say Yes! Let's do this!
ReplyDeletePepa - Thanks, girl! Good to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are back! You can do this :) Yes I'm still in it- I don't leave my blog for long, but this holiday MAN I gained way too much BOO!
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