Thursday, January 01, 2009

Not this year, maybe first time ever....

this is the first year in prob 20 that i did not make a "new years resolution" to lose weight....... this is the first time in years that i didn't just let it all go until "after" the holidays. I just as a rule maintained what i have been learning this past year in life style changes. I had my meeting with Aimie (my diet coach) on Tuesday, by the home scale i lost 2 more pounds........ that means i lost 8 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years!!!! What wasn't I allowed to have on my eating plan???? .......... nothing. there wasn't one thing off limits. and i guess because i knew that, i didn't crave anything or have the last meal syndrome. where i pig out in prep for a diet in the near future.
2009 is getting in prep for my impending surgery, continue my journey to better health, and hopefully ending 2009 with my 10 mile hike in honor of Melody. sounds good to me :0)

Dr. Klain has me on a new blood pressure medication because the one i've been on can't be taken during my surgery......so they wanted me to switch......well I don't like it, i've given it 2 weeks......... decided to write down the symptoms i am having....and then look up the symptoms to see if i was experiencing them..... fatigue, check! bloating, check!, nausea, check!. I think i am going to go back on my other medicine and just stop it a few days before surgery. cause i am doing too good to have any set backs.

Bill and I had a nice day today........ just He and I. after some "issues " with his work and the transmission on my van....... we were able to leave bright and early.......went out for breakfast, and then took a road trip to McConnells Mills....... one of my favorite places. it was a little too icy to walk the rock trail along the river..... , stopped by Morraine State Park, what a cold beautiful day. Bill knows me well........ this is me, this is my day...... i'll take a day like this over a fancy dance or party, or a day of shopping, or a movie....... I love my outdoors, and i am loving Katie's gifts too me........ it DOES pay to get name brand gear like ear bands, gloves, hiking socks.....windbreakers...... and trust me I am not a "name brand" type of girl.. but i did stay warm and toasty
well i came home to a crock pot full of Pork, Kielbasi, Sauerkraut..... and i made hot apple turnovers for evening snack.......... a good start to a New Year.........

oh Patti, I am supposed to tell you........Bill is starting his "diet" on Monday........

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