We’ll just pretend it’s Monday, right. If I were really evil I would back-date this to yesterday morning. What? You didn’t see it?
Time to review last week’s goals and set new ones for this week. How are you doing? What do you want to change?
I think it’s maybe time to review our goals in general. Are we making progress or running into roadblocks? If there are roadblocks – what can we do to find a way around them? Do we need to reconsider what the actual goal is?
As for me, my exercise goal improved greatly by the addition of rehab. As I suspected, it is really helpful for me to have someone actually expecting me to show up. I am going three days per week and trying to do something – anything on at least three other days. That may have been a little high in expectations but I’m keeping it another week. I’m giving myself credit for minimal effort on off days but I’m going to be expecting more of myself soon. It’s important to keep moving and I’ve made some progress despite my reluctance to exercise in general. I walked into the doctor’s office today for the first time for my three-month checkup. I have a nifty new pink walker that everyone admired greatly. It gives me options and I like options. I’m adding “go to the library” to my weekly goals as well. It’s an activity and I should be able to navigate our tiny library with the walker. The chair would have been truly annoying.
My eating goals also improved this week. I’m continuing to keep the same goals as I am making progress. Slow, but progress all the same. I am mostly serving myself smaller portions as stopping when I’m full is still hard for me. I do feel full faster and I’m snacking less. My worst time is 2:00 AM if I’m not sleeping and in a lot of pain. I don’t know quite what to do about that. It turns out – according to the program social worker – that pain is related to certain food cravings. I need to bring the information in from the car and also try to find some sources. So far, simple searching is not finding me what I need to convince me this is true. At any rate, maybe I should eat vegetables at 2:00 AM? That just doesn’t sound nearly as satisfying as a mini bagel, does it?
Last week I met and exceeded my exercise goal when I spent eight hours out in the city shopping and carrying heavy stuff, I am still recovering from that some, I don’t think I will be able to achieve the same goal this week as I try every week, but still going to shoot for that.
As for altering it, I don’t think I should, I think it will get easier when spring finally arrives, and although I have not been perfect during the winter I am very much amazed at what I have achieved, usually I hibernate during winter till well into spring, but now I have been active, so that is a wast improvement.
I still have to figure out what I want to use to reward myself with, more than the feel good of achieving my goals (as that just can’t be counted on to last).
By: TheDarkWraith on March 18, 2009
at 4:15 am
I’m doing well with Nutri-System. I met my exercise goals last week, too. I want to increase my exercise to 10 minutes on the bike instead of 5 and continue with the Nutri-System. I’ve lost 2 pounds already.
I saw my doctor yesterday. He is amazed that I have reduced my A1c from 8.4 to 6.1 in six months. They took a new test this week and I’ll get results in about a week. We’ll see if it has continued to come down. He was amazed that I have had that good of results with the insulin without gaining 30-40 pounds. Apparently that is the normal reaction. He says that gives me a net weight loss of 30-40 pounds.
All in all I am well pleased.
By: Eve on March 18, 2009
at 9:21 pm
It sounds like we’re all having some success and improvement, yay us! I’m glad to see you Eve – and congratulations on those numbers. I think it makes you feel a lot better overall.
By: Zazzy on March 18, 2009
at 9:52 pm