W30 Day 7 (4-6 too)

Well it's been awhile since I last posted and YES, i'm still following the W30 program. I'm currently on Day 7 so that means I made it one week!!!

Can't go back and enter all the food I've been eating but it entails a lot of eggs, veggies and meats! I've been a good girl.

I have snuck one or two bites of badness but seriously... I honestly mean 1 or 2 bits in 7 DAYs!!!

It's been hard. The thing I think I miss most is Dairy.. a little cup of yogurt in the morning was my savior. Now I'm getting sick of eggs.... really sick of eggs.

One weird thing that happened to me last week and it still is happening this week only not as badly is the double vision. I have had bouts of double vision in the day. One was bad on friday night when I had to drive R back from Burnaby and I could barely see.

I came home and worried about it all night and then on saturday I started googling and I'm pretty sure it's related to the diet. I think it's when my blood sugar drops that I have the problem. So for me right now it's very important to always carry a snack (sugary fruit) or something in case of emergency.

Other than that, no real problems.  I have been dead tired the last few days but according to the book that is normal too. Can't wait for this to be over... really I cant.

W30 Day 3

Today had it's ups and downs. All in all from W30 I feel pretty good. No major headaches or tummy troubles that everyone else has been speaking of. I'm sure it's still coming but for now, I'm good.

Here's my food for the day and I'll get to the doctor appointment after that...

Breakfast - 2 hard boiled eggs, berry salad, 1/2 cup black coffee
Lunch - Spinach salad with thai chili tuna salad, egg and a banana
Dinner - Chicken fajita without the fajita!?! lol  Good though... chicken, peppers, onions and some avacado :)
Snack - apple with almond butter
Water - good amount, might need a bit more

Walking - 8641 without a walk at lunch.

Ok - so that was the good news. The bad news?!  My appointment at doctor was poo. Although it looked like my weight was down a bit from last time, my blood pressure and pulse remains to be weak and a problem. Dr. H spent over 40 minutes trying to get a good reading and never managed to. He wants me to wear a 24 hour monitor that will get a better pulse reading from me. Wonder if that is even possible. I'm sure hoping that this W30 will put me on the right track to getting a better BP reading and actually a BP reading at all!!!

I read a bit about it when I got home and it appears that weak or faint pulse means that I could have hardening of the arteries... WHAT?! ! I'm only 43!!! You've got to be kidding me.  need to fix this stat!

I'm not a smoker, I have been overweight for most of my life and clearly my sedentary life has done some damage to my body. Let's hope this can be turned around.

Anyways.. looking to things more positively.  Went to be early last night and got a good sleep. Feel good this morning.

Onto day 4.!

W30 Day 2

Day 2 was not too bad all things said.  Got up in the morning feeling about the same that I did prior to starting the W30. Had a few sips of black coffee to get me going but not the usual long sips of glorious white/sugary coffee that I'm used to. Not sure I'll ever get used to the black coffee thing..

Breakfast
2 eggs with spinach
1 banana with blackberries

Lunch
Roasted chicken breast
1/2 avacado (guacamole style)!
grapes
Cucumbers

snack
Banana chips
Almonds

Dinner
This was my struggle today as we had to go out for R's birthday. I ended up ordering a salad with no dressing and a sad little chicken breast. The salad had some pine nuts and sundried tomato on it. Not bad. Didn't love it but it got me through. I used about a 1/2 tbsp of the dressing which was balsamic vinegrette. (it may have had some sugar in it)

Yesterday was bad for stepping only 4696 steps!!! Boo

Will need to get out twice today with the doggie to make up the deficit.

Also big appointment with doctor.... will report back on how mad he is at me tomorrow morning when I report day 3!

Felt ok today. No headaches etc. Regular bathroom habits... nothing exciting to report.

W30 Day 1 Recap

I started writing yesterday and was going to report at the start of the day my plan for the day, but I think instead of doing that I will enter my recap the following day. That way I can not only report my food but my feelings and other weird stuff that might be going on with me.

So Day 1 -
Breakfast - 3 eggs, spinach omelet, banana and blackberries, cup of tea
Lunch - Hamburger patty, 1/2 avocado, almonds
Dinner - left over salmon, fried baby potatoes, roasted beets, brussel sprouts and carrots
Snack - grapes, almonds, dried mangoes
Lime and raspberry infused water all day.

Found myself DEAD tired after lunch. At 1:30 I had to make a cup of coffee and drink about 1/2 of it.  Much better.

At 5, I had a wicked headache over my left eye and my allergies flared up. I ended up taking an advil and an antihistamine because I had to drive R to practice and I wouldn't have been able to see otherwise.

All in all not a bad day. Went to bed around same time 10:45pm, up this morning at 6;20.

6607 steps today.. not great.

Onto Day 2.

Whole30 journey

I considered starting a whole new blog to dictate the details of my WHOLE30 diet  journey. I have to stop referring to it as a diet and realize that this is a journey to find a better me and a healthier me.

A few years back, during my physical my doctor told me my health was deteriorating. My blood pressure was way too high and I was clearly in the obese category. How did I solve this problem? Well, I didn't, I just avoided it.

I have an appointment on wednesday to see my doctor again and he's going to be mad again, but this time, I can say that I have a new plan and I hope to see results. I want to return in 6 weeks and see if there is improvement in my blood pressure etc.  We'll see.

So here we go for Day 1!

Planned my meals so far for today

Breakfast - tea (black)
Spinach omelet
Banana and blackberries

Lunch - sparkling water
Hamburger patty
Avacado on top
Almonds

Snack - dried mangoes

Dinner -
salmon
Salad
Roasted Yams and onions

I'm sure today will be ok but it's the rest of the week that I fear a bit. I'll check in tomorrow.

It's Spring Again..

The sun is shining, the birds are singing and not one bloody thing in my closet fits me. So here we go again. The only thing that keeps me on track is blogging and tracking on WW or myfitnesspal so that is what I'm going to do. That is what I think will help me on this path... nothing else seems to be doing it.

I did not weigh myself in this morning and honestly, it's been awhile so I'm not exactly sure what my weight is right now and I'm a bit scared to find out but I will do it and report back tomorrow. Hopefully by writing down the number and having it stare back at me in the face is enough to spark me to do something about it...

Hopefully.

today goals -
1) water
2) make a food plan
3) walk somewhere for a bit of time

2014 ~ a new beginning or the same old same old ?

It's been a few years since I first created this blog with the intention that I could track my progress of weight loss, throw in a few quirky stories of my children and husband and just live life as happily as I could.. doesn't seem to have panned out the way that I planned. Diets have started over and over and over again and failed each and every time.

What's going to be different about this year? Absolutely nothing... well at least the trying and starting over part. I need to keep trying. I can't give up. I'm getting older and what appears to be fatter in the process. I need to get healthy, stronger and be a more positive person.

I'm not calling it a resolution cause New Year's resolutions fail. I'm just calling it a new beginning... same as before but hopefully with more umph this time...

I've started myfitnesspal again. So far I have done well the last few days. Not so much for what I have ate but for the tracking. I need to be aware of what I am eating and how much and how often.

So here we go.....AGAIN.

:) momma.....