Confessions of a Sugarholic

Week #4 has come and gone.  One month into my quest for better health and a better quality of life, and I already feel different.  I definitely have more energy.  I have a pep in my step - where before I used to dread leaving my desk to go to the bathroom or even warm up my lunch.  Let me tell you I used to find reasons not to move before.  It's amazing what a little exercise will do your body mentally and physically. Week #4 also find me down two more pounds for a total weight loss of 13 LBS. IN FOUR WEEKS!   That's pretty awesome, so right now I'm mentally patting myself on my back.  I feel quite good about what I've been able to do so far.  I've been able to go out to eat and make some good choices, and some not so good choices.  For example, I ate at Red Robin twice in a weeks period.  That's not the best decision I ever made, but I made sure that if I ate a cheeseburger and steak fries, I was going to earn them.  And since I was able to lose weight while

Well, week #3 has come to an end, and it was a rough one - only because I had a stomach bug that came and bit me Monday night.  So, I was out sick on Tuesday.  Thank goodness I bounced back within 24 hours.  The thing that bothered me the most about my illness was that I missed my Tuesday workout.  That tells me right there that I've flipped a switch inside myself if I felt guilty about missing a work out.  I even made up the work out on Friday by going to the work gym.  And I don't even work in the office on Friday.  I was in the area so I decided to stop by after taking care of some business.  I even still did Zumba at home...so I had TWO...2...DOS workouts on Friday.  That second one almost did me in, but I lasted.  I was afraid it was going to tire me out for today, but it didn't. I completed my Saturday workout.  It was a bit later in the day because this was the first time that I had that internal battle whether I should skip my work out or not.  In the end, I went ah

Another great week!  I lost 2.4 pounds, and I'm down 8 pounds so far.  That makes me happy because I'm ahead of schedule.  This is important to me because I know there will come I time where I won't lose for a while.  It's nice to a bit of a cushion. :) I also feel different.  My energy level is up.  I determined my prime work out time - in the middle of the day versus the end of the day.  I handle it so much better, and I don't feel like death on my way home.  I worked out every day in some shape or form.  I went to the gym all four days I was at work.  I did Zumba on the Wii (which is fantastic), and I also used my home elliptical.  Again, I'm mixing it up.  I didn't do Zumba at work, but I'm getting it at home so it's all good. Shake ya ass!  Watch yo'self!  Show me what you working with! If you haven't tried Zumba, I highly suggest you do.  I did it this morning.  It's very fun, highly active, and when you're finished, you

Can I just say I ache?  But I feel g-o-o-o-o-d.  I really do.  It means my body is moving in ways that it hasn't in a very long time.  So, I'm going to take all my aches in my upper and lower back, my legs, my arms as a badge of honor...a sense of accomplishment.  I'm not one to complain so that's about it for that aches and pains nonsense. I also started working out at my workplace gym this week.  I work Monday - Thursday, and the plan was to work out everyday that I'm in the office. So far, I've done Monday - Wednesday, and I plan on going tomorrow too.  My pink gym bag is all packed and ready to go.  I also figured out that my body likes it when I work out in the early afternoon versus after work.  Let me tell you that that bastard Doubting Tom was riding my ass on Tuesday when I worked out after work He jumped on my aching back for the 60 minutes I was on that bloody elliptical machine.  I was so tired, and my body hurt.  But, I brushed him off and finis

So, today is weigh-in day.  I'll admit I was a bit anxious.  I popped up at 6:30 am this morning which is pretty pathetic since it's Saturday, and I don't work on the weekends.  I knew this date was coming.  I was afraid of what I would see...or more like what I wouldn't see. That fear...that anxiety shouldn't be there, and I'm going to have to work on myself to make sure it disappears.  I did what I need to do this week.  I ate well, I started to exercise, I didn't use the elevator at all this week at work.  And, that's saying a lot.  I even climbed stairs a bit for exercise, which about killed me.  I shouldn't feel like I failed if the scale isn't reporting what I wanted to see.  I'll work on that. So, I got up.  I stepped on the scale, and guess what it said?  Well, if you look at the top of the page, you will see a new tab that says, "Weight Loss Chart."  So, go ahead and click on the tab.  Take a look at the spreadsheet.  I

Folks, you better hold on tight.  It's about to get a bit bumpy.  It's time for my first rant, and it's a doozy.  I went to my physician today.  I needed to get a form signed so I could join the fitness center at my work location.  I also wanted to discuss my medications since I was having trouble with one of them, and I didn't want it replaced with another.  I wanted to work on my diabetes with the meds I already take and include better food choices and exercise. So, I explained why I was there, and that I didn't want to take any more meds.  I wanted to get off the meds.  Doc was on-board as long as my blood work didn't show any dire situations.  So far so good. I then asked Doc if it was possible that I could get off all my meds by losing weight, and Doc said absolutely.  Again...good news. So, Doc started checking my over.  Getting my vitals and such asking how I'm planning on losing weight.  I stated that I had been on a low-carb diet before (no