And the journey begins...

aow

I havent really started much, but I guess just the decision to do so and be serious about it, has given me more confidence. I am feeling better about myself before its even working. KEEP GOING!

So it is December 1st, 12:10 am. I cant sleep so I figured I would update my progress.

I have had absolutely no cigarettes since my last post! yay me. I have wanted one a couple times. But I bypassed the thought, by eating grapes and chewing gum.



Yesterday we had a calf get stomped on and go down. So I spent most of my morning out in the cold and the rain trying to get the little guy on his feet. He only weighed 250# but that is still quite a workout. We would get him up and he would fall back down. We repeated this process for what seemed like eternity. These kind of things always happen when my husband is out of town working. He would have been able to lift him right up with no problem. But whatever I wont give up. This was my exercise for the day. It was quite a workout! We made a makeshift stretcher for him and about that time he stood up on his own. We had to get him about 50 yards to shelter before the big storm hit. So we made a halter from a rope and lead him while grandma pushed from behind and the kids helped on the side. For such a small guy, when he put the brakes on, he wasnt going no where. Of course at this point, we still were unsure the extent of his injuries, so we didnt want to force him too much. We finally got him situated under the old barn, covered with hay and given plenty of food and water. He was eating just fine. By that night he was up and moving around like nothing ever happened!


Dr gave me Adipex to aide in the "get healthy" battle. So yesterday, from breakfast until lunch, I ate a banana, some grapes, and 1/3 of a granola bar. All I drank all day was water. Yuk! I love carbonated drinks. Cant stand water. But I stood by my promise. I am missing my sodas! :(

Now I did fudge a little during supper. I went to see my husband at the rig and he is in the middle of nowhere. So not a lot of choices for supper. I did eat a salad though which is unlike me! But I did have some pizza rolls from Pizza Hut. They are pretty good. :)
Even had more cardio that evening :D


I will post before and after pictures later.
The Dr weighed me when I went there, and I used my personal evil device to get a # at home to see how different they were. The home scale was zeroed out first but still was quite a bit off from the Drs ofc. But at least I have something to go by for day to day progress.

So, with that in mind, checking the home scale today, it was 2 lbs less than 2 days ago. YAY!

I have done pretty good so far with the food (choices, portions, etc). I have gotten plenty of exercise in the last couple of days (on the farm). I have not had 1 cigarette since Saturday. And already feeling good. All in all thats a good start.

The downside? Ah yes, although some of these things as hard as they are, arent as hard as the other task at hand. I want to try and clean up my language. I am married to a roughneck who is also an ex-marine. So getting rid of the foul language is not easy! So far that is the only task I am failing miserably at. :/ But I wont give up :)

Interesting

Ok, not so sure as to what happened to my last few posts. They were made from my cell phone. Its supposed to text/post right to my blog. Yeah ok.
For that matter, I dont even recall what the heck they were about. O well. I guess the moral of the story is only use the computer to post.



Ok so here it goes. We are rolling into the new year. Not quite there yet, but close. I have decided to make some personal life changes. Such as getting healthy, quitting smoking...the hardest is trying to stop that sailor mouth :D lol
It wont be easy, but I want to change things. One of my problems is that I am a procrastinator. I have the desire for the changes...I just put them off. :/
Ok...no more.

High blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and more run rampant in my family and my attitude has always been "who cares, we wont get out alive. just enjoy life" I still believe that, but hey my husbands company pays $$ for us to quit smoking and to be healthy! lol So what the hell. So there you have it.

So as of right now I am putting my MIND to it. It is Saturday November 28, 2009, 11:55 pm. I am making the pledge to quit smoking right now. I was never "addicted", just did it out of habit and because of stress. This shouldn't be too hard, as I only smoke when my husbands home, out of habit.
I am also going to eat right. I like vegetables sometimes. More of a meat eater. But I am going to make it more of a habit to eat better things. This one is going to be tougher. I have a food addiction. I admit it. No more fast food places! Which we are often on the run, but I will have to come up with a solution, but no more fast greasy crap! Even though thats the stuff that tastes the best! :(
Along this line I would like to lose some weight. Would be nice to be back to my pre-pregnancy size. I wont hold my breath. It is possible, but who knows if it'll go that far. I'll put #s in here later. lol I do have a # goal. Changing my eating habits will help that. Although they say stopping smoking makes you put on weight. :/ Uh, well this is going to be a battle.

I shall document my trials and tribulations on here. For 2 reasons, maybe it will inspire someone, and hopefully it will help keep me motivated and honest. lol