time to start, again

[k2daisy]

What I wanted to talk about this morning before I side-tracked myself:

It's time for me to get healthy, again. I have no idea what I weigh but I know it's not good. I don't think I want to know. My eating has been for shit, I drink way too much and too often, and now that I have been back in Illinois I don't even walk the dog like I used to. None of the clothes I was wearing in Florida fit, and I was heavy then. My face and chin are unrecognizable, my ankles are weaker than they have ever been, and I sweat all the time. I am right back to, maybe even worse than, when I started on Medifast 3 years ago. (Two?)

I have done every diet imaginable. I know what I am supposed to do, how much I am supposed to eat. I don't want to follow a program, or have a coach, or even post online about it. (For now, lol.)

So I am just going to start. One meal at a time, one day at a time. Looking at the long view and the short one. Small tweaks and large ones. I will talk to my PCP at my appointment in October about a different weight-loss drug than Zepbound. Just eat better foods, choose health over comfort, move more. I will let my clothing be my guide as to my progress. I don't care about the number on the scale.

I cannot go up another size. I cannot go back on diabetes meds. So this is my solution.

Posting here as a marker for a calendar date.

Comments

[lisforlilydale]

I like your "time for me" tag!

If you have recipes you like as you go along, I'd be interested in seeing them. They may not work for me since most recipes don't anymore, but that means I'm always happy to find something new so I'm not having the same things over and over.

[k2daisy]

Will do! Right now I am in a salad phase, since that has been my husband's formula for losing 40-50 pounds this year. It's easier to eat what he is eating for dinner, even if we have totally different salads lol. I do like those bagged premade salads - the Twisted Asian is my favorite. I add more veggies so it's not just lettuce.

[lisforlilydale]

I like those bagged premade salads too, though I use next to none of the dressing since they're usually not okay for me. I almost always add chicken to them. Canned chicken, which some people hate but I like.

[k2daisy]

Ohh canned chicken is a good idea! I usually add chickpeas or anything we have in the fridge. Tuna or anchovies too sometimes.

[denynothing1]

Good luck on the re-start. I agree, one meal, one *choice* at a time is a good way to go, and like you said, you know this stuff. I'm pulling for you. <3

[k2daisy]

Thanks. I hope eventually you post about your own journey post-retirement. I have wanted to ask but didn't want to pry. I am not even sure Roni is a coach anymore. I know most of the other coaches I knew are no longer doing it.

[denynothing1]

I will post eventually (this is part of why I don't need even a part time job right now -- so much to think about and reflect on!).

I'm doing well right now and still glad I did what I did. I'm still on the program though coming closer to an endpoint of one type or another. I still talk to Roni every other week or so. I don't know how many other people she is still coaching.

I'm at a point where I have to be thoughtful and have a plan about how I continue to live with food for the rest of my life, and to be frank, I'm pissed about that. I want to be the kind of person who can eat whatever I want and not have to deal with any consequences! But I'm not, I never have been, and while I acknowledge that, I am still *entirely* unimpressed with that necessity. It's SO tedious! So that's kind of where I'm at. ;-)