Julie's Life Journey

I’m sorry for my lack of posting. Things have been really stressful around here this past week.

First, If I didn’t know any better I would have thought I was pregnant. I had every pregnancy symptom out there and I was especially nauseous. I had my tubes tied in March 2002 after my last was born so it was kind of scary there for a few days until my period showed up last night, a day early from my calculations. I have an appointment at the end of this month with my doctor to find out what, if anything, can be done about my severe PMS symptoms. If nothing else, I’m going to ask for some anti-nausea medication in case this happens again. I can deal with everything else.

Children, I love my children beyond words. I would do anything for them. So, why do they have to do things that cause me to stress and worry about them?

I found out that my oldest (Rusty) is making poor choices and that they could come back to haunt him. I won’t go into detail however I will say that I hope he takes the words of wisdom he has been given to heart and doesn’t screw up his future.

Now on the same day that everything goes down with the oldest, I’m told that my middle two (Darian and Emilee) have been smoking cigarettes or at least have tried them.  And yes they have friends involved as well. To add to this, I found out that Emilee’s friends have been swearing at her sister (Hanna) because they don’t want her around. Now, I guess I am getting a clue as to why. I have talked to my children and to the parents of the children involved. I have given my children their consequences and I pray that they learn from their poor choices and that this won’t be an issue in the future. For some reason, I doubt this subject is closed.

So, how has the food and nutrition gone with all this going down? I actually haven’t been able to eat much because of being so nauseous all the time. And although what I have been eating has been healthy, I haven’t been tracking calories. I’m still not feeling all that great so I probably won’t begin tracking again until Monday.

As for exercise (C25K), well that went out the window a week ago. Between my foot hurting and not being able to figure out why and feeling sick all the time, it was just a no go. For future exercise, my husband and I will be getting a gym membership next Friday. I’m going to go ahead and pay for a personal training session so I have a plan of action and then every other month meet with the personal trainer to go over the results and set up a new plan of action. I think this will work best for me as it has worked well in the past.

So, until next time…

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ~ Robert Frost

I just saw this quote on facebook. It’s so true and I absolutely love it!

‎”You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

I forgot to mention in my last post that for some reason for the last week I have been so emotional, especially today.  I’m not expected to start until next weekend so I have no idea why I would be so emotional. Since I have been eating better, I have been feeling better and yet the littlest thing will bring me to tears. Just going with the flow and hope not to embarrass myself while I am out later today by crying over nothing.

Things are going nicely with food and nutrition despite our shortness on money. Yesterday I ended up with about 1466 in calories. I say about because I had teriyaki chicken from Safeway’s chinese section and because  I couldn’t find any nutritional info online, I guesstimated that it was about 300 calories.  And the day before that I had 1337. My goal is 1331 and no more than 1500. Some days, like yesterday, I was moving furniture and doing some other major things, I need some extra calories.

Food plan: This is something I’ve been doing the last few days and I am starting to feel better so I’m going to stick with it.

* Drink 2 green smoothies with fruit
* Yogurt, Greek – I love it and it’s the one thing dairy I don’t want to give up
* Vegetables – lots of them
* 100g of lean meat, poultry, fish, or other seafood
* Water and lots of it
* Dark Chocolate, at least 70% – twice a week to allow myself a treat

Here’s the except part:

Things are not going so well with my C25K program. First, I need to buy myself a new set of headphones as the ones I used today are no good and keep cutting out. I usually use my son’s but he has them at a friends house. Second, I’d be able to run just fine if my left food would not cramp up half way through my run. Yesterday, I ran through the pain. Today, I made it half way through and gave up and oh yeah, I still gave my self a sticker because I did finish half of the program. I have a good pair of New Balance running shoes and I have been stretching before and after and so I’m not sure what the deal is. My calf muscles hurt as well which could just be because they aren’t used to getting the workout they have been.  Any ideas because I’m lost and need direction?

Until next time…

“Life is like a trumpet – if you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out of it.” ~ William Christopher Handy

Since money has been short the last couple of weeks I haven’t been eating my usual diet and I can tell it’s affecting my moods. I haven’t been drinking my daily green smoothie, I haven’t been eating all the veggies I usually eat, and I haven’t been taking my supplements or drinking all the water I should be either. This all ends today! I don’t care how short we are on money I will “rob Peter to pay Paul” for the next few days. I don’t like feeling blah!

I have also been retaining water weight from too much sodium and not enough water. I had my wedding rings sized and now that they are back I had to use soap and cold water to put them on. Hey, at least now I won’t lose them. I do however don’t want them to be this tight. I’d like them to fit the way the ring sizer fit the day I took them in to be sized.

On exercise, I went and walk/ran the first week of C25K. I plan to do this everyday and Monday of each week go to the next phase/week. I felt awesome after and just so I could keep feeling awesome, I made my yummy smoothie with all it’s great nutrition.

*Smoothie*

200g Strawberries, frozen
8 oz Almond milk, unsweetened chocolate
85g  Spinach
.75 cup coffee
half serving of Vega, chocolate

27p/47c/27f

258 Calories
18g Protein
32g Carbs
7g  Fats
97% Vitamins
78% Minerals

After my smoothie, I took all my supplements which are:

Vitamin D
Coral Calcium
Cranberry
Multi Vitamin
Flaxseed oil softgels
Cinnamon
Chromium Picolinate
Probitics
Grapeseed
Alpha Lipoic Acid

I will stop taking a few of these supplements after I lose 20% of my body weight and/or my insulin levels have come back down to a normal level. I see my doctor at the end of August and will have my next round of blood work in December.

So, as of today I’m back on program and plan to stay here. I like feeling healthy and energized!

So until next time…

“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.” ~ Pete Seeger

I’m still alive. Life has been a bit busy with a BBQ and a friends wedding to attend. It was a fun weekend though.

Food hasn’t been all that great. Money has been tight (payday on Friday) and so the things I would usually buy, I haven’t been. I haven’t been counting calories either. Just trying to eat healthy and in small portions. I don’t think I’ve been doing a bad job as I haven’t been gaining weight. I haven’t lost any either. 😦  I’ll be back on program Saturday.

Exercise is going good. I’ve been walking everyday plus doing the first week of C25K program. I will start strength training and the second week of C25K on the 9th. I’m looking forward to it.

Until next time…

“It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.” ~ Arnold Bennett