Celebration!

Alan and I went for our 2 month check up and blood work yesterday, and boy, were the nurse and doctor surprised! Alan has officially lost 19 pounds and I have lost 11 pounds. Celebrate!

The doctor was also very pleased with how I was managing my blood sugars and insulin and encouraged me to continue doing what I was doing. Alan was able to avoid an increase in his blood pressure medicine, too! I am anxious to hear what my test results are for the A1C blood sugar average over the last 3 months.

We did go to a restaurant for breakfast after the blood work. Sigh! It is getting impossible to have a restaurant meal under 1,000 calories at the places that we have been going to. Most are over 1,500 calories, and some of the appetizers are 1,800! No wonder Americans are getting fatter!

We had already been cutting back a lot from eating out in the last 2 months, but we decided to do even less eating out this morning. It just isn't worth it! (We ought to save a lot of money, too.)

Report Card:
Weight:                        232
Calories:                   2,052    (We went to a restaurant for one meal.)
Exercise minutes:         60
Average BS:               129

Plateaus, plateaus

I thought on Wednesday that I was past the plateau, but I am now in the bouncing ball syndrome -- back up to 233. At least I know I am lower than I was a month ago!

Report Card:
Weight:                       233
Calories:                     845      I wasn't very hungry today
Exercise minutes:        90
Average BS:              115

Hooray!

I am off of another plateau! Hooray!

I had a great day today, although a bit high on my calorie count. I enjoy walking in my apartment while I watch "The Biggest Loser" on Amazon on demand. That way, when I get sweaty, I can look at them and realize I don't even know what real sweat is! :-)

Friday Alan and I have a check up and blood work with our doctor. I think he is going to be really surprised that we have both lost weight since we saw him two months ago.

Report Card:
Weight:                           230
Calories:                      1,455
Exercise minutes:          105
Average BS:                   126

Inspiration from my Hubby

My husband has really been inspiring me with his own weight loss journey. He has already lost 20 pounds and 1 slacks size. Today he decided to walk the 4 miles to work and back! Wow!

On top of continuing to encourage me, he has taken over the cooking in the house and made sure that we are both keeping to our calorie goals. I am so proud of him and so thankful for his support!

Report Card:
Weight:                       233
Calories:                  1,442
Exercise minutes:         90
Average BS:               151

Monday again

The scale finally smiled on me again and I came off of the plateau -- just barely, but I will take it!

I am pleased at how well I am doing in lowering my calories. So far, the biggest problem is that sometimes my insulin dose ends up requiring a snack to bring my BS levels back up. So I lowered the dosage a bit again today. It is quite a juggling game, but I am learning to keep all of those balls up in the air! Ha!

Report Card:
Weight:                            232
Calories:                       1,485
Exercise minutes:           120
Average BS:                    134

A Joyous Resurrection Sunday!

Alan and I had a wonderful day celebrating our Lord's resurrection. We didn't go to a sunrise service because it was rainy and cloudy. But when we got up for breakfast and fed the birds, we had a wonderful surprise. Two orange orioles came to our feeder -- and they looked like the sunrise themselves!

Our Lord and Savior is so good! Our Bible study this morning was all about our future in heaven. Hallelujah!

Report Card:
Weight                  233
Calories                1,150
Exercise:               Day of rest
Average BS:         123   

Having the Hungries

I had the hungries this evening and I am not sure why. At any rate, I ended up eating more calories than I had planned, but not binging as badly as I used to. I think I will be satisfied with that for now. Overall, it wasn't a bad day.

Report Card:
Weight:                        234               Still!
Calories:                   1,900
Exercise minutes:       105
Average BS:                126