Monday, July 25, 2016

Eating Off Schedule

Sometimes things happen and we find ourselves eating off schedule.  Things can happen any day so we have to be prepared ahead of time with our food. 

           
Sometimes it is sleep!  We were on a trip this weekend that required us to drive home at 4 am.  It was unavoidable and it caused us to lose sleep and eat at odd times.  It is ok.  Just do the best you can and get caught up on your sleep and healthy eating.  Get back on schedule as soon as you can!

 Do you have a hard time staying on schedule with your eating?

Enjoy fresh tomatoes and cucumbers from your garden or farmer's market!
Love,
Lucille 


Sunday, July 24, 2016

Didn't Eat Enough

Guess how I used to try to lose weight?  I would buy a book about a new diet, read it, go grocery shopping, try out a few new recipes, and never make it on the diet a whole week!  Here are 2 stacks of books about weight loss that total $208.  I recently donated these to my local library.



Sometimes I eat three meals and a small snack in the afternoon and still feel hungry at night.  It's not just hunger.... it is a craving for cake, or cookies, or chips, or Coca-Cola, or chocolate, or candy... the C's!  I try to eat healthy food, but I get these cravings at night.

Yesterday I added up all the calories from my meals and I only had eaten 960 calories!  That is not enough to live on!  No wonder I ate 2 slices of pound cake out of the freezer last night in the middle of the night! I made sure I ate more today at 1400 calories.  So far so good!

Best wishes on your weight loss journey!
Lucille

Monday, April 20, 2015

Set Realistic Weight Loss Goals

I've set all kinds of goals!  Time I  get real.  For me, BMI at 25 is 135 pounds so I need to lose 45 pounds.

But there is more to the story. I am also a diabetic and take five medications to manage my health. I asked my doctor a couple of years ago how I could eliminate some of these pills? He advised me to lose 20 pounds. According to Sherri Shafer's, Diabetes Type 2 Complete Food Management Program,2001, “Losing 10 – 20 pounds can greatly improve blood sugar control because weight loss allows your body's insulin to work better.” I should have lost the 20 pounds back then but I didn't and now my doctor wants to add another medication!

So now I am blogging through another weight loss journey.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Introduction

Hello! Welcome to my new blog, Another Weight Loss Journey! I'm Lucille and I will be blogging my thoughts on weight loss. This is a positive place. No crying. Hope you will join me with your own thoughts.

I am just a 60 year old retired lady with health issues. I am not a medical professional, a fitness instructor, or a nutritionist. Everything on this blog is my personal opinion.

No advertisements will ever be placed on this blog, but if I gleamed information from a book I will credit the source with a link. There will be no boring details!  Where will I get the topics for this blog? Everywhere!

This is not a food blog although I will post recipes and menu ideas. This is not a fitness blog although I will post about exercise. What kind of blog is this? Well, it is my personal weight loss journey in which I'm inviting you along.

I welcome your comments and I sincerely THANK YOU! However, I may not be able to respond back to every comment. I hope everyone will help each other with what works!