Friend of a Mouse
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- Joined
- Nov 22, 2011
Hello! I'm starting this WISH journal to help myself be accountable. I guess I should explain the user name. I worked for the Mouse a long time ago and one day would like to go back. I know the job I want to do would be easier if I were a healthy weight.
Right now I am a Teacher for the Visually Impaired in Missouri. I used to teach kids with intellectual disabilities, but my school district needed a TVI. Due to a statewide shortage, they offered to pay for me to take the graduate classes for certification while I taught the kids. I started in my position the second week of school this year. Needless to say, it's been a wild ride! In addition teaching, I am also taking online graduate courses to get my certification. I also work for an amusement park as a stage tech for their shows and as a haunted house character. This year, I am considering auditioning to be in the show, which I won't do if I can't lose some weight first. As you can see I am pretty busy, which has hindered my weight loss effort.
I have tried pretty much everything. When I was younger I lost 15 lbs on WW. After going back to the classroom to get my Master's, the weight came back and then some. Since then I have bounced around between Weight Watchers and a company called Slim4Life. Weight Watchers was great but in the end I had trouble because of the planning and feeling like I had to make things in advance. Slim4Life was even worse because there were no ready made foods. I did lose 10 lbs doing the two programs, but have really plateaued.
I have joined Jenny Craig and am loving it so far. I love that they plan the menu and make the foods, I just have to worry about produce. I have found it much easier to stay on plan when I can just grab it and go! No more insane prep! I am doing their Metabolic Max, so I am using an armband similar to the BodyBugg which is also nice. I do TaeKwonDo several times a week and also work out at the gym. I am training to do a 5k by doing the Couchto5k, although I need to start back over because due to scheduling, it's been awhile since I have run.
Aside from my schedule, my health has made it hard for me to lose weight. I am a diabetic, they believe type 1.5 or LADA. Basically it is a slow onset of Type 1. My doctor thinks I may be in the rare group that does not have antibodies, so the only way to know for sure is how long it takes me to go on insulin and how much I need, which may be a few years down the road. Until then, they are treating me like a young type 2 and I am strictly diet and exercise. I have a real problem with my blood sugar dropping even though I am on no meds. This has made it hard to stay on track because when that happens, I have to eat and sometimes what I have available is not ideal. My other problem is with chronic bronchitis that is virus triggered, which sucks when you teach elementary kids who are walking petri dishes. I have a hard time exercising when I have a flare up because I can't stop coughing. I need suggestions for some gentle exercises that I could do so that I am at least doing something.
My first goal is to get into the 130's (about 8 lbs) by the time my company hold auditions in Feburary. If I can do it, then I will audition to be in their shows.
Right now I am a Teacher for the Visually Impaired in Missouri. I used to teach kids with intellectual disabilities, but my school district needed a TVI. Due to a statewide shortage, they offered to pay for me to take the graduate classes for certification while I taught the kids. I started in my position the second week of school this year. Needless to say, it's been a wild ride! In addition teaching, I am also taking online graduate courses to get my certification. I also work for an amusement park as a stage tech for their shows and as a haunted house character. This year, I am considering auditioning to be in the show, which I won't do if I can't lose some weight first. As you can see I am pretty busy, which has hindered my weight loss effort.
I have tried pretty much everything. When I was younger I lost 15 lbs on WW. After going back to the classroom to get my Master's, the weight came back and then some. Since then I have bounced around between Weight Watchers and a company called Slim4Life. Weight Watchers was great but in the end I had trouble because of the planning and feeling like I had to make things in advance. Slim4Life was even worse because there were no ready made foods. I did lose 10 lbs doing the two programs, but have really plateaued.
I have joined Jenny Craig and am loving it so far. I love that they plan the menu and make the foods, I just have to worry about produce. I have found it much easier to stay on plan when I can just grab it and go! No more insane prep! I am doing their Metabolic Max, so I am using an armband similar to the BodyBugg which is also nice. I do TaeKwonDo several times a week and also work out at the gym. I am training to do a 5k by doing the Couchto5k, although I need to start back over because due to scheduling, it's been awhile since I have run.
Aside from my schedule, my health has made it hard for me to lose weight. I am a diabetic, they believe type 1.5 or LADA. Basically it is a slow onset of Type 1. My doctor thinks I may be in the rare group that does not have antibodies, so the only way to know for sure is how long it takes me to go on insulin and how much I need, which may be a few years down the road. Until then, they are treating me like a young type 2 and I am strictly diet and exercise. I have a real problem with my blood sugar dropping even though I am on no meds. This has made it hard to stay on track because when that happens, I have to eat and sometimes what I have available is not ideal. My other problem is with chronic bronchitis that is virus triggered, which sucks when you teach elementary kids who are walking petri dishes. I have a hard time exercising when I have a flare up because I can't stop coughing. I need suggestions for some gentle exercises that I could do so that I am at least doing something.
My first goal is to get into the 130's (about 8 lbs) by the time my company hold auditions in Feburary. If I can do it, then I will audition to be in their shows.