TeresaNJ
Magic Begins With Me
- Joined
- Sep 13, 1999
Saturday, May 3, 2003
I'm starting this today, even though I'm not "officially" starting Alex's Atkins Weight Loss Challenge until tomorrow. Let me begin by saying that I hate to diet, hate to exercise and hate counting points, calories, carbs and anything else! Not much to work with there in terms of losing weight, eh? Anyway, I'm 46, swiftly approaching 47, and while I look pretty good for my age, I don't feel healthy. I'm about 20 pounds overweight, but some days feel like I am dragging around an extra 50 pounds. I really want to get in better shape, and to do this, I know I must start on an exercise program, and establish better eating habits.
I'm not a junk food eater for the most part, but I do love salty foods such as sunflower seeds and potatoe chips, and I adore high carb foods such as breads, cereal and pasta. One of my favorite meals is a broccoli rabe sandwich on a hard Italian roll! I have never been a big meat eater, so that is going to be a switch for me.
One of my other "vices" is smoking. I know, I know, please don't tell me how bad it is for me. Especially with me being a nurse. I use to smoke as a teenager, from 16-19, and then quit until 7 years ago when my dad died suddenly. It was such a shock and so stressful that I picked up one of my brother's cigarettes and smoke it, and then smoked a few more. The next thing you know, two years went by! My DH challenged me to give them up, and I did, cold turkey, until two years ago when I underwent the biggest stress in my life ever. Of course, I started smoking again. Some days I have only a few, some days a half a pack, some days a whole pack if I'm really stressed. I am going to give them up for good, some time in the near future I hope. I'm just not quite ready yet. They are definitely my big crutch. I figure it's better to smoke than drink, or do drugs, LOL. I'm still not completely recovered from my life changing experience of two years ago, but I'm getting there. So the cigarettes are part of my coping mechanism. Why, I don't know. But there it is.
For today I've eaten so far some slices of liverwurst, shrimp and Chinese veggies, and have had several cups of coffee with powdered creamer. Can't give up the coffee and am going to go buy some cream today.
We're going out to dinner tonight with my sister and her husband and my best friend and her husband to a Japanese restaurant sort of like a Benihana's. I vow to eat no carbs at dinner, and no dessert.
Be back later!
I'm starting this today, even though I'm not "officially" starting Alex's Atkins Weight Loss Challenge until tomorrow. Let me begin by saying that I hate to diet, hate to exercise and hate counting points, calories, carbs and anything else! Not much to work with there in terms of losing weight, eh? Anyway, I'm 46, swiftly approaching 47, and while I look pretty good for my age, I don't feel healthy. I'm about 20 pounds overweight, but some days feel like I am dragging around an extra 50 pounds. I really want to get in better shape, and to do this, I know I must start on an exercise program, and establish better eating habits.
I'm not a junk food eater for the most part, but I do love salty foods such as sunflower seeds and potatoe chips, and I adore high carb foods such as breads, cereal and pasta. One of my favorite meals is a broccoli rabe sandwich on a hard Italian roll! I have never been a big meat eater, so that is going to be a switch for me.
One of my other "vices" is smoking. I know, I know, please don't tell me how bad it is for me. Especially with me being a nurse. I use to smoke as a teenager, from 16-19, and then quit until 7 years ago when my dad died suddenly. It was such a shock and so stressful that I picked up one of my brother's cigarettes and smoke it, and then smoked a few more. The next thing you know, two years went by! My DH challenged me to give them up, and I did, cold turkey, until two years ago when I underwent the biggest stress in my life ever. Of course, I started smoking again. Some days I have only a few, some days a half a pack, some days a whole pack if I'm really stressed. I am going to give them up for good, some time in the near future I hope. I'm just not quite ready yet. They are definitely my big crutch. I figure it's better to smoke than drink, or do drugs, LOL. I'm still not completely recovered from my life changing experience of two years ago, but I'm getting there. So the cigarettes are part of my coping mechanism. Why, I don't know. But there it is.
For today I've eaten so far some slices of liverwurst, shrimp and Chinese veggies, and have had several cups of coffee with powdered creamer. Can't give up the coffee and am going to go buy some cream today.
We're going out to dinner tonight with my sister and her husband and my best friend and her husband to a Japanese restaurant sort of like a Benihana's. I vow to eat no carbs at dinner, and no dessert.
Be back later!