Traveling

I'm traveling for the next two weeks. I'll be in Houston, home to some amazing Cajun cooking, along with some yummy barbecue and all sorts of ethnic delicacies. My weaknesses: sushi, Indian food, and Thai food.

Traveling almost always gets me in trouble. I'm nervous. But, we are getting a hotel with a kitchen so I can at least cook breakfast, lunches, and snacks during the day. Dinners will be good to make there, too. I can hope, can't I? I feel like I'm just lying to myself but I need to make a concerted effort to make food in the room and do my best to choose healthy options if we eat out.

Reminiscing

I had soup and 2 turkey burger patties for dinner tonight. (I needed veggies, but hey, I'm out!)

I was reminiscing about my days of Atkins. 3 large turkey burger patties, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and a side of 3 scrambled eggs. The gluttony! The yumminess. And for dessert? Pork rinds! I was in heaven! At least now I know what my body responds to and loads of fatty meat, eggs, cheese, and mayo do not do my body well.

Now I think about Atkins, the message boards that gave me weird ideas. (Pork rind pancakes! Yogurt/Egg fast! Sugar-free DaVinci syrups!) Okay, the syrups were heaven sent, but everything else? Blech!

First Gym Experience

It's not my first gym/Curves experience in my life, but it's my first in about 2 years. The woman who helped me was so cheerful at 6am. I smelled like night sweats (HELLO! wacked out hormones!) and probably like sweat, as I was exercising.

The woman was great. She had so much pep and energy. Like the kind of person who was once a cheerleader in high school, only not nearly as annoying. She was very encouraging. I liked that. I think she's a keeper, and I think I'll go back. I feel productive, even if it was 6am, I smelled, and I forgot to brush my teeth before I went. She earned her paycheck today!

Joined A Gym!

I re-joined Curves today. It has been pretty good to me in the past, and I really need to start working out since the whole almost-dying-from-anemia thing affected my heart and my breathing.

I'm nervous to start. I'm only supposed to work at 50% according to my doctor. I feel like an old person! But, he knows what is best.

Wish me luck! I'm excited to start. It feels like a new beginning, and Lord knows I'm NEVER excited about exercise.

Great Article: The "Dreaded" Scale!

I loved this article. It showed we should be proud of our NSVs. (Non-scale victories.) There is so much more involved in losing weight than the number on that scale, which often times can make or break our day/week.

For me, the scale just regurgitates a weight. What it doesn't say is:

• I have more energy
• I sleep better at night
• I can move around a little bit better
• My clothes are fitting better

These are all very important NSVs that the pesky scale can't see! It's worth reading the article to help remember these things!

10 Worst Restaurant Sandwiches

I went out to dinner today. We love to eat out, which is probably not the best thing for weightloss. Recently, Yahoo.com's opening page often has some interesting articles on restaurants, and the food they serve.

I was COMPLETELY shocked by today's article regarding The Ten Worst Sandwiches in America. I love sandwiches, and always feel they're a "safe" food to go to at a restaurant, but this article totally opened my eyes to that fallacy!

Another article showed the worst appetizers/starters and I was also really shocked!

At Village Inn, I ordered the grilled fish, no sauce, no oil, butter, etc...and a double serving of broccoli just steamed. However, after reading these articles, I'm wondering what the heck restaurants really put in my food! Goes to show cooking at home is very safe and we know what's going into our meals!

BTW, down 1lb this week. Wanted it to be more, but I can feel inches melting away, so that's always good.

Husband, too!

My husband recently told me since last April, he's gained about 30lbs! I never noticed, simply because I am not the type to notice those things. Anyhow, I was shocked! He travels non-stop from country to country, and really he realizes his eating habits have not done him well. He traveled in primarily Asian countries and realized he was eating tons of rice.

So, when he was in Egypt he would often eat breakfast consisting of simply lentils and sometimes meat. He realized limiting rice was huge for him.

Now, he would like to primarily follow a Mediterranean diet. I can't blame him! The food is good, grilled meats/fish are healthy when prepared properly, and the veggies, salads, and oils are also healthy. So, I'm going to help him and encourage him as well.

He travels and has to eat out everyday, so I'm just encouraging him to go to places where he can have grilled meats, steamed or roasted veggies, and somethings that are light, versus things soaked in butter, oil, or other things we know nothing about!

First Post

I started losing weight recently due to an illness. (Severe anemia.) I am going to blog about my weightloss. I'm down 29lbs since December 5th, when I was weighed during my first hospital visit.

First site I'd like to share? This is Why You're Fat I can't say I indulge in some of these really off-the-wall food creations, but I'm guilty of eating the wrong things most of the time. Interesting, and frightening site!