Food

Eating has been a big challenge for me this week. I'm so used to eating whatever I want. I've never been the type of person to restrict myself from eating anything.

This week I've had a few days of feeling depressed, mostly because I was eating the same chicken and broccoli for 3 days. The morning that I made steel cut oatmeal with almond milk, brown sugar and fresh blueberries helped to pick me up ALOT! I finally had something different to eat! And it was good. I didn't think about food, I almost skipped lunch but didn't cause I knew I needed to eat!

Last night I had dinner at a friends house, I was nervous, everything looked good but salty!! I made myself a small plate spaghetti and because it was there I added a scoop of beef enchilada casserole. I know this sounds like a bunch of bologna but the enchiladas were super salty and it took everything in me to finish the first bite. Now the spaghetti was perfect! My friend later told me that she didn't use any salt in the spaghetti just for me! Thank you Tetchie!!!

I haven't started exercising at all! I know I should be! I know I will start soon...I'm lazy and I know it!!

I took photos of some of my food this week. Oatmeal, dried cherries and nuts, salad with manicotti and raw key lime pie! Yummy!!!!

Hypertension

Last week I had an appointment with a physical therapist for a pinched nerve in my neck. As he was taking my vitals he made me aware that my blood pressure was pretty high...130 over 100. I had no idea what that meant but could tell he was concerned about it! So I went about my day with the physical therapist's face in the back of my mind. Being the investigator that I am I turned to google to find out what my blood pressure score meant. To my surprise...I need to be concerned about it!!!
What do I do? Where do I start?
All the articles I've read about hypertension always start with if you are over weight you must lose weight! Great! I gotta lose weight! I was just saying that I like being fat...but you know what they say about sarcastic people, they are just hiding their true feelings!

Yes I want to lose weight, yes I want to feel healthier and yes I would like to fit into my cute clothes again. So here I am ready to embark on probably one of the hardest things I will have to do in my life. It's easy for me to get fat...now I'm gonna struggle to get skinny!

Here's my plan.
Pray that God will give me strength to get my blood pressure lowered, by making better choices in what I eat and exercising. Right now the only exercise I do is walking to and from my car at work!

I'm unsure of the type of exercise I will do. I love yoga so maybe that's what I'll do! I may even learn all the dance moves on Just Dance 3 for the Xbox 360 Kinect!! Hahaha

So here it is January 17,2012
Blood pressure: 130/100
Weight: 167
BMI: 30.5

My goal is by July 7,2012
Blood pressure: 110/70
Weight: 150
BMI: 27.4

Lord Jesus thank you for being a God of second chances. I invite you to come with me on this journey, I ask for strength in avoiding foods that will do my body harm and I pray that you will give me patience while on this journey. Thank you for hearing my prayers!