Power On

The first week of this journey is about to come to a close and I have lost 5.7 pounds. This is exciting for me, I like seeing results. I'm not in a hurry to lose the weight, I'd like to lose it forever, and I don't want to look like I melted. Over next few week I will be in search of an exercise program that will work for me. I may walk or ride my bike or use a combination of the two, I know for sure that weight training will be necessary to tone my arms. For activity yesterday Tom and I went to the beach and walked against the waves, its fun but it burns calories too, we both slept well.
One of my first self imposed rules was to weigh myself every single day. Good or bad, and to record this somewhere. Same with food, to record EVERYTHING I eat GOOD OR BAD (yikes). In his suggestions, my brother mentioned he uses an iPhone app to record a food diary called Nutrition Menu by shroomies.com, so I searched my Droid for something similar and found Calorie Counter. besides having preloaded information in the app it I can scan bar codes, enters nutrition information, calculated an RDI for me and lets me know how close I am to reaching maximum intake, gives me a place to make comments and record exercise. I can also record my weight, and it shows a graph of the loss or gain. In the morning after I weigh I record my weight and my blood sugar. Its very helpful to see this daily to track my own progress I have found it encouraging so far. Another plus is that using this app on my Droid means I can never ever lose my phone again (win win).
I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the cookbook, everything looked so good. I enlisted the help of my sister inlaw, Shelley, who sent me their favorite recipes and page numbers to make it even easier. I read through the entire recipe before I started and it was actually quite simmple. I have fed this family so much chicken this week Im surprised they arent clucking, I will be adding in fish this week. so far they have enjoyed what I have made, and I have enjoyed the left overs the next day for lunch. I cant convince Tom that a turkey burger grilled is as good as a hamburger, for now him eating what I eat is fine and I will work on his attitude about ground beef later. The recipe book suggests that I build a Mediterrean pantry and Im working on it, I kow from experience that having the ingredients on hand is the easiest way to make the recipes I believe will bring me success.
I lost 5.7 pounds this week. But this isn't just about losing weight, it's about learning something new. So what did I learn? I like myself, and I even like my body, I'd stay as I am if it meant that I didnt have to take medication, but currently I do so here is my goal: Numbers down that means on the scale, blood pressure and blood sugar.
To borrow a line from my cousin Trish...Power On