Shann

Ok so I have blogged about getting back on track, eating healthy, yada yada yada! BUT to do this the ol’ noggin’ has to be in proper form so to speak. I will go for a couple of weeks thinking I’m sailing along and all is good with the weight loss. Well I’ve crashed, hit rock bottom, can’t get any lower.

Many of you know about our truck that was stolen and hubby getting shot at in the process. This is a huge deterent in my weight loss. I haven’t slept properly since it happend last December. I worry constantly, the cortisol is having a freakin’ party with my belly fat…(for those who don’t know what cortisol is, it’s a chemical produced by stress and it lives in fat, preferably around the mid section and literally can stop one’s weight loss.)

So I went to see my Doctor today and we decided for me to see a dietician and a physcologist to get the head back in working order. I have gained over 10 lbs in the last couple of months. I now weigh 175. My doctor said I’m in the obese range, which I knew anyway. Hell my BMI is 30, ugh!

I’ve kidded myself for too long with this. I thought I could fix my thinking myself but I know I can’t. I don’t want another year worrying, missing out on fun events because of my weight, looking in the mirror and hating what I see, I want to feel whole again. I’m not ashamed I need outside help. I should have done it sooner. A couple of my buddies mentioned it to me before and I thought I was still ok and kept trying.

So that’s my story. It’s time to really focus on the inner me before I can get the outer me better. As they say “It all starts from the inside!” I wish you all a great weekend, with lots of love and laughter.

Hi buddies! Sorry I haven’t been on here much but still having problems with this site, grrr! Anyways I thought I would share my thoughts for today.

Years ago when I smoked my Mom said to me (and she is an ex-smoker from years ago) “Why do you want to put poison in your body?” I thought about those words and still do to this day. But the new poison is now food. Why do I put such poor “food” choices in my body when they aren’t doing anything positive or healthy for me? I mean really think about it. All those preservative laden junk foods don’t do anything for us except help the ol’ fat storage.

I know, I know, we still have to have our treats to keep our sanity, well I DO anyway. But to eat it everyday day in and day out we are literally poisoning ourselves. It’s bad enough that our fruits and veggies are sprayed with chemicals but to add to it with chemically preserved foods is just so much worse.

We take pride in our homes and yards, our outside appearance, our families, all exterior…when did we lose focus on the interior of ourselves? Do we think of what junk foods/fast foods are doing to the inside of our bodies? Is taste more important than the health of our heart, arteries, organs? I know it’s physcological, but in today’s society we have to change our thinking. For our health as well as our future generations. In another 100 years the whole population will be obese, scary huh? Now when people hear that they go “No way” …well yes it’s happening right now. Obese is not just by appearance either. People don’t think I’m obese but I am, my BMI and bodyfat % is in the obese range. I just hide it well with the way my weight distibutes on my body.

So those words my Mom said to me many years ago now hold true to the food instead of the cigarettes. I’m trying and succeeding slowly with the new way of thinking. I’m teaching my kids all about nutrition and they know alot already.  So if they have the education now instead of later, they’ll be happier and more healthier adults enjoying life instead of constantly fighting and thinking of their weight.

I wish you all great success, it’s a hard road to go down. Try to think of the foods you choose and what they are going to do for YOU. You all deserve the best so give yourself that too!