Sunday morning and I’m filled with gratitude for being indoors and warm on this very cold morning. Mush is snuggled next to me under our new oh so soft ‘throw’. We are comfortable, I have coffee, and I’m sharing my thoughts with my dear Fat Secret friends. Life is good.
I had a most delightful time last night. I discovered and was invited to play in a friendly poker game; the players were truly more interested in the socialization more than the chips. That was nice. I lost all of my chips, of course. I’m terrible at poker. But the rest was fun.
At the auction last night I bought out a wholesale shop for Blondie. She was there and her eyes widened in excitement of new inventory to reopen her resale shop that’s been closed since Cutty’s passing. It was nice to see a little initiative in her in this arena.
Food - I will try to go back and catch up on recording. Didn't even make it through a whole day Friday. Maybe I'll just restart today. I am being mindful of choices and portions but still need a refresher in the accumulated totals and nutritional breakdown of the day. My … I don’t want to say ‘cheat’ so .. a word.. hmmm.. my mindfully rationalized ‘because I want it’ choice was the six mini reeses last night. I considered it a little progress as I didn't cave to the pecan pie or chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and pecans at the auction.
On reflection an apple would have been a better choice to satisfy my craving for ‘sweets’. I’m pushing the water as I try to flush out so many of the chemicals and additives that have become status quo on my intake the past few months. The other day I ‘added’ salt to soup… that’s a clear sign of how far I’d strayed from ‘clean eating’.
I read a notice about ‘square dance’ lessons starting in a couple of weeks- sounds fun. I may give that a try.
The other day I read the following on Yolanda’s journal and she’s given me permission to insert it here in my journal. I want to be able to save and find this when needed as I found her approach and plan truly inspiring.
Take care and enjoy your day.
Bells
Yolanda’s Nursing Diagnoses:
Risk for situational low self esteem, stress overload, risk for imbalanced nutrition; more than body requirements, self neglect : AEB (as evidenced by) rapid weight gain, chronic depression/anxiety, hypersomnia, frequent crying/self doubt and social withdrawal.
Interventions:
1. Learning and implementing meditation techniques to help manage stress levels and anxiety for 30min x 3days/week.
2. Exercising at home or local gym one hour 2-3x/week.
3. Documenting nutritional intake, including at least one fruit, one vegetable, and one multivitamin daily and caloric intake around 1500 cal/day.
4. Eating out only one time per month.
5. Drinking only water, coffee, and or tea.
6. Limiting alcohol consumption to specified dates.
Expected outcome:
Proper nutrition and exercise will result in a steady decline in weight at bimonthly weigh ins of at least 5lbs per month. Anxiety will be controlled and decline in severity. Increased control over my life will result in increased self esteem.
