Johanne's Journal, 11 January 2012

Jo, I tried recording my foods on FB, but it is just too cumbersome, so I just use FS for that part of my healthy lifestyle. Please do take it easy...it won't do any good for you to hurt yourself trying to get healthier...in 6 months you will be able to do much more than you can now! Love you...and hope your date went well!!! XXXX <3<3 

Jo take it slowly......you will get there, it took a long time to get where you are so a little time to get back....How was the date? we are all ears...... 

Stef, the great thing is, I didn't hurt this morning and I could walk on my reconstructed foot and ankle without pain. I expected to be a mess this morning and I wasn't. Usually if I'm on my bad foot for any length of time, I can't step down on it for about 30-45 minutes after I wake up. What this says to me is, I was making a little bit of progress in the last few months before Fitbit. As for my "date," he's a happily married man with a lovely wife. That's why I put date in parens. A few years ago, he was my caseworker for mental health and working to help me with resources due to my tiny income. When he retired two years ago, he stayed in contact and we've been fast friends ever since. It's really funny because he's a "Rush Limbaugh" conservative and I'm a moderate liberal. We have great political discussions with no rancor. We have great discussions on books and movies. We have great discussions on children, grandchildren and history even though our period preferences are different, or maybe because. He is the reason I was able to buy my Fitbit as soon as I did. He sent me $100 check for Christmas. His card said I had to spend it on me, but I was planning to use it where needed. I decided at the last minute to go ahead and get my Fitbit even though I may need the cash by the end of the month. I asked if he wanted to see what he got me for Christmas and pulled it out to show him. He took it, turned it over a few times and said, "That's a mighty expensive money clip." LOL! Once I told him what it was, he said, "Geesh Bonnie, if I'd known you were going to waste it on something healthy, I wouldn't have sent it." He was laughing his head off the whole time. He was glad I was getting such a kick out of it. I think I've mentioned a few times, I have some wonderful friends. I am very loved and very grateful! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX 

Yvonne, I'm going to. I really want to succeed and that won't happen if I push it. My date was great. He and I have been friends for about 7 years now, originally in a professional capacity and the last two years, since his retirement, in a purely friendship capacity. He took me to Applebees (He's the one who took me to Red Lobster last month) and I got Steak, which I LOVE when I can get one. He's a Ron Paul fan and I'm securely in Obama's camp. It was a lively discussion! LOL!  

Hey Jo, I am doing the same thing with my fitbit or should I call it a fatfix. I thought I moved around much more at work, although I stand most of the time, I'm still burning much less than I thought...a wake up call! This will be a very useful little tool indeed. Going to give it a week of the old routine to set a 'baseline' then steadily increase my activity. I think I have historically underestimated what I have eaten too...lol 

Di, isn't it interesting when we get the tools to open our eyes. Until I started using the food diary on here, I would have sworn I never ate too much. I KNEW it. The problem was the foods I was eating were calorie dense and nutrition empty. I WASN'T eating a lot of volume but I was eating a heavy calorie load. Add to that, the little nutrition I WAS getting wasn't being absorbed because I had celiacs and you have one huge, sick lady. I have learned so much this last two years and Fitbit is just adding to that knowledge. Knowledge truly is power and we are gaining the power to fix ourselves and our lives. You and I will just limp along like turtles, but the turtle won the race. LOL! 

Stef, I was right. You can enter a custom food on fitbit. At the end of the day I will take my FS totals and make a custom entry. It doesn't have any required fields, so I figure I will do something like this. Bonnie 1/11/12, 0000 calories, 00gr fat, 00mg sodium, etc. If it allows you to edit, then I'll edit it each day. If it doesn't, I'll just make a new entry each day. That way, I won't be showing exactly what I'm eating, but it will count the calories and nutrients. I don't see why it won't work. 

Oh so happy you had a great luncheon date. You definitely need to get take things slowly with a bad foot, Johanne. It's fun little thing to have and as you said, knowledge is power. Take care of yourself and regroup, as you said! That is what I had to do also. Clean slate for 2012! We can do this! 

Jo so glad you had a nice lunch with a dear friend..I have to agree you need to take it easy and build up..today I didn't do as well cause I just didn't feel like it..nothing wrong just needed to take a break from alllll the walking..I did do my treadmill before coffee though that has to be done..no matter..unless I am really sick..and if I am that sick I should be in bed..LOL...You have come along way in 2 years we all have to find which foods bother us..mine happened to be milk.. Since I quit using it I have felt soooo much better and no stomach problems...We have to be the doctor sometimes...Love ya dear...:O) 

And you will succeed, Johanne. Congrats on your new FiTBIt. Can't wait to hear all you do with it!