THE NEW ME

Sorry about not posting Sunday, but life got in the way. I cannot blame the house guest, as she did not arrive til 7:30 pm or so.
Weight Sunday morning - 180. 50 days now and 12 pounds. I am still somewhat in awe of that. 2 pounds ahead, so that on Friday morning, when another five days have passed, I only have to weigh 181. Let us hope not, but it gives me some breathing room.

I am still trooping down the Prairie Path almost every day, and I do think the new shoes have helped. Plus the icing when I come back. I do try and walk around town whenever and wherever I can, to the library, to a friend's house, etc. And I'm noticing that my gait is faster, consciously, but still. And perhaps, although I'm afraid to put this down in writing, my energy level is up. I do find that while watching television at night, I have to get up during commercials and move around. Even a DVD, I will stop to get up and do something.

On the 16th, went to a Women's Health Fair in the Yorktown Shopping Mall, and was it ever terrific! Free blood pressure screening, diabetes tests, eye tests, skin assesment, free pens, food, skin care products, just stuff. For my friend, who is unemployed, it was a gold mine. Took us a solid two hours to get through it all, and even then we did not have time to stay and get the free massages offered. At several stations, so you could get more than one. My blood pressure is a little up, 123/76, and it used to be 110/70, so that is another goal, to get it back down.

Several meals out, and I did good. One at my daughter-in-law's, although she graciously cooked a delicious meal she knew I could eat, and had some scrumptious fresh pineapple for dessert. It was perfection. A book discussion, with all sorts of goodies on the table, and I limited myself to the fresh fruit and a few homemade biscotti. An evening of cards with all sorts of snacks, but also fresh fruit that I had. It was hard to pass up the chocolate cake, and lemon pound cake, but I did. And to be fair, it wasn't that hard. Breakfast out Sunday morning, and I also did good, just having a bowl of kiwi fruit, an English muffin, and coffee, for which I had asked for some skim milk. I am not cooking up a storm for the house guest, as I might have in the past, but just serving simple meals, pork chops, baked potato, broccoli, hamburgers tonite. And this morning, a coffee get-together, again a lot of food set out, and I only had some blueberries, and some plain yogurt.

All this detail is by way of showing you that I have come off of the strict diet plan, and am still managing. This is a huge, HUGE, milestone for me. Just a few hours ago, there was left on the table half of a blueberry muffin that everyone was raving about, and I was so sorely tempted. Not because I was hungry, but just to finish off that half. I even put it on my plate. Then I looked at it hard, and said NO. A biggie for me.

50 days down.