Here I am
again. I can’t believe a month has
already passed. But life happened – new job
(making $10,000 more a year YEA!!!!!) and my son has moved back home to help me
with my husband (and to get his life straight).
With this new job, I am back in the classroom with children on the THIRD
FLOOR. I cannot keep going up the stairs
with all this extra weight. NEW
INCENTIVE!!
So, here I start
September 1 at the weight that I have been hovering over for the last 4 months
(238 lbs.). My goal for this month will be
and for every month this time forward – 5 lbs. I want to lose it slow and this
way it will stay off.
My goals:
- Eat on plan everyday with no cheats.
- Make a plan to stay on plan – plan my menu
the day before and follow it. (No matter
how tired I may be – prepare my breakfast and lunch the night before for work.)
- Follow the plan as outlined – Mediterranean
and Paleo flair to Atkins
- Jumpstart the eating plan by following more
an Atkins ’72 type eating style for at least a week.
- In following the first four steps above, I
should expect to lose weight, not just maintain as I have in the last 4 months.
I am going to wait
at least 4-6 weeks or until I have lost 18 pounds before I start an exercise
plan. I do climb 2 flights of stairs
several times a day due to my job so I will get some exercise to start, just
nothing more organized.
I will have a new insurance
plan so I will postpone my blood work until the Christmas holidays so that I do
not have to take off of work. In
addition, it will give the eating plan a chance to improve my lipid
numbers. Starting cholesterol was 229 in
May.
Food choices
today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs
cooked in 1 T. butter
Lunch: small salad with olive oil and vinegar dressing, pulled pork
Dinner: hamburger with cheese and bacon (no buns); small salad with olive oil
and vinegar dressing
GOAL for September:
5 lbs. (233.8 lbs.)
9/1 – 238.8