April 11, 2011

It has been almost a year since I've been on here... Many things have happened in the past year, but not a lot of change in my life style or my weight. I've been inspired by my daughter and son-in-law who are both avid bloggers. Monday through Friday each day they are on the computer. Perhaps if I just start writing down my thoughts and feelings, I'll begin to see a pattern to my changes, when I stop trying to be healthy and just start eating whatever I like. What is it that makes me sabotage myself and not just embrace the changes necessary to live a healthier lifestyle. At this point in my life, I am eating low carb. It is usually a fast easy way for me to drop a few pounds and get myself excited about being more conscientious of my desire to lose weight. Last Tuesday I came home from work and told my now 18 year old son that I was going low carb. He said "Great, lets go shopping for some food, I'll go too". Off we went in search of the right foods. Last night was his senior prom, so he did go off the low carb, but I feel that I have been pretty good. I went out to dinner last night with friends and scoured the menu, really tempted by the prime rib sandwich (which of course would have had french fries), but went with the crab leg/grilled chicken breast dinner with a side of zucchini in a tomato sauce (the tomato sauce was my concern but I'm sure it was better than any other choice). I did also have two Michelob Ultras which do have more carbs than I want at this point, but I gave up my diet sodas last January, didn't want to order water and forgot about iced tea. Today is going to be a day at the beach, I'll take a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for my husband and probably egg salad and some cheese sticks for myself. It also means a walk on the beach of probably two miles which will be real nice.