Once again I am going to try to lose weight. I have spent the last year bringing my blood sugar under control, trying to learn to exercise and focus on following the example of good health that my husband Michael has adopted. Michael after 25 years of smoking, has quit smoking, lost 70 lbs, and adopted exercise and healthy eating regime. I am far from there yet, I still am at least 50 pounds overweight, and I am being generous with myself. I have managed to bring my blood sugars under control and for the last 3 consecutive A1C have been in the optimum blood sugar control range, and the last A1C in the normal range, resulting in the lowering of two of my diabetes meds and one cholesterol medicine. Still with all of this I can not manage to lose weight. I started a new health regime with my daughter, we both are trying to lose 20 pounds by Christmas which if you do the math is 1.4 pounds a week, which means between exercise and food choices we need to reduce/burn 4900 calories a week or 700 calories a day. I have asked Rach to contribute her thoughts on weight loss here, not sure she will, but we will see. I am one of those diet statistics, that women who has tried every diet combination known to man, who loses/gains, gains/loses and about 10 years ago gave up on dieting as a matter of principle and instead focused on healthy eating and managing my blood sugars. I truly believe that a woman's self worth is not dependent on how she looks, but how she feels inside, and I have tried to not limit myself by being overweight, to still maintain a healthy image. To keep healthy to keep active in both mind and body. Why weight loss now? I realized as my daughter struggles with the same genetics that I have, that she is at greater risk for diabetes and if I can help her and myself by studying healthy choices, having an open dialogue about weight issues, I can help her build a positive self image. So we are loosely going to follow a 1200-1400 calorie a day diet, and try to exercise at least 3 times a week. My total weight loss goal is 60 pounds, Rachaels is 25 pounds. We will see how we do.
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Go Girls!!!!
Good luck with the weight loss Brenda. It's harder than most people think and I've never believed that any type of diet works. It may at first but over time, the momentum isn't there anymore and all the weight just comes back. It's odd to read this entry because I was thinking the same thing, I've gained on some extra pounds now I need to exercise and eat right to get down to my optimum weight again.
Great photo - you have the same shaped eyes or maybe it's the look..; ) Best of luck with all the healthy eating...sounds good.
By the way, Brenda, did my book arrive with you ok?
x
Hi All,
Thanks for the encouragement, tomorrow I weigh, we will see how I did week one. I really like the charts on the website, you can customize them for each person, and for me, it helped me realize what food I needed to add and what I needed to not eat so much of. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
:) b
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