Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:32 am
Lilac: I bought my fitbit through Amazon. (I have the fitbit One.)
I managed almost 12K steps Tuesday (walk for the mail, treadmill in the morning, plus a very active day moving things around the house to prep and take down from the meeting.) Then Wednesday 8800 (that's the day I went to the store with my friend) and finally 7100 yesterday. Didn't exercise at all in the morning and was at my computer a lot of the day so went for a 2 mile walk with dh after dinner. Did physio before bed. If I hadn't done the walk, I would have been sedentary for the day I really don't like the idea of that!
Weight is stuck but I'm eating all kinds of junk. Didn't have a proper lunch yesterday, just finished a bag of baked lays, Dr. Pepper and some popcorn. At 4 I had an apple with peanut butter (organic) and a glass of milk. My period is a day late although at this age that means nothing. But I have uncontrollable junk food cravings and today I have a headache so I'm figuring it is coming.
My morbidly obese senior friend had bought me a bag of candy Wednesday (one pound of it) and it is almost gone. Talk about a trigger. Maybe I'll only let her buy me diabetic candy from now on in. I don't like it so it will be easier to resist (and I can give it away to the food bank for them to hand out as treats.)
She wants to buy me things and I understand that urge so I hate to refuse all the time. But I see the things she wants to buy me as wasteful especially since she is poor and in debt. I think I need to find things she can get me that will be good but I normally wouldn't buy (like asparagus or other non-local fruits or vegetables.)
I'll go grocery shopping with her and she'll buy one vegetable, maybe one fruit, 4 servings of meat, some cans of soup and the rest will be junk food, mostly candy. I don't say a word to her.
Ironically, her blood pressure is usually normal, her heart rate ok, her blood work is fine (no diabetes.) For people who are active, eat good foods as well as bad or for those who are thin and struggle with high blood pressure, it must be annoying to see that she doesn't suffer those effects from her weight.
Of course, her joints are giving way so we get the handicap spaces. Stairs are hard due to her knees. And she has psoriasis terribly to the point that some days she won't go out. Light treatments didn't work so now they are trying a drug and her blood pressure is up higher than she's ever seen it. On the other hand, the skin is scaling off and we can hope the skin that regrows is normal.
in the mirror to 
scrutinize it! 
), and was happy this a.m. how I've had a -2 Lbs. loss. 
