Biometric screening tests today

oh it seems like my weeks are not getting any slower or less full.  thankful it is friday :)  i had a biometric physical today.


BP
132/89

Total Cholesterol 154
HDL 45
LDL 97
Triglycerides 63

Fasting Glucose 103

so plan of attack is - continued weight loss for the BP and then re assess in a few months.
Cholesterol was really good - need to work on boosting my HDL(good cholesterol) - continued diet and weight loss as well as specific good fat foods.

fasting glucose 103 - weight loss should also help this improve.

i was weighed - 4 pounds less than i am weighing at home.  not sure what to do with this, i think i am just going to stick to what my scale says but still a bit tickled that it was 4 less than i thought :)

heading to the gym now  back from the gym

eggplant meatballs

i made eggplant meatballs last night.  now there are many food items that i make that are supposed to be a healthy version of something and taste kinda sucky honestly.  but oh my these eggplant balls are pretty amazing.  even the boy(6 years old) asked for 2nd's.  they do not taste a darn thing like a meatball but they are flavorful, hold up under sauce and are good!

peer pressure after a crazy week...

long, long week.  had a presentation to give this week that was as much presentation as it was deep dive discussion into my teams and culture of my district.  it was great but the unknown prior to it was stressful.  i have been with a lot of people this week, through prep sessions, meetings ect.. and all week i had done a great job with eating what i had packed or carefully selected off a menu.  yesterday when we were all finished we went to a bar for a drink and a bit of decompression.  when placing orders for drinks and apps i ordered a salad sans dressing and i then proceeded to listen to everyone saying aghh its no big deal, just let loose and enjoy that we are finished ect... i know that no one was trying to be mean or even recognize that they were acting like peer pressuring bullies but it sucked.  i felt like i had to justify my decisions and why i cant just have a few nachos or fried green beans like everyone else - i suck at moderation and because of that i needed to have my salad and not bar food.
peer pressure at 38 who would have thought.

with everything going on this week i was in the groove with the gym and eating, i lost 6 pounds this week!  6 pounds!

total weight loss so far 26 pounds!!

Don't call it a comeback. I have been here for years...

aghh it has been a crazy 2 weeks, from trips to Iowa to our national sales meeting i am worn out.  i realized it had been a long time in between posts and thought i would do a quick one.

trip to Iowa with peers was fun! i have what i think to be a 2nd degree burn on my knee from a 4 inch strip i missed sunscreen on.  i did really good with alcohol and food though i did eat some crap.  i ended up losing 2 pounds that week.  even better was that i was able to not go crazy with beer and chips!

last week was our sales meeting and typically it is a week of up till 2-3am, parties, tons of alcohol and really bad food choices.  i did extremely well and as a result was probably the most alert than i have ever been.  i was able to actually sleep for more than 3 hours most nights, never woke up with a hang over and did very very well with food.  the big meeting was outstanding - a bit mellower than years past music wise, but wow!  James Taylor, Tony Bennet, Beyonce, Allison Krause, Oprah, Taylor Swift oh and the little Willow smith.  Tony Bennet was OUTSTANDING!!! 

i am behind on my running which is my fault for not taking risks and using the hotel gym during the meeting but had a great workout at the gym today hope to catch up on my missed 3 days.  total weight loss this past week was just shy of 3 lbs.

total weight loss so far 20 lbs!!

3 minutes

think about how fast 3 minutes is.  it is not even the length of an average song on the radio.  seems like if asked to get something done in 3 minutes it would be over before you knew it.  well that is all except running for 3 minutes straight.  today i started week 3 of my couch to 5k training and i had to run 2x's for 3 minutes.  heavens it seemed like 3 hours!  the first time i so wanted to quit and almost did but pulled it out.  i am proud of myself and i know that i can do this even though i sound like a freight train and am slow :)

heading to a lake with my peers tomorrow to hangout on a house boat and speed boat then spend the night at a resort and hit the town - super fun but also full of crazy temptations - tons of booze, bad food and temptation.  i really have not had anything to drink in 3 weeks and think it is helping with me not making bad food choices.  this will be followed up by a 4 day sales meeting next week which is always a crazy party of constant alcohol and bad food.  i know that if i can make it through the next 8 days i am on a good trend.  

here goes...

cheese and 5 pounds

oh how i love cheese.  i believe that milk's only purpose is cheese.  all cheese, soft cheese, gooey stinky cheese, hard tangy cheese, all of it!  right now when i am craving bad for me food all i can focus on is cheese and lots of it.  i still have a little bit everyday but want to binge on it!  i am tracking all of my food after every thing i eat and cant believe that i would easily be able to eat 600-800 calories of cheese just for a snack.  now on to not focusing on food anymore.
good week, got through all of my training and a couple of days at the gym!  lost 5 pounds!

total weight loss 15 lbs

There are really two types of people. Those who say I can't. And those who say I can.

I am in a really good place of I can right now. I am not sure what is fueling it and what I need to do to keep it as the loudest part of my inner voice but I intend to sure as hell try! Maybe it's the blueberries I have been eating?
Maybe it's the fact that other than 21 reduced fat cheez it's a day I have cut out processed foods all together?
Maybe it's the fancy rental car I have while mine is in the shop?
Maybe it's me believing in myself enough that I cam focus more on what I can do rather than what I can't. And believing in myself enough to know that even if I can't do something right now that I am on a healthier path to getting to a point where I can.

It's Friday of a long weekend which will involve the Great Minnesota Get Together also know as the State Fair or anything you can think of on a stick and deep fried. Here is to saying I can make the right food decisions and not leave regretting the corn dog and cheese curds.

Body is not revolting as much this am. :)