Friday Recount

            Chris is off on Fridays and they tend to be heavy on errands. I have been waiting 3 weeks for today! First up this morning we hit or family Doc. Chris was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in December at which point he was placed on Metformin and told he needed to make some big lifestyle changes to get his health in check. At that point his A1C was a whopping 9 which is as bad as it gets there is no number after 9 on the A1C scale. So today was his 3 month check up, he had lab work done last week and the results are in. Drum roll please....his A1C is now a 6.1 which is in the healthy range. All of this because we've changed the way he eats and the way I cook. He hasn't gotten any more active (which I am really pushing for) he has just been watching his carb in take and mostly those are whole grains at this point as opposed to white bread and flour tortillas. I have had to learn how to cook again, I grew up eating southern everything was fried in at least a half inch of grease and even if it is olive oil that is still a lot of grease :\ So frying has been forgotten. I've learned how to steam veggies. Asparagus, brussel sprouts, & broccoli are ranking pretty high these days. His bad cholesterol has been cut in half and he has lost 22lbs since his last doctors visit in December. Yay hubby!

            Great hubby boo me :( All of his success has made me face some very hard hitting facts for myself. I am not losing weight in fact I have been  adding on the lbs in the time he has taken of 22 lbs I have picked up 15 of them and slapped them on my  hips thighs and tummy >.< But but but I am eating better too! This is so not fair! Yea I have went from the 225lbs I had been hovering around for months up to 240lbs :| Inching closer and closer to my all time heaviest that I never want to see again of 250lbs. Soooo we now reach why I have been waiting for 3 weeks for today! I got my new shoes *does the new shoes happy dance* I was fitted for them by the wonderful Janelle 3 weeks ago and have been having to wait....I'm not always good at waiting :p However these were so worth the wait I love these shoes they are comfy and supportive and the first new tennis shoes since 2008 O.o So also essential for getting back active. 

These are the old ones:

(Pictures really can't show just how bad of shape they are in.)

            By this point we are both starving we haven't had anything to eat (bad us) so we commence with the what do you want to eat song. I really get tired of being put on the spot of choosing where we eat when we are out and about because I choose what we eat throughout the week since I do most of the cooking. I mean when I have a particular craving I'm not shy about speaking up. So after I name a few things to which all receive a quick "No." I say what would you like to eat....well I don't know. (Not complaining I'm normally the IDK.) Finally he says "I know this is going to sound weird but how about Red Robin". Me out loud, "Sure!"  While inside starts going something like this, "Juicy juicy burger, bottomless steak fries, mmmm bottomless steak fries, bacon and cheese on the burger, bottomless steak fries, 

what?! they now have cheese and bacon on the fries!!!! 

 

YUMMY I <3 BACON CHEESE and FRIES!!!!!

Suppose to be eating healthier...

BUT YUMMY I <3 BACON CHEESE and FRIES!!!!!

But they have bottomless steamed broccoli and grilled chicken breast, yum and healthy!

BUT BUT BUT YUMMY I <3 BACON CHEESE and FRIES!!!!!

*I am visibly pouting and on the verge of tears at this point*

Chris, "I'm going to have fish and chips." What this means is I'm going to have thick breaded fish and BOTTOMLESS FRIES!!!!

Me, *sniff*"I'm going to have a bun less chicken breast with a side of BOTTOMLESS broccoli..."*furiously wiping tears as fast as they spring to my eyes*

Chris, "Are you crying because you want a burger?"

YES!!! and BOTTOMLESS FRIES!!!!

So as we sat and waited for our food he tried to talk to me about and it just made the tears worse so I finally had to say, "Just talk about something else so that I will stop crying I know this is stupid that I'm crying over food but I can't talk about it right now." I know logically that one meal was not going to make or break me but honestly I felt like this one was going to. If I could not prove to myself early on that I can eat healthy while people around me consume some of my favorite foods that are oh so bad for me then I'm not sure I would be able to stick with any of it. I know that sometimes I can give in a little but I was barely getting my feet wet and so not ready to back slide that badly. So I ate my bun less grilled chicken breast (was juicy and a good smokey flavor) and my steamed broccoli (it could have used some more time in the steamer) and I was satisfied and I was happy and for the first time in a very long time I walked out of a restaurant without feeling like I had overeaten and was miserable. YaY! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

            So from here we took our very first trip into GNC. Had a great talk with our lovely sales peoples and left with a few goodies the big thing was the Protein Powder for shakes. I got the french vanilla and banana since I plan to mix some fruit with them. 

We finished up the day with a trip to the grocery store which was not nearly as bad as it normally ifor me both mentally and financially. So here's to gathering the tools to a healthier happier Alley :D

Also picked up this great book yesterday:

I read about 1/3 of it last night before going to bed instead of watching TV with hubs, so far I really like the approach it takes. Hope to finish it this week and get some more steps laid out in my game plan.