Where shall I blog my journey?

I had started writing about my journey with Absolute Weight Loss on another blog but it just didn't fit in right with the theme so I am moving it over to this blog until I figure what to do with it. I wanted this blog to just be recipes that I use but maybe it will be for both.

BLOGGED ON 1/6/2011

On Tuesday I met with a NP and dietitian. I was weighed, given the guidelines of food allotment. I didn't fully understand it all as I had a migraine. Nice thing is that one of my medical assistants started a week ahead of me and can answer most of my questions.

It is high protein, low carbohydrates diet. It is a bit hard on the protein as I am vegetarian but I am figuring out. 3 meals, 2 snacks and lots of water AND exercise yes I know two terrible words together diet and exercise :-)

I have 2 days under my belt.

Now - if I am going through this book (A course in Weight Loss) and dieting which one is working for me? I would say both. I also have other arsenals - Bible, the 12 step program, other spiritual books, my blog, my journal, and friends.

I was going to just go through the book and hopefully lose weight while I worked on getting rid of my demons, the monkey on my back, the ball and chain, the black ball, the ugliness etc

So... I will follow the diet, lose weight and hopefully by the time I have lost all my weight my mind will be in the right place to keep it off.

BLOGGED ON 1/8/2011

That song or rather short chorus is running through my head - I have stayed on my eating plan for 4 days now. May not sound like much but every journey has to have a start and it has been a great start. I was so worried and so scared to give up my drug of choice - carbohydrates and I was also nervous as I was changing medications and my depression was playing havoc with my mind. BUT I started and so far so good. I have exercised twice - once at work and once today, snowshoeing. I loved it so much that I ordered my own snowshoes and they will be here in about a week.

My exercise today was snowshoeing - 1st time ever and I was hooked within the first 5 minutes. I brought my lunch with me so I could stay with my 3 meals and snacks. I still missed a snack time because I was late in eating lunch but that should be all right.

Two situations I see down the road that I will need to plan well for is the trip to Lava Hot Springs and a trip to CA. I will have to plan out my days very carefully and make sure I have the correct foods with me to eat so I do not make poor choices.