Today was my appointment with Cecy. It was very enlightening, although at some points I felt more like a little kid being scolded. I apparently am not eating enough. Can you imagine? I've been trying like Hell to stay under 1500 calories when she says the 1700 is more like it. Plus, I need to eat more fiber, carbs and proteins together in a meal. Which, talking with Diane I've been trying to add more proteins, like low fat cheese. Also, when I'm exercising in order to burn calories I need to get my heart rate up to 180ish. Sounds like a whole lot to me, but if it makes what I'm doing more effective than so be it. What's the point of an hour on the treadmill if it's not effectively burning calories or building muscle? Speaking of muscle, I was in the shower this morning and the bath scrubby poof thing is missing (where do they all go?!) so I had to put the soap on using my hands. While doing the back of my arm I noticed muscle amongst the fat. Can you believe that?! Muscle is in there! Probably all those tricep extensions and plank exercises I've been doing. Haha.
She gave me a sheet to have blood work done at that lab. Since I've never done it before she has nothing to go on as far as how my organs are functioning or my sugar and cholesterol levels. I'm not nervous about anything except the cholesterol. I'm sure that's really bad because I have made realllllllly bad food choices over the years. Hopefully I'm helping now with eating right, but still worried it's bad. If my sugars are even a little high she wants to put me on a med called Metformin. My mom takes it to keep her diabetes in check. The point for me she said would be for weightloss. Apparently the FDA is in the process of approving it as a weightloss drug, and she thinks it would be good. However, I'm on the fence about this. Weightloss drugs are never good. They always find some side effect that could be death. I don't want to die. I also don't want to cheat and I feel like a cheater with chemical help. But. She wants me to drop 40lbs quickly if I'm borderline diabetic because it does run in my family. If I'm not, then I have some time but we both agree on my goal of 160lbs for the long run.
So the game plan is every two weeks to check on my progress, get some blood work and maybe some Metformin. Eat more fiber and protein and good carbs, and keep my heart rate up around 180 when I'm working out to burn calories effciently. Oh and log my water intake.
I learned a lot today. Life is good and getting better. I just wish I hadn't teared up when I was telling her why I needed to lose weight. Stupid period.
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