Milestones

This evening has turned out pretty well for me, I hit one million steps tonight.

I'm very proud and making goals for next year. I'll tell you about them on the second!

Until next week, keep working toward your goals!

The Best Laid Plans...

Music Man and I had planned to go to the gym this morning. Then we didn't go to bed until 1 am. I'm not naming names of who kept us up so late, but two of the three people at my end of the house kept the one who showered at 10:45 up until 1 am. And she is pretty certain it would have been later if she hadn't stepped in and started doing things so she could go to bed already.

We need to start going though because of Music Man's diabetes. Which isn't as much of an issue if he's working out or able to take his medication. However, the state of California, decided they couldn't prove he was a a US citizen so, they changed his medical insurance to emergency only. Which given his numbers earlier this week, it kind of has been now that I think about it.

Fortunately, we've been conserving his pills and he only takes them when his numbers get exceptionally high. Which one day was over 300, that seemed a good time to take one.

The other thing we can do to help lower his glucose is for him to drink a glass of wine. That also works on occasion.

The gym seemed to be the best option for him though. Hopefully tonight we get to bed early enough that we can get up and head that way.

Getting Better

When I was a kid I loved the movie Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Specifically the song about "It's getting better all the time".

That said, I actually feel much better than I did a few weeks ago. Or I did until we slept with the window open last night. Not sure if we're going to do that again tonight.

On another note, I'm down 2.2 pounds since I last weighed in, so that was good. I haven't been walking much though so it's cause of being sick and not eating.

I need to update my step count but it's going to be low, that much I know. I haven't been walking as much since I did get sick.

Here's hoping the holidays don't do too much damage to your healthy lifestyle!

Have a great week!

Illness

I've been sick. What started as a cold, became an upper respiratory infection, centered in my sinuses. It was pleasant. I've been coughing. I've been sneezing. I've been exhausted. I'm finally starting to feel better. Or at least human.

That said, I haven't been walking as much as I need to, though my year total is still over 900,000 steps. I'm pretty sure I'm going to hit one million steps and I'm excited about it.

Since my last doctor's appointment in September I've lost 14 pounds. Not a ton but a start. Not sure how it will work now that I'm starting to get better, but hopefully I'll be able to keep it up.

Well, here's to feeling better and hopefully being able to exercise!

Have a great week!

Progress

Some days it's easy to feel like I'm getting no where on my weight loss journey.

1.) My weight was up a bit from a couple of weeks ago today.

2.) I haven't been eating as healthy as I should.

3.) I haven't been drinking enough water.

4.) I haven't been meeting my step goal.

Then tonight I was attempting to update my sidebar and I realized something amazing, I was able to see how much I've been walking. I've tracking my daily step count all year. Some days it's better than other days but in January I didn't even walk 40,000 steps. In September I managed to walk 110,811 steps. And I was feeling like I hadn't done that well in September. Nothing like a little calendar to make you feel better about yourself! And wow in August I nearly hit 118,000!

So what if my weight is up a couple of pounds! I know I need to be better about food and drinking enough water, but apparently, even when I'm not meeting my step goal, I am still moving more now than I was at the beginning of the year, and that is the best feeling in the world to me!