Walking

I must admit that a part of me is a bit disappointed that I didn't crack 1kg this week. In my head I know that 0.8kg is a good loss but part of me is wondering what I could have lost if I had done more exercise.

So this is why, feeling marginally better, I got myself out there and went for a 35 minute walk. My glands are all swollen up again and I feel like crap but I am happy that I did it and I will do some more exercise tomorrow and so forth. I want the scales to be more than 0.8kgs lost next week.

Lighter today

Well, I have lost 0.8kg and I now weigh 121.9kg. I didn't do as much exercise as I would have liked this week but I have been pretty sick with this flu thingy. I had a really bad earache and then my eardrum burst and I can hardly hear with it at all now. At least the pain is gone but I feel quite woozy and off balance and have continual ringing in that ear. I am taking antibiotics, mostly because I am diabetic and it is really hard for me to get over bacterial infections. I hope it feels better soon. On the plus side my eating has been really good and I am very happy with that.

Tomorrow

Well another week has gone and it is weigh in tomorrow. I have stuck to my points all week and have tracked every morsel I put into my mouth. Due to the fact that I lost so well last week I am expecting a modest loss this week but even 100gm will be worth it.

I can honestly say that Easter did not cause me to stumble at all this year. I had a small amount of chocolate (10g) and factored that into my daily points and that was that. The thing that will let me down will be the lack of exercise because I have been feeling sick. I have been struck down with the children's lurgy and I feel vile. My throat is sore, my glands are swollen and my ear aches so much. I saw the Dr today and have started a course of antibiotics so I should be feeling better soon.

I hate it that I always seem to get sick whenever I start a new health regime. Why is that? I wonder.

Blood Sugar

I am a Type 2 diabetic and have been injecting insulin for about six months now. I should be taking tablets as well but as I don't like how they make me feel it has just been the insulin. My sugars have been bad - I mean really bad. I have been unable to get a morning reading under 12 and that just sets my day up for disaster. Well no longer. After my first week doing WW I have noticed a staggering difference. My sugars have come right down. I had a morning reading of 4.8 which totally shocked me. Of course now I am busy adjusting my nighttime insulin so I don't have a hypo. I am so happy. I thought I was following a healthy diet before but I wasn't.

WW is showing me a whole new way of eating. The programme is so different from the way it was structured before as the focus is now on eating filling foods. It has really made a difference to me.

Exercise

I made a committment to myself to do resistance training. So I have taken myself to our little local gym and the trainers there have done up a programme for me and I am on my way.

I have been twice so far and I love how my body feels when I lift weights. I can feel my muscles working and I can almost visualise the calories being burnt.

I am starting off gradually with two days a week and then after about three weeks I will increase that to three days a week.

The cardio isn't really happening for me at the moment and this is something I need to address.

First Weigh In

I was really worried about my first weigh in. "Did I do enough to lose weight?" I was prepared to be disappointed but I needn't have worried. I hopped on the scales and registered a loss of 2.4kgs. So instead of weighing 125.1kgs I now weigh 122.7kgs.

I am so proud of myself. Yay me!!