Half way through the week....

I managed to get about 7 hours of sleep last night which is much better than the 4 hours I got the night before. I feel a little better today except for my endometriosis. It seems like the pain is increasing and lasting longer during the month. I need to start keeping track again so that I can give a good report to my dr. My lunch is about over so better get going. My food so far today:
BF - 1/2 bagel w/swiss cheese & oj
SN - 1 string cheese

LN - 2 C salad w/beets & corn
1/2 tuna & swiss on ww bread
1 can soda

More later.

Quick note

I think I finally like the look of my blog. I hate trying to come up with something to say in the About Me section. I think this weekend I will get my daughter to help me take some photos, measurements, etc. and I will post them. I decided if I'm going to do this I have to be willing to be completely real about the whole process. How can I prove I've made progress if I don't provide a starting point. I'm not looking forward to it at all - it is very humbling to have 'the gory details' revealed about your physique. One of my self-improvement goals is to get better sleep and considering it is now almost 10:30 pm and I have to get up at 6:00 am I need to get to bed. Quick recap of today's food:
BF - bagel w/swiss cheese & oj
L - burrito (rice, beans, meat, cheese) & soda
Misc. - 2 bite-size scones; 4 rolos; 1 tortilla w/cheese; lots of water

Not a good day to start recording what I am eating I guess. Oh, well! Good night.

A little more info...

Well, here I am again. The urge to get some food struck so thought I better get to writing. It has been about 4 hours since eating last and it would be ok to eat a snack but I want to stop the habit of just jumping up and giving in immediately to the craving. Not that I'm even craving anything in particular - just feel like eating. Not sure why - bored to some degree I guess. Have things I need to do but don't feel like doing them. Laundry is in a huge pile in the bedroom and needs to be carried to the garage and sorted. Since I have to go to work tomorrow I really need to start a load as well. This brings me to my other 'new beginning'. Mom gave me two of the books written by the Slob Sisters: Sidetracked Home Executives & I don't remember the title of the other one. I'll post it later when I locate the book. Anyway, they talk about organizing your life and creating a schedule. Part of their program is to create 'job cards' for various tasks that need to be completed on daily, weekly, monthly and a yearly basis. I have used their ideas and considered my own families needs and created a system of my own. I even decorated the box to keep the 3X5 cards in to make it more appealing. My hope is that the family will buy into this and it will hopefully help to make things run a little smoother around the house. It's more a matter of actually getting things done. I'm pretty sure there are several different lists that I have started showing all the things we have needed to do since we move into this place 6 months ago. We three are a bunch of procrastinators and something has to give. I can't take the clutter, the dirt, the fighting or being fat and over weight anymore. It's time for a change!

Writing it down to make it real...

Why is it that we call it comfort food? In the end it quite often eds up causing far more pain than comfort. Comfort is a warm blanket that softens every muscle leaving a tingle behind. As the warmth seeps into your bones you can drift off for a while---waking up warm and cozy.



Food on the other hand provides comfort as the flavor is savored and sometimes felt as it slides down our throats slowly providing that wonderful feeling of being full. It's hard to remember that feeling; I don't experience it much anymore. A friend of mine compared food to heroin one time. It provides pleasure for a while and long past when it stops providing pleasure your body still needs and craves it. Unfortunately they haven't found a methadone for food yet.



I recently found an article about people who were blogging and twittering their pounds away. As I read through the various accounts I got up several times to make my way to the kitchen. It occurred to me later that it made sense. Why not start writing every time I feel like getting some food and even when I don't. I don't want to take the pills the doc gave me, especially since I really would like to reduce the amount of medication I take- not increase it.



So, today begins my journey to a healthier (hopefully thinner) body and mind. Over the next few days I will write down the things I am trying to change and how I plan on accomplishing those changes.