I had my annual diabetes check up with the regular nurse this afternoon and she did the blood pressure review as well. The sugar, cholesterol and BP are all fine. I don't take any notice of the numbers so can't tell you what they are. I just register if they are good, okay or worrying. I don't need to go back for six months. She advised me to make an appointment with the GP for an asthma review as it is getting worse againl
My weight was a bit up from my last visit. I already knew that so was prepared to the chiding that didn't come! Her scales agree with mine near enough, so I'll stick with mine. I shouldn't weigh myself every day but it usually do. I have a little notebook next to the scales that I used to jot the numbers in. I've started writing it down again. It's good for me to look back and see the changes. Too bad I got rid of all the old pages a while back.
I don't like going to slimming clubs. I know they are good and they all have a lot to offer. I've even lost weight on some of them (and on others the only pounds I lost were the ones from my purse for the weekly meeting)! No, the problem I have with them is that no matter which one it is, I become tooooo focused on the food. It's like this:
I wake up hungry. Like starving. So I have the 'allowed' amount for breakfast. Fair enough. A while later I'm again really hungry. But I'm now afraid to eat anything because if I use some allowance now I 'might' be even hungrier later and have eaten all I'm allowed for the day. So I think -"Stuff it." and eat anyway and feel guilty. Day after day after day after day. And on those days when I don't feel hungry at all, I feel guilty that I haven't eaten 'what I should' to follow the plan.
But when I'm not going to a club but am trying to eat sensibly - which is what the goal of all of them is - I just try to make healthy choices and moderate portions. If I'm really not hungry but know I need to eat, I'll have a handful of almonds or something nutritious. And when I'm hungry I'll try to eat a balanced meal. I try really hard to use good snacks and not get too hungry. And remember to drink plenty of water. And if I do it well enough, for long enough, it works.
Yes, this is all in my head. I know that and that the program the slimming clubs use is a tool not a strait jacket.
My weight was a bit up from my last visit. I already knew that so was prepared to the chiding that didn't come! Her scales agree with mine near enough, so I'll stick with mine. I shouldn't weigh myself every day but it usually do. I have a little notebook next to the scales that I used to jot the numbers in. I've started writing it down again. It's good for me to look back and see the changes. Too bad I got rid of all the old pages a while back.
I don't like going to slimming clubs. I know they are good and they all have a lot to offer. I've even lost weight on some of them (and on others the only pounds I lost were the ones from my purse for the weekly meeting)! No, the problem I have with them is that no matter which one it is, I become tooooo focused on the food. It's like this:
I wake up hungry. Like starving. So I have the 'allowed' amount for breakfast. Fair enough. A while later I'm again really hungry. But I'm now afraid to eat anything because if I use some allowance now I 'might' be even hungrier later and have eaten all I'm allowed for the day. So I think -"Stuff it." and eat anyway and feel guilty. Day after day after day after day. And on those days when I don't feel hungry at all, I feel guilty that I haven't eaten 'what I should' to follow the plan.
But when I'm not going to a club but am trying to eat sensibly - which is what the goal of all of them is - I just try to make healthy choices and moderate portions. If I'm really not hungry but know I need to eat, I'll have a handful of almonds or something nutritious. And when I'm hungry I'll try to eat a balanced meal. I try really hard to use good snacks and not get too hungry. And remember to drink plenty of water. And if I do it well enough, for long enough, it works.
Yes, this is all in my head. I know that and that the program the slimming clubs use is a tool not a strait jacket.
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