jerseymom

Gotta start today! Dr. basically says I’m very unhealthy. For the first time ever I went for a regular checkup and he sent me for full blood work. Results came in and I have elevated cholesterol,  pre-diabetic sugar levels, low vitamin D, slightly anemic & B12 deficient. I’m now getting a B12 shot once a week for 4 weeks then once a month for “a very long time”. I am a huge needle phob so that’s not good news plus the dr. is 30 mins. away and I have to drag my 2 little kids with me each time I go so that’s a pain (30 mins. in the complete opposite direction of everywhere I ever go). He also said I’m overweight but I knew that one already. He did say my thyroid (the one thing I was secretly hoping he’d find a problem with) was perfectly fine…as were liver and kidneys which is good. Basically he gave me a huge kick in the pants and said make some major changes now before it’s too late. Now I really debated the whole ‘last meal’ thing and I did give in. We went as a family to Olive Garden partly for the last meal but partly because we were given a gift card to go a while ago and just never found the time. The kids were a hot mess but that’s a whole different story. I ate! Salad, breadsticks, Chicken Marsala and I even made them sub my potatoes for fettuccini alfredo…now how unhealthy was that?!! But it was tasty and now I’m over it. Even this morning I ran to Acme for some OJ and as I was passing the large display of ice cream sales that usually sucks me in I quickly walked passed and thought how I don’t need that stuff.3 

So I don’t have a definite plan yet but I did get some D3 supplements, fish oil and iron pills like I was told. I’ll start taking that yummy combination this morning and just generally watch that I’m making healthy food choices. I’m still going to do Weight Watchers but I’ll def. focus more on eating healthy meals than fitting in enough snacks. And that’s pretty much all I can handle. I do need an overhaul but I need to take some baby steps or it’ll never work. But that’s me in a nutshell today. It is sunny and heading up to 81 today so we’re off for 1 last trip to the beach before fall sets in. The tourists are gone and it should be a nice quiet time. The girls are even bringing friends so who knows…I may even get some rest (yeah right!)  Happy Tuesday everyone. Thanks for all the support lately! I’m trying to get better at reading blogs. I still really just write for myself to help clear my head but reading everyone else’s usually helps keeps me focus on the goal.  Have a great day!