As I'm writing today, I'm finishing a bag of chips (as the title indicates). I'm sure the quantity is larger than the recommended serving, but I'm ok with that. To catch up, my week 2 weigh-in saw me find 2 of the pounds I'd lost the first week. That was disappointing after putting up such a good number from week 1. In that first week I was very diligent in tracking my food and exercise in the MyFitnessPal app, and it paid off! Week 2 came around, and I became a lazy tracker. I guess I figured that week 1 was so easy, I could go on autopilot from there.
Not the case.
So, week 3 I was faced with feeling sorry for myself or getting back on the horse. I knew I wanted to lose weight, but I also knew it wouldn't take much more for me to hang it up (again). The simple fact that Chelsie & I are doing this together made it easier to keep going, especially since she is having great results! So at 3 weeks and 1 day, I found myself being down 8 pounds since the start! A 4 pound loss for week 3! This coincided with me finally getting in to see a doctor for rechecks that have been due since June. As most of you probably know, I changed jobs in May, and therefore changing insurance and doctor became necessary.
I really like my new doctor, and coincidentally he knew my previous doctor even though the practices are about 40 miles apart! Ok, it wasn't really "coincidentally", because God doesn't make mistakes. He led me there for a reason, probably just to make me more comfortable in dealing with the issues I face.
The good news is that my blood sugar, blood pressure, and bad cholesterol were all improved from my previous check in March!! In fact, my A1C was only 0.1% above the baseline for being considered type II diabetic!! The only 2 areas of focus right now are my weight (which, if you haven't heard, I'm working on) and my "good" cholesterol is low - more exercise and weight loss should bring that up.
So, back to that bag of chips that has by now been finished. Superficially, one may think that wiping out a bag of chips while writing about losing weight could be quite the paradox. Check out the picture below and see if your opinion changes ;)
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