Yesterday I was comfronted with the possibility (more like a probability) of being a diabetic. I really have to come to terms with my weight problem (about 60 pounds over weight). To make matters worse my knees are starting to hurt a lot because of all of the excess weight. I have family history of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. Last night, I allowed myself to cry about it and evaluated my relationship with food. I grew up poor, sharing everything I had with my 6 sibblings. My portion of the meals was one of the things I did not have to share with everybody else. I eat when I'm happy, when I'm bored, when I'm sad, etc. I realize that this is the area of my life where I feel out of control. I feel accomplished as a mother, as a wife and professionally, I feel I'm growing. Today I began taking baby steps in becoming a healthier person. I hope that I can share my trials and tribulations as well as victories with you because you are not judgemental. I need your support!
Oh... and to make it saving related, buying healthy food is expensive but worth it and when I succeed at losing weight, I won't have to spend too much money going to the doctor for weight related illnesses.
Thank you for reading my entry!
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July 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 am
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Having my own set of issues, I am personally in no position to judge, you need not worry about that.
Please take care and have a nice holiday weekend.
July 2nd, 2009 at 01:13 pm
July 2nd, 2009 at 03:17 pm
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I am probably the same as ceejay - about 4-7 kilograms have crept onto me the past year or two (I say 4-7 because it depends on how much I've eaten during the day lol!). DF could stand to lose about 3 or 4 kilos, but he works hard already and I think he just needs to tone up. We just got a dog and either DF or myself have been taking him for a walk every day, sometimes we both walk him at different times!
I too need to evaluate my relationship with food, i just love it too much i think.
July 10th, 2009 at 08:47 pm
Keep going with this. Your goal is healthy first, cheap(er) second. Try to crave fruits and veg and start to adopt your cravings to the season. For us right now cherries are cheaper - $1.49/lb (for Seattle, cheap) - so its cherries, cherries, cherries. Also, there are some produce items that are less important for them to be organic than others, so you can save a bit of money that way. And produce stands usually are a bit better than the supermarket, although you do have to pick. Remember that healthy food is expensive compared to crap food only at the time of purchase. If you get sick eating crap food you haven't saved anything.
August 2nd, 2009 at 07:19 pm