Back to Bloggin' it Up!!!!!
Hello Everyone!
It's been awhile. A year at least! The last time I blogged on here was a very long time ago. I've been writing at night in a journal I keep by my bed. It helps me to relax and fall asleep.
So I guess I can give you a quick recap of my life. Still teaching second grade. I made up with the girl from work that thought I was stealing her job (see older posts). She eventually said she was sorry, but we never really gained our friendship back. She moved to a different school. Derek's cousin (S) is still crazy, but is managing it with an anti-depressent, and I have found that we are all a little crazy at times.
I got married for those of you that didn't know. I live in Reynoldsburg in a nice two-story house. Have a dog that I love and great friends surrounding me.
Life is pretty darn good.
Except for one thing. This battle with my weight is never ending.
I have found that I am obsessive about foods. I don't typically eat much (I know I stay under 2000 calories a day, especially since I gave up all caloric beverages. But by obsessive what I mean is I will get fixated on a certain food I want (last Tuesday it was ice cream) and I thought about it all day long until I had to go get it. The thought will persist for days and days unless I act on it. This I guess is OCD.
So I am going to try to take medication for OCD. Again, I don't have to count or touch things or anything. It's just persistant thoughts that go on and on in my head....
I am hoping that by treating this it will help me to lose weight. I also decided to buy a calendar and write daily calorie and fitness goals for myself. I wrote down a calorie target and the total minutes of exercise that I want to reach for the day. If I make my goal, I give myself a sticker. Then when I reach 10 stickers, I get a reward.
I set my reward low this time so that I can feel successful.
Derek kind of made fun of me (he said it was cute) because it's something I would do with my kids in my class. I guess he's right.
My ten days kicks off tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Goodnight for now. It's good to be back.
It's been awhile. A year at least! The last time I blogged on here was a very long time ago. I've been writing at night in a journal I keep by my bed. It helps me to relax and fall asleep.
So I guess I can give you a quick recap of my life. Still teaching second grade. I made up with the girl from work that thought I was stealing her job (see older posts). She eventually said she was sorry, but we never really gained our friendship back. She moved to a different school. Derek's cousin (S) is still crazy, but is managing it with an anti-depressent, and I have found that we are all a little crazy at times.
I got married for those of you that didn't know. I live in Reynoldsburg in a nice two-story house. Have a dog that I love and great friends surrounding me.
Life is pretty darn good.
Except for one thing. This battle with my weight is never ending.
I have found that I am obsessive about foods. I don't typically eat much (I know I stay under 2000 calories a day, especially since I gave up all caloric beverages. But by obsessive what I mean is I will get fixated on a certain food I want (last Tuesday it was ice cream) and I thought about it all day long until I had to go get it. The thought will persist for days and days unless I act on it. This I guess is OCD.
So I am going to try to take medication for OCD. Again, I don't have to count or touch things or anything. It's just persistant thoughts that go on and on in my head....
I am hoping that by treating this it will help me to lose weight. I also decided to buy a calendar and write daily calorie and fitness goals for myself. I wrote down a calorie target and the total minutes of exercise that I want to reach for the day. If I make my goal, I give myself a sticker. Then when I reach 10 stickers, I get a reward.
I set my reward low this time so that I can feel successful.
Derek kind of made fun of me (he said it was cute) because it's something I would do with my kids in my class. I guess he's right.
My ten days kicks off tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Goodnight for now. It's good to be back.