Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may diet
Today I had my appointment with Dr B. Nothing all that exciting to report. I'm to continue dropping back the Avanza (anti-depressant) and stay on the Seroquel until things settle down. He actually agreed with me that staying a little high, but being able to function would be a good thing!
After my appointment I went shopping. I bought a book, some Buffy DVD's and a diary. I've been having the urge to keep a paper diary again. I had a couple of naughty treats while I was in town... Macca's chips, and a mars bar. Today I'm taking the idea of "eat drink and be merry for tomorrow you may diet" quite literally. I'm going to start back on my diet and exercise tomorrow.
I've been fighting medication-related weight issues for years now. It's been a long slow battle, and one that I'd given up fighting for the last month or so.
I've given up on Weight Watchers. They're good, but I've done the whole thing to death. I've been to all the meetings, know the whole process. All I'd be paying for is to come in and get weighed each week and I'm not forking out extra money for that.
So it's self discipline time. I know I can do it. I just have to get myself into the right headspace.
My last attempt failed for two reasons. One - yet another med change. The increase in appetite from the Seroquel is going to make things tricky. Two - I wasn't dieting, just doing tons of exercise. When I got sick with the flu I couldn't exercise so the whole thing went out the window. So this time I have to look at what I'm eating as well, because at some point not being able to exercise is inevitable.
I'm going to use the Weight Watchers point system, mainly cause it's easier to work with than trying to calculate calories and fat grams. I can work out most meals in my head, and I have the books to work out the rest.
The biggest problem is that I have to combat the increase in hunger from the medication. This does make things really hard. I do have an idea of what to do about this. I don't think I can stop the hunger, but to deal with it, I'm going to have set times that I can eat, and to plan what I can eat at each time. If I stick strictly to that, I should be OK.
So here's to weight loss success!!!
After my appointment I went shopping. I bought a book, some Buffy DVD's and a diary. I've been having the urge to keep a paper diary again. I had a couple of naughty treats while I was in town... Macca's chips, and a mars bar. Today I'm taking the idea of "eat drink and be merry for tomorrow you may diet" quite literally. I'm going to start back on my diet and exercise tomorrow.
I've been fighting medication-related weight issues for years now. It's been a long slow battle, and one that I'd given up fighting for the last month or so.
I've given up on Weight Watchers. They're good, but I've done the whole thing to death. I've been to all the meetings, know the whole process. All I'd be paying for is to come in and get weighed each week and I'm not forking out extra money for that.
So it's self discipline time. I know I can do it. I just have to get myself into the right headspace.
My last attempt failed for two reasons. One - yet another med change. The increase in appetite from the Seroquel is going to make things tricky. Two - I wasn't dieting, just doing tons of exercise. When I got sick with the flu I couldn't exercise so the whole thing went out the window. So this time I have to look at what I'm eating as well, because at some point not being able to exercise is inevitable.
I'm going to use the Weight Watchers point system, mainly cause it's easier to work with than trying to calculate calories and fat grams. I can work out most meals in my head, and I have the books to work out the rest.
The biggest problem is that I have to combat the increase in hunger from the medication. This does make things really hard. I do have an idea of what to do about this. I don't think I can stop the hunger, but to deal with it, I'm going to have set times that I can eat, and to plan what I can eat at each time. If I stick strictly to that, I should be OK.
So here's to weight loss success!!!