for the first time in my life, someone told me I needed to eat more.
some of you may not understand the significance of that, but its like hearing you are ugly every day of your life and then someone saying that you are the most beautiful person in the world. I've always struggled with weight...I'm a big girl - I know that. I know I will never be a size 6. I accepted that long ago. But I've always been told to watch what I eat, and to eat less, and most of the time so much it felt like I was starving myself (and that never lasts really long!).
And now someone told me to eat more. and its not even a little more. Just to put it into perspective -- I was eating about 1800 calories a day GROSS - which means before any calories burned from excercise. She changed it to 1900 NET....after my workout. Which means that is about 700 more calories a day.
GREAT you say. Until you think about what I am supposed to eat for that 700 calories...healthy stuff. If it was a cookie, I'd jump for joy! Now I'm trying to eat more healthy items more often and thats a little more difficult...and causing me to be a little creative! Because 700 calories of fruit is like 7 bananas. Or like 8 things of canned peaches. Thats a lot of peaches.
But I'm not complaining....trust me. Not complaining. I think this will really help me beat through the plateau I have been at for a long time. Which the thought of that is WAY exciting.
On another note - my doctor and I think we figured out my medicine problem. Basically, my thyroid medicine will bind to proteins and your body won't process it. So, THATS why you are supposed to eat it 30 minutes before a meal. And just guessing, eating it with a protein bar bar every morning isn't the best idea. So now the meds will be taken at night and hopefully they will come down. Even better - she told me to go ahead and drop one of them as I start taking it at night just so I don't go way too high.
And lastly....I found out about my new job. So a little of the worrying is now over. Now I just have a few things I need to figure out and get started.....now the official announcement needs to come out and I can tell all of you too!
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So glad you are getting some answers! That is always great! God is so good and will keep guiding you through this new year! Can't wait to hear about the job changes in more detail as it sounds like you are excited, and that is a wonderful thing.
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