Dietician Meeting Today

Many of you probably don’t know that at the beginning of February I had my annual physical. What I found out was that my blood sugar level was 116. 120 is considered diabetic. So here I am, almost 30 years old, with blood sugar levels that are almost diabetic. 

Today I met with a Clinical Dietitian. We talked a lot about my experiences, what I know, what I’ve done, what I need to do. One of the frustrating things I’ve faced is doctors and other professionals that have set unrealistic or overwhelming goals. The doctor I used to go to told me I need to get down to 165 lbs. That’s almost half my weight; it just seemed impossible. This week we set three goals to work on until our next meeting in two weeks. 

1. No more than 2 Diet Cokes per day. Before I was drinking any where from 80 – 100 oz of Diet Coke. Drink water instead.
2. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday walk Beemer for 30 minutes. She felt very sorry for Beemer when she learned that I never take her for walks (well almost never).
3. Eat breakfast at home 3 days a week. When I eat breakfast at work I eat a bagel-egg-cheese-and-sausage-sandwich. Bagels are bad.

So those are my three goals these next two weeks. I go back on May 4. So far today, I’ve already walked Beemer. When I had lunch after my meeting at Chipotle, I had water with my burrito instead of Diet Coke. I’ll also be keeping a daily log of everything I eat and drink. I’m using SparkPeople.com to do that. 

I plan on posting at least weekly on here to talk about how I’m doing. I may post more often as the mood strikes me.

I really liked Bahar and my meeting with her today. I really feel like having regular meetings with her will give me that edge I need to succeed.We talked about how I already have all the knowledge necessary to lose the weight I want to lose. What I need is a coach. Someone to whip my ass into shape, so to speak.  When I mentioned that I wanted someone to walk Beemer with she immediately asked me where I lived. If I were closer she’d have met me somewhere to walk with me and Beemer. She is going to text me to remind me to take Beemer for a walk when I get home and then on Saturday mornings. She asked me how confident I felt on a scale of 1-10 that this time I would be successful in losing weight. I was at a 6 or 7. Now that I have spent the last several minutes writing this post and reflecting on our meeting i’d say it is closer to a 8.