The last few months has been rather tumultuous for me. Most days I feel as though I’m running a marathon and I’m running out of time. With that comes anxiety and with anxiety I find I don’t follow my plan.

With COVID 19 being a hot topic world wide, hurricane season is upon us and an extra ordinary stressful job, I’ve been more anxious than usual. I really cannot do anything about these, but the one I can control is the one I tend to throw out the window when I get anxious.

Yes, My eating!! I have been cooking, but have been ordering some junk food. I’ve not been eating oat meal or weetbix everyday. I’ve been doing toast and plant based cheese. Lunch has been chips and supper has typically been Dal or something plant based.

I started writing this blog post in August and just never got back to it. I feel like I’m making excuse upon excuse. Truly, every day is a brand new start. I got into the bad habit of snacking on chips or popcorn. While popcorn is not bad, it is also something we eat until we ‘re done. Whether it be a whole bowl or bag. I can sit and it it all. One cup ends up being a whole bag. I LOVE popcorn, salty hot popcorn is the best.

This coming week, I need to start swimming again. I find I am more motivated when I move my body as opposed to being the proverbial squirrel simply scurrying aimlessly. I want to get back to working out 5 days a week. Two days of rest will be good.

I had my 2 year post surgery followup. much to my annoyance, I have not lost 100lbs. I’m stuck at around 80 or so. I need to get my butt in gear and really start from scratch. I’m going back to a liquid diet and slowly work back through the phases post surgery.

My labs post surgery are actually pretty decent. My main concerns have been A1C and fasting glucose. I’m quite impressed, but both have dropped quite a bit and they’re basically staying there (see below). I’m still shocked that I am not longer considered pre-diabetic.