I'm gonna try this.

[Nina Kay]

My track record isn't good for being consistent, but I'm gonna try to record a few things daily to hold myself accountable. I guess we'll see how it goes.

So far today, I've chosen a healthier meal and drinks. I've taken my vitamins & calcium today. I haven't eaten sweets or binged today, so far.

[Lily]

Good for you Nina! I am doing the same, day 6 for me!! Sheila

[Nina Kay]

Six days is great Lily. Just for today is all we can count on, so it's great that you've done good for yourself six, just for todays. Each day we do this, is one day of better health, and better health makes us feel better for a better life. That's what I want.

I continued to choose healthier food today and I never did eat sweets or overeat at all today. I didn't get official exercise, but I sure did move around alot today and I got alot done physically. This is good for me because I've become completely sedentary for the last long while. Progress, though it may be small.

[Pony]

it's all about progress, Nina... not perfection!!!!

Remember as long as we keep at it we take a step closer to where we want to be, however small that is, it is a step in the right direction. Everything is a learning and growth process.

[Astro]

Nina, I think you know I follow my own loose version of Weight Watchers, I don't attend meetings but I log everything I eat, track the points, and weigh in every morning, trying to keep my point count under 26 every day.

It definitely helps keep me accountable, to look back on the day and see where I've made poor choices or overeaten.

[Nina Kay]

however small that is, it is a step in the right direction.

Thanks Pony. That's what I believe, and that's what I'm trying to focus on for encouragement to go forward, however small a step I might make towards feeling better and being healthier.

Thanks Astro. Yes, you do have a plan that you follow that keeps you on the positive road towards better health and a happier you. I know that to be really successful in this endeavor, we have to have a plan or pattern to follow and a goal to reach, and then be able to be patient enough with ourselves, to allow ourselves, to slowly critique the plan or pattern to fit our own personal lives & characters. That's the only way that we can even hope to stick with it, as a lifelong improvement, instead of just a diet for a quick fix that will only be temporary.

As for today, so far, I haven't overeaten anything or drank the wrong things. I haven't eaten any sweets. I've chosen the better things to eat & drink, so far, maybe not real healthy, but healthier, just for today. I have taken my meds & my vitamins properly today. I got a little walking in, out in the sunshine & fresh air. A little is better than none, I guess. I'm still struggling severely with my sleeping patterns. Honestly, it seems to be getting worse instead of better, but I'll keep working on it. I just have no self-discipline at all, it seems.

[Astro]

It's going to be a difficult weekend for me NK, we're having a BBQ/housewarming party tomorrow so there will be lots of chips & snacks to tempt me along with cheeseburgers & hot dogs. I'm sure not every choice I make will be a healthy one.

You've done well today, I wish you the best as you go forward with this!

[Nina Kay]

Thanks Astro. I wish for you strength and commitment to feeling healthier, as you go through this weekend. My best suggestions would be to remember to focus on getting through just one event at a time, & just for this one weekend. Try to enjoy & focus on getting to spend that time with each person that means something to you.

I've done okay through the rest of today. I'm hoping to do at least a little better tomorrow. That remains to be seen.

[Nina Kay]

Well, I did like I always do and didn't remain consistent in coming here to report my progress. It's been three days since I'm reported in. On the 9th & 10th, I did overeat some, however I didn't binge eat. I didn't eat any OS on the 9th, but I did eat some sweets on the 10th, but not in a bingeing kind of way. I didn't overeat at all today, which is the 11th. I did take my vitamins & calcium all 3 days. I didn't eat any sweets today. I didn't get any exercise any of those days. I did get some sunshine & fresh air each day. I'm still doing horribly with my sleeping patterns. I'm still trying to work on improving in all of those areas, so that I can feel well again and hopefully have more energy.

[Pony]

Try to focus on one or two of those issues at a time, Nina. If you try to change everything at once, it is easy to become overwhelmed and then set ourselves up for disappointment.

[Live]

hi, Nina!

well I have trouble with consistency too! But am still aimed in general toward a healthier me.

Saw my pdoc today and he said that no sleep thing is a big no-no...just fyi.

hugs, (hope, unity, gratitude, serenity),
Tena

[Nina Kay]

Hey Pony. You're right. I do have a tendancy to take on too many things at once and get overwhelmed. Thanks for helping me to remember to back up, slow down and focus.

Hi there liveweyerd.

Saw my pdoc today and he said that no sleep thing is a big no-no...just fyi.

Thanks for understanding my being inconsistent and for sharing your doc's knowledge. It does help that you re-enforced for me what I knew. I finally got to the point, night before last, of not being able to go to sleep at all, so I've really suffered the last couple of days, more than usual, while trying to rest up. I have to make myself lay there in bed, even when I'm not the least bit sleepy and then I start the itching all over for some silly reason. It'll work though. I have to make it work. I can't be a night owl anymore, because I always end up taking things too far. I cause myself so much suffering with this addictive personality and no self discipline. It's just ridiculous. I hope that you're doing well.