Get healthy

Ok, so now it’s been almost two weeks of having my period. This makes me want to give up dieting, but I have to just keep going. I have a friend who did this diet and she has PCOS. She was this way too, she kept going and eventually she became regular. I just worry that I might get anemic or something. I took a vitamin today and felt a little better. I guess I better just get into the habit of eating vitamins again.

I’ve been eating better (with the exception of the weekend) for about a week. I really need a game plan for those weekends. I’ve already lost 8-9 lbs. And I got my period again. I know, yucky, but apparently not having one can cause cancer. I am really trying to avoid anything that can hurt my health. I would hate to have cancer, especially cancer in a place that could keep me from having kids.

I’ve written down my stats of what I should eat with each meal, but I haven’t been tracking or writing down what I eat. I feel that I am eating better, but without making sure I am aware of EXACTLY what I am eating, I’m not doing very well accomplishing this step. So my goal is to research and keep a log of the things I’m eating until I’m eating exactly the way I’m supposed to in regards to calories, carbs, fats and frequency. Once I have that down, I can move on to making sure the things I eat are low on the glycemic index. (Cause I just love potatoes too much!)

I still haven’t smoked, but my Anatomy class did a measurement of how much you can breathe. I was 2000 points below what I should be. Culprits: allergies, past smoking, and no exercise. I’m so mad at myself! I was 19 when I started smoking and I just never really made myself give it up. I need to make sure I never go without a pack of gum. I need to always have that around, no matter what! Ok, but it has been almost a month since I quit, so at least I can be proud of that.

Yesterday I ate well, the only thing that may have been bad for me yesterday was some ice cream after dinner. It was good-for you ice cream, but I am not totally impressed with my ability to deal with my chocolate craving. And I need to be able to deal with that when I work in this place where even the healthy people have candy at their desks.

Today I think I’ve eaten too little. I’m getting very cold and usually that means I need more food. I’ve had a serving of pringles and a boiled egg. Well, I guess I better get on with it then.

I haven’t started any sort of exercising yet, but I’m gonna try to quit caffiene this weekend. Hopefully I’ll be ok with just my tea, I need to get myself weaned off of sodas for good because I never drink any water when I drink soda.

What do I mean by healthy?

I mean that I want to exercise, I want to eat the diet that I need to for my disorder, I want to take care of myself, I never want to smoke again, quit drinking caffiene, and I want more energy.

I am trying to eat better and I have quit smoking for three or 4 weeks now. I ate badly today and yesterday. It has something to do with the cold. It has just recently gotten cold and that makes me want warm foods. I’m just gonna have to plan more…planning trumps will power. I need to find something easy to make, healthy and warm that I can eat for breakfast and lunch. This is definately gonna be on my list when it is grocery time. My sandwiches just aren’t working when it is this cold. Convience is another issue and I think I can fix that by either finding convient stuff or cooking once a week my lunch for all week. I can’t forget the ever present problem of cost. As in dollars.

I have to set a day to start exercising by. I could try tonight. If not, next Friday at the latest. I have to remind myself that exercise will help both my relationship and my studies.