Doctor's appointment

I had my telephone appointment with the doctor yesterday to go over my blood work that I had done last week.  The one thing about getting blood work done through Life Labs here in Canada is that you can look up your results online, so technically you don't need the doctor to tell you the actual results.

So I already knew my blood sugar results were a lot better; so much so, that they are more or less in the normal rate.  The doctor was very pleased about that.  He did say my cholesterol levels are still a little high, so need to work on that.  At the end of the day getting my blood sugar levels back to normal is the whole end goal of all this.

I achieved my weight loss goal of 25lbs, I have actually lost 26lbs.  Now he was surprised about that and even more surprised when I told him that dh has lost 24lbs.  He did tell me that you should only lose 10% of your body weight at a time, then take six months off and not gain any weight.  Then lose another 10% of your body weight, then take six months off and maintain that weight, then repeat.  That way you will not gain the weight back. 

I am on a roll at the moment with the weight loss, so I do not want to lose momentum and lose interest in doing it.  So I am going to carry on doing what I am doing for the time being, as I am quite content with how I am doing it.

BUT....I have gone and pulled my hamstring and it is flipping well painful.  It was my own fault, I did not warm up properly while on the treadmill and with the incline I was doing the back of my knee is killing me.  I am hobbling around like an old women.  So as far as exercise is concerned one short walk after supper is about as much as I can handle at the moment.  It's been over a week or more now and is ever so slightly better, but this is going to take time to heal.

I keep meaning to tell you what I eat in a day as it is pretty much similar most days.  So for today I will be eating the following:

Breakfast: 1 cup multigrain Cheerio's with 1/2 cup 1% milk, cup of herbal tea (no milk)

Mid morning snack: Banana, large cup coffee with 1% milk

Lunch: hummus, rice crackers,  a pot of Motts Fruitsations unsweetened apple sauce, large coffee with 1 % milk

Mid Afternoon snack: Cup of herbal tea (no milk), mini package of cookies, click here to see them

Supper: Turkey Pasta stew/soup, (ground turkey with veggies, left over kraft dinner mixed in it, it will be my own recipe and will last a couple of days), sugar free jello with fruit in it and a fat free yogurt (40 calories) on the top.

After supper snack: 2 fat free yogurts and a granola/protein bar.

I also drink at least 32 oz of water.

Is my diet perfect, absolutely not!  However it is what is working for me.  I do make a lot of veggie soups.  Made a cauliflower one that I had for supper for the past couple of nights.  Cauliflower makes the most creamy of soups without using any cream or milk.  I have cut out a big chunk of carbs and a lot of sweet stuff like cakes and biscuits/cookies.

So my next goal is to lose another 25 lbs by the end of March, as that is when I am getting more blood work done and will go in and see the doctor in person (covid permitting).

I am in this for the long run, and I am of the mind set that slow and steady win's the race.  We shall see!

Oh I forgot for the month of December, I have been having my one chocolate a night from my Lindt advent calendar as well......I could murder a full size chocolate bar though..LOL  That will be my treat when I get my next 25 lbs off!!

(I will post a photo of my turkey pasta veggie stew/soup when I get it made)

Thought I'd died and gone to heaven........

We took a mini road trip on Sunday to the Lindt Chocolate Factory Outlet Store in Mississauga.  It's probably an hour and twenty minute drive from where we live, so not exactly just around the corner.  Wagjag  had a coupon for got $30 worth of product for $15.  So I thought we would go and get the kiddies their Easter chocolates.

Now for anyone who is a new follower, I am not a greedy person unless it's to do with chocolate and that is when I am known NOT TO share!!  I am a picky chocolate eater though and will only eat specific brands like Cadbury's or Lindt and I will not touch dark chocolate.  Just looking at dark chocolate gives me a migraine.  Though I do enjoy After Eights (in very small quantities), as there is nothing better than mint and chocolate, other than orange and chocolate.

Did I mention I LOVE chocolate. Just in case you didn't hear that, I LOVE chocolate!!

It turns out our kids and dh are also picky chocolate eaters and prefer certain brands as well.  When the kids were little and were given cheap chocolate Easter Eggs more often than not we ended up throwing them out, as no one would eat them.  We are used to British chocolate and it is a lot creamier than the American and Canadian brands.  So there is no point what so ever skimping on pennies when it comes to chocolate for them.

One thing Lindt is famous for is their Easter Bunnies:

Look at them all stacked up here:

I picked up this little lot:

That cost me a total of $25.71 with taxes, that included the $15 Wagjag coupon, so an extra $10.71.  Now lets hope there are some left for the kids for Easter; I'm not promising (wink, wink!)  I did get a sample of the Lindt Milk Chocolate Irish Cream Truffle, not my cup of tea, very artificial flavouring.

After we left there we decided to have lunch in Applebee's in Brampton.  It's been years since we have eaten in that restaurant chain.

They had a special where you have an appetizer and two mains for $25.

We decided to have the spinach dip, was a bit runny and not enough cheese, otherwise it was fine.

We both then had Chicken Oriental Salad as our main.  I had started mine before I realized I hadn't taken a photo.

Dh had a Pepsi, and I had water to drink, so with tip and taxes it came to around $35 and made a pleasant change.  That salad took us ages to eat, plenty of roughage there to keep us regular that's for sure...LOL

So all in all a good day and Easter is more or less taken care of now.