The Life of Bryan

So I went to the doctor today because I’m sick. I had a temp of 100.8 last night. What excited me was that in the last two months since my last doctor visit I’ve lost 7lbs. Yay!!

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.