So, about two weeks ago, I bought life insurance and they had a blood test done as part of my application. Good news, I'm approved with a much less expensive premium for the same coverage that I applied for. I never had a blood test done before until now. I finally open the results today. Everything was normal and I'm HIV negative. But my Cholesterol and Bilirubin are both elevated. So there's two things I really need to change. I'm only 25, good gracious I need to stop eating fatty stuff. I knew my my cholesterol would be high. I know I'm overweight. Good thing I've been trying to hit the gym more often. But the Bilirubin?! I'm not much of a drinker... really, I suck at drinking. And to think, my liver is doing bad already?! I can deal with that! I can stop drinking altogether. I don't drink a lot anyways. But the hard part is my cholesterol. I will be monitoring it more often and for diet: less intake of fried food. Of course, hit the gym more often.I've been trying to get in 3 days a week. I know I can't change all my eating habits... But no fried food, I can do. My biggest weakness is really desserts and cheese. I can do without fried food, but sweets and cheese will be harder.
I was watching Dr. Oz and he's doing this thing called "lose 10lbs, add 10 years to your life." All my life, I've been struggling with weight gain/lost. At one point in my life I was doing good at losing weight. I did it for my sister's wedding and wanted to fit into a dress. I lost 20lbs in three months. It was lovely, then school started again and I got in a relationship. Then gained it all back and then some. That relationship ended and started some uncontrollable weight gain. I was stressed/depressed. Especially when I was at LSU, school was stressful. I always told myself when I get out of school, I'm going back to that routine I did for my sister's wedding. Well, I did for a short while during the last semester of school to fit into a dress for graduation... and I lost 20 lbs. And I did it!! But then right when I fit into that dress, I got into another relationship with Vinh and started working night shifts at the hospital. Blah blah blah. It's just all lame excuses really. I'm now at my heaviest of 180. And No motivation dress. So this time around, this is my approach with my weight issue. I've lost 5lbs since I started again. I mean I would say 10lbs, but it varies day to day. but I can say I've lost about 8. But definitely the five is off. I'm trying to stay under 180 and then slowly stay under 170 and hopefully I get lower and lower in increments of ten. What is my goal weight?! I want to be realistic and hit 140 and then if I'm lucky 135. I've always been a chunky girl. No lying to myself about that. But If I can lose more weight without losing myself and who I am. I'm going to try to get to 120. I know, that's like 60lbs from where I am right now. I don't care how long it takes me. But day by day for now, I'm just trying to reach the next ten and just go from there.
