Today's details

Suppliments:
Fish oil, 2 per day or 6 if I have a flare.
Kaprex, 2 per day or 3 if I have a flare.

Diet:
Eat mostly fish, nuts, fruits, and veggies (and a little chicken). Stay away from white flour, sugar, potatoes, tomatoes, and dairy.

I accidentally drank a cup of coffee while I was still half asleep. When the coffee woke me up, I remembered the new diet!

Food: I ate a banana for breakfast. Then a a strawberry spinach salad with some poppyseeds, vinegar, oil, and a touch of honey for dressing. And 1/2 cup of oatmeal with a touch of maple syrup and about 10 wild blueberries. Am I enjoying this bland bowl of oatmeal? Nope. It needs some walnuts and more sweetness. Oh well, it will fill my stomach for now. Tonight's dinner is "easy baked chicken" from my new recipe book.

I got lost going to Trader Joe's this morning so I missed my yoga/pilates class. I will have to get to it tomorrow for sure.

Weight: Nope, not posting that. But I am at my most normal low (for me) weight that I can never quite get under. It ends with a 5. Ha!

Week one

I am not starting the whole deal-e-o yet, but I wanted to log a few things down...
It's shot day and I still hate giving myself a shot, but it is of course worth it for the results. On the day of my shot my body tends to feel achy.

Current Pains: My right knee hurts a tiny bit. The toes on my right foot ache - maybe a 3 on the pain scale (a 1 is a small ache, a 5 would be very painful causing a wince with each movement, 10 would be having no use of aching limb). My fingers are stiff.

Eric and I had Blizzards tonight. Yummy. Soon I will cut out sugar (and dairy, and everything else) so I am treating myself a little before that happens.

I have been reading my book and looking at recipes. I have new feelings of empathy and sympathy for those who have to change their cooking and diets for allergies. To my sister, if you read this, I am sorry for the struggles you face in cooking for your family. You handle it all so well.

Another season of blogging here

I am back to using this blog to keep record of my rheumatoid arthritis. This time it is to see how the naturopath approach can help. I was able to visit a naturopath doctor this last week and I am going to try her suggestions and see what happens.

The approach is going to be pretty brutal, but worth a try. What sold me on it was the idea that I could change the course of my immune system to start working FOR me instead of constantly attacking me. I am sticking with my current medicine, enbrel, also because it is awesome. Maybe i will talk about it's awesomeness someday. I still have flare-ups even with the miracle in a syringe, but nothing like what I have without any meds.

New diet and supplements and yoga start next week :)

I need to make this blog a little prettier so that I am happy when i come here! The black background is so blah and sad.

Oh, and I was reading some old posts from when I was off Enbrel and pregnant - I was sleeping around 13 hours in a 24 hour period just to survive! CRAZY. Good to remember reality though.

New Year's Resolution

Well, for the past two years in a row I have considered giving up sweet treats for the year.  And I have always decided against it because it seems too hard, too long.  Well, I have decided that this is the year. But I am taking it month by month.  So, January is a sweet free month.  At the end of the month I will decide if I want to make February a sweet free month.  I am doing it this way because it seems a lot less daunting.  (I also decided that if, no when I reach my weight loss goal, I can have sweets again.)  I love sugary treats.  It will be good to free myself from the cravings.  

Merry Christmas...

I lost another pound :)

I lost one pound this week and did pretty well with my goals.  For this next week, I am going to keep two of my old goals and add one new one.  So, my goals are:

1.  Drink 8 glasses of water a day

2.  Read my motivating weight loss book

3.  Exercise 3 times this week  

Focus on the good

When I have dieted in the past (like after Jenna was born), I noticed something.  I focus on my failures.  I felt like a failure every single day.  The only time I ever felt good was if I was PERFECT all day.  Doing that can really put a damper on being healthy and fit.  So, this blog is focused on three good things I did this week so far...

1.  I exercised twice!  I found a workout video for a dollar (it is cheesy, but pretty good) and Jenna and I worked out two different mornings.  

2.  I started reading a book that I know will motivate and educate me to be healthy and to live a self-controlled life.

3.   At Jenna's snack time, I only ate if I was hungry.  We share that time together, her eating some applesauce or a different healthy snack, and me drinking my coffee.  It's a nice time sitting together.

So, there you have it.  I will not focus on my failures this time.  That will cause me to give up before I even give myself a chance.  

I will be blogging again on Monday, with a weigh-in and new goals.