MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2024 - WEIGHT PROBLEMS

 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2024, OH NO

Well, I’m “home” from basically a month of cat-sitting.  And (ouch), I stepped on the scale and am up about eight pounds.

I have been fighting my weight most of my life.  I got down to 212 before the first cat-sitting, and am now at 2020.  

Looking at it, I ate packaged food and a lot of sugary stuff.  In the last stay, I finished a box of (sugary) breakfast cereal.  I had other mistakes.  I went out to lunch with my friend MN, used the soda machine (for friends up north, that is the pop machine), and had Dr. Pepper, and not the diet variety.  C’mon Karen - you’re smarter than that.  (Yes, Dr. Pepper, with about 400 calories per serving, is my favorite (and pretty much only) soda.  I got some tortilla chips and melted Velvetta cheese over them - yum. (But probably not healthy).. 

(I have three bags of chippy snacks - two bags of cheese puffs, and tortilla chips.  Because I am frugal, I will keep them tightly sealed and out of sight.)

Back to what works for me: cut out the sugar and flour, increase vegetables (especially beans), walk more, eliminate distractions, and clean up the apartment.  

Eggs for breakfast, chicken and rice (or chicken with beans and barley) for lunch and dinner.  Boring yes!!  How about Halloween candy (No, Karen, No)!!  

Yes, I was busy for three nights last week.  On orchestra nights, I get home at about 9:30, and then I snack (and then I snack (and then I eat)).  Same with playing at Walburg.  On Friday, I got home at 10:30 and stayed up until midnight (ouch); on Saturday, I “snuck” out after our second set (I didn’t help with loading our trailer) and got home about 10:00 an stayed up until 11:30 (and also snacked).  

The reality is that I am tired, and food (and especially junk food) hits the spot. I may need to time-lock my refrigerator door so it does not open from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.  

Before the first cat sitting, I bought a watermelon. I haven’t cut into it yet, and it might be bad.  Watermelon do have some natural sugar, but also good nutrients.  

(I viewed my cat sitting as going to an Airbnb and using a “vacation” house - and I let the idea of vacation sneak into my brain).

LOVE WINS

LOVE TRANSFORMS

(God loves overweight and underweight people!!)

Karen White, October 28, 2024