Giving up caffeine, again. October 23, 2008
Posted by irisia in diet, mom.Tags: caffeine addiction, caffeine headache, giving up soda
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Diet soda is a terrible addiction. I haven’t had a soda since Sunday. The first day was hard. I had terrible headaches. It felt like my eyebrows were going to wrap over my eyes and crush them – a strange headache. I also felt very foggy-brained. Yesterday I felt great. Today I was craving sweets all day. Perhaps the fake sweet taste of the diet soda triggers a desire for sweets. So, I had some sweets but hopefully I will be better with this also. Time will tell.
the diet April 13, 2008
Posted by irisia in diet, mom.Tags: diet
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The diet is going well – slower than I had hoped but I have lost 7 pounds or so. I keep waiting for someone to notice but they have not. Marcelle said she thought I looked a little more fit which wasn’t the glowing compliment I was looking for but I had decided I would wait to see if people said something instead of asking them if they noticed. Last night Howard said he did notice some weight loss in my love handle area. He admitted this on his own without any prompting from me so I felt good about that. He said the key to weight loss is arobic excercies increasing the heart rate for a sustained 45 minutes/day. I was running through the options in my head of how to do that. I don’t jump on the trampline for a long time but maybe I could start slow and do as long as i can on the trampoline and try to remember it’s not an all or nothing game which is the mistake I always make. It can be a very minor shade of gray, still be better than where I was before and still have a positive affect although smaller than I had hoped for since I had hoped for the quick results. The slow results probably last longer anyway.
