Welcome Group completed

Nov 19, 2014

The Legacy welcome group starts at 7:15 am, so to get to Portland at that ungodly hour, I had to get up at 5. Left Keizer at 6 and it was getting light as I was getting into Portland. The drive up in the dark sucked as I-5 was super busy. Who knew about 6 am traffic jams. I got a little lost when I got off 405, but I pulled over and Google mapped. Arrived on time! I didn't take my diuretic as I didn't want to have to run and pee every 30 minutes. 

There were 6 of us, 5 women and 1 guy. The women are all over 40 but the guy is maybe 30 and from Saudi Arabia. He has wavy hair to die for. The class introduced us to the support team - psychologist, nutritionist and physical therapy.

Then we seperately got weighed and measured - height and waist. I'm now 5'7". Drat, that raises my BMI - LOL! Also got a body analysis (how much is fat vs muscle) and an EKG. Done by 12:30. 

One major takeaway was that I don't have to be perfect. Those who strive for an A burn out. Be a good, steady B student.

Another was that I think I will be eating like I was with LA weightloss - something every 3-4 hours. Smaller meals with snacks. I did well with that.

I should have eaten lunch at the hospital but I was anxious to get home. But once I hit Keizer, I stopped at McD's and got a haberana burger, fries (med, not lg) and a med mocha frappe (normally would be large.) 

I stress eat - once the stressor is over. I used to treat myself to a frappe after shrink appointments as a reward. High cal ice cream coffee, while lovely, is not in my future. Hmm, I liked adding coffee to Medifast choc shakes wizzed in the little blender with crushed ice.

Swam today, as I noticed that the food tracking book has a space for exercise. (always trying to be an A student.)

That's the report.

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