Kicked Bad Habits to the Curb!

Jul 24, 2016

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Kind of not believing the scale this morning... I didn't have the most "stellar" food week. It wasn't completely horrible, but, we did kind of pig out at Whole Foods last night. But according to the scale (weighed 4 times in a row to be sure), I'm down 5 lbs. 

I'll take it!! 

Before my decision to jump back into my healthier lifestyle, I had managed to accumulate some really bad habits. 

1. I found these "butter pretzels" and was going through them in record numbers. 
2. I was chewing ice like crazy.
3. I had begun smoking again (after I had quit 11 years before... I know... I agree).
4. I was drinking NO water.
5. I was taking NO vitamins. 
6. I was drinking coffee, everyday... all day...
7. I was certainly not in the gym anymore.
8. I was enrolled in school and had managed to get into this crazy routine where I was staying up (studying) super late, and only sleeping approx 4 hrs a night. 

Since making my food changes a little over a month ago, I have...

1. Kicked the pretzel habit: resulting in leg swelling to go down, leg tingling to stop.
2. Begun taking my vitamins again: resulting in ice chewing to stop within a few days (iron deficiency).
3. Quit caffeine. I will on rare occasions have a cup of decaf (Starbucks with a friend): headaches were not too bad. I did a weening process for a week (only 1 sm. cup in the a.m.) and then quit the following week.
4. Drinking my water again: getting rid of the caffeine seemed to make drinking water better. Oddly, when I would drink water before, it would GIVE me cotton mouth and also "sloshy tummy". After quitting caffeine, taking my vitamins, and drinking cool water, not ice cold... this no longer happens. Thank God!
5. Changed my sleeping patterns: Set the alarm for 6:30 a.m. My neice lives here now, so it was easier to stay awake with someone in the house. This was way more difficult to try and do when I was alone. We go to bed around 11 pm now and I get a full nights sleep.
6. This week I quit smoking: FOR GOOD! We now know that there is no such thing as... "I'll just have one".

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, my surgeon's office got back to me. They needed me to get a prescription from my PCP for an upper GI before I can make an appointment with them. I was between doctors at that time and needed to find a new one, which I now have. My first appointment with her is this Thursday. Will have a physical and request the prescription. Once I get the upper GI done, I will call Dr. Jawad's office again and schedule the appointment with them. 

Have a great week!

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