Journey with Mom

Hello my friends – this is Bacon’s mom June here.  Today is my first Monday checking in.  Over the weekend, I purged the Hotel Thompson of sugary foods – cookies, soda’s, chips – all of the ‘great’ things we lean upon in a rush.  I even got on the scales and weighed myself – thus the scale image of HELP! LOL.  At the family meeting last night, we even discussed the game plan and what was in store.  Not a DIEt but a change in our lifestyle eating.  My husband is even aboard with the exception of Thanksgiving Day.  He feels that this holiday is once a year and plans have been made for that day – expensive plans that involve eating at a nice upscale restaurant downtown.  So we compromised on that one day.

Other than that, I pledge to eat clean.  I pledge to walk more for exercise.  I pledge to weigh only once a week on Saturday mornings.  I pledge to be honest here on my weekly blog postings.  If I have a great week, I will share.  If I stumbled and tripped, I will also share.

This journey is not only about losing weight, which I need, but it’s about getting some blood count numbers where they need to be.  My cholesterol and LDL are perfect.  However, my HDL and A1C are not.  As of September, my HDL is a 39 and needs to be over 50.  My A1C came back at 9.3 which is high.  In order not to take insulin shots, my A1C needs to be at a 7 or below.  My next blood work will be in January/February 2016.  I CAN DO THIS!

With your help, guidance, hugs and/or a swift kick in the bum, I CAN DO THIS!  Losing weight will help towards these goals.  In reality, I would love to lose 100 pounds.  Is this possible – sure – slow and steady wins the race, right?  So my friends, now you know what’s in store.

Are you up to the challenge of helping me and being my support system?

Much love ❤ June ❤

 

My Mom Needs a Whip

That’s right – I said it.  Mom needs some accountability.

She’s struggling at most these days with this entire life change of eating.  Personally, I think YOU my friends can help.  I think mom needs to write about her struggles here on Mondays – you know after the long weekend – for some kind of accountability.  You know that way she can tell you in black and white what she did for the week previous – if she lost weight – her fears and her struggles.  Then YOU my friends can help her.  You know with encouragement and hard love.  Me and the other anipals and dad can help on the home front but I think it takes a village.  So what do you think my friends.  Are you willing to help out mom?  Do you think she needs to do her own journal on Mondays for accountability?  You tell me and I will tell her what you say.  She needs all the encouragement she can get.  We all do!