First workout of 2025!! I’ve got a concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas next month for my birthday and a family cruise in June where I will need to do a lot of walking. I need to be able to walk more than 100 feet without huffing and puffing. (Long Haulers C0V!D sucks!!) So when you discover your gym has the same exercise machine that you kicked butt on in physical therapy when you could not even stand on your own, much less walk, there are NO EXCUSES! I went last week and I couldn’t even figure out how to turn on the machine and felt so overwhelmed, frustrated, and embarrassed that I left then sat in my car and cried. So I asked a sweet young lady at the counter to show me. I managed 13 minutes on this bad boy before my son texted me that his class got out early (thank goodness 😜) but I had committed to do 20 minutes if I was able, and I was! (Never mind the 30 minutes I sat in my car in the parking lot before even getting up the courage to go inside. Minutes I could have rewarded myself with an Aqua Massage after exercising if I’d gone in right away! ???????????) Got my heart rate got up to 120 and oxygen stayed at 94% or above. I’m calling it a WIN! It’s a start anyway. Gotta start somewhere right? Yay me!! Last fall I dropped the boys at their college and drove right past this Planet Fitness on my way to McDonald’s just about every weekday. That’s another win! Treated myself to a nice Cobb Salad with grilled chicken at Whataburger afterward since I had missed breakfast. Trying to stay under my calorie allotment today. I haven’t been tracking them at all this month but I’ve still got 1.5lbs to lose to make my goal on Saturday morning. Time to buckle down and hold myself accountable. I can do this!

I’m not diabetic but my husband is, and I have decided to try and stick to this list. I printed it out laminated and stuck on the fridge. All healthy foods! I struggle with tracking food/calories so this might work better for me 😊👍