Getting lab results at the doctor's office
My physician was amazed! She couldn’t believe what I had accomplished in only a month. Here are the stats: GLUCOSE down from 123 to 100; CHOLESTEROL down from 211 to 158; TRIGLICERIDE down from 248 to 122. “This is tremendous improvement. What you have accomplished is very significant,” she told me.
“How did you do it?” she wanted to know.
“I’m writing a blog and it really keeps me focused on what I am eating.” I replied. And then with some pride I added, “And…I lost 9.5 lbs!”
What made you start blogging?” she inquired.
“Actually you did, doctor. The last time I was here you really scared me.”
“I didn’t scare you” she protested. “I just told you the truth.”
“Well, then I guess the truth was scary.”
She smiled and nodded her head. “So many of my patients just won’t change. It is heartbreaking to see them hurting themselves. I don’t know how to reach them.”
“Tell them about my blog. Maybe that will help motivate them.”
As the doctor turned and walked towards the next exam room the nurse asked me what the blog was about.
“Well it isn’t really a diet blog or a nutrition blog (although it has that in it). I think most of us who are adults know what we have to do. We have read about diets and what to eat and how to exercise for years and years. Yet, we all have difficulty getting ourselves to do what we know is right. My blog is about diet psychology. How to find the diet that is best for you. How to motivate yourself to be healthier and slimmer and keep yourself that way. I know it’s a struggle. That’s why the word “struggle” is in the name of my blog. BUT. Nothing worth doing ever comes easy!”
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