The end in sight...

Now that I did two months of gluten free diet since Jan, I'm absolutely positively sure that I can go on gluten free without food-journaling every day for the rest of the year. Now I don't want to eat gluten forever (not until my life depends on it), but let me take it in small mile stones. That way I get to celebrate each milestone, right? :)

I did a bit of yo-yo last year lured by gluten when I took a break from food-journaling. This time around, I seem to be well prepared. And ready. So,this is it! Does that mean the end of sight for this blog? Yes.

This blog has kept me on track towards a better and healthier life since 2008. I'm in much better health than I've ever been in the past 6-7 yrs. And I'm very thankful for that. It was not easy. There were plenty of tears, bouts of frustration, slips, learning to get back on my feet, small victories, musings and beautiful friendships. It was a great journey. Now I'm more than okay with the idea that I cannot eat gluten. I've accepted my pre-diabetic disposition and am mindful when I eat. I will continue to improvise my diet and work on my 'working out' every day and try to live healthier. Just no more writing down every single thing I ate for the day.

Friends who stopped by and would like to be in touch, you know where to reach me. (gmail: tabtomorrow)

Now I am moving on to other parts of my life that could use a bit of attention - some of my dreams that are waiting to become a reality.

Start by doing the necessary,
Then do the possible.
And suddenly...
You are doing the impossible.
- St.Francis of Assissi

What's in store for March

For the month of March, I'd like to

• Continue with January's gluten free diet - I'm loving it!
• Work more on February's Working out for 4 days a week habit - this time I'll stick to 20 mins a day and in a very moderate pace.
• Menu plan March - Will make a weekly menu plan and stick to it. After I did the grocery shopping on Monday, I did the meal plan right there while waiting for DH to pick me up on the way from DD's swimming class.

Weight on Jan 1rst - 137 lbs

Weight right now - 130 lbs (I'm thrilled that I can fit into two pair of pants that I bought in 2004! Yayyy! And I've been getting positive comments from people at work as well.)

February Recap

The neck pain is much better - The headaches have reduced in severity and frequency. Still there, but bearable!!

February - continued with the Gluten free! No longer feel the urge to eat wheat based stuff. Still doing a mostly brown rice based diet, but will slowly look for incorporating more of the other grains like Quinoa etc.
This month's new habit - working out for 4 days a week, didn't really work out well - Just 7 workouts for the whole month. But this was only because my knee and neck started acting up once I got into the routine.
February also was the month where I got diagnosed with upper crossed syndrome and also ended up in emergency after a bad headache induced pukefest (all started with my neck!). Plus there was a huge stress (good type of stress, but still I find that even good stress affects me badly) for two reasons and both ended up with me smiling.

I also won a GREAT product that I've been wanting for quite sometime now and wasn't ready to plonk the money for it yet as finances have been tight recently. This is just the gift for me!! :D I'm thrilled. (will add a link after official notice!)

So, Inspite of the emergency fiasco and the neck and knee pain and not able to workout, It was still a great month!