Why Didn't I Do This Earlier?

I FINALLY called my doctor's office today to find out about fills for self-pay. If it's done in the office, it's $150. That's it. 150 measly dollars. If I had gotten up the courage and found this out, oh, last spring, I wouldn't be 30 pounds heavier right now. I feel like an idiot. I was afraid it would be like $500, which I definitely wouldn't be able to shell out on a regular basis.

Bad news though, my nurse practitioner that I love so much has left my doctor's practice. She works at a hospital now, so I can't even follow her to continue seeing her. The good news is that I already got an appointment with my regular doctor next Tuesday, which is amazing - usually I have to schedule 2-3 weeks out with him because he's so busy. The woman told me that he might be able to do the fill right then, or it might have to wait for another appointment since it's been over a year since my last fill. I'm hoping for it next week, but I have a feeling he'll make me see the dietitian first (hurray, another $75 wasted, since she doesn't tell me anything I don't already know). Maybe I can swing him to just do the fill this time and I'll see her for the next one, since I've already waited so long. We'll see.

In other news, my New Year's Resolutions aren't dead, at least. I haven't been perfect, but I've been doing okay. Here are my new rules:
No fast food - Check! I haven't had fast food at all
No soda - Check! This one is actually easy for me if I just stick to it
No snacks - Not so good at home, been good about this at work, except for the following
No sweets - I haven't BOUGHT any sweets, I've been really good when grocery shopping. My problem is at work, my coworker brings in chocolates and cookies all the time. I've been failing this most days if there are sweets available. It's not huge quantities, for example, yesterday was 2 cookies and 2 chocolates, but it's still a failure.

I think my biggest thing to work on right now is at home - I tend to eat big quantities since I don't have restriction, and if I'm home for long periods of time, I tend to eat almost constantly. When I'm at the computer, I feel the need to eat all the time. I need to redirect that. Not sure how, but I have to figure it out.

Great news though is that my Fitbit is helping in ways I was hoping it would. There is also a REALLY great community for Fitbit users on Facebook, and they have been so supportive. Since it logs my steps for the day, I have been setting goals. I also have it set up so that my daily totals post automatically to Facebook, so people can see them and it holds me accountable if I don't reach my goal, because then it's not just me who knows, it's everyone! My goal last week was 5,000 steps a day, and I reached it every day except one (I was 150 steps short; we had a last minute change of plans to have dinner and a movie, which I couldn't get up and move around like I wanted to). This week's goal is 6,000/day, and I hit it both Sunday and yesterday so far. I plan to increase my goal 1,000/day each week until I get to 10,000, which is the recommended number of steps for health.

This is really good because it's encouraging me to move around more than I would normally. Right now I'm working on getting up and walking around in the hallways once an hour at work. At home, I walk in place or pace back and forth to reach my goal for the day. I know I will need to start exercising again to reach the higher goals, and increased movement is gearing me up for it.

So with the Fitbit and a fill in the near future, I think this year will be MUCH better than the last.

Oh, and one more thing: I joined some of my high school friends in a group for the Biggest Loser Pound for Pound Challenge - my goal is to lose 30 pounds by the end of May. It's a lower goal than I would normally set, but I haven't been very good about keeping goals, so I'm trying something new; set a lower goal and hope to ACTUALLY reach it.