Savvy Friends

Today I got to spend some time with my friend Lukus!

Lukus and I met about 3 years ago at a Halloween party, and we've been friends ever since. He's a vegetarian, actually vegan. I'm always learning new things from him, it's definitely nice to have someone veggie savvy like him in my life. We don't get much time together, Lukus is a musician (check out his page by the way, Lukus Wells) and is super busy. Lucky for me, good friends always have time to pencil each other in.

The good 'ol iron supplement story came into conversation. He actually suggested the same thing a friend of mine had. Eat vitamin C rich foods with iron, it helps absorption. I've been trying to remember to eat oranges or strawberries when I take it, but alas I always forget. Tomorrow I weigh in, so I'll make a quick stop to Weggies after to pick up some foodies.

I'm so lucky to have such good friends. Not just good, irreplaceable in fact. They've all been so supportive of my weight loss program, and have done their best to help me out. My sister's best friend, Alegria has been an amazingly helpful friend. It's crazy how this all worked out. My sister is best friends with her, and I consider Alegria's brother Sam to be one of my best friends as well. Anyway, Alegria is Dietitian--HOW LUCK AM I?! She's been so amazingly awesome, e-mailing me with suggestions and answers to some of my concerns. Whatever Dr. Cusimano's staff doesn't answer for me, Alegria usually does.  

It's been one heck of a trip, I almost can't believe I've been doing this program for over a month. Of course I didn't get all of the results I wanted to during this time, but I have confidence that I'm losing at a healthy steady rate. 

OH! And by the way, I went out and bought a needle/dial scale. It was amazingly cheap at Target, I guess no one uses them anymore. Even though Dad yelled at me because he can't read the numbers, I'll keep it for me to use. I at least know I can zero this thing out, so it's semi accurate. We'll see! Catch you all tomorrow :)