Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Good morning everyone, Well we all made it through the 4th of July. How is everyone feeling on July 5th? I wrote yesterday about being concerned about the potluck at work and not having any control on what I ate, well that was taken care of by a series of traumas and other emergencies (I work at a hospital). Those traumas really put my life issues in the background. It ended up that we were all too busy to even sit down and eat!!! Funny how that turned out isn't it? Well today is a milestone for me in a couple of ways. Today is the 30th anniversary of my starting work at this hospital. What was supposed to be a temporary job!! How time flies when you are having fun. Also it is the midway point on my great adventure/experiment. Let me explain. On Memorial Day I decided that I would devote the summer to getting started on a path to wellness. I started keeping track of what I ate and put down the remote and got off my fat butt and started exercising each and every day. I joined the Y and am taking 2 different low impact aerobics classes and a Sat am. water aerobics class (which I just came home from)(I love that class). I dusted off my foodmover and now weigh and measure EVERYTHING! I don't want to sound like a smart alec but I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person but you know what.? I don't have a clue about portion control. Unless I weigh and measure I usually overestimate what a portion is. The weighing/measuring food is a pain but it sure eliminates the stress of wondering. I'm doing all my cooking for the family with my Joanna Lund cookbooks (everyone in my family loves her easy recipes), and she has the recipes all worked out as far as calories, etc and portions. So today is a midway point and I am very happy to report that weight wise I am down from 296 on Memorial Day to 279 on the 4th of July. That is a weight loss of 17 pounds. But the big story is how much better I feel physically. The exercise has given me so much more energy for the rest of day. I feel absolutely charged up, kind of like an energy high. On to Labor Day!!! That is not to say that I don't have my days when I wake up and just cringe at the thought of motivating myself to the Y. I can think of an endless amount of very good excuses at any given time as to why I shouldn't go exercise. The deal is is if we don't do this for ourselves, who else is going to do it for us? My next mini goal is 275 and being able to wear my size 48 jeans again. I'm pretty tired of stretch waist jeans. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I'm off to work. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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