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Wishes and Reality

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I’m reporting Day 5 and still no movement on that tricksie scale.  Ugh.  I allowed myself to feel down about that for a few minutes then my husband talked me up again.  He would be a great life coach and I’m lucky he’s mine and he’s free!

I have played tricks on my body several times this year by going on my plan and then stopping after less than 2 weeks.  I think my body is taking revenge for all of those other times.  My body doesn’t realize that I’m working in a stable environment now and we aren’t planning to move again anytime soon.  That helps me focus on ME.

 ME + NOW = I CAN DO THIS!

 But as I was jamming out while walking on the treadmill, I realized that my body is like an abused child.  I’ve been leading a very sedentary lifestyle and shoveling chips and ice cream in my mouth whenever I was sad, confused or lonely.  See I don’t adapt very well at all to change.  My life has been on a crazy roller coaster of change for about 3 years now.  But things are settling down.

I can wish that I never allowed myself to gain back the 25 pounds I lost in 2011.  I can wish that I hadn’t gained another 10 pounds on top of that.  But that is the past and I’m in the present.  At least I know I can do this since I did it before.

But I can still wish I could throw that dang scale out of this 3rd story window.

Progress report:  Walked for 22 minutes today to some awesome music – mood happy.

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Patience

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The one thing I struggle with most while I’m on this weight-loss journey is my patience – or my lack of it.  I believe my metabolism is really screwed up right now because I’m not seeing the number on the scales go down after 4 days on my plan.  I was seriously ticked off this morning but instead of reaching for the food that just isn’t good for me I decided to go walk on the treadmill.  Yay me!

I have to let go of the past triumphs in my yo-yo dieting history and acknowledge that it is harder at this time in my life.  I realize that I have to crank up my body’s engines and the only way I can do that is by walking.  I will confess that this morning there was a bad angel on my shoulder telling me that I should take a day off.  I almost listened to it and then I remembered…I DON’T WANT TO BE THE FAT SISTER ANYMORE!

Now I’m going to log my walking time (20 minutes) on my food/exercise journal.  I’m going to reward myself with some new tunes to listen to while I walk:)

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Hello Blog-World

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Hi there!

I decided to share my goal and blog about my journey today.  Writing my intentions gives me power and it makes me accountable.

I’m 48.5 years old and I’m tired of being fat – heavy – overweight – out of shape.  I’m 5 feet 2.5 inches short.  I can’t do anything about my height except pray I don’t shrink with osteoporosis. {smile}  But the good news is that I can do something about my weight and fitness.

I’m not on any certain plan.  I don’t eat wheat because of a food allergy.  I have to eat protein because of low blood sugar.  So my own plan is basically low-carb but not heavy on the protein.  Lots of veggies and meat to round it out.

I started my plan on Friday, July 5th.  I began my exercise routine this morning with a 20 minute walk on the treadmill.

MY GOAL IS TO LOSE 50 POUNDS BEFORE I TURN 50.  I HAVE 18 MONTHS TO ACCOMPLISH MY GOAL.  Here I go!