So, I this year with a resolve, I was sick of weighing almost 200lbs. Sick of it! So, I did some research online, via google and found out, I'm eating too much. And exercising too little. (Daaaahhh...hey, it was news to me.) Then I started eating less, a lot less. And eating better. Now, I eat all day long. I'm not joking, I either have a drink, water, or unsweetened ice tea, or snacks in the car with me all the time. Only now, my snacks are those tiny peeled carrots, or a banana or apple. And sometimes I have small pieces of candy. Why Candy? Because I am a sugar-holic that's why. And I'm not perfect. In a perfect world, I'd give up sugar. But, one thing I've learned about me and diets - I can't go all out. I can only cut back. If I go all out, and cut out all sugar, soon I'll get discouraged.
Also, I'm walking 1 mile a day. I know you're saying, "1 lousy mile!? That's all?" But, my new resolve is 1 mile a day will add up. And the important thing is I do 1 mile EVERYDAY.
So, what about today when it's in the 20's outside. Well, today I went to the Gym and got on the treadmill for 15 minutes and 10 seconds and did my 1 mile. That's all. 15 minutes and ten seconds and I went home. If I forced myself to do longer than that, I'd quit. So, I'm just doing 1 mile a day. I only have to lose 1 pound a week, and keep it off to reach my goal. I think by eating a lot less and a lot healthier and walking 1 mile a day, in 15 minutes - it will happen. But, stay tuned, you'll see.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Beginning of the 50lb lighter me. Aggghhh
So, I have this dream. At almost 60 years old - (because I don't care if 58 is the new 48, when I start to exercise, it feels like almost 60) I want to lose 50lbs in one year. I don't think it will be so awful, that's less than one pound a week.
But, the truth is, it will be awful, because I have for years, quoted the same excuses about my weight...that other's my age quote. 1. I'm busy. I work 60 hours a week. 2. I have the health issues of a lot of people my age - including hormones that make me fat. 'That's right, it's not my fault,' she said, eating a large piece of chocolate cake - 'it's my hormones.' 3. At my age, I deserve a few extra pounds. And, well... you've heard them all. But, no more excuses. It's a new year and we have a plan.
At the beginning here, I'd like you to know, I was born with a metabolism that burned up caleries so I never had a weight problem, at least a serious one until I was older than 53, and for those of you who say, "What are you griping about?" Let me tell you a weight problem is a weight problem, even if someone has just realized they have it. It doesn't make you more of a saint if you were 'always' fat. We are all starting with blubber. No matter if it wasn't always there.
The truth is the weight crept up on me. 1 or 2 pounds a month, for 5 years straight, and now, I've got a waist the size of a linebacker in the NFL and my hips are big too. (Oh how it pains me to write that). I'm starting to resemble a barrel. And starting to understand this quote I read once about middle aged woman's bodies resembling that of a pregnant woman.
OH Dear God, how did this happen.
Well, it doesn't matter how it happened. It's all about to change. I'm determined and I'm going to blog about it, because it will be a motivator to keep at it. I know it can be done. And I'm here to do it.
At least I''m planning on doing it. In church last week, http://www.savannahchristian.com/ I heard a talk about how to become what you want to be. Cam Huxford quoted from a book by Andy Stanley - entitled: The Principal of the Path: How to get from where you are to where you want to be. And he said the key line: "Direction, 'not intention' determines destination." So, I've got this new direction - it's called walking no less than 1 mile every day. And eating a whole lot less calories. Agghhhhh, Stick with me, you'll see. We're going to do it.
But, the truth is, it will be awful, because I have for years, quoted the same excuses about my weight...that other's my age quote. 1. I'm busy. I work 60 hours a week. 2. I have the health issues of a lot of people my age - including hormones that make me fat. 'That's right, it's not my fault,' she said, eating a large piece of chocolate cake - 'it's my hormones.' 3. At my age, I deserve a few extra pounds. And, well... you've heard them all. But, no more excuses. It's a new year and we have a plan.
At the beginning here, I'd like you to know, I was born with a metabolism that burned up caleries so I never had a weight problem, at least a serious one until I was older than 53, and for those of you who say, "What are you griping about?" Let me tell you a weight problem is a weight problem, even if someone has just realized they have it. It doesn't make you more of a saint if you were 'always' fat. We are all starting with blubber. No matter if it wasn't always there.
The truth is the weight crept up on me. 1 or 2 pounds a month, for 5 years straight, and now, I've got a waist the size of a linebacker in the NFL and my hips are big too. (Oh how it pains me to write that). I'm starting to resemble a barrel. And starting to understand this quote I read once about middle aged woman's bodies resembling that of a pregnant woman.
OH Dear God, how did this happen.
Well, it doesn't matter how it happened. It's all about to change. I'm determined and I'm going to blog about it, because it will be a motivator to keep at it. I know it can be done. And I'm here to do it.
At least I''m planning on doing it. In church last week, http://www.savannahchristian.com/ I heard a talk about how to become what you want to be. Cam Huxford quoted from a book by Andy Stanley - entitled: The Principal of the Path: How to get from where you are to where you want to be. And he said the key line: "Direction, 'not intention' determines destination." So, I've got this new direction - it's called walking no less than 1 mile every day. And eating a whole lot less calories. Agghhhhh, Stick with me, you'll see. We're going to do it.
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