Hi All,
Well, it's been nearly a month since I've posted -- I'm just not good at the every week thing apparently. I'm the kind of woman who lives my life by post-it notes so if a post-it gets covered up with another more "urgent" note then it gets lost. Sorry. I'd like to say I'm gonna change but at this age . . . I'm just gonna accept that it is what it is.
Anyway, in the past month I've had some victories and some failures -- pretty typical. Failures first (I like to end on an up note). I'm just not having success at establishing a regular exercise routine. I plan it . . . but I don't carry through with it. Partly (excuse time) it's because I haven't felt well. We've just figured out that the pain I was experiencing was due to some medication I was taking. So, I've stopped that. I feel better now but I'm sure my cholesterol has gone through the roof . . . which could probably be handled some by exercising. OK, yes. I see the connection.
We've been traveling some which usually means less than healthy meals. Plus, my husband and I have been eating out a lot - he likes to explore new places. BUT . . . I feel pretty good about the choices I've made with some of those meals. I LOVE greasy burgers and fries and stuff like that but I've made better choices than I would have before. So, I'm putting that in the victory column. I've chosen veggies over fries, salmon over beef, salads over bread. You have no idea how huge that is for me.
So, my goal now is keep up the better food choices and even continue to improve on them. I'm also going to try to get moving - even 10 minutes a day is better than I've been doing (well, except for chasing my 1 yr old and 4 yr old grandsons around every day).
Oh yeah, I haven't gained in this past month; in fact I lost about a pound. I'm hoping to improve things enough that I can stop yo-yoing and see significant losses. Not just loss, but improvement in health -- cholesterol numbers, knee pain, general energy.
Thanks for all your posts and your encouragements. Every time a note pops up that one of you has posted or made a comment, it's an encouragement to keep going.
Well, it's been nearly a month since I've posted -- I'm just not good at the every week thing apparently. I'm the kind of woman who lives my life by post-it notes so if a post-it gets covered up with another more "urgent" note then it gets lost. Sorry. I'd like to say I'm gonna change but at this age . . . I'm just gonna accept that it is what it is.
Anyway, in the past month I've had some victories and some failures -- pretty typical. Failures first (I like to end on an up note). I'm just not having success at establishing a regular exercise routine. I plan it . . . but I don't carry through with it. Partly (excuse time) it's because I haven't felt well. We've just figured out that the pain I was experiencing was due to some medication I was taking. So, I've stopped that. I feel better now but I'm sure my cholesterol has gone through the roof . . . which could probably be handled some by exercising. OK, yes. I see the connection.
We've been traveling some which usually means less than healthy meals. Plus, my husband and I have been eating out a lot - he likes to explore new places. BUT . . . I feel pretty good about the choices I've made with some of those meals. I LOVE greasy burgers and fries and stuff like that but I've made better choices than I would have before. So, I'm putting that in the victory column. I've chosen veggies over fries, salmon over beef, salads over bread. You have no idea how huge that is for me.
So, my goal now is keep up the better food choices and even continue to improve on them. I'm also going to try to get moving - even 10 minutes a day is better than I've been doing (well, except for chasing my 1 yr old and 4 yr old grandsons around every day).
Oh yeah, I haven't gained in this past month; in fact I lost about a pound. I'm hoping to improve things enough that I can stop yo-yoing and see significant losses. Not just loss, but improvement in health -- cholesterol numbers, knee pain, general energy.
Thanks for all your posts and your encouragements. Every time a note pops up that one of you has posted or made a comment, it's an encouragement to keep going.