Nancy! WOW! WTG, Gal! Woo-Hoo! You did great on the bike!
I did calf/leg stretches, walked 30 minutes and did calf/leg stretches. I "plan" to do yoga/stretching prior to bedtime, sometime in the evening.
My eating has been on track, I have letters and writing of outlines, poem studying, and feature writing to do this evening, during my "challenging emotional eating" time. I'm not "stressed" about anything, so perhaps this evening will be a WINNING EVENING! My weight is going up and down 1.2 Lbs, for 4 days. It goes from 184.0 Lbs. to 185.2 Lbs. over and over! It's like my head's getting dizzy going up and down on the yo-yo string. Hoping to dip below 184.0 Lbs. by Halloween. It's be lovely to get down to 180 Lbs., too. But I realize ANY number is just that: A number. I'm so glad my life isn't controlled by the number on the scales anymore. Now I just find it entertaining, having had an eating disorder 30 years ago.
I'm 5' 5.5" tall, and I was exercising 3 - 4 hours a day, was eating fewer and fewer calories until I got down to 500 - 900 daily calories a day. I suffered from malnutrition, was in counseling, and I believe I hit rock bottom when I sat down to eat a bowl of soup, crying my heart out because I couldn't make myself eat it. THAT was my moment and day of reckoning! When I saw with my own eyes, how I'd gotten into this situation, I realized on my own that I needed to change. No therapist, no family member, no friend or anybody needed to tell me. I KNEW! Maybe it was divine intervention. It was around the time Karen Carpenter had died, too, which had an affect on me because the reality of this being life AND DEATH hit home. I don't know how I got on this personal "blabbing" subject, except that I now know what to look out for, be careful of, and I'm delighted I no longer have an eating disorder. I might be overweight, but I only need to lose about 20 - 30 Lbs., I'm doing it slow, and it's good to be in control. Yes, I slip up and eat emotionally some evenings, but I have things to keep me busy and I can come here to "visit at the Village" if I'm getting desperate. Thanks so much for listening to me. It lifted a load of my past problem off my heart. In the back of my mind is that fear of what if I go there again, but I don't believe I will because I love my body and family too much now to repeat that.