Cowinkie, You've drank a LOT of fluids. Is it really hot there, too?
Hydrating is good though.
On Sunday the 22nd, it'll mark the very last day/last page of my 10-week Calorie King Food & Exercise Journal recording. I get to measure my waist, weigh-in every Sunday a.m., & tomorrow's "different" because I'm summarizing the 10-week journey to find out what I've lost in inches in the waist & Lbs. on the scales in 10 weeks.
I had ups & downs, I know, I confess. I believe I'll only have lost about 4 Lbs., if even that, total in 10 weeks. I had 2 weeks, of a few evenings, where I ate emotionally, to relieve stress, which made my weight go up.
I figured that the way to look at my past 10-week journey is:
1- I kept my journal logs EACH day.
2- I moved, most days, even if it was only puttering around the house, doing housework, lol & DW.
3- I didn't give up or throw away my journals. (I have 5 more to go, for 10-weeks each, into 2015!)
4- I decided to just stick with it, regardless if I had gains on some weeks.
5- I've been rewarded with smaller fitting clothes, being able to buy newer smaller clothes, & was able to get an ARC donation of too-large, but Very Nice clothes, together.
6- I've decided to keep on trucking into the New Year. I'll be 63 in January, would LOVE to be at goal by then, will keep using the Calorie King journals, & hope in 2015, he has a newer version out, b/c I'm using the 2014, currently.
So regardless of what my verdict will be in the a.m., if I've gained in 1 week or gained inches in my waist, I'll keep going forward. The thing is, I can't cave in now, I refuse to give up, I only have -17 to -27 Lbs. to go, & you never know! I might be able to attain it by Jan. 2015.
ALSO, once I'm at goal, I will continue to count calories, for maintenance purposes. There have been way too many times in my life, where I get to goal, then stop counting W. W. Pts. or calories, & the weight inches back up on me.
I don't want that to happen again. I'd like to be even more active, work on muscle strength & balance, & become a more fit lady in her 60's, than I am now. Just because you're slowly getting nearer to Medicare age, doesn't mean you need to give up health, fitness, & strength. You can run around with your toddler grands, etc... I'd love to get into gardening again, be able to paint a small bathroom, & just start trying new things again, as I did when I was younger. Being an empty nester, there are no kids here day in & day out, to interfere, so I can concentrate on a new life's experience. In closing, I'm looking forward to my future & my future health & body. It's hard, at time, yes, I admit, but it's so worthwhile, too. When we love ourselves, it's a good thing.
(Don't mean to make this sound like a "sermon"!)