Postby Ivy » Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:28 am
I have a dfriend who's going to start counting calories on Dec. 30 when her DD goes onto a Dr. supervised starvation diet, which my dfriend said is expensive. I plan on re-starting on New Year's Day, to be honest, because so many begin anew in the New Year, too. I've only been doing occasional stretches, yoga and walking, have been eating unhealthy and get IBS and don't feel well when I do this to myself. I need to be really good this weekend and upcoming to Christmas, because I don't want to be "sick" on Christmas with DD as our guest. Also, I have things to get done still and who likes being sick anyway.
I'm hoping to challenge myself better in the New Year and I "heard" there is a "Weight Watchers Simplicity 101" program, which entails not counting points, but it entails eating until full, listening to your body, and quitting eating once you're full. It's really a no brainer, but I think it will take training or re-training myself to do mindful eating. It will also help to journal my thoughts, too.
I only need to lose about 30 - 40 Lbs., which shouldn't be too awful hard, but since -100 Lbs. have been lost, it's like I'm at a standstill again. I was 168.8 Lbs. on Thanksgiving 2012, this Thanksgiving I was about 188 Lbs. It crept up so slowly, over 12 months. It's harder to get it off now that I'm older, too, it's winter, and have been sitting to crochet, read, write stories, write letters, etc... It seems like on "some" days- the only activity I get is dishes, laundry, and tidying up the house. I also COULD start setting my timer, for 25 - 30 minutes, get up and MOVE! I guess the good thing about all of this is that I love myself, I don't "hate" myself, and I'm happy where I am in life, but need to weigh less and be more active because of osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. Oh, by the way, I've not had any fibromyalgia medication since Dec. 3rd, the only "problem" I had was an occasional headache for about 5 days, since I'd tapered off really well. Also, I have no more of the med in the house, so look forward to getting muscles stronger, exercising for better restorative sleep, and being healthier now. I'm so ecstatic I'm off that FM med. It was causing patients in their 60's on up to walk wobbly, to stumble, fall, and break hips, so the word went out to all doctors to get their patients off of that particular muscle relaxant taken at bedtime. I had 1 close call, which scared me to death, nearly fell at night in the dark in the bathroom in mid-night a.m. hours, but we have the foot kick-back string lighting along the floor of the cabinets, so I could see. I was so lucky.
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