Less of Me!
For the Memorial Day weekend of 2007 my husband and I took a short trip to visit daughter Amanda and family in North Texas. On the way home on Monday we did a bit of dreaming. Actually we did a lot of dreaming. We talked about our future home and gardens and what kind of things we want to do with it and other things like that. At the time I weighed more than twice what I should. I could walk and go up and down stairs but it was getting harder and harder and my knees were starting to rebel. I had to do something or I wasn't going to be here to enjoy the future we were discussing or if I was here I would not be healthy enough to even care if I had a future.
In 2005 I battled breast cancer and I won so what was I doing still obese? Obesity is a killer just like cancer but in some respects it is far more difficult than battling cancer. Unlike smoking or drinking or even drugs, you can't just quit eating. There really are no drugs you can take to get rid of fat. All you have is personal committment, will power, and lots and lots of emotional support.
Many have asked what diet I'm on and I'm not on a diet. In the summer of 2005 I asked my wonderful internist what type of diet I should follow: low carb, low fat, low protien, ADA, etc. His answer was short and complete. He said, "Eat less food and exercise." Well how hard is that? I'll tell you it took two years for me to finally get it. I thought I was eating less food and really could not eat more. I was not exercising at all except for several trips up and down the stairs at work. What was I doing wrong? I gained 21 lbs in those two years.
My mother has been extoling the virtues of Weight Watchers for years. She is a lifetime member. I put her offers to pay the fees off for as long as I could. But after that trip to the future my husband and I took on Memorial Day last year I was ready. I went to Weight Watchers and signed up for the Monthly Pass. So far Mom has not had to help me pay for the Monthly Pass.
The first thing I did was document what I ate on the online calculator. I Pretty much at my "last supper" on Sunday and beginning Monday I just cut what I ate in half or even more. Oh my, did I really eat that much? How embarrassing. Week after week I went to the meetings and week after week I lost weight. To date I have lost 60 lbs. Yes 60 lbs.
My next hurdle is exercise. I have not started doing any kind of regular exercise. I walk now and then but that isn't going to do it. So the plan is to get over to the little workout room at my apartment and see what they have and then figure out what to do with it. I've got a great walking workout in the complex parking lot because we are on hills so a 30 minute walk has several inclines in it.
In 2005 I battled breast cancer and I won so what was I doing still obese? Obesity is a killer just like cancer but in some respects it is far more difficult than battling cancer. Unlike smoking or drinking or even drugs, you can't just quit eating. There really are no drugs you can take to get rid of fat. All you have is personal committment, will power, and lots and lots of emotional support.
Many have asked what diet I'm on and I'm not on a diet. In the summer of 2005 I asked my wonderful internist what type of diet I should follow: low carb, low fat, low protien, ADA, etc. His answer was short and complete. He said, "Eat less food and exercise." Well how hard is that? I'll tell you it took two years for me to finally get it. I thought I was eating less food and really could not eat more. I was not exercising at all except for several trips up and down the stairs at work. What was I doing wrong? I gained 21 lbs in those two years.
My mother has been extoling the virtues of Weight Watchers for years. She is a lifetime member. I put her offers to pay the fees off for as long as I could. But after that trip to the future my husband and I took on Memorial Day last year I was ready. I went to Weight Watchers and signed up for the Monthly Pass. So far Mom has not had to help me pay for the Monthly Pass.
The first thing I did was document what I ate on the online calculator. I Pretty much at my "last supper" on Sunday and beginning Monday I just cut what I ate in half or even more. Oh my, did I really eat that much? How embarrassing. Week after week I went to the meetings and week after week I lost weight. To date I have lost 60 lbs. Yes 60 lbs.
My next hurdle is exercise. I have not started doing any kind of regular exercise. I walk now and then but that isn't going to do it. So the plan is to get over to the little workout room at my apartment and see what they have and then figure out what to do with it. I've got a great walking workout in the complex parking lot because we are on hills so a 30 minute walk has several inclines in it.
It was nice to see you yesterday Val and I have to say your looking Great! Keep up the hard work...
Rob
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