I really mean it this time!

I've begun again.
Another new start on my quest for a better weight for me, no joint aches, daily exercise.
No No, don't start laughing... I really mean it this time... O.k., that makes me chuckle.
But I do, I mean it.
Plant based diet. No poison in my body (booze=joint pain)...
Exercise.
I discovered Qigong. I like it a lot. It's so gentle and do-able.
And I feel really good afterwards.
My friend MerryBeth mentioned that her homeopath said it takes 100andsomething days for junk to get out of the body. (they didn't say "junk" - my term)
I said, "That's around 4 months!" Maybe my quicky cleanses and all that just don't cut it. Think I could stick with something for that long? I mean, I go to work every day. Could I eat right and exercise every day?
It's my favorite time of year and it's been just about a year since I started this blog.
Time for fruition.
I really mean it this time.

My sciatica, yoga and new high weight...

Well, sure, it goes on and on and on...
147 is my new high weight, which I guess means I'm making some progress. It was 148 again the last couple days but I ate a giant salad yesterday, had a good - oh wait, let's amend that weight to 145 -  dropped that nasty pound and then another 2 pounds.
(not to mention the 1/2 bottle of wine I drank last night because I sold a painting and celebrated, so that didn't help did it?)
My sciatica has been giving me horrible grief so I forced myself to do Yoga #1 video of standing poses. It hurt. Bad. I followed the guy who shows the alternative poses. I got through all but the last stretch.
did it again the next day and got through the whole tape.
Hip feels better, not all they way o.k., but getting there. Shoulder not so hot. just stretches today, no arm work.
Just heard a report on NPR about women over 50 having a hard time keeping weight off. Well, that just cracked me up.
The report said that it's not just cutting back on meats, cheeses, sugars, but also adding more fruits and veges. AND EXERCISE. huh. really?
This woman took up rowing in her late 50s. That's me. late 50s. struggling to keep the weight off. struggling to stay in shape.
The pain of sedentarism is what gets me. I tried to pull some fence posts out of the ground so as to put the snow fence in better position and it was agaonizing. I got nowhere. My muscle tone just withers if I let it. I am not old!!! I am still vibrant (in my head).
SIGH.
Walk, run, hike, lift. Eat salad.
Here comes winter.
I'd better be ready!

habits habits

At least I'm now wavering between 144-146 instead of 148-150.
Not that my pants fit better  yet.
And as far as the plant based diet goes - it goes off and on.
I made the best pork green chili last night for my poor underfed husband.
Pork is about the lowest on my list of meat I ever eat, but, yum!
Now I'll have to make some vegetarian green chili for me.
I started a new job this week and running in the morning went by the wayside today.
Not so light in the morning currently.
I'm home though in the afternoons during the school week, so I should be able to walk up to the mailbox in the afternoons.
I truly am hanging in there and in 2 months it will have been a year since I started this blog.
Through trying really hard and not trying at all, I've lost about 3 pounds.
Unless you count how many times I've lost (and gained) 3 pounds. In that case, wow, I've lost about 20 pounds. Hahahahahahaha. and ha.

Back at it

Well well, here I am, still chasing the old poundage.

I watched the documentary "Forks Over Knives" and declared myself on a plant based diet which I stuck to rather faithfully for about a week before traveling to visit family and eating mostly all the wrong stuff and exercising none.

Now I am back and almost recovered from my visits, not quite back into the exercise routine but, gee whiz, down to 145 today.

I'm kinda thinking it's stress over a number of different things but I'm also thinking it's my body easing back into lots of veges and out of meat, grease, and sugar.

I am excited to see if this total change in eating is it. It's not a huge change but obviously what I was doing before wasn't cutting it.

So, alive and well and plugging away.

hmmm on the yoga

      Walking, working in the yard, wonderful weather.
But, let me tell you, the 21 Day Yoga challenge is a toughy.
I've had some nasty lower back and sciatic (sp?) issues and I think it's from trying to do this yoga..
You get a different video every day and even though I'm at beginner level, it's hard and not real slow.. I mean somewhat, but to follow along, I think I've twisted and hurt something.. so
I'm kinda on the Every other Day Yoga Challenge.
I took a bunch of advil last night and some this morning, lay (lie layed laid) on the floor, did stretches, walked up to the mailbox (1 mile) and feel pretty good.
fine fine I'll be fine.
oh, and, hey, I'll lose this fucking fatso weight too.
plus I came up with another incentive (which also involves winning lotto for money) but if I lose this weight, I want to get my hair done/colored really cool. oh, self esteem, you are under all that flab!
love and peace
and
carry on.

I hate this

I look in the mirror and I see the weight on my face.
I'm wearing a tank top and when I turn my arm it looks like the twisted trunk of a Bristlecone Pine tree.
I am stagnant at 150 pounds.
Ugh.

Yes to yoga

Nice, really nice but sheesh, not so easy.
Had I not done yoga before, I'd be having a really hard time with this so called beginner series.
Today's was a 20 min. workout. Day 3. I'm on track now.
...and I already walked up to the mailbox with the dog.
I also wanted to say that yesterday I think was the first time since I started this blog that I felt totally guilted into doing the yoga challenge just because I said so here.
the tweaky twingy shoulder seems to be better with yoga.
My back wants to sit up really straight right now. I'm sure I'll regress and revert later in the day to my usual slouch.. but for now..
Let's see how it feels to hang out laundry (before it gets too windy).
ah, well, back to 149. what a trend. maybe I can stick with it.
This time.