Yesterday's happy weigh-in was 145.5. Today I was 144.5 See.. if I just lay off for a couple days, it drops.. the weight that is. but then so does my guard so to speak and I have a cookie and it all comes back but the latest problem has been not being able to get under 143 which a year ago was my bad high weight and now I seem to be happy to get back to it... oh woe. the easiest difference I can identify in this past year has been my lack of exercise from having been sick. no excuses now.
yesterday I mentioned strengthening my core.. that would be in the sit up department. the core strenghtening is just as much for the inside of me as for the outside. just getting down on the floor is somewhat settling in itself. and once I'm down there, I'm also somewhat inclined to give myself a moment of grounding. meditation.
ah - the "Let's just have salad for dinner" experiment was good. My husband, being off the hook to have to cook for me went above and beyond and boiled an egg, bought an organic tomato (that tasted like a tomato) and steamed asparagus for my salad. huh. reverse psychology. men.
so, oatmeal for breakfast, a smoothie for lunch, salad.
so, I reflect on what my goal is and my vision of what I want kind of wavers to my vision of myself as a younger me - no encroaching jowls and turkey neck. my face will look better 10 pounds lighter. so, what I really see is me back in my size 10 jeans and able to trot up the mountainside. keep it going. I'm really really trying.
I believe that all you've said here pretty much applies to all. It certainly applies to me!
ReplyDeleteI would be delighted to get down to what was once my top FW (Fat Weight).
The cooperating husband who does the cooking....or uncooperative spouse who does the cooking and cooks more not less red meat, buys 3 different kinds of ice cream and a dozen different kinds of dark chocolate... I suppose I can think of that situation in a philosophical manner and tell myself that these are golden opportunities to work on my resolve and not touch the stuff that should not go inside my body, but......
And then there is the exercise - my number one nemesis. If only I had one or two endorphins to compensate for the time spent being totally bored flinging my body around in an effort to get toned and help fat particles fall away. Getting down on the floor to do so-called core exercises is a dangerous thing. The first thing that comes to mind when I try this is to simply take advantage of where I am and take a nap.
Well, here's to good-bye jowls and turkey neck. I'm cheering us on.