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I love Meg B's comment last week reminding me I'm more than a number on a scale. In my mind I know that. People rely on me, count on me, and being of value is something all of us strive for, thin, chubby, underweight, plus size, and all shapes, sizes, weights and measures. This time, my journey will not have a final destination as it needs to be for whole healthy lifestyle, not an occasion. Saturday is my self accountability day, and I'm using you all as my witnesses.
I plateaued this week-well not quite, about 1/2 pound perhaps, bringing my loss to date of 6 pounds, disappointing but realty. No surprise as I was not very diligent-didn't pay good attention to when and what I was eating. After the nice weekend, it got cold, rainy, and blustery so I didn't push those extra steps on my walk. I'm a long way to my first target of 11 pounds, the amount gained since working from home, and my second, to lose 10% of my starting (January 1) weight. Ultimately, I want to be out of the overweight BMI index. That's a long haul goal, to get there and stay there. And yes, I won't be a better person when I get there, but I'll have moved to a healthy version of me. I'm telling you all as it helps me not game myself. If I back track or plateau, I'm sharing as well.
I'm not now, nor was ever at a weight to be considered for gastric bypass, but I'm curious of the meal portions successful post surgery folks have. It can't be an easy way to lose weight, especially in the US where social and family events focus so much on food and drink. I applaud those who are working towards weight loss this way, and hope you find long term good health. While spring and summer makes it easier for me to get outside for walks and bike rides, more swimming and outdoor play, my calendar fills up with food events as well. We've got Easter and all the jelly beans and chocolate I need to avoid, graduation parties, and barbecues and patio gatherings. These are will happy and fun events, but also calorie laden with pasta salads and deserts and calorie heavy alcohol.
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I beat myself up constantly because I've gained some weight back. When I manage to look at the big picture, it's around a tenth of the 98 pounds I lost since being at my heaviest, and I'm making inroads into losing it again. I found a pair of old jeans this week ( I thought I'd got rid of everything 3.5 years ago), and trying them on, and seeing them fall to the floor, was a good reminder of how far I've actually come. I also had a reminder recently that it's not just about the inside, but the damage that extra weight and poor food choices do to my insides and quality of life. That has been the real incentive for me to knuckle down again. It's not easy, and I've had a problem with food for a very long time, but it's worth it, both physically and mentally.
ReplyDeleteI will keep onwards. Today I'm making a healthy pot of soup, and despite being blustery will bundle up and walk. I know I need to offset damage done and I'll feel better.
Delete1/2 a pound is still a loss. You're moving in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have to accept something is progress even if not fast. It seems one day being less diligent derails efforts.
Delete6lb is a great start! Drinking water and upping the exercise is the way to go. Although Jon doesn't need to lose weight, going swimming twice last week seems to have increased his get up and go, he's currently mopping the kitchen floor! xxx
ReplyDeleteMopping is in my list today and I hear it burns calories! I love swimming. I have lousy technique but still like the movement.
DeleteMy sister had what effectively amounted to bariatric surgery, although not for weight-loss reasons. She had part of her intestine removed because they were afraid it would turn cancerous and ended up losing over 100 lbs. She had quite a bit to lose but not that much and she has struggled to keep her weight up since. I know it was a necessary evil but to be honest it also aged her by a good 10 years in the face, for obvious reasons. I also read somewhere that people who have bariatric surgery for weight loss reasons can and do sometimes replace one addiction with another - i.e. food for alcohol, say, so if the necessary mental work isn't done at the same time it really isn't ideal. That being said I'd like to lose weight too but I'm too darn lazy to do much about it!
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