Weighty Matters

"I'm able to stay positive when I'm staring at difficulties ... because I don't believe dead ends exist. I may have to back up and turn around and take a different road. I may even be completely lost for a while. But I know I'll find my way. There is always another way." -- L'Tanya Gail Durante, Durham NC, from the Redbook article referenced below At the risk of sounding like a bad film reviewer............. if you read no other article this year to help your weight-loss mindset (among other things in life), read Act Like An Optimist from the April 2009 Redbook . Buy the magazine & clip the article, print it out from the Redbook site, scan it -- do whatever you have to in order to keep it near you. This morning, I began computer training on receptionist duties at our local WW center, and the leader asked me to say a few words to the group at the first meeting. I have been to this center on a few occasions when I've needed a catch-up meeting or ...

Okay, I really was preparing to write a whole post about NSV's (non-scale victories) because those are not only important, but these days, they're what I cling to! I stepped on the scale this morning and it wasn't looking all that faboo. I figured at best, I might maintain from last week. I exercised at lunch anyway because I feel better when I do -- right there, that's an NSV. If you'd told me three years ago that I would actually enjoy exercise, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed. I got to the meeting tonight, stepped on the scale and WHOA!!!!! Down 1.4 -- which was even lower than this morning's home scale said. HOT DOG! That means 224.0 gone -- only 4 to go to hit my goal. I got my doctor's note, and turned that in, so that is now my actual real goal! So this week, I was blessed with a scale victory and lots of non-scale ones! My favorite NSV's of the week: a) walking "Stadium Hill" and "Machine Hill" -- lemme splain. Th...

Well, with a 0.2 pound loss this week, I am now a member of the Point Club ..... where you lose a zero-point-X each time. I know these last few pounds are going to be the most difficult, but GEE WHIZ!!!!!!!!!! So, how to break this slump? I don't know. I'm using a few of my flex points each week, and I could do a "blowout" meal just to see. I need to shake up my exercise routine, and using the FitDeck cards is going to be a big help..... I used the Bodyweight Deck at the office today: warmed up for 5 minutes with a lap around the building, then pulled random cards for about another 10 minutes. Just ten minutes? Yeah. One, I was getting hungry; I had planned to start the routine around 12:30, but demands on my time pushed it back to 1:15. Even with my morning snack, I wasn't going to go much beyond 1:30 before needing to eat. Two, even though I walk and am in fairly good cardio shape, doing calisthenics is another story. The card on lunges alone nabbed me (my quad...

I lost 0.2 this week...... I will take it! Right now, I will take every loss I can get, ounce by ounce! I am happy to have any loss at all. It seemed that the couple of times I weighed this week, there was going to be a gain. So I was prepared for whatever came my way. This week's talk was on greater activity, and I do need a boost! A few weeks ago, I ordered some exercise cards from FitDeck -- the "travel" and "office" decks. I have decided to order the basic "bodyweight" set, where I use my own body weight for resistance. I need to change up some things, especially as I go into maintenance. I figure that's a great place to start! So we'll see how that works! And I'll let you know, too!

The upper respiratory infection and all those antibiotics ..... the fun of a weekend getaway ...... the stress of the last few weeks at work ...... the little digestive problem I've had this week ...... the winter weather creating fewer opportunities for outside activity. Yep, I had a slight gain: 0.4 pounds. I am actually rather pleased by that number. It could have been far worse! Starting tomorrow, the weather is supposed to be utterly delightful the next few days --- in the 70s! Go figure, it was freezing cold and heavy wet snow last Sunday and this coming Sunday it is supposed to be at least 75. Frankly, I am so looking forward to being able to walk uptown again that I can hardly stand it. I've only walked outside once this week -- I did the treadmill and did some videos, but I love my outdoor walks best of all. As far as the little digestive problem, I am thinking it's due to having the antibiotics wipe out all the good bacteria too. My body's trying to get back i...