OK, so I have not been very good at this blogging thing. I thought that it would cause me to be more disciplined with my new "healthier" lifestyle, but I'm not sure it has.
My efforts over the past three weeks have been half-hearted at best . I have been out to restaurants waaaaayyyyyyyy too many times. I have enjoyed more than my share of chocolate. And, I have even eaten three or four of those fabulous cookies that they make at Corner Bakery too. On the bright side, I have been running three times a week and doing some resistance training at least twice a week. Yvonne and I have also taken the opportunity about three or four times to go on nice, long walks. Overall, my exercise has been very good.
So, as I was driving home from work last Friday, contemplating my poor efforts, I was sulking in the fact that I have to eat perfectly (and exercise) to lose any weight at all. I even called Yvonne to talk about it. To cheer me up, we went out for some half priced appetizers (not on anyone's diet) for dinner. After that we worked on homework for a couple of hours, and got to bed at a decent hour so we could get up to run in the morning.
After returning from our seven-mile run, (I was in a bad mood because I had hurt my leg) I decided to step on the scale, something I had not done in three weeks. What I saw was definitely not what I was expecting! The scale read 234.5 lbs! Down two-and-a-half pounds over the three weeks since I had last dared to weigh myself. I expected the scale to read 237 at the minimum! This is the first time that this kind of thing has ever happened, at least that I can remember :)
I am encouraged and shocked! Can I actually lose weight without eating perfectly for an entire week? Is the running starting to pay off? Does my scale need new batteries? Did I say this is a first for me?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Eight Days Later...
OK, it's been eight days since my last entry. Eight kind of stressful days; which I have not done as well as I would have liked with my diet. My exercise plan has gone pretty well, which is a good thing. Nonetheless, I have to improve on what I choose to put into my body.
Until the past few weeks I had not realized how often that I eat emotionally. Yes, I've heard those stories about someone being upset and eating a whole cake. Don't worry, my emotional eating is nothing like that. Mine is more like: "I am stressed, I want to go out to dinner." Or sometimes it appears like this: "I'm tired of eating lunch at home, I want Carl's." Then, sometimes I choose to stick to "the plan", and sometimes I choose to relieve stress "my way."
I come from a background that tells me it's not good to have certain emotions, or to allow my emotions to dictate my behavior. What I am learning is that I need to allow myself to feel these emotions and respond to them in a way that is in my best interest. For someone to say that one should not allow emotions to determine what one eats is painting with a pretty broad brush. If dining out, or eating something crunchy, or enjoying one's favorite beverage works as a stress reliever, then it should not be ruled out. We are all wired differently, and we all have our unique ways of relieving stress.
So, hopefully the next few weeks will not be as stressful for me as the past few have been. I know that when I stick to my plan, I see much better results on the scale and in the mirror.
Tomorrow is a weigh-in day. I hope to be no higher than last weeks weigh-in.
Until the past few weeks I had not realized how often that I eat emotionally. Yes, I've heard those stories about someone being upset and eating a whole cake. Don't worry, my emotional eating is nothing like that. Mine is more like: "I am stressed, I want to go out to dinner." Or sometimes it appears like this: "I'm tired of eating lunch at home, I want Carl's." Then, sometimes I choose to stick to "the plan", and sometimes I choose to relieve stress "my way."
I come from a background that tells me it's not good to have certain emotions, or to allow my emotions to dictate my behavior. What I am learning is that I need to allow myself to feel these emotions and respond to them in a way that is in my best interest. For someone to say that one should not allow emotions to determine what one eats is painting with a pretty broad brush. If dining out, or eating something crunchy, or enjoying one's favorite beverage works as a stress reliever, then it should not be ruled out. We are all wired differently, and we all have our unique ways of relieving stress.
So, hopefully the next few weeks will not be as stressful for me as the past few have been. I know that when I stick to my plan, I see much better results on the scale and in the mirror.
Tomorrow is a weigh-in day. I hope to be no higher than last weeks weigh-in.
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