Well, when last we heard from this blogger, she was trying to decide whether to reveal her true weight... and so she did here... well, today I am at 207.6 and trying to continue good habits. I am attempting also to find the tape measure that seems to have evaporated so that I can track some non-weight statistics... I am also thinking that I will post only once a week as my friend Bob is doing, and so will likely pick a weekend day ...
As always with me, the first days are actually easier - there is resolve that comes with embarking on a new endeavor. After a few days I get bored with the efforts. If I could find the perfect things to eat for each meal/snack and then just eat them every day I would be fine. It's trying to provide variety for the rest of the household (and also gently nudge them into healthier eating habits) that takes too much effort...
Oh well - keep up YOUR efforts ... what are you trying to change? what good habit - healthy habit - are you trying to adopt? Let me know - let's encourage one another!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Weight Loss and Public Accountability
Well, it's has been quite a day, and I am sitting here thinking it is well past time I got rid of the 75 extra pounds that I carry around.
Last night I heard that a young friend (45-ish) had chest pains and was going to have a cardiac cath this morning ... this morning he had the procedure and blockages were indeed found. Stents were placed in the worst places and next week more will be done.
Today I watched a clip of Food Revolution - sobering stuff! Watch it if you have not - just Google it and there are clips on You Tube.
Also today I saw a Facebook post from a man who has lost quite a bit of weight and has been very public in posting his statistics. He is accountable to all of his FB friends with his progress!
So all of this together has inspired me to get serious, starting today, about losing the weight and also to really revise what we eat based on what things contain.
We have done this in the past - watched the labels etc - but we get lazy ... after today, there is no room for lazy - it must become a permanent lifestyle.
What am I planning? For quite a while, we ate simply: chicken with a potato and a vegetable for instance. I used leftover chicken on a large tossed salad for lunch and switched to oil and vinegar dressing. Then our daughter and son-in-law came to stay for a while and I got out of the good habit and began to cook "the old way" again because that is what they were eating (well, they were eating fish sticks and fries bought in pillowcawse-sized bags, but I won't go that far).
Now I see that all of us need to eat the right way rather than dropping to the lowest common denominator..
So my plan is to go back to the plan - eat things as close to their original state as possible. Foods that are foods, not foods that have ingredients.
Now the tough part will be the accountability piece... can I really put my stats here as my friend did on Facebook? Could I post them to Facebook?
I'll start here:
Weight 210
Height 4ft 11in
average BP 135/77
Goals - long range lose 75 pounds
Goals - short range - lose 10 pounds this month (May 2010)
Over the weekend I will try to remember to do some measuring as well and will post that with the next update.
Can I do it? Be accountable? let's see - if it works for a couple weeks here I might get brave and post it to Facebook!
Last night I heard that a young friend (45-ish) had chest pains and was going to have a cardiac cath this morning ... this morning he had the procedure and blockages were indeed found. Stents were placed in the worst places and next week more will be done.
Today I watched a clip of Food Revolution - sobering stuff! Watch it if you have not - just Google it and there are clips on You Tube.
Also today I saw a Facebook post from a man who has lost quite a bit of weight and has been very public in posting his statistics. He is accountable to all of his FB friends with his progress!
So all of this together has inspired me to get serious, starting today, about losing the weight and also to really revise what we eat based on what things contain.
We have done this in the past - watched the labels etc - but we get lazy ... after today, there is no room for lazy - it must become a permanent lifestyle.
What am I planning? For quite a while, we ate simply: chicken with a potato and a vegetable for instance. I used leftover chicken on a large tossed salad for lunch and switched to oil and vinegar dressing. Then our daughter and son-in-law came to stay for a while and I got out of the good habit and began to cook "the old way" again because that is what they were eating (well, they were eating fish sticks and fries bought in pillowcawse-sized bags, but I won't go that far).
Now I see that all of us need to eat the right way rather than dropping to the lowest common denominator..
So my plan is to go back to the plan - eat things as close to their original state as possible. Foods that are foods, not foods that have ingredients.
Now the tough part will be the accountability piece... can I really put my stats here as my friend did on Facebook? Could I post them to Facebook?
I'll start here:
Weight 210
Height 4ft 11in
average BP 135/77
Goals - long range lose 75 pounds
Goals - short range - lose 10 pounds this month (May 2010)
Over the weekend I will try to remember to do some measuring as well and will post that with the next update.
Can I do it? Be accountable? let's see - if it works for a couple weeks here I might get brave and post it to Facebook!
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