I sure wish losing weight was as easy as it was to put it on in the first place. I want to fast~forward to a year from now and see what the results are going to look like or if there are any results! I hate waiting...always have. I want instant gratification, to be able to skip all the hard work it takes to arrive at my destination, so I can see the end results! Along with healthier eating choices, patience is exactly what this journey is going to teach me! To be patient with the amount of time this is going to take. It's also kind of ironic that patience is one of the things I pray for daily. I just can't help but feel that I was meant to take this journey for many reasons. MY GOALS: I have a lot of goals I want to reach and I know that as I move along farther into this, those goals will probably change and shift a little. But for right now, my goals are: 1. Get healthy 2. Lose weight 3. Learn patience 4. learn to accept myself 5. run a marathon 6. goal weight of 130-150 lbs (probably NEEDS to be lower but I'll take that!) #4 and #5 will be the hardest of all for me. Number 4 being one of the hardest, for the simple reason it seems there is always something I'm wishing I was...I wish I was healthy, I wish I was thinner, I wish I was an outgoing person, I wish I could hear better, I wish I was comfortable being around people....the list goes on and on. I need to try to learn to accept what I AM. Some things maybe I can change but a lot of things, I know aren't possible to change. I need to remember that a number on the scale does NOT measure a person's self~worth. Number 5 is going to be another hard one because at the weight and "health level" I'm currently at, I just can't imagine running a marathon. I've always enjoyed running, loved the feeling it gave me and I'd like to get that "feeling" back. But first, I need to be able to walk a little distance without getting out of breath . To be able to go up and down a flight of stairs without my lungs feeling like they're going to explode. But one day, I will get healthier, I will climb stairs without being out of breath...and I WILL run a marathon. MY "WEEK 2" RESULTS: I weighed in this morning for my 2nd week results of this "journey"...... I weighed 188.4 lbs..... I lost 2.8 lbs. Of course I wanted and hoped for more but honestly, if I had lost 10 lbs this week, I'd still wish I had lost 11! I have to learn to be happy with the results I get, well, maybe happy is too strong of a word, ACCEPT may be a better word. To take it and learn from it and do better for the next week. SO, I'll take those 2.8 lbs. gladly and move on! What could I have done better this week: Drink more water! For some reason, I slacked off on the water, I don't know why, not sure if it was because of the "menopausal stuff" going on or what...but really no excuses, I just didn't drink as much as I should have, which means I drank a few more sodas than I should have. Next week will definitely be better! My total weight loss: This brings my total weight loss for 2 weeks to a grand total of 5.8 lbs. I'm ready to start working on my next week's results! I just wish I could just get Hubby to quit cooking all this YUMMY foods I don't need. He made a DELICIOUS pear cobbler this week, but I did good, only had about 3 bites and stopped at that. I'm going to start writing down everything I eat. You'd think I would have already been doing this..but noooooo. Anyway, a "food journal" will help me I think. I'd post what I write in it but I still eat wayyyyyy to unhealthy to be sharing all my bad habits with others! But hopefully the food journal will make me more accountable for what I eat, when I eat and WHY I ate it in the first place (if it's a bad food choice). I've also found that having 2 dogs while dieting seems to help a little bit too cuz no matter what I'm eating, they always want some too...so split 3 ways, that ain't a bad deal ...well, except for chips or pizza, I'm greedy with those, so they ain't getting any of that! Hubby lost 4 lbs. Which is beyond me because he ate what was left of the pear cobbler. HOW can men eat what they want almost and still lose weight. MEN!!...but seriously though, he did good and I'm proud of him and hope he keeps losing!
Ma had her weigh~in today too. She didn't lose anything this week BUT she didn't gain anything either which is wonderful! She struggles more with eating out and Mondays are hard for her because that's when she and my aunt have their "girl's night", which is when my aunt stays all night with her. Ma enjoys that time with sister and to have to worry about WHAT she can eat does kind of put a damper on things and I can totally understand that. All in all I think we had a pretty good week. I'm anxious to see what this new week is going bring..and dreading to see what Hubby is gonna cook up next..dang his hide! If you're going through your own journey with weight loss, I hope the week was good to you! Don't beat yourself up if you didn't get the results you were hoping for, there's always next week! The main thing is to pick yourself up and move on. If you know you NEED to make some changes, when the time is right, your body will let you know. Mine was screaming at me that it was TIME to do something...now. Wish me luck for next week. I'll probably need it :) Let me know how you did on YOUR weight loss this week or if you have your own success story, I'd love to hear it. We all need a little inspiration in our life. Thanks for stopping by! Be good and be pretty and as always......... ✻ღϠ₡ღ✻ God Bless ✻ღϠ₡ღ✻ |
HI! My name is Lori and I am a self~ proclaimed agoraphobic and rarely leave my home. My blog is a place for me to come and embrace my Edith Bunker tendencies and to share a few of the things I love. Stories, recipes and crafts, all with a little humor thrown in along the way! ღღ
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