suechru's Journal, 01 August 2010

I recently read somewhere "Your body is your gym". Were you not the woman with hiking boots yesterday? You are doing things in the gym department! Back to the "your body is your gym". Isn't that cool? I have been coming up with creative ways to use my gym such as doing squats while I am in front of my kitchen sink doing dishes. Of course I know what you mean as you are wanting to be more consistant by using the gym you are paying for. I always shoot for 7 days, and manage to average 4 to 6 as I am getting more protective over my exercise hour, but life happens and some days it just doesn't happen. Yeah for maintaining, as this teaches patience! Towanda!!  

Good points, Lisa. I did just help a friend move, she had very little that was actually heavy and I am ushering tonight at a local theater but I feel like I get a better workout on an exercise machine when I really push myself.  

Okay, I did actually end up standing for the entire opera I ushered tonight and I did help someone move today (she didn't have a lot of stuff though) so I guess I got some kind of a workout. Not what I was shooting for but it works for today.  

Most excellent, have fun with the process! TOWANDA!! 

You know, the interesting thing this time around is that in the past whenever I hit a plateau I just gave up. I'm not giving up, I figure eventually that taking in less calories than I burn HAS to lead to weight loss. Scientifically it HAS to - even if it's at a glacial pace.  

It truly works, if one keeps honest with what is going in as far as portion etc. and it will come off. It will get easier I promise. For me it is the darn maintenance that I have never wrangled but this time I am surrounding myself with successful maintainers and I am on my way! TOWANDA!!  

I may be asking a dumb question here but what is TOWANDA? 

Actually, the honesty isn't a problem. I've gone through a period over the last two years when I got really honest about a lot of things and the food/weight stuff is the last big one I'm tackling. I've decided that I MUST record it - even if I take a wild guess (like you sometimes have to do if you're out to eat at a non-chain type place). I know I'm probably not working out like I should but I feel like I'm pretty active. I work a full-time job, I go to grad school, I'm a volunteer usher a few times a month. I don't know the last time I did so much and didn't feel like absolute crap all the time. I've been tired this week but nothing like I used to be. Frankly, I never felt this well - good - in my life before. I struggled with a lot of problems in my early 20s - among them bulimia, but also some pretty serious depression and anxiety. I've really only been stable/recovered for a little over a year. I was such a mess back in the day, I don't want to go back to that - ever.  

Isn't it amazing how resilent we really can be. You say you never felt this well - good - in your life before. I hear ya. Same here. Have a super terrific Monday! TOWANDA!