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Maintenance Calorie Trajectory ---> Week 27 --> Mom's B-day Edition!
Major NSV, today! I accomplished my 40 minute walk without using the cane!!! And, there are some uphill portions to my circuit! What an awesome feeling. I'm sure people must have thought I was crazy walking down the street holding onto a cane, LOL. I just had this sh*t eating grin on my face the whooooole time. It felt so good.
I kept checking in with my legs from time to time, sayin' "y'all doing okay down there? Let me know anytime if you need some help." But, my legs said "No Mama - we're in a good place today. We may be numb, but we got this, we're gonna try for the whole way, so you know we can!"
I confess, I started to tear up and had to turn my head sideways so people passing by in cars or walking their dogs wouldn't see me get emotional. Have I said how much I love this body. Ya know with Multiple Sclerosis, everything is such an unknown. There are times when the fear overwhelms and this mind gets scared and thinks, "what if I wake up tomorrow and I can't walk, or I can't swallow, or my arms go numb, or I go blind...what if, what if...".
And, I have to take a deep breath and talk myself down from the ledge and say, "hey honey, none of us knows what is gonna happen next. But, right now in this present moment, you're okay, we're okay, and your body's gonna try to have your back, regardless. It always has..."
Today, was just a darn good day to eat some humble pie and be thankful in ways I can't even put into words. And, I know all of it can change in a moment, but at least I had today where I did the whole damn walking circuit using my OWN TWO BEAUTIFUL LEGS AND FEET!
Okay, enough lamenting. Deep breath - My Mama's birthday is this week. If you note down below, there's a 2400 cal day. And, as I stated before - I am not pulling cals from other days in order to eat those 2400 cals. We're at 136 lbs, which is already 2 lbs. less than the normal 138. These 2400 cal days are why we have this 2 lb wiggle room. I have to be honest, I didn't think I was going to hit 136 so soon, LOL. But, there it be and you'll hear no complaints from the peanut gallery on this end :-)
Anyhow, I finally rounded the corner with that flu, the birds are singing, and the sun is peeking through the clouds. I hope all of you have a beautiful blessed week.
Week 27 of weight maintenance - Mom's B-day Edition
Monday - 1686 --- Target 1698
Tuesday - 1725 --- Target 1868
Wednesday - 1686 --- Target 1698
Thursday -1686 --- Target 2038
Friday - 2400 --- Target 1698
Saturday - at Target 1349
Sunday - 1517 --- at Target
Average TDEE 1698
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