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I am getting addicted to all this activity. And instead of what I have done in the past (worked out and dieted until I got to a shape I was happy with -- then give it up), I intend for this to be my retirement job. Alarm at 6:45 every day, some yoga or aerobics class, and plenty of time to prepare good foods that will be waiting in the fridge the moment I need some.
I've also made a commitment to staying in better touch with other people, since loneliness seems to be a big factor in my past eating behaviors. You know, too fat to look good in my clothes, too embarrassed to be seen by my friends, afraid of what that potluck is going to do to me and how humiliating it will be not to be able to avoid pigging out, so I stay home and watch movies and eat alone, like a hardened alcoholic drinks.
I know it's early in the game for me to say all this, but I have never felt so committed, and for all the right reasons - a desire to be active and capable of doing everything I enjoy long into my old age.
When someone offers me a doughnut, I say, "No thanks! I'm in training for my 80s."
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166.0 lb
Lost so far: 3.0 lb.
Still to go: 41.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 0.9 lb a week
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