Over the past 15 years, I’ve slowly and gradually just kept putting on more weight. Poor food choices and not enough exercise is the reason. And I know what to do about it. Eat better food choices and get more regular exercise. I have a great elliptical machine in my living room I really need to make more use of. And over the past year I have been improving my eating habits but still have a ways to go. Anyway, tonight I stepped on the scale and saw that I’m now very close to a weight I consider just unacceptable for myself. I’m not comfortable revealing the exact number here, but it’s much more than is healthy for a person of my height. Reading that number on the scale felt like a wakeup call. Enough is enough. I can change this. It is within my control. In fact, I am the only one who can change it. So I need to find some self discipline and stop buying potato chips at the store. No more sugary, empty calorie snacks from the vending machine at work, no more fast food for breakfast on the way home from work because it was a hectic night and I need some “comfort” food. And as for the exercise, well, just DO it! I did make use of the elliptical machine tonight and my goal is to start with four nights a week and increase both the duration of the workout and number of days a week slowly. I’m announcing this publicly this way, I guess, so I have to be a little more accountable for my behavior when it comes to losing weight. I know what I need to do… and this wakeup call was hopefully the motivation I need to do it. Wish me luck!
A Wakeup Call
14 Tuesday Jul 2009
Posted in just for fun, venting
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I am not wishing you luck. You do not need luck. You need perseverance. I need some, too. When you find yours, share it!
You need manageable goals! Tell yourself 10 min. tonight. Do that for a week, then 15 minutes the next week. It will happen! I have just added 10 min. to my routine. I have done 30 min. 9 days out of 10, for three years. i am feeling much better.
I, too, am too short for my weight. Depression, bereavement, quitting work due to stress…it all had an impact.
You go to it, and forgive yourself when you do not! You are still a beautiful person.
Well done you! I’m twice the woman my husband married (slight exaggeration . . . ) but now our Endless Pool has been commissioned aquarobics and swimming have become part of my routine. Together with walking the dogs and cutting out non-essentials in my diet I too intend to get trim again.
Good luck in your quest for better health. I came to the same realization this week and am getting ready to start a walking & running program to try and drop the extra pounds.