213.5!!!
I am very blessed to have great kids and fantastic Grand Kids! I am sure you feel the same way...unless you are not yet here.
I got to go to my daughters for a couple days. She just had a lovely little baby girl. That adds to the 5 yr old girl and 2 yr old boy they already have.
I was concerned about being away from home for that long and totally out of control of what I eat. I lost weight and feel great!
I took some stuff to make my green drink. Ron had made some great blueberry muffins (the sawdust ones). And I ate what my daughter (got up and cooked) for dinner. Luckily, she is a good cook and a healthy cook. I was not hungry. I did not crave anything and it was not nearly as traumatic as I thought it would be.
All these years I thought I lacked will power, just destined to be heavy. Now I find out that the food I have grown up eating, was causing cravings and all kinds of havoc with my system. Start eating right and you feel full and satisfied without the cravings! Ron has noticed this too.
Another funny thing. I am not panicked about the weight. It will come off at a good and healthy rate because I am eating well. What a concept!
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Step by step
216 today. Little by little, step by step.
The big news is how we are changing in our thinking. There have been several times in the last two weeks that in the past, I would have binged into things real big. Instead, I have looked for something to chew on that was less damaging, carrots, fruit, lots of water.
When I have been in the store and habit would have be pick up a candy bar or circus animal cookies (a favorite), I would think, "no, I want only healthy things for myself". Now that is HUGE! Because I did NOT say "I can't have that". One is being deprived, the other is making a good choice!!!!!
Ron and I are doing this together. Not impossible to do it alone. But it really helps to have someone on the same path, same mind set. When he said he would not mind ice cream. I said, no, not what we are doing, you don't really want it do you? And he did not. When we went to see a movie yesterday and I asked if he wanted popcorn, because I did, he did the same, No, you don't really want it do you? And no, for a second, a very dangerous second, yes, but long term, absolutely not!
The rewards have been surprising and most welcome. I can't even remember what I was back up to. Being down, feels good. Not been hungry or grouchy because I am on a restricted diet once. In fact, I am feeling better every day. Having more energy and have been emerging from the dark cloud of minor depression.
Ron was up to 255. He is down to 241 today!!!! Yesterday was the best day physically and mentally that he has had in many months. And I do believe that eating correctly and dropping the weight is a big part of it.
I firmly believe that making this change, losing weight and becoming healthy, is a very personal thing. No one can force you to do it. If you are like me, you don't really think it can happen. Once you decide, even without support, you CAN do it! It is all inside of you (me).
I took a training called "Bold". It was to improve not only your business, but your life. It has been the single most productive thing I have ever done. One thing they told us about is our negative "self talk". They gave it a name, likely one others have used. Called it "your drunk monkey". It is your drunk monkey on your shoulder telling you you can't, you don't deserve it, it will never work. Swat that feller off your shoulder! I still find mine climbing back up and whispering, sometimes yelling in my ear. Why would I listen to a monkey, let alone a drunk monkey and let it control my life? Why would you???
Some people have someone in their lives who is a drunk monkey, full grown, living, breathing and so destructive. I did. I promise you this person had no idea what they were doing. Would swear I was wrong. That person is not in my life anymore. I would never have made that decision, they did. I was slowly getting to the point that I could limit the damage that was being done. I would have continued down that path. They may come back someday, it is a pattern. If they do, I will continue with how I handle that. A little stronger for the rest. It became easier to deal with when I understood that even though they are not in a hospital, they are truly mentally ill and have been their entire life. So, not really all their fault for what they do. It however IS my fault if I let that destroy me or my family. This person is family. So if you have someone close like that, I really do understand.
You CAN do it! If you don't have someone in your life that is telling you this, then join here with me. Gain strength from my struggles and my successes. Truly if I can do it, anyone can do it.
Have an awesome and healthy day!
The big news is how we are changing in our thinking. There have been several times in the last two weeks that in the past, I would have binged into things real big. Instead, I have looked for something to chew on that was less damaging, carrots, fruit, lots of water.
When I have been in the store and habit would have be pick up a candy bar or circus animal cookies (a favorite), I would think, "no, I want only healthy things for myself". Now that is HUGE! Because I did NOT say "I can't have that". One is being deprived, the other is making a good choice!!!!!
Ron and I are doing this together. Not impossible to do it alone. But it really helps to have someone on the same path, same mind set. When he said he would not mind ice cream. I said, no, not what we are doing, you don't really want it do you? And he did not. When we went to see a movie yesterday and I asked if he wanted popcorn, because I did, he did the same, No, you don't really want it do you? And no, for a second, a very dangerous second, yes, but long term, absolutely not!
The rewards have been surprising and most welcome. I can't even remember what I was back up to. Being down, feels good. Not been hungry or grouchy because I am on a restricted diet once. In fact, I am feeling better every day. Having more energy and have been emerging from the dark cloud of minor depression.
Ron was up to 255. He is down to 241 today!!!! Yesterday was the best day physically and mentally that he has had in many months. And I do believe that eating correctly and dropping the weight is a big part of it.
I firmly believe that making this change, losing weight and becoming healthy, is a very personal thing. No one can force you to do it. If you are like me, you don't really think it can happen. Once you decide, even without support, you CAN do it! It is all inside of you (me).
I took a training called "Bold". It was to improve not only your business, but your life. It has been the single most productive thing I have ever done. One thing they told us about is our negative "self talk". They gave it a name, likely one others have used. Called it "your drunk monkey". It is your drunk monkey on your shoulder telling you you can't, you don't deserve it, it will never work. Swat that feller off your shoulder! I still find mine climbing back up and whispering, sometimes yelling in my ear. Why would I listen to a monkey, let alone a drunk monkey and let it control my life? Why would you???
Some people have someone in their lives who is a drunk monkey, full grown, living, breathing and so destructive. I did. I promise you this person had no idea what they were doing. Would swear I was wrong. That person is not in my life anymore. I would never have made that decision, they did. I was slowly getting to the point that I could limit the damage that was being done. I would have continued down that path. They may come back someday, it is a pattern. If they do, I will continue with how I handle that. A little stronger for the rest. It became easier to deal with when I understood that even though they are not in a hospital, they are truly mentally ill and have been their entire life. So, not really all their fault for what they do. It however IS my fault if I let that destroy me or my family. This person is family. So if you have someone close like that, I really do understand.
You CAN do it! If you don't have someone in your life that is telling you this, then join here with me. Gain strength from my struggles and my successes. Truly if I can do it, anyone can do it.
Have an awesome and healthy day!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
And...
216.5 Little by little. Sometimes up a half. All is good.
Eating is just plain easy when you prepare. I do get a little stressed when I don't have things planned out! It will get to be more of a habit as time goes on.
I did learn I do NOT like curly Kale. More bitter and tougher than the plain stuff.
Eating is just plain easy when you prepare. I do get a little stressed when I don't have things planned out! It will get to be more of a habit as time goes on.
I did learn I do NOT like curly Kale. More bitter and tougher than the plain stuff.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Hi 217!
217 today. Hi old temp friend! I have seen you quite a few times! Going up I hate you, coming down, you are a welcome site. You are once again a welcome site!
OK. 217. Nice to get past those main number goals, like 220. My next number is 216, but the biggy will be 210, then 199. Yep I know, but 199 is infinitely a nicer number than 200. As Mosses Kinikini says, "You are in the 'one-der-fulls'"!
**Mental: Once again I am "shocked" by how "eating Healthy" as opposed to "dieting" changes everything! I do not have cravings!!! The body knows what it needs. When it is not being affected by bad chemicals and crap, it is satisfied with just healthy food!!!
We drove over 10 hours on Thursday to attend the birth of our 21st grand child, Bellana Lynn. It was awesome! A trip like that normally involves, chocolate, lots of diet cokes, Doritos and many other items like that. Also the traditional breakfast at McDonald's in Chubback.
Instead the car was full of 1. lots of water 2. oranges 3. carrots 4. veggies 5. specially made blueberry muffins 6. Fruit drinks, just frozen fruit without sugar with a scoup of protein powder put in the blender. We were stuffed! The blue berry muffins came from that book I mentioned in the last post and are make with rice flour instead of wheat flour and no added refined anything.
Normally, with water gain and fat gain a trip like that is 3-5 pounds of gain. I went up 1/2 the next morning and was down 1.5 the next day. Excellent!
**Proud moments: I did not eat or even want to eat the waffles that Ron fixed for the visiting grand kids. When we went to a massive flea market, complete with all those wonderful smelling vendors, I was not even tempted to get a scone, doughnut or any of those other things I usually really love. I did not want a diet coke on that trip. Truth is, once you are off that stuff for a bit, it tastes quite nasty when you drink it again. And the other truth is, I have forced myself past that taste repeatedly.
**Surprises:
1. How my tastes are changing so fast. This morning, I made my green drink and added a little extra protein powder to it. The powder adds a little more taste to it. It was TOO SWEET! A drink with spinach and kale and two frozen non sweetened strawberries was too sweet!!!! The muffins and other rice flour things Ron has made tasted like sawdust at first. Now they taste good. Also, they are not causing any binge on carbs or the cravings. So the "right" carbs are awesome!
2. Again, how fast and easy the weight goes off when you are eating right.
3. How much better I feel. And it is really funny, because I did NOT feel better at 217 going up, I felt horrible both mentally and physically.
4. How much happier I am when I am doing what is good for myself.
**Exercising: Not a bit. It is a habit just like all the rest. I need to do it for a couple reasons. First, it helps with where I want to go, be healthier. Second, it gives me more incentive to stay on track. If I work THAT HARD at something, I am NOT going to let some piece of bad food mess it up for me!
**Truths:
1. You need to be in the right place mentally. Ready to do this.
2. Preparation is required. Getting rid of the bad foods in the house. Planning your meals. Finding a healthy, (not fad) way to eat. And having everything available.
3. It is way easier if it is the entire house that is eating the same! Now most people will not have this situation. You would have to slowly change they way your family/spouse eats. Swap out one thing for another. That would have been very difficult for me. Truth is, I am a binge type person, not a slow and steady type. But the other truth is, when I have had a difficult situation with a spouse in this area (prior to Ron), I actually did slowly make some changes, sneakily made some changes to healthier eating in DIRECT opposition to my spouse, and he did not notice and neither did the little kids. He was really ticked later when he found out, but when he tried to go back to the old stuff he had insisted not having before....he did not like it!!!! So sneaky is work but it works. And remember, it is for all of their health!
**What I am doing:
1. Breakfast- Best is the Green drink. Lots of ideas on the web. Dr Oz green drink is one. I like to keep it simple. Baby spinach or Kale. Most advocate buying or growing "organic". I get that when I can, although it is quite expensive and hard to find. Right now I figure green is good. I stuff it into a magic bullet about 3/4 full. Then 2-3 frozen not sweetened strawberries. Water a little more than half way up. Then 1 scoop of protein powder. I get it from Walmart. The whey stuff that is around $15 for a huge container. Make sure to get the vanilla. Then I blend it and drink it. The spinach/kale has nearly no taste at all. The strawberries, or other fruit is the sweetener and then get a good protein powder. And there are literally hundreds out there. That usually really holds me till at least noon. And even then I am not real hungry. You can put in all kinds of stuff. Just play with it!
If I can't have the drink, I will have an egg or two. It is faster. If I am really in a hurry, I have several canned protein drinks I can grab.
2. Lunch- Salad. I can make one and take it. No cheese or croutons or dressing. If you put the right stuff on it, you don't need dressing. I put tuna on sometimes, sometimes not. Lots of greens, tomatoes, pile it on!
If I eat out, Salads with no dressing or at least dressing on the side. I also love steak, or a grilled chicken breast. I just tell them "no sides".
3. Dinner- Ron usually cooks up pork chops, steak, some protein and broccoli, or cauliflower. Sometimes we have a huge salad with shrimp or crab.
Fruit, we have it as snacks and with any and all meals. The goal is 9-12 servings of fruit and veggies per day. About half and half. So we throw in apples, bananas, pears, etc. Whatever looks good. Also love watermelons, any of the melons. Just what is available. Not really a bad 'natural state' fruit!
Veggies, we also have baggies of cut up carrots, cauliflower and broccoli in the fridge in baggies for that mindless snacking I tend to do. At night we usually have a couple oranges because they are good right now.
******Disclaimer*******
What I am doing is not what you should be doing. It is what we are choosing to do at this time based on what we have been reading. There are thousands of "diets" available to follow. The fact is, any way of eating that reduces your calories will eventually lead to weight loss. I don't want just weight loss. I want health. I also want a "doable" way to live my life from here on out. And I will never again do something just to lose weight at the risk of my health.
So do some research. Find a way to eat that you are willing to try. The way I was living and eating was leading to diabetes, poor health, a lousy quality of life and an early death. So I am taking drastic and permanent action. I am very blessed that Ron is in the same boat and chooses to take this path with me. Steve, our adult son who is living with us this summer, is not eating the same. That is ok. When he is ready, he will make his own decisions. For now, this is right for us.
Have a great day! And if you read down to here, you deserve a medal!
OK. 217. Nice to get past those main number goals, like 220. My next number is 216, but the biggy will be 210, then 199. Yep I know, but 199 is infinitely a nicer number than 200. As Mosses Kinikini says, "You are in the 'one-der-fulls'"!
**Mental: Once again I am "shocked" by how "eating Healthy" as opposed to "dieting" changes everything! I do not have cravings!!! The body knows what it needs. When it is not being affected by bad chemicals and crap, it is satisfied with just healthy food!!!
We drove over 10 hours on Thursday to attend the birth of our 21st grand child, Bellana Lynn. It was awesome! A trip like that normally involves, chocolate, lots of diet cokes, Doritos and many other items like that. Also the traditional breakfast at McDonald's in Chubback.
Instead the car was full of 1. lots of water 2. oranges 3. carrots 4. veggies 5. specially made blueberry muffins 6. Fruit drinks, just frozen fruit without sugar with a scoup of protein powder put in the blender. We were stuffed! The blue berry muffins came from that book I mentioned in the last post and are make with rice flour instead of wheat flour and no added refined anything.
Normally, with water gain and fat gain a trip like that is 3-5 pounds of gain. I went up 1/2 the next morning and was down 1.5 the next day. Excellent!
**Proud moments: I did not eat or even want to eat the waffles that Ron fixed for the visiting grand kids. When we went to a massive flea market, complete with all those wonderful smelling vendors, I was not even tempted to get a scone, doughnut or any of those other things I usually really love. I did not want a diet coke on that trip. Truth is, once you are off that stuff for a bit, it tastes quite nasty when you drink it again. And the other truth is, I have forced myself past that taste repeatedly.
**Surprises:
1. How my tastes are changing so fast. This morning, I made my green drink and added a little extra protein powder to it. The powder adds a little more taste to it. It was TOO SWEET! A drink with spinach and kale and two frozen non sweetened strawberries was too sweet!!!! The muffins and other rice flour things Ron has made tasted like sawdust at first. Now they taste good. Also, they are not causing any binge on carbs or the cravings. So the "right" carbs are awesome!
2. Again, how fast and easy the weight goes off when you are eating right.
3. How much better I feel. And it is really funny, because I did NOT feel better at 217 going up, I felt horrible both mentally and physically.
4. How much happier I am when I am doing what is good for myself.
**Exercising: Not a bit. It is a habit just like all the rest. I need to do it for a couple reasons. First, it helps with where I want to go, be healthier. Second, it gives me more incentive to stay on track. If I work THAT HARD at something, I am NOT going to let some piece of bad food mess it up for me!
**Truths:
1. You need to be in the right place mentally. Ready to do this.
2. Preparation is required. Getting rid of the bad foods in the house. Planning your meals. Finding a healthy, (not fad) way to eat. And having everything available.
3. It is way easier if it is the entire house that is eating the same! Now most people will not have this situation. You would have to slowly change they way your family/spouse eats. Swap out one thing for another. That would have been very difficult for me. Truth is, I am a binge type person, not a slow and steady type. But the other truth is, when I have had a difficult situation with a spouse in this area (prior to Ron), I actually did slowly make some changes, sneakily made some changes to healthier eating in DIRECT opposition to my spouse, and he did not notice and neither did the little kids. He was really ticked later when he found out, but when he tried to go back to the old stuff he had insisted not having before....he did not like it!!!! So sneaky is work but it works. And remember, it is for all of their health!
**What I am doing:
1. Breakfast- Best is the Green drink. Lots of ideas on the web. Dr Oz green drink is one. I like to keep it simple. Baby spinach or Kale. Most advocate buying or growing "organic". I get that when I can, although it is quite expensive and hard to find. Right now I figure green is good. I stuff it into a magic bullet about 3/4 full. Then 2-3 frozen not sweetened strawberries. Water a little more than half way up. Then 1 scoop of protein powder. I get it from Walmart. The whey stuff that is around $15 for a huge container. Make sure to get the vanilla. Then I blend it and drink it. The spinach/kale has nearly no taste at all. The strawberries, or other fruit is the sweetener and then get a good protein powder. And there are literally hundreds out there. That usually really holds me till at least noon. And even then I am not real hungry. You can put in all kinds of stuff. Just play with it!
If I can't have the drink, I will have an egg or two. It is faster. If I am really in a hurry, I have several canned protein drinks I can grab.
2. Lunch- Salad. I can make one and take it. No cheese or croutons or dressing. If you put the right stuff on it, you don't need dressing. I put tuna on sometimes, sometimes not. Lots of greens, tomatoes, pile it on!
If I eat out, Salads with no dressing or at least dressing on the side. I also love steak, or a grilled chicken breast. I just tell them "no sides".
3. Dinner- Ron usually cooks up pork chops, steak, some protein and broccoli, or cauliflower. Sometimes we have a huge salad with shrimp or crab.
Fruit, we have it as snacks and with any and all meals. The goal is 9-12 servings of fruit and veggies per day. About half and half. So we throw in apples, bananas, pears, etc. Whatever looks good. Also love watermelons, any of the melons. Just what is available. Not really a bad 'natural state' fruit!
Veggies, we also have baggies of cut up carrots, cauliflower and broccoli in the fridge in baggies for that mindless snacking I tend to do. At night we usually have a couple oranges because they are good right now.
******Disclaimer*******
What I am doing is not what you should be doing. It is what we are choosing to do at this time based on what we have been reading. There are thousands of "diets" available to follow. The fact is, any way of eating that reduces your calories will eventually lead to weight loss. I don't want just weight loss. I want health. I also want a "doable" way to live my life from here on out. And I will never again do something just to lose weight at the risk of my health.
So do some research. Find a way to eat that you are willing to try. The way I was living and eating was leading to diabetes, poor health, a lousy quality of life and an early death. So I am taking drastic and permanent action. I am very blessed that Ron is in the same boat and chooses to take this path with me. Steve, our adult son who is living with us this summer, is not eating the same. That is ok. When he is ready, he will make his own decisions. For now, this is right for us.
Have a great day! And if you read down to here, you deserve a medal!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Is it a Failure or is it a Step?
Zig Zigglar said: "Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment."
I love listening to recordings of Zig. You cannot listen to him and feel bad, not possible.
It has been a long time. I failed. Gained back a lot of weight and as of last week got clear back to 226 lbs.
This will be a long rambling post, so for anyone reading this, the rest is for me, you can stop now.
I am down again to 219. Glad to be heading in the right direction.
***First! My friend Greg Vinnola said something to me the other day that really hurt my feelings. I don't believe that was what was meant, so I forgive him. We were having a conversation and during it he said something along the lines that he knew I was not doing well on my weight anymore because I was no longer bragging on my blog. Not an exact quote. May not be what he said, but it is what I heard.
I never started this to brag. It was a way to keep myself honest and to maybe inspire someone else to take that first step. The idea was, if I could do it, certainly anyone else could! It was also a way to give myself a little more incentive, knowing there might be someone out there reading this. And they would know I was failing.
I can get pretty hard on myself. I can have some incredible pity parties! I have been hard on myself all the way back up to 226 pounds! I don't even want to look, but I was down below 190 at one point.
***Second. I am not a failure. I am a success! I have lost weight. The deal is to incorporate a healthy lifestyle into my life and become healthy, strong and yes even happier. The healthy part is way more important than any number on a scale. And just to be clear, we are only talking about weight here. I feel that I am a "success in the making" in most other areas of my life. Doing well and making progress. In fact, if taken in context, I have done extremely well.
Zig also said "Failure is an event...not a person". I failed. I am not a failure.
****Third is the HOW and the things that I will overcome to reach my goal. Hmmm, Goal... What is it? Is it a number on a scale? Is it a dress? Is it looking good in some of those fancy jeans? Of course that is part of it! But it is not the real reason or goal. Those are some of the benefits ! My goal is to be able to jump on my horse bareback and not have to fight a roll of belly in the way. It is to run, not jog, but run a mile. I have never done that in my life. I think that is a good goal for this summer. My goal is to play with the grand kids and have fun, not be out of breath because I am 80 pounds overweight. My goal is to live my life as healthily as possible.
Some additional benefits will be Ron's health. He has Parkinson's. One of the first things the Dr. told us was "your heart disease will kill you before the Parkinson's will". Yea...
What has changed: Me. Gary Keller is the owner of Keller Williams Realty. He is a very rich and very successful man. I was at a class he was speaking to in February of this year. One of the things he said, that had nothing to do with the class was: "People need to think of eating like taking medicine. That is what food is, medicine to keep you healthy". That statement really struck me. Food is not a reward or a comfort or a way to drown out pain, it is what is needed for your health. Wow.
HOW DO I DO IT??????? Well, how I plan on doing it is changing forever the way I first, think of food and second, eat and prepare food. It has to be a lifestyle or I will be here again and again and again.
My sister sent me a book, Minding My Mitochondria 2nd Edition. It is a book written by a Dr. who has MS and was wheelchair bound and what she did to get out of it. Not a small part was eating healthily. And with it goes away many things that I held dear, like Diet soda, milk, breads, cakes, sugar, processed crap, all the things I really really love to eat!
It is not really so different than what I had going before. A bit more info on recipes. A lot more science. Even just eliminating the bad stuff is a big improvement, good medicine, not poison. I started Sunday at 226. I have not "dieted", been the least bit hungry or felt deprived. This morning I weighed 219.5. Don't forget that ".5"! Ron was quite shocked 6.5 pounds came off in 2 days. I told him, "I have to really eat wrong to keep my weight so artificially high".
What has really been a pleasant surprise is I did not go through the caffeine & sugar withdrawal. I expected a massive headache and some rather unpleasant moods. I can't swear about the moods, but I think I have been ok and no headaches at all. I think it is because I replaced the garbage with really very good food. I mean healthy green stuff and Ron made some biscuits that I was sure he used sawdust for. But they were healthy! We had quite a discussion. He said he would not make them again. I said that nothing we are looking at eating is going to really be tasty to us right now. But I bet in a month or two, we will feel quite different.
I did warn him that the grand kids would likely starve rather than eat what we are eating. We will have to figure that one out. Because this I know, if I am tempted for long, I tend to cave in, so the food cannot be in this house. So we will have to find some healthy stuff that even the kids will like. That might be quite interesting.
Will keep you posted.
I love listening to recordings of Zig. You cannot listen to him and feel bad, not possible.
It has been a long time. I failed. Gained back a lot of weight and as of last week got clear back to 226 lbs.
This will be a long rambling post, so for anyone reading this, the rest is for me, you can stop now.
I am down again to 219. Glad to be heading in the right direction.
***First! My friend Greg Vinnola said something to me the other day that really hurt my feelings. I don't believe that was what was meant, so I forgive him. We were having a conversation and during it he said something along the lines that he knew I was not doing well on my weight anymore because I was no longer bragging on my blog. Not an exact quote. May not be what he said, but it is what I heard.
I never started this to brag. It was a way to keep myself honest and to maybe inspire someone else to take that first step. The idea was, if I could do it, certainly anyone else could! It was also a way to give myself a little more incentive, knowing there might be someone out there reading this. And they would know I was failing.
I can get pretty hard on myself. I can have some incredible pity parties! I have been hard on myself all the way back up to 226 pounds! I don't even want to look, but I was down below 190 at one point.
***Second. I am not a failure. I am a success! I have lost weight. The deal is to incorporate a healthy lifestyle into my life and become healthy, strong and yes even happier. The healthy part is way more important than any number on a scale. And just to be clear, we are only talking about weight here. I feel that I am a "success in the making" in most other areas of my life. Doing well and making progress. In fact, if taken in context, I have done extremely well.
Zig also said "Failure is an event...not a person". I failed. I am not a failure.
****Third is the HOW and the things that I will overcome to reach my goal. Hmmm, Goal... What is it? Is it a number on a scale? Is it a dress? Is it looking good in some of those fancy jeans? Of course that is part of it! But it is not the real reason or goal. Those are some of the benefits ! My goal is to be able to jump on my horse bareback and not have to fight a roll of belly in the way. It is to run, not jog, but run a mile. I have never done that in my life. I think that is a good goal for this summer. My goal is to play with the grand kids and have fun, not be out of breath because I am 80 pounds overweight. My goal is to live my life as healthily as possible.
Some additional benefits will be Ron's health. He has Parkinson's. One of the first things the Dr. told us was "your heart disease will kill you before the Parkinson's will". Yea...
What has changed: Me. Gary Keller is the owner of Keller Williams Realty. He is a very rich and very successful man. I was at a class he was speaking to in February of this year. One of the things he said, that had nothing to do with the class was: "People need to think of eating like taking medicine. That is what food is, medicine to keep you healthy". That statement really struck me. Food is not a reward or a comfort or a way to drown out pain, it is what is needed for your health. Wow.
HOW DO I DO IT??????? Well, how I plan on doing it is changing forever the way I first, think of food and second, eat and prepare food. It has to be a lifestyle or I will be here again and again and again.
My sister sent me a book, Minding My Mitochondria 2nd Edition. It is a book written by a Dr. who has MS and was wheelchair bound and what she did to get out of it. Not a small part was eating healthily. And with it goes away many things that I held dear, like Diet soda, milk, breads, cakes, sugar, processed crap, all the things I really really love to eat!
It is not really so different than what I had going before. A bit more info on recipes. A lot more science. Even just eliminating the bad stuff is a big improvement, good medicine, not poison. I started Sunday at 226. I have not "dieted", been the least bit hungry or felt deprived. This morning I weighed 219.5. Don't forget that ".5"! Ron was quite shocked 6.5 pounds came off in 2 days. I told him, "I have to really eat wrong to keep my weight so artificially high".
What has really been a pleasant surprise is I did not go through the caffeine & sugar withdrawal. I expected a massive headache and some rather unpleasant moods. I can't swear about the moods, but I think I have been ok and no headaches at all. I think it is because I replaced the garbage with really very good food. I mean healthy green stuff and Ron made some biscuits that I was sure he used sawdust for. But they were healthy! We had quite a discussion. He said he would not make them again. I said that nothing we are looking at eating is going to really be tasty to us right now. But I bet in a month or two, we will feel quite different.
I did warn him that the grand kids would likely starve rather than eat what we are eating. We will have to figure that one out. Because this I know, if I am tempted for long, I tend to cave in, so the food cannot be in this house. So we will have to find some healthy stuff that even the kids will like. That might be quite interesting.
Will keep you posted.
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