Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Scarflette!
from my friend Kim justice...but you get the idea. TOO CUTE!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
A salad that will not destroy today's points total
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Where am I?
I wore many more layers than this, by the way...I peeled out of them
when I got back to the car.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Skyline
one from my iPhone. I'll post the rest later.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
32 minutes
Honestly, I'm kind of shocked. I thought it would be at least 40 minutes! I was pacing myself so I wouldn't use up all my energy, and I remembered that going from the Activities Center to the end and back took 45 minutes...so I figures the trip up would be something like 30 minutes plus the 10 it took me to get to the Activities Center from the golf course the other day.
I'm certainly not unhappy about my achievement, though!
It was a good ride. Like yesterday, it's cold, but not freezing. The Lands End fleece sweater Mom gave me over Christmas has kept me perfectly warm both days.
Well, now to head back down. Like yesterday I'll ride along the river. I'll probably have time for pictures too!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
The other way
then Brick Pond Park.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Resolution
On June 3, 2008, I weighed 261.5 pounds. This morning I weighed in at 212.9 pounds. This means I lost 48.6 pounds in 2008--almost 50 pounds in 30 weeks.
In 2009 I intend to continue losing weight. I have set a goal weight for myself of 138 pounds, a goal I plan to meet by the end of the year. As of today, I have 74.9 pounds to lose. This means I must lose an average of 1.44 pounds every week in 2009. Since I managed an average of 1.62 pounds a week in 2008, I find this goal more than reasonable.
It's also unbelievable, and exciting.
I've talked, read, thought, and dreamed about losing weight since I was a teenager. I'm well-versed in the theory. Set goals, take it day by day. But never until now have I been successful at putting that into practice.
Always, I've had a "want it now" mentality. If I can't achieve it in a day or two, I tend not to do it. I am capable of doing many things in a few days, but losing over a hundred pounds is not one of them.
Even though I knew all this, knew that weight loss was a commitment and wouldn't happen overnight, I still burned myself out on lose-weight-quick diets and gave up whenever I stumbled. I never had the long-range view necessary for success.
Then I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and told I would need to have a defibrillator implanted in my chest to protect me from heart attacks. It was a horrible way to achieve clarity, but that's what happened. I saw that if I didn't change my life, I couldn't be healthy. In that moment, worries about being unable to achieve my goals in a day vanished. Instead of focusing on where I wasn't, I focused on making healthy changes every day. And step by step, I gained stamina, lost weight, and ultimately didn't need the implant.
It wasn't--and isn't--easy. Without that change in perspective, everything I've achieved this year would have been impossible. And now that I've achieved the goal of avoiding the defibrillator, I'm in danger of thinking I'm "done".
The fact is, I will never be "done". I will have to make healthy decisions every day for the rest of my life. And I choose to do so. I choose to be healthy, I choose to be my ideal weight, I choose to feel good and look good and be happy.
Part of taking a long-range view is allowing indulgences and moving forward thereafter. I've learned to forgive myself this year.
The holidays have been a big stumbling block. I did very well on Thanksgiving, but the days after were full of leftovers and lost resolve. Christmastime came, and with it countless goodies. Each day I chose enjoying food over staying within my Weight Watchers Points limit.
Now that the holidays, and 2008, are over, I am rededicating myself to my health. I'm forgiving myself and moving forward.
A year ago I never would have thought I could lose 50 pounds. This year I can say I've done it, and I'll do it again, and half again.
And when I get to 138 pounds at the end of this year, I'll look back on 2009 with pride, and look forward to further health and happiness in 2010--whether that means maintaining 138 or losing a little more.
I proved in 2008 that I can do the things I put my mind to. So my resolution is this: to continue.
In 2009 I intend to continue losing weight. I have set a goal weight for myself of 138 pounds, a goal I plan to meet by the end of the year. As of today, I have 74.9 pounds to lose. This means I must lose an average of 1.44 pounds every week in 2009. Since I managed an average of 1.62 pounds a week in 2008, I find this goal more than reasonable.
It's also unbelievable, and exciting.
I've talked, read, thought, and dreamed about losing weight since I was a teenager. I'm well-versed in the theory. Set goals, take it day by day. But never until now have I been successful at putting that into practice.
Always, I've had a "want it now" mentality. If I can't achieve it in a day or two, I tend not to do it. I am capable of doing many things in a few days, but losing over a hundred pounds is not one of them.
Even though I knew all this, knew that weight loss was a commitment and wouldn't happen overnight, I still burned myself out on lose-weight-quick diets and gave up whenever I stumbled. I never had the long-range view necessary for success.
Then I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and told I would need to have a defibrillator implanted in my chest to protect me from heart attacks. It was a horrible way to achieve clarity, but that's what happened. I saw that if I didn't change my life, I couldn't be healthy. In that moment, worries about being unable to achieve my goals in a day vanished. Instead of focusing on where I wasn't, I focused on making healthy changes every day. And step by step, I gained stamina, lost weight, and ultimately didn't need the implant.
It wasn't--and isn't--easy. Without that change in perspective, everything I've achieved this year would have been impossible. And now that I've achieved the goal of avoiding the defibrillator, I'm in danger of thinking I'm "done".
The fact is, I will never be "done". I will have to make healthy decisions every day for the rest of my life. And I choose to do so. I choose to be healthy, I choose to be my ideal weight, I choose to feel good and look good and be happy.
Part of taking a long-range view is allowing indulgences and moving forward thereafter. I've learned to forgive myself this year.
The holidays have been a big stumbling block. I did very well on Thanksgiving, but the days after were full of leftovers and lost resolve. Christmastime came, and with it countless goodies. Each day I chose enjoying food over staying within my Weight Watchers Points limit.
Now that the holidays, and 2008, are over, I am rededicating myself to my health. I'm forgiving myself and moving forward.
A year ago I never would have thought I could lose 50 pounds. This year I can say I've done it, and I'll do it again, and half again.
And when I get to 138 pounds at the end of this year, I'll look back on 2009 with pride, and look forward to further health and happiness in 2010--whether that means maintaining 138 or losing a little more.
I proved in 2008 that I can do the things I put my mind to. So my resolution is this: to continue.
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