It's that time in life -- The "D" word! Not the Areatha Franklin song, D I V O R C E word (yikes that's another bad one)... but Dieting! Time to learn how to eat healthier, and how to exercise properly for this older body.
Diet-Time means what? I need to eat more, yes eat MORE often, less large portions of food, and cut the sugery, salty crap out. I dislike eating for hours after I get up, so that leads to over eating at lunch. A disaster for any "Diet-Time" or eating healthy life-style change.
January 26 I begin the first of many changes. First taking a scary photo of myself on a scale. That gives palpatations!
2nd - Eating within 1 hour of waking up. This makes me queasy thinking about. Something about putting food into my mouth early, it's like my stomach isn't awake enough.
3rd - Eating more often. We all learned somewhere in life, to eat small meals many times a day. When did I quit doing this? After pinching several nerves in my neck 3 years ago, I had to stop many things in life. Felt like most of life stopped for me. Pain pills add to the weight gain, then total lack of exercise due to pain. What a circle
Enough is enough. I've more excuses but at age 58 how I go forward is up to me and this begins now.
I don't own any running shoes, but I have a Can-Do attitude so tomorrow I will begin to walk. Being very out of shape I do not expect to go far, but to get OUT of the house and take steps down the sidewalk is where I'll begin. One step that I hope leads into a small walk that I can do daily.
Tips to lose - Paint nails when I want to snack! Can't eat with wet nails and will have nice looking nails while losing weight
3 coats of polish on my nails now! Avoided cravings today yeah! Diet app still says I need to eat more. Taking my first walk in 3 years, not as horrible as I imagined. Maybe that is another key, what we think will be too hard can't be worse than just trying it! Legs are a bit shaky, but being OFF the couch made me mentally feel so good. Wore crocks not best idea. Husband is on board can't wait to see how much better this will be in 1 week.
I will practice imagining wearing this beautiful gown I hope to fit in, imagine how easier the walk will become and turn into a jog!!! Holding onto a can do attitude obviously I'm an optimistic.
Tip from a friend, brush teeth to not want to eat with clean mouth. Great idea!!!
Doubled my walk into 655 steps, sounds pitiful when others are working out, but this is where I am. Feels like I pulled a muscle in my butt!!!??? Tomorrow I'll get real walking shoes and try to add another 300+ steps. Such poor shape, 3 years of pain and just sitting on butt... Time to MOVE!
Motivation = 2 beautiful gowns I bought in my previous size I want to be able towear!! Work up to being able to jog! Lose the older lady belly.
Odd in my late 40's I went through 5 years of getting too skinny! Menopause? I don't know, but I did like being thin for first time in my life, loved how I looked in clothes! Then pain issues hit 3 years ago and the weight piled on as I was unable to do much. I look around and see many women my age looking that almost too skinny for their age and wonder what we all went/going through? No more, now I need to find my way back to a normal weight and more healthy bmi. In losing thus weight I also hope this convinces my older husband to get upband move more, I don't want to lose him early due to weight!
Craving junk food but another coat of nail polish and some water, got past it! Instead of walking 600 steps (sounds lame I know) , I jogged about half. Bought 2 pair of good sketchers, need a better bra to jog wow, embarrassing jiggling along lmao!!! I will be jogging my small route by the end of this week!!!!! Next week will double the route, small steps to a healthy, slimmer me. End of Feb, slithering into the fancy dress I bought
Rainy all day so must think of ways to get my exercise in. Not nears gym or I would GO!! Hmm Will search for anything close. Decided to hang my gown out so I can see what I'm working toward. Got other colors of fingernail polish on coffee table ready to avoid snacks