What a wonderful weekend. We had temperatures in the 70's and beautiful sunshine. The kids and Dorothy went to Monterey for the Easter holiday while I had to work. I was off on Friday and Saturday. Cousin Erin stopped by on her way home Sunday for a moment with Gavin. I got three opportunities to load Gavin into his new backpack and take him for a walk. On Friday Teddy carried him and we took Revel for about 1 and 1/2 hour walk. Proved to be a bit too much for him. His limit is about 30-45 minutes then he needs a break. Dorothy and I took him out Saturday afternoon and took a break at 40 minutes and he was great. The weight distribution on this backpack is wonderful.
The really big news for me is that I passed a milestone. A year ago while playing with a new hand held computer I found a program that evaluated your health bassed on your sex, weight and waist size. I was shocked when it came back obese for a person of my size. So with a new less stressful job, time in the mornings to walk the dog, I decided to loose 55 lbs but I would also have to give up some things. Diet Coke was the first to go, not so much that it was bad for my diet but it was sold at convenience stores that also sold candy. My real weakness, I have had maybe a dozen over the past year. Those of you who know me well know I was drinking two to three bottles of Coke a day. The next big problem was simply eating less. I decided that it was not a permanent solution if I changed to another type of food (Nutrisystems or Weight Watchers). I was going to do this by eating less of what I normally eat. Today that means my meals are on saucers instead of plates. While I am amazed at how little I eat, I have to say its been plenty. I have not really been hungry, frustrated that I want to eat, and shouldn't, but not hungry. The last hurdle this winter has been the snaking issue. I still have problems with it, and constantly battle. So I get stuck a set weights. I was stuck at 215 then 210, my latest obstacle was 205.
The point of all this is today for the first time in 15-20 years the scale reads 199. I still have 14 pounds to goal but I am sure that I will get there. I feel great, I think I look great, and I can do almost any physical activity I want without a concern. Saturday I played 7 sets of tennis (4 hours) and walked the dog 3 miles. Sorry for tooting my own horn but I am just so happy about this. I owe Edward a special thanks for showing me that it can be done. I thought you could loose weight but that you would never be able to loose to ideal body weight. Well he did and he maintains his weight at or below ideal. I hope that in 3-4 months I will be able to say that myself.
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