After my mom died in 2001, I gained a lot of weight; like 30 pounds. I'm tall, and it happened gradually, but one day I woke up and WHALE SIGHTING.
If you go to a person's house and they have no full length mirrors, you have a clue as to how they think about how they look full length. I was one of those people: just focus on the face. Bottom line; I felt unhappy and unattractive, so I made up my mind to change.
It took me a year, but between diet and exercise, I lost the weight and have kept it off for over two years. Why the 12 step style confession? I'm now working to firm up what I've worked so hard to reveal, in anticipation of a July vacation in Miami. I'm committed to 4 times a week at least and my plans are being stymied this week by the Force. Damn that noon showing at the Uptown. I'll have to give my Saturday class a complete miss. Crumbs! That Vader is a wily opponent.
Exploring self expression
Accountability Corner: Tracking My New Year's Resolutions
Resolution #1: Accept affection from people in the form it is offered as opposed to the form I'd like to receive it in.
How am I doing? Fantastic! The people from whom I don't wish to receive affection have stopped trying. It's really the best of all outcomes. Bliss...
Resolution #2: Do not get bogged down with fear over the important life decisions I'm facing in the upcoming year.
How am I doing?
The realization is dawning that I now have 4 months or less to resist the fear of life changing events. Fear is the mind-killer!
Resolution #3 : Bye-bye Back
Fat
How am I doing? I am doing well. I've added a morning routine to my Jazzercise, and now use 8 lbs when doing weight work. I'm thinking of increasing to 10 lbs at my home workouts. The back fat needs to go, and now I need sculpted shoulders as well.
How am I doing? Fantastic! The people from whom I don't wish to receive affection have stopped trying. It's really the best of all outcomes. Bliss...
Resolution #2: Do not get bogged down with fear over the important life decisions I'm facing in the upcoming year.
How am I doing?
The realization is dawning that I now have 4 months or less to resist the fear of life changing events. Fear is the mind-killer!
Resolut
Fat
How am I doing? I am doing well. I've added a morning routine to my Jazzercise, and now use 8 lbs when doing weight work. I'm thinking of increasing to 10 lbs at my home workouts. The back fat needs to go, and now I need sculpted shoulders as well.
The Hampster's On The Wheel: What's Going On In My Brain
- I wonder whether the Retinol I've introduced to my skin care regieme will really make these lines go away.
- Pickling pears seems like a good idea. Sometimes my ideas don't transfer well to others.
- I think in some ways blogging has made us more rude. I know people for whom a personal note is a thing of the past. All info is posted, so isn't it just as if they've told me? NO. Some things deserve a personal address.
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