I'm finding that I am having a much easier time now, the cravings aren't as strong, I'm getting into shape, I'm feeling stronger. Food doesn't pull at me like it did two weeks ago. Saturday I helped our Art Gallery have a garage sale, someone brought doughnuts, usually I would consume at least two, this time I took a small corner off of one and wasn't tempted the rest of the day. I came prepared, brought my water, energy bar, a tangerine and a small bag of nuts and dried fruit. I didn't need anything else. It felt so good to not be out of control!
Today I was thinking about my motives for doing this. Am I doing it for my health, for my desire to look better or have I considered that my body is a temple of the Lord's? I think that if I consider that I want to take better care of what is God's property, that would be a much better reason. I'm going to try to get that perspective in my mind as well as my heart.
I went up to Lake Ramona,(see picture of the lake at the bottom of the page) this afternoon with Devonay. She just had wrist surgery last week, but was willing and happy to hike all the way up with me. What a beautiful afternoon. It was so quiet up there. And I got to see an amazing sunset all the way home. What was really great was I didn't feel as tired and shaky near the end like I did last week, I must be getting in better shape!
Today's Eats:
Breakfast - 1 slice whole grain toast with butter and honey and 1/4 cantalope slice.
Lunch - small piece of home-made pizza
Hiking snack - 1 apple and 1/2 small bag of nuts and dried fruit.
Snack after the hike- some tortilla chips and salsa ( while watching the rest of the sunset!)
Dinner - 2 chicken tenders, breaded and baked, 3/4 cup fresh streamed green beans and 2 slices of home-made bread, yummmmm! I had a very small slice of friendship cake as well. oh! well!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
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Tough Beginning! The dreaded photo op!
Okay, first thing first, I had Steve take pictures of me in a tight shirt and shorts. That was hard, it became apparent right away I have been in denial for sometime. It is killing me to have to post them right here for all to see!!!
Next, I weighed myself, ah...umm...yeah... do I have to say? Honesty!! Okay, I weighed in at a whopping 164, ouch! I knew I should never have taken the scale out of my bathroom! But now everyone knows. It's all down hill form here, right?
Then I went and got my sewing measurement tape and started measuring the bod!
Neck -12"
Arms - 12.75
Breast - 41.50
Waist - 35
Tummy - 40.5
Butt - 41.5
Thigh - 23
No wonder I just sort of look like a tube, not much variation in the sizes.
My plan is to work really hard on taking the fat off the areas that don't need it and build up muscles where I do! So, how am I going to do this? First cut out calories, I'm not going to do anything drastic, but those mid-morning snacks and late afternoon snacks have got to be either removed or a better food choice to replace the junk food.
I want to post each day what I ate the day before, it might be a bit of a bore for some of you, but it will allow me to see where I'm cheating and hopefully some of you will join me in this and post your own stats and what your doing to get in shape.
It's 4pm and I'm a bit hungry, this is the hard time of day for me, I like to snack as I prepare dinner, so please when you think of me, send up a little prayer for me!
Till tomorrow, keep the Lord close!
Next, I weighed myself, ah...umm...yeah... do I have to say? Honesty!! Okay, I weighed in at a whopping 164, ouch! I knew I should never have taken the scale out of my bathroom! But now everyone knows. It's all down hill form here, right?
Then I went and got my sewing measurement tape and started measuring the bod!
Neck -12"
Arms - 12.75
Breast - 41.50
Waist - 35
Tummy - 40.5
Butt - 41.5
Thigh - 23
No wonder I just sort of look like a tube, not much variation in the sizes.
My plan is to work really hard on taking the fat off the areas that don't need it and build up muscles where I do! So, how am I going to do this? First cut out calories, I'm not going to do anything drastic, but those mid-morning snacks and late afternoon snacks have got to be either removed or a better food choice to replace the junk food.
I want to post each day what I ate the day before, it might be a bit of a bore for some of you, but it will allow me to see where I'm cheating and hopefully some of you will join me in this and post your own stats and what your doing to get in shape.
It's 4pm and I'm a bit hungry, this is the hard time of day for me, I like to snack as I prepare dinner, so please when you think of me, send up a little prayer for me!
Till tomorrow, keep the Lord close!
5 comments:
way to go!
way to go again!
You go girl!!!
I just looked at the pic on top of Iron Mt. I would NEVER be able to hike that. I am so very proud of you!!!
Brooks
It will just keep getting better each time, truly unbelievable how fast our bodies respond.
In a couple weeks we"ll be running up these mountains! Thamks for being my hiking buddy.
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