Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Can't Sleep; Catching Up
Well, I can't sleep so I thought I'd do some way overdue catching up. I've been slacking on this!
After my last blog, my weigh-ins were:
3/17/11: -0.4 pounds for a total of -16.2
3/24/11: -2.6 pounds for a total of -18.8
3/31/11: +1 pound for a total of - 17.8
4/7/11: -3.4 pounds for a total of -21.2
So I started thinking that I'm getting close to my goal weight, or what I had chosen for a goal anyway, and I hadn't talked to anyone about it. I started wondering if I had picked the right weight, how would I know it was the right weight, etc. So I went to one of the drop-in sessions and talked to the leader who was there. She was so helpful. She showed me the healthy weights for my height and suggested I start with a goal at the top of that range and maintain that goal for a while then I can move my goal down if I am comfortable doing that. It sounded like a good plan to me since the goal I had chosen was just 5 pounds less than the top of the range of healthy weights. It's almost like practice for maintenance. In order to start maintenance you must be within 2 pounds of your goal weight and I am 1 pound away. I'm a little leery about whether I lost that pound or not. You see, I had a friend over on Friday and drank a couple glasses of Kahlua -- quite a bit of carbs and alcohol sugar. When I drink more than a glass of wine a couple times a week I tend to gain weight or not lose. I guess we will see what happens. Then of course I am worried about maintaining. What if I go over one week? I wear the same clothes to weigh in every week, will I wear those forever? I need to relax!
I plan on walking the 5K during the Colorado Marathon on May 1. I was hoping my sister would walk it with me but I'm not sure if she'll be able to or not. Then on May 7 I'll be walking in the MS Walk for/with one of my patients. There is a reason to increase my exercise. I've been doing hour long walks on the weekend but I'm going to need to fit it in during the week, too. Not only is Sam getting really tired when we go for walks, now he's developed a cough. I'm getting worried about him.
After my last blog, my weigh-ins were:
3/17/11: -0.4 pounds for a total of -16.2
3/24/11: -2.6 pounds for a total of -18.8
3/31/11: +1 pound for a total of - 17.8
4/7/11: -3.4 pounds for a total of -21.2
So I started thinking that I'm getting close to my goal weight, or what I had chosen for a goal anyway, and I hadn't talked to anyone about it. I started wondering if I had picked the right weight, how would I know it was the right weight, etc. So I went to one of the drop-in sessions and talked to the leader who was there. She was so helpful. She showed me the healthy weights for my height and suggested I start with a goal at the top of that range and maintain that goal for a while then I can move my goal down if I am comfortable doing that. It sounded like a good plan to me since the goal I had chosen was just 5 pounds less than the top of the range of healthy weights. It's almost like practice for maintenance. In order to start maintenance you must be within 2 pounds of your goal weight and I am 1 pound away. I'm a little leery about whether I lost that pound or not. You see, I had a friend over on Friday and drank a couple glasses of Kahlua -- quite a bit of carbs and alcohol sugar. When I drink more than a glass of wine a couple times a week I tend to gain weight or not lose. I guess we will see what happens. Then of course I am worried about maintaining. What if I go over one week? I wear the same clothes to weigh in every week, will I wear those forever? I need to relax!
I plan on walking the 5K during the Colorado Marathon on May 1. I was hoping my sister would walk it with me but I'm not sure if she'll be able to or not. Then on May 7 I'll be walking in the MS Walk for/with one of my patients. There is a reason to increase my exercise. I've been doing hour long walks on the weekend but I'm going to need to fit it in during the week, too. Not only is Sam getting really tired when we go for walks, now he's developed a cough. I'm getting worried about him.
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