Journey to Pinnacle

Meetings

Posted elfdream on March 16th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

I don’t know if I’m going to meetings anymore. I really like the leader and I like socializing but I am not really into sitting around talking about food or what foods we can get away with eating. I don’t mind talking about exercising but I’m not into talking about food or what I eat.  Maybe I’ll just come in at the last possible minute, weigh in and then leave. Haven’t made up  my mind quite yet on that one. I just don’t have the emotional attachment to food that some people have.

I will stick to it of course. No talk of quitting.

I lost 2.4 pounds last night. That’s a big three altogether.

rain on me

Posted elfdream on March 13th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

Its raining..hard. Threat of flooding rain. I suppose I could walk around our block on top of this hill but my heart is not in it. I did go to the gym though. Had a very good work out but there was a man and woman in there carrying on this loud conversation. I understand socializing but do you have to talk so loud that everyone around can hear your conversation? The same goes for being in the grocery store or Wal-Mart or whatever. Unless you are yelling after a runaway kid why talk so loud in public places? I mean my husband is a naturally ‘loud’ person but in public he knows enough to tune it down.

But despite that it was a good workout. I’m keeping to my points and have at least one activity point every day. I’m feeling better too. I can’t go back to the way things were before. I do have an ‘event’ that I’m going to tonight but will do my absolute best to keep to the program.

I’ve actually planned out menus for the next two weeks. I’ve never done that before and I’m looking forward to grocery shopping

Remember these days…

Posted elfdream on March 9th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

I hope I can remember these hopeful driven days later on when I’m in the doldrums of a plateau or finding I’ve only lost a portion of a pound. When I’m tired or when I have a sudden urge to eat something I shouldn’t. I hope I remember to come back here and read this….and find the whatever it is I need. That feeling of doing something new and seeing results…of promise of a good thing that’s just around the corner.

Lost a pound at the meeting. I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you and I’m not blowing smoke.  I came off of a low carb diet and I had heard that if you do that you and then go to weight watchers you might gain a little for the first week or two but to stick it out because it eventually settles down…so that one pound loss was great!

So the trips to the gym are going well. I actually put some weights on some of the machines. Walked on the treadmill for about 10 minutes and did the stair step thing. I didn’t stay on that one too long but that’s the sort of thing I’m going to need for this hike….the whole thing took about 40 minutes. Did break out into a sweat around 10 minutes! That’s two activity points!

And I took a walk around our block. Our block is high and steep and its a workout just to walk around out here.

I have put my husband on the plan. He can’t go to meetings but he can eat what I’m eating….just in bigger portions. So far he has had no problem with it.

So the first week went well.

I”m not one for talking about food and how much I miss fudge brownies or whatever although I DO understand why some might feel the need to do so….I’m more into the other things that are happening around in life and I have ‘heard’ that naturally skinny people don’t spend a a lot of time thinking about food….so I’m going to try and imitate the  habits of naturally skinny people. I will however post a recipe once in a while….

Status Quo

Posted elfdream on March 7th, 2010 | Filed under General | Comment now »

I am not expecting any weight loss tomorrow night. If I lose anything I’ll be shocked but that’s not because of any binge eating or sneaking cookies or anything like that. It has to do with figuring out how to cram three meals a day into 19 points…plus 35+. I probably need to look up some sample menus somewhere. When  I finally do start losing weight that will go down to 18 points. I’ve always been happy with being short but for one of the few times in my life I envy taller people. They get more points! Its also strange to look at some of these weight loss stories and see that for some people their ending weight is MY starting weight. No one should get fat but short people have a special problem. We have no where to hide it! An extra ten pounds and everyone knows.

However on the plus side I have been working out and taking walks. So hopefully I will not have GAINED anything. I’m actually going out to camp today and plan to hike through the camp which is a pretty good walk.

So staying the same weight will be fine. I’m not in a hurry to loose these 18 pounds and I have all summer to get to the top of that hill.

Upward and Onward

Posted elfdream on March 6th, 2010 | Filed under General | Comment now »

About me. I’m married, mom of three grown children. Catholic Christian, Rez born Cherokee, cancer survivor. Spend my summers at a Boy Scout camp (husband is the Camp Director) where I am mom to about 50  camp staffers.  I’m sure I’ll reveal more about my riveting life story  as time goes by.

This is my third time on Weight Watchers. The program works but for some reason I never hung around for those extra six weeks to get Lifetime membership so this that’s what I’m planning on doing this time.

First time I joined I lost 20 pounds.  I found a lump in my breast and weight loss sort of went on the back burner. It was Stage 2 triple negative breast cancer. Sounds worse than what it was. They got it all with surgery but I underwent monthly chemo anyway and then onto recovery. That was seven years ago. Never did gain back those 20 pounds. Went back after a gall bladder surgery.  This time its after an old fashioned hysterectomy where I had to lay around for six weeks and just generally gain weight and get out of shape.

I should say upfront that I don’t have an emotional attachment food. I don’t eat when I’m stressed, bored or happy. I don’t talk about food all that much. I’m overweight because I eat too much and don’t exercise enough. Like everyone else I’m trying to find the right combination of healthy foods and exercise that will lead to weight loss.

I weight 150 pounds and am 5′2″ tall. My goal is 132 pounds. I just joined again Monday night so I have no weight loss to report yet. I joined a gym and have been three times and I’m just now able to do one set of 15 repetitions with no weight….and thirty minutes slow aerobics.  I hope to up the weights and the level next week.

I also walk around our block. Our block is not like your typical city block. Its up on a steep hill and its a workout in and of itself.

I’m having difficulty keeping within the 19 points allotted to me so I’m dipping into the 35 extra points. Its going to be interesting seeing what all I have to whittle down in order to make this work.

I suppose I should explain the title of this blog. At camp there is hike that winds up the side of a small mountain and the top of it is called Pinnacle rock. My goal is not only to lose the weight but to hike up to Pinnacle this summer. Wish me luck.

Hello world!

Posted elfdream on March 6th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

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