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I’ve been thinking about writing some of this stuff for awhile but just keep forgetting..

First, I wanted to tell you about a conversation I had with my Mom.  On Thursday, I was telling her about how I went from 178 to 183 lbs. during the vacation.  A look of total shock went over her face and then disappeared.  So I asked, what was that for?  And she was saying how she thought I weighed 160lbs. Thanks Mom!  That was sweet!

She has also battled weight for awhile, she’s not exactly skinny but she’s lost a lot of weight a few years back when she was having a weird reflux problem where she would throw up at night.  She must of lost a good 40 lbs because of that problem.  Since that time she has had surgery but she finds eating very small amounts easier for her and she has been able to maintain the weight loss.

When she was surprised about my weight, I told her that I had started at 213lbs.  She was nice about it and said, don’t worry, you didn’t beat my all time high of 217lbs.  I was thinking about how we place all sorts of importance on such random numbers as we go through this weight loss journey.  For me some of those numbers are 199 (onederland); 185 (weight after delivering both Yumna and Safiya); 172 (lowest weight since having babies); 160 (wedding weight) and finally 154 (lowest adult weight).

I told her that I had a new resolve to get back to the weight loss now that I had taken a break.  She was telling me that it is far easier to lose weight right after you gain it rather than to wait.. sort of like the glue dries really hard the longer you wait.  And this week I have found that so true.  I am back into the 170’s now after a weekend of eating right and yesterday I did all sorts of exercise mowing the lawn and doing a lot of yard work.

I was talking to this friend of mine last week. She has lost like 60 lbs, and she was complaining about her last ten pounds.  She used Nutrasystem and had a personal trainer. I told her what we did, and how the first week was crazy amazing., She got really excited when I told her about the weight both my husband and I lost.    So I guess she decided to start the diet yesterday, but she hadn’t been eating any of the oatmeal or rice that was allowed.  She called today ready to quit and I told her that she HAD to make sure she had all the food groups.  By the time we got of the phone, she was all pumped and it really got me excited to do this again.  I think the excitement was missing and although I shouldn’t need that to keep doing what I was doing, I think I really needed it again.

We talked about exercise, and really I just am having a hard time getting myself to do Walk Away the Pounds anymore.  I dread it now, so I really need to move on to bigger and brighter things, and I know I wanted to run, but I haven’t been doing it and really I know having to run on the street shouldn’t stop me but it is a mind block I can’t get over.  So I need to find something else to do, bike maybe? I don’t know, but whatever it is I want to make sure that once winter comes it won’t end my exercise lifestyle.  Even if it means joining a gym.. groan.  For now exercise has been walking, mowing the lawn and yard work.  (By the way, my backyard has never looked as good as it does today!)

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