Good morning ladies!
I hope that everyone is having a good weekend. Its been a beautiful, spring weekend here.
Yesterday, we launched the new boat and spent two hours putzing around the lake breaking in the motor. It was windy and cool so it wasn't exactly fantastic but it was nice. I'll probably have sinus problems because of the wind.
And we learned how difficult landing the boat at the marina is going to be in the wind - especially when all the other boats are there too. The way this marina is designed; there are no planks between the boats so it very difficult to keep from being blown into the boat next to you until you are tied off. I better be working to develop my arm muscles!
Today, I've been hemhawing about going to a Party Lite party this afternoon. Since I didn't get anything done yesterday, I've been gritching to myself about losing all of this afternoon too since its a 45 mile drive one way and its at 3 pm. Well, I solved that problem. I looked at my email for the directions and the party was YESTERDAY! I did not read very carefully because I read April 3rd and my mind processsed that as Sunday. I just read where she said "See you on Saturday". I do feel bad for saying that I would be there and then not showing without calling. What an idiot.
So, that means today will be spent going to church then doing stuff around the house. I've got bill work to do and laundry plus general clean up stuff. Of course it doesn't look like the wind is blowing now. Maybe we'll take the dog over for his first boat ride. He will love it.
On the health front, DH and I went to WW for WI yesterday morning. He made fun of me because I took my shoes off. He weighs with his on because its too hard to him with the neuropathy. I lost 7.2 pounds and almost squealed. He lost 3.6 and he said he could have lost more too if he'd taken his shoes off. He felt better after I reminded him that I had weighed the last time with the cast on and part of my 7 lbs was the cast. He was thrilled for me when I said that I finally hit the 25 lb mark and that I got a prize.
And I wasn't going to let her end the meeting without giving me that damn magnet either!
Now I am less than 3 pounds from my 10% achievement.
We went to Wal-mart after the meeting for boat supplies. I picked up a 20 lb anchor and handed it to DH and said, I've lost 5 more pounds than this weighs and you have 2 of those to lose. He was speechless. Any wonder why our bodies ache so much?
Yesterday the topic of the meeting was our reasons for losing weight. She asked us why we first joined WW whether it was years ago or recent. Many people said it was for an event. A wedding. A vacation. A class reunion. Etc. She told the story of one member who came in with a 100 pounds to lose and her daughter was getting married in a year. She asked if she could achieve that. Dixie, the leader, told her that she couldn't guarantee a 100 pound loss but they could certainly help her get closer than she was then. The lady was very motivated and very dedicated to losing the weight before the wedding. About a month before the wedding, Dixie tried to coach her about finding another reason for losing the weight because the reason was about to run out. The lady didn't really buy into it. By the time of the wedding, she had lost an amazing 92 pounds. But when the wedding was over, so was her motivation. And she gained 100 pounds. The moral of the story is that we need to be viewing this as a lifelong practice of health. We need to approach this as living healthy and doing the things it takes to live healthy. It isn't a diet to get us to an event. We need the exercise to keep our joints lose and muscles firm as well as build bone mass; we need the water to keep our bodies well hydrated and cleansed; we need to eat the healthy foods full of vitamins, healthy oils, and antioxidants. Counting points; weighing foods; tracking minutes are only tools to get us going in the right direction. Its too easy to lose our focus and then think, well my chick friends will understand because we have all been down that road. We come in and dump our feelings of failure and get rewarded by the hugs of friends. We need to take the hugs and tackle the emotional struggle that knocks us off our course.
I challenge everyone to take the time to deal with the mental attitude that is keeping you from doing what you want. To really focus on if you really want to buckle down and use the tools and turn your health around or just talk about it. Its a conversation I had with myself. Either I was going to focus on being healthy or quit wasting my time and making myself miserable with failure. There are down days and the key is whether a bad day turns into many or else you overcome the bad with positive action.
I did not say anything this morning to offend anyone. It was just an eye-opening message.
I need to go get DH up and ready for church. Have a great Sunday!
Terri you are stepping on my toes here!
I needed that. I have not been on plan at all. I have kept up excersise, however not like I should. Blue is doing so well. She has also developed what I call the "mother look' Her grandmother had it, I thought I did, and she definitely does. I'm embarassed to say how many things she has taken out of my shopping cart recently.
measurements and i will post them in my journal so i have an online record of them and as i always weigh myself on a monday ive lost another4llbs so ive actually lost 21 pound since the first of march i also had a very unpleasant phonecall to the leader of the local ww apparently after she heard what weight i was "theres no really new people there and theres nobody quite as big as me there so i would be on my own "so i joined slimming world and my first meeting is on thursday im a bit scared as ive never been to anything like this before but im going