Happy Monday!
Well here it is another Monday morning, April seems to be flying by. Both my daughters are waking up in Jamaica, blue sky's and warm water...next time I'll go with them. Although it may be a little cloudy and the local weather report tells us that we can expect rain, we still can choose to have a wonderful day. I think that I'm going to have a great day...since I can walk without a lot of pain this morning I know I'm going to get around much better than I did the last few days. Life is, after all what we make of it and our lives are a reflection of our attitude and our choices...I'm choosing happy.
Tough week for exercise aside the scale reported in at 173 and once again the small changes have paid off. Now I know I could do a ton of different things to make my weight loss go a lot quicker, but I also know with everything I have going on in my life right now, the small changes are what seem to fit. The last thing I want to do is try to cram so much into my life that I get overwhelmed and quit making any progress at all. Actually what I hope happens is that these small steps keep moving me forward until I am ready to fly.
I have noticed a change in my face, legs and butt, not however in the spot that troubles me most...my belly. Maybe this week I can put in some time towards helping that move a little faster...no pressure, it would just be nice not to have this belly bulge now that some of my old clothes fit my lower half.
So last week was a win and I'll take it. This week I'm going to work towards having many wins in my life...I'll let you know how that goes.
Have a great week and I'll talk to you on Monday.
Smile Often
Barbara
LifeTude
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Monday April 19th
Good Morning!
It's Monday and I'm here, not for long though as I am not feeling well today.
It was a good week...a tough one, but good. It's hard enough struggling with your weight alone, but add all the other stuff you deal with on a daily basis and then the unexpected crap that always seems to creep in and you have just given yourself a boatload of excuses why eating anything and everything is a good idea...that is until after it's in your belly. I, for the most part was able to side step the over-doing it.
Things are moving in the right direction once again and I have a new loss to report, I think the scale is getting on board and this morning I checked in at 174! A two pound loss for any week is step in the right direction, but for such a stressful week it is an amazing accomplishment. I also have had to retire some of my pants and pull out some that I have not been able to wear in a very long time. The best part is that it really hasn't taken a ton of effort to accomplish this; the changes have been so small anyone can incorporate them into their lives.
All in all it was a great week and I am looking forward to having another...after I get over this bug.
Until Monday, Smile Often
Barbara
It's Monday and I'm here, not for long though as I am not feeling well today.
It was a good week...a tough one, but good. It's hard enough struggling with your weight alone, but add all the other stuff you deal with on a daily basis and then the unexpected crap that always seems to creep in and you have just given yourself a boatload of excuses why eating anything and everything is a good idea...that is until after it's in your belly. I, for the most part was able to side step the over-doing it.
Things are moving in the right direction once again and I have a new loss to report, I think the scale is getting on board and this morning I checked in at 174! A two pound loss for any week is step in the right direction, but for such a stressful week it is an amazing accomplishment. I also have had to retire some of my pants and pull out some that I have not been able to wear in a very long time. The best part is that it really hasn't taken a ton of effort to accomplish this; the changes have been so small anyone can incorporate them into their lives.
All in all it was a great week and I am looking forward to having another...after I get over this bug.
Until Monday, Smile Often
Barbara
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday April 15th
Hello!
Sorry for the delay in posting...I've had a bit more than usual on my mind and my plate the last week and I have had to get a little creative with coaching myself through all of it.
Still holding my own, no new weight loss to report from Monday but I have a feeling that this coming Monday will be a better day for the scale...although no weight gain isn't a bad day for the scale either. A couple of weeks ago Sally Humphries, a friend of mine who writes a news letter to help people discover healthy all natural ways to better take care of their health, reported that scales lie...I'm truly inclined to believe this. I know the scale has reported that my weight has stayed the same over the last two weeks; however my clothes tell me that things are shifting a bit. I am currently able to wear clothes that I haven't been close to wearing in a very long time. Having said that I must admit the one place where I would truly like to see inches disappear from is still causing me to struggle with what shirt I wear. Yes, it's my belly, and it still has a long way to go.
So although I may have had a couple of tough weeks with no loss to show for them, I have learned once again that by adopting small changes that fit within my lifestyle I was able to maintain my lower weight without much of an effort, this is good news.
Things haven't settled down much for me but I have been able to slide in another change and I think that it will help the scale on Monday. It feels pretty good knowing that once the scale starts moving down again it won't be starting over from square one. I don't know about you but what has happened with me over the years is I would start a diet, lose a little weight, give up and end up putting it all back on plus a couple pounds and then try something new. With my current focus on smaller changes it seems as though the "Yo Yo" string finally broke.
Well since it is Thursday and Monday is just a few days away we shall see how things go, I have a good feeling about this.
Have a great weekend, Smile Often and we will see you on Monday.
Barbara
Sorry for the delay in posting...I've had a bit more than usual on my mind and my plate the last week and I have had to get a little creative with coaching myself through all of it.
Still holding my own, no new weight loss to report from Monday but I have a feeling that this coming Monday will be a better day for the scale...although no weight gain isn't a bad day for the scale either. A couple of weeks ago Sally Humphries, a friend of mine who writes a news letter to help people discover healthy all natural ways to better take care of their health, reported that scales lie...I'm truly inclined to believe this. I know the scale has reported that my weight has stayed the same over the last two weeks; however my clothes tell me that things are shifting a bit. I am currently able to wear clothes that I haven't been close to wearing in a very long time. Having said that I must admit the one place where I would truly like to see inches disappear from is still causing me to struggle with what shirt I wear. Yes, it's my belly, and it still has a long way to go.
So although I may have had a couple of tough weeks with no loss to show for them, I have learned once again that by adopting small changes that fit within my lifestyle I was able to maintain my lower weight without much of an effort, this is good news.
Things haven't settled down much for me but I have been able to slide in another change and I think that it will help the scale on Monday. It feels pretty good knowing that once the scale starts moving down again it won't be starting over from square one. I don't know about you but what has happened with me over the years is I would start a diet, lose a little weight, give up and end up putting it all back on plus a couple pounds and then try something new. With my current focus on smaller changes it seems as though the "Yo Yo" string finally broke.
Well since it is Thursday and Monday is just a few days away we shall see how things go, I have a good feeling about this.
Have a great weekend, Smile Often and we will see you on Monday.
Barbara
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