Thursday, April 8, 2010
Went for a walk today
This is what it looked like out on the trail today. It was a gorgeous day.
I did it. I went for a walk this morning with Kitty. We did my usual loop in about 40 minutes. I was so happy to be back up there again. I felt sad that I didn't have Harley with me but I did okay. I actually was very surprised that I could do 40 minutes of walking after not doing it for months on end. I could tell when I was finished that I was going to feel achy and I do. I was so tired when I got home after the walk that I almost fell asleep in the car. I did fall asleep in my chair though. My feet and lower legs ache the most. Thankfully my back isn't bothering me much at all. I hope that I don't feel achier tomorrow.
Kitty and I are going to walk again on Sunday morning at 10:30. I'm already looking forward to it. I thought about going again by myself tomorrow but I'm thinking that I should take it slow for the first few weeks. No need to push myself too much right now. I did eat junk food again today. I was feeling anxious and that's what I do when I feel that way. I need to come up with something else I can do that will help with the anxiety that doesn't involve junk food. I did eat a banana and some peas today. I got in one fruit and one vegetable. That's more than I've had in the last few months combined. How sad is that?
I made my reservation today for my helicopter ride. I'm taking Lisa with me. It's going to be fabulous. I just made the weight limit (280). We're going to do a sunrise flight over the Broadmoor, Garden of the Gods, Glen Eyrie and downtown. It will take about thirty minutes. I'm going to have them record the flight. If it's a VHS I'll ask Kitty to convert it to a DVD for me. They encourage you to bring a camera so I'll have mine at the ready. I'll probably send a pic to facebook while we are flying. It's going to be so cool.
In spite of the fact that I ate junk food today, I really do want to lose weight. I hate being this big. I feel so limited and restricted by my weight. The world will become a whole new place for me when I way about 160 pounds. But that means I have to lose about 100 pounds. That's a lot of weight to lose. I know it's not going to happen overnight. It will probably take the rest of this year and into 2011 to lose the whole amount but I'm willing to be patient and do what I need to do. Right now my goal is to lose 10 pounds. I'm going to break it up like that so I don't get overwhelmed by the magnitude of the weight I need to lose.
Back in January I had my yearly physical and all my lab work came back okay. It was a surprise to me that I wasn't in bad shape, lab wise. But that's no excuse to not try to lose weight. My labs might be good now but I'm sure it wouldn't take much for them to get out of the normal range if I keep up the habits I've gotten into. David has to go see Shellie tomorrow at 10:15am. I know his labs are not going to be good. I also know that he'll in some way blame that on me bringing junk into the house. I don't make him eat it though. That's his choice. Just like it's my choice and I haven't been making healthy choices lately. But that will change. I know he's afraid of what Shellie has to tell him. He also sees his heart doctor next week. The heart doctor is not going to be happy with David's weight gain. I'm not sure what will motivate him to lose weight. I'm going to motivate myself with goals I want to reach in the next 3 years. A lot of them won't be able to be met if I'm still 270 pounds. I really do want to be more fit after 50 than I was before 50.
So, I'm going to try to lay off the junk food starting now. I am going to allow myself to have cake and ice cream on my birthday though. I really want to celebrate turning 50. I'm going to get a small cake and a small container of ice cream. I don't want it to be around for days because I would just eat it all anyway. I thought about not starting to lay off the junk food until next Tuesday but there's no reason why I can't just start now. The good thing is that I really didn't enjoy eating the candy bars today. I ate them out of habit but it made me feel sick. When I go shopping this weekend I'll get healthier food than I have been getting. It will benefit David too if I don't bring junk food into the house.
The adventure continues. It's going to be a long road but as long as I stop along the way to notice all the beauty, the goal will be attainable. I'm looking forward to being a healthy weight again. It will make all the difference in the world.
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