Richard Simmons

Sunday, August 02, 2009

I had QVC on the tv today while I was playing catch up on Sparks...when I heard Richard Simmons talking, I had to stop and watch him. I have a couple of his early exercise tapes (and I do mean tapes...VHS tapes) and remember how much fun they were. I ended up ordering a 7 dvd set today...looking forward to getting them and seeing if they're as much fun as I remember.

My best friend was a big Richard Simmons fan...she had a lot of physical and emotional problems, just couldn't seem to lose the weight (where in the world was SP when she needed it?). She had gotten so heavy and i couldn't get through to her, so I wrote to Richard Simmons and he actually called her on more than one occasion...that was so nice. Unfortunately, my friend couldn't overcome her issues and ended up dying at the age of 37. She weighed over 500 pounds and couldn't even walk from one room to the other without gasping for breath. I still miss her and wish she could have overcome her problems...I think she would have loved SparkPeople...she's a big part of why I feel such a compulsion to help others...I don't want anyone else to die from obesity related complications...this takes so much effort, working thru the emotional stuff and really dealing with it for the first time in your life...but it is so worth it...

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vacation

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Got back late last night from a mini vacation...some friends and I went up to northern Indiana to Amish Acres to the arts and crafts festival there. Beautiful farms in the area...flower gardens designed to resemble quilts...just lovely. The festival was probably the best I've been to...and the weather was fantastic!

Oh, while I was visiting with my friends in the Indianapolis area, I got my hair cut...short...very short...but it's so cute and really easy to style...and I'm all about quick and easy when it comes to hair styles. I'll take some pictures later and post them.

Funny, while we were out and about, I still did pretty well with my eating...well, if you don't count the day that I only had about 900 calories for the day...lol

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Binge free...day 7

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Today is the seventh day that I've been able to plan my meals and snacks and actually stick with it...no emotional eating, no binges!! It's funny how my view of what constitutes a binge has changed in the past year or so. In the past, a binge would be eating massive amounts of calories in a short period of time (or there were those all day binges, don't want to forget them...well, really I'd like to forget them...). Now, when I think about binging, it's eating emotionally, mindlessly, regardless of the calories consumed. Fortunately for me, my binges of late haven't involved a ton of calories, but I knew I had to get a grip on the behavior or risk gaining the weight that I worked so hard to lose...and I sure didn't want that to happen.

So I started journaling about my emotions, about my childhood, about all of the things that I'd just as soon not think about. I got back to planning my meals and snacks, accurately recording all that I ate. Continued the exercise...thank goodness that's not been a problem. The combination of those things has helped me get back on track. And I think I've learned a valuable lesson...this truly is a journey and, as such, there will be days when the going will be easy and days when the terrain will be next to impossible to traverse. Next to impossible, but not impossible...as long as I don't give up I can keep moving forward on this road to increased health and fitness...and I'm not about to give up!

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Dealing with the stress...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

This is day three for me...day three of successfully dealing with stress. By that I mean I did something other than eat in response to stress!! Again today I was able to face down temptation, convince myself that I had better options than to eat to deal with stress or any emotions that happened to come my way.

Today wasn't a particularly stressful day...I didn't have to work. But that's been a trigger in and of itself lately...being home with no structured routine has led me to eat more than I should. Today I finished eating my lunch and thought about eating more (not hungry, mind you...just thought about eating more) but was able to get up and exercise instead...yea me!!

I'm starting to feel like I'm getting back in the groove...sure would like to see that number on the scale move down a little this week!!

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I deserve this...

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Got to work this morning only to discover that the people closing last night didn't get the ad completely set so that meant I had to spend the first almost three hours of my day getting that done. I have plenty of work to do every day without having to finish what others don't get done. All morning I was kind of stewing about this...every time I'd be in back where the vending machine is I'd think about getting a candy bar. Finally I asked myself "why am I thinking about this? I'm not hungry...it's just the stress talking." My answer surprised me..."I deserve this."

What? Where did that come from? I deserve a candy bar because I'm a little ticked and feeling stressed? What kind of sense does that make?

What I really deserve is to continue getting healthier and more fit...to learn to deal with life's disappointments in a manner that's not detrimental to my health...to be able to have a healthy relationship with my body and with food!

And today I was able to handle the stress without using food to cope!! I was even able to shake off the annoyance I'd felt...yes!! A very good day and another lesson learned!

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