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Thursday, February 02, 2012
I am entering my third month of sparking. I have healed up from the pneumonia and sinus infections. Before sparking I had started doing most of this a year ago. Exercising, cut out processed food, drinking more water all in attempts to loose weight. Before I would start out strong for a week, then become sporadic for a few weeks and then get back on track and repeat the whole cycle. No wonder the results were minimal. Using the trackers I am not missing a day. I have started to look at exercise as a subject, I plan 30 mins into my day now everyday except weekends. I am considering it as necessary as brushing my teeth. A shift has occurred in my thinking that its not just for weight loss but these changes are lifestyle changes to be continued for life, fat or thin. I cannot get over how much younger I feel. My aches and pains are basically gone, tasks are easy and I am not getting sore, I am getting really strong, my sleep is better and my mind is clearer. This is the short term benefits I can only imagine what it will be in the long term. At church I sit next to the happiest, healthiest almost 90 year old man. He runs everyday, rain or shine. He is the inspiration in my change of thinking in this weightloss journey. He did not become fit and healthy at his old age by accident. He lived a lifetime of eating simple and exercise. Our lifespan is not of our choosing but the quality of health is mostly, I do not want to become a health nut until my weight goal is met and then repeat the process that caused me to become unhealthy. Consistency and for life is my new goal.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Remember my previous post "What's Wrong With Me?" There was definitely something wrong with me. A couple of days later I was still feeling very rough, actually absolutely horrid to be dead honest. I was still trying to get though my day and when my husband came home he took one look at me and dragged me to the emergency. When you arrive here you are immediately triaged,(I think that is how its said) and immediately I was seen by a physician. After an exam and a chest x-ray there were answers to my problems. I had a nasty sinus infection and pneumonia! So it wasn't the low carb flu after all, well maybe partially. I actually bothered to get the flu shot this fall and wammo! LOL Anyhow I have finished my course of antibiotics and I am on inhaled steroids and Ventolin if needed. I feel much better, my head no longer feels as if it will explode and I am breathing quite nicely at last!! BUT it has put a big damper on my workouts. I am getting winded and exhausted by minor stuff for the rest of the day. I am told this will take a long time to heal. Grrrr. I need to be smarter than the wood. I have stayed on the meal plan and lost 2 lbs!! But I need to think of how to coordinate fitness without completely depleting my energy.I am considering doing 10 min intervals 3 times a day....I will give it a try. This week I did Bosu full body work out, that was like climbing Mt Everest, and today I did Zumba, was okay during but flat out for the remainder of the day. I am writing all this mostly for my benefit, for I am a terrible sicko, I push too hard too soon. So this is here to remind me be the turtle not the hare! 
Sunday, January 08, 2012
I am entering the third week of following the Spark Meal Plan. It has been a real eye opener to my real habits that have been sabotaging my weight loss efforts. The first week I was starving, used to eating a lot more carbs. The second week my appetite leveled off and I was feeling fantastic. Also during the two weeks I vastly increased my exercise. Now at the end of week two I have been experiencing very flu like symptoms. I am weak, tired, foggy headed, emotional, having massive headaches, sore muscles, night sweats, chills and generally feel dreadful. My husband who is doing this along side me had these exact symptoms earlier in the week. I was quite concerned and contacted a friend who is also on this site and had been very successful with weightloss. She said when we drastically cut out carbs as we have done, these are common symptoms to experience. She promised that this shall pass and good results are in store.  As mentioned before I have in fact lost 30lbs but have been on an 18 month plateau. Being very frustrated, I talked to my Doc about this, she said I had to shock my body into weightloss. So I suppose I am doing exactly that. Last night I had a miserable sleep, massive headache, sore muscles as if electric currents were running through them, night sweats, and a burning sensation in my abdomen. However I woke up jumped on the scale and lost 2 lbs!  I have not seen that number on the scale in years! I think this plateau has finally cracked.
Monday, January 02, 2012
I am have been doing this for a month. I have stepped up the exercise and am following the Spark Diet plan. My husband is doing this along with me. He has had immediate weight loss. I have gained weight, and I am having to push myself to eat everything on the meal plan. I feel like a squirrel with all the nuts. Any how I am building muscle and lots of it, so that is the weight gain factor. I am really missing my meat and hope that the seduction of cookies etc will loose their power over me. I have actually had 3 cookies in a week so not too bad. My daughters have discovered cooking and have been baking up a storm. So my rule is no double batches, and they can enjoy. I am doing BOSU full body workouts and WII Zumba the 24 mins plus some weights, 10lb dumbells for arms and a 12lb medicine ball. Of course my hubby kicks my tush but hopefully I can become a force to recon with. Now I am off to tobaggan with my boys.
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