Need to reset, refresh, and restart

Thursday, December 13, 2012

This last year has been a roller coaster ride. Unexpectedly, I moved again this summer about the same time my oldest was graduating. A couple months later, the new graduate turned 18 and moved out on her own. With my son currently living with his father, this left me home alone with the just the dog. So in a couple of months time, I went from cooking for a household of 9, to 2, to 1. Just a few days before my daughter moved out, I also started taking full-time college classes. So now I am working 40+ hours/week on a night shift and working just as much throughout the day on my classwork (thank goodness for online classes).

In the middle of this I got started picking up dinner to go (mostly a salad at the deli, occasionally the drive-through) instead of taking the effort to cook (and clean afterwards). When I was grabbing dinner once or twice a week, it didn't throw things off too bad, but it started getting convenient and became an everyday habit - unraveling meal plans.

On a good note, my parents bought me the bicycle I had been looking at (a 3-wheeler so that I can ride even with balance issues). So I started out cruising around the farm at least 3 times a week. Now that it is getting colder, I use my bicycle to bring wood from the stack to fill the rack in the house (only about a 1/4 mile round trip - but it takes about 12 trips a week to keep the rack full).

Today, when I decided I needed to start facing the scale regularly again, I stepped on it to find out the batteries are dead - and it seems so is the stash of my replacement batteries (still in the wrappers and dead). So the scale will have to wait until I go to town for batteries. But as I look to the end of the semester next week, I told my self I will have to get back on track over the 3 week break. Why do I need a break from my daily work to be able to start over? After the break, my schedule will be the same and this next summer I will be moving again (the farm I live on was just sold). Life will never slow down, why do I need to wait for a break to change? I need to reset today, Refresh my habits and restart my weight loss! Each day I wait is only another day of dying slowly. I wish to live and choose to start doing so today. Right now!

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First mini-goal obtained!!!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

11/10/11 - After going all the way up to 400 lbs at the beginning of the year, I was down and started to think that this was never going to happen. After moving in April, I was able to come down to 388 lbs by June. Then I slowed and made it to 382 by September. And there it seemed I was stuck. I had broken my goals down to 20 lb mini-goals (because let's face it 200+ lbs is a huge number) and I just wanted so hard to hit that first step that I felt like it would never happen. End of October hit and I only made it to 381, but I looked at it as a progression instead of a set-back. By November 4th, I'd hit 380 - and here it is November 10th and I'm still at 380. My first goal has been obtained. As I just told my daughter, I just made it onto the first step of my flight of stairs. But now I'm in motion again, feeling better and ready to face my next step.

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Springing into action

Friday, February 26, 2010

After being injured in September, I've spent all winter cooped up with limited motion. I had surgery right before Thanksgiving to fix my ankle and as a Christmas present I was able to start physical therapy. Even though I'm still in physical therapy at the end of February, I know I'm close to being on my own. Through pain and suffering, a stationary bike at PT became my friend. It was easy enough for me to get going and challenging enough to make me work out. So, I ordered mine own - it arrived today!!! So now I can work out at home and as spring rolls around I'll be able to spring into action and get my life into gear.