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Wondering Again If I Should Make My Goal Lower

Friday, February 11, 2011

My husband had his audiologist appt. yesterday and he said that he was told that his hearing loss was not as dire as his regular doctor had thought. He said the hearing loss he had was typical of people his age and that at this time hearing aids were not a requirement. He also said the ringing in his ears was a result of the hearing loss (which I have said before to him) and that his hearing loss was in the high frequency area.

My daughter has a little scare on the horse she was riding yesterday when the horse got spooked and started galloping at a high rate of speed, but according to her instructor she handled it very well. I was busy with my son doing his schooling while waiting for her so I'm sort of glad I missed it because I probably would have freaked out, LOL. I'm glad that she had the maturity and presence of mind to know what to do and that she didn't panic because I probably would have. I panicked just riding a horse in Pigeon Forge (granted it was different because we were on mountainous trails so I had good reason to freak out, LOL) and the horse was about as slow as molasses, but I know I would have seriously freaked out if the horse would have started galloping at full speed!

I'm still feeling extremely exhausted and will be so glad when this passes. I know I've been whining about it for days (whine, whine, whine, LOL) but it makes it so hard to get what I need to get done when I don't have a lot of energy.

I was watching Oprah last night because Jennifer Hudson was on there and I wanted to see how she looked in person (vs. seeing pictures) on the tv and she looks absolutely amazing! I keep hearing her say that she was a size 6 and that she never dreamed she could get that low. I kept having thoughts in my head while watching it about whether I should try for less than 130 pounds since she mentioned that she just kept doing what she was doing before and the weight came off.

I know there is a certain weight point that I shouldn't go lower than as I would probably look ridiculous, but I just wonder about going down to the 120's. I wouldn't be going lower than is safe for my height and since I'm short (5'4 1/2") every pound shows up on me easily.

I will cross that issue once I lose this last pound that will make me officially at my old "goal weight" but it's so close that these issues are on my mind. I just wonder if I am quitting or giving up too easily if I stop at 130 pounds although I'm in the normal range of BMI now.

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KISSFAN1 2/11/2011 9:34AM

    JLitt - Wow, size 6 is so small! Definitely not driving myself crazy but think I will try to see if my body goes lower in weight. If it doesn't that's fine, but if it does, that's great too, LOL. I'm able to buy regular clothes now so that's wonderful, but still a little afraid of buying too many clothes in case I go lower and get to a smaller size.

NOILEDNWAD - I have set my tracker to track how much iron I get to see how I'm doing. I know some things that have iron in them might not get tracked since I use some of the already programmed food items on Spark and there isn't always all the nutritional vitamins/minerals, etc. posted on those particular foods. I eat a lot of broccoli and things like that with natural calcium in it, so we'll see if I need to increase it. I probably do at this particular stage in my life.




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NOILEDNWAD 2/11/2011 8:36AM

    If you stay in your healthy BMI scale and listen, listen, listen to what your body is saying you will be just fine. You mentioned being tired during "that time of the month". Low iron is a problem for menstruating women. Perhaps you could try an iron supplement and see if that helps your energy level.

One last thing . . . Congratulations on being so close to your goal! Woo Hoo!!!

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JLITT62 2/11/2011 8:13AM

    I'm typically a size 6 dress, yet I'm still not at a healthy weight. See, I'm whining these days too!

Go with what makes you happy -- where you're at or go lower. Just don't drive yourself nuts (like me) is all!

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KISSFAN1 2/11/2011 8:00AM

    Carol - Thanks, and I'm glad that you're going to get your hearing checked and wish you the best with that. I'm tracking calcium and other nutrients on my Spark tracker. My tiredness is due to it being so close to that time of the month. I always feel this way right before and during, but tend to whine about it a lot because I hate feeling this way, LOL.

I feel great when it's not near or during that time of the month, thank goodness.

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CAROLEHZ 2/11/2011 7:52AM

    Glad to hear that your husbands hearing issues are just normal aging. It makes me feel better about ignoring my own ( I will go!). I think with your weight goals you should see how you feel at the different weights. I use to weigh very little but I always felt just awful. I'm sure it's because I did it by living on Cigarettes and diet soda, oh and coffee with the occasional meal thrown in. You have mentioned feeling tired, I know your doing this the right way but are you tracking all the nutrients that you can with the Spark tracker? When I added things besides just the Carbs, Fat and Protein it was eye opening. Certain things that I would have said I should supplement I was fine with but others like Potassium and Magnesium I am always low on. When i get the levels up I find that I feel better..Oops sorry to have written so much!

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KISSFAN1 2/11/2011 7:46AM

    I'm only 1 pound away from my goal weight so I figure now is a good time to think about it, LOL. I'm definitely celebrating reaching the old goal, but I tend to think ahead on things and since it's only 1 pound away it is on my mind more now.

I just don't want to stop at 130 pounds if my body allows me to go lower and I'm still in a healthy BMI. I guess I'll let my body determine that, but watching the show yesterday brought up that issue in my mind again because Jennifer said that she only thought that she would get to a size 10 and stop but she's now at size 6.

I'm not trying to reach a size 6 since I don't think my body shape would ever get to that point anyway, but I don't want to just stop because I got to a particular weight which is on the higher end of my BMI.



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BAKES3000 2/11/2011 7:31AM

    Don't fret. Goals are meant to be attained and reset. Think how great you will feel once you reach that goal. Celebrate that before you reset to a lower goal. You can always go lower, but celebrate what you are doing and the positive changes you are making each day. Much success! emoticon emoticon

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