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The up’s & down’s

This trying to lose weight thing is full of ups and downs it seems. The upside is I’m really feeling pretty good physically, which is something I don’t always pay attention to I guess. Its odd that when you don’t feel well you notice it right away, but when you feel better than normal you almost don’t notice. I went my 2 miles this morning and I’ve had 56 oz of water already and its not even 3p.m. I had yogurt for breakfast and leftover salmon for lunch and I’m not even hungry. The downs are simply it seems like an awful lot of work for minimal results some days. I’m only down a 1/2 lb and 1/2 an inch around my waist. I know it will come off and I’m looking forward to buying new jeans, I’m just wondering how long it will take. Sometimes I think I need time to myself to exercise and I’m finding that I’ve been too narrow minded about what exercise needs to be. Time to yourself is hugely important too, an most days I am a huge advocate of it. So tomorrow, I will not be on my treadmill, but instead my daughter and I are going bike riding. WooHoo! So I guess that could be my tip of the day…throw a football, kick a soccerball, walk to the park with the kids or maybe even play a game of twister, something besides the ordinary. Have a positively beautiful day!

Written by Clara on Saturday, January 7th 2006
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7 Comments on “The up’s & down’s”

Mrs. Flinger

January 7th, 2006
4:05 pm

Hi, Clara! I know it feels like it takes FOREVER of doing good for it to be noticed but a few days of doing bad gets pretty obvious. I think you’re right about paying more attention to your body and noticing how good you feel phsyically. If you weren’t “trying,” you might not notice anything.

Keep goin’ girl. A half pound is still great. I heard that a weight loss of half a pound a week is ideal for permanent weight loss that actually stays off. So that half pound is gone forever.

Shelli

January 7th, 2006
4:41 pm

I think that is great Clara. Exercise is all about just being mobile! Whatever that is that works best for you and also to change it up so you don’t get bored or burnt out.

COABusyMom

January 7th, 2006
5:43 pm

Variety is the spice of life!
I think that switching your workout routine every week or so is a good thing.

Thumper

January 7th, 2006
6:07 pm

I’m finding that I’ve been too narrow minded about what exercise needs to be.

That could be the poster slogan for a lot of people…I think we get this mindset that exercise has to be horrible and awful, but when I was in the best shape of my life it was doing something I *loved.*

Now, just don’t run anyone over on your bike tomorrow