It's been a good two weeks and I weigh about five pounds less than I did when I started this blog. This is something I feel good about. I know in the grand scheme of things it may not sound like much, but to get all philosophical "a waterfall starts with one drop of water" and this weight loss thing starts with one pound. When I am feeling a bit discouraged I picture a big bag of sugar and think to myself that I have lost the equivalent of that.
I was away for a few days this week visiting my sister and her family so we ate a fair amount of fast food this past week travelling there and back. I'm not a big fan of eating meat and am a rather non-dedicated vegetarian. I plan on becoming more and more vegetarian though as I work out how I can best do this for my daughter and myself. On our last day away we met up with my sister in the food court of one of the malls where she lives. There didn't seem to be a lot of choice, so thinking I was doing the better thing, I went to Taco Bell since at least the bean burritos are somewhat vegetarian friendly. Calorie wise I would have been sooooo much better off with a hamburger! I checked out what two Taco Bell bean burritos were on www.mypyramidtracker.gov and those two burritos and a soft drink were pretty much a whole days worth of caloric intake ~ it came to a bit over ONE THOUSAND calories! That was a scary lesson learned. They certainly were not worth it taste wise or portion wise for that many calories.
I missed my third weigh-in today because I had a migraine pretty much all day and couldn't get there for just the weigh-in. I am looking forward to next week though. Now that I'm started on this I am begininng to feel pretty good about it and what I can do. Nobody will be able to notice the weight loss for quite awhile ~ but I will know.
I have to admit that a lot of my motivation for losing weight at the moment is for vanity reasons and to look better. However, I want to be stronger. I am not in bad health and I am not weak, but I want to be strong and lean. I am fighting back. Too much of my life was stolen from me and I am not going to allow myself to contribute to that theft any longer. I was reading a study that showed that a woman who is heavy is not paid as much as others. It also said that neither is she hired as easily as slim counterparts even if she has as many, if not more, qualifications than those who are hired instead. I need work and I want a good job. I have the qualifications. I am a recreation therapist, and quite frankly, I'm pretty good at it too. I am aware though that I am not taken seriously at times as one because of my weight. So, I am very motivated for this weight loss now from a vanity standpoint and from a financial stand point.
I am pretty healthy apart from my thyroid. My blood sugar levels are excellent. My cholesterol levels are fine. My blood pressure is 120/70, which is considered ideal. I don't plod when I walk. But I need to be better. I want to be better. I will be better. I have no goal of running in a marathon but I do have a goal when it comes to being in shape and fit. I want to be able to climb the stairs of the CN Tower in a year or so when they have that fund raising/charity event for people to climb the stairs. I also have a pedometer and I am going to start to record how much I walk a day and maybe "walk" my way to Florida ... and when I have I plan on rewarding myself with an actual trip to Florida and to take my little girl to Disney World again.
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