Not So Up Week

I try my best to be positive all of the time in my thoughts and in my speach. This is something I have had difficulty with in the past and because I believe that your thoughts shape who you are I make a consicous effort to control my negative thoughts. Albiet it the case I am had some difficulty keeping positive this week when I gained one pound back after losing fifteen pounds the previous two weeks. I think that the second week when I lost five pounds could be attributed to having spent an entire Saturday afternoon playing with my two grandsons who are 3 1/2 and 17 months. That is exhausting and I got plenty of exercise. I would do that more often, but they are a three hour drive from where I live. When I made that drive two weeks ago it was the first time I have driven there and home without having two Hershey bars on the trip to and from. I had apples and water.

I just decided to keep up with what I am doing to get in better health, give it two more weeks before I make adjustments and think positive.

I have heard that the healthy amount of weight for a woman to lose is a maximum of two pounds per week. Given my age I believe this will be a good goal for me. Faster weight lose means it is easier to put the pounds right back on if you slip off your new routine or new lifesytle. Permanent weight loss can't be maintained with out a lifestyle change. But, then we all know that. My doctor is not big on "diet plans". He says most people he sees who lose weight on them gain it back and more and that is very unhealthy. But he gave me a good foods to eat guideline and mostly what it had on it was rabbit food.

I just decided to chalk up the one pound gain, which taking into account the two pounds I should have lost, is really a three pound loss to gaining muscle. I have been using free weights a little for my upper body.

I feel sure if I keep up varying my elliptical programs ( there are five on the machine) then I will lose my two pounds this week.

Well, it is still too cold here in my part of Texas and we are really tired of the overcast days, but at least we are not having to shovel snow away from the house to get out the door in the mornings like up East. We have no snow. People actually wish for snow here. Sorry Yankees, eat your heart out.

Blessing to us all......QuiltBlue