Exercise: just my everyday walking. Nothing special. I do think I should get a cheap pedometer. Just walking from the parking garage to my office and all of the walking I do in the office should be a decent amount.
Food:
Not bad. I haven’t done my points yet because my book is at work.
Breakfast: Thomas’ light whole wheat English muffin with small amount of I Can’t Believe it’s not butter and some Stonew*all Kitchen blueberry jam (worth however many points it may be).
Snack: Banana
Lunch: turkey, lettuce and cheese on WW bread and a key lime WW yogurt.
Snack: 2 WW peanut butter bliss bars (2 points)
Dinner: whole wheat pasta with chicken and peppers, zucchini and tomatoes (my wonderful wife made two skillets – one for her with regular pasta and one for me with whole wheat)
Dessert: a pear and some popcorn (with a teeny bit of butter)
Motivation:
Last night, I started watching the Pr*metime about “The L*ast Lecture”. It was on too late, so I taped the rest. For those of you who haven’t heard about it, this amazing college professor found out he had terminal cancer and decided to share his perspective on life before he died. It’s quite amazing.
This morning, I woke up and decided that I need to read A N*ew Earth. It’s in my work bag and I’ve been carrying it around with me. I think I need to sit and read it ASAP.
One of the things that has held me up with the weight loss is my attitude. I never realized how negative and lazy I was until I started listening to people who are inspirational.
I think my inability to lose weight up to this point has been my total lack of self-propel as I like to call it. I mean, here I am, this (somewhat) successful lawyer, mom to an amazing little boy, wife to the most beautiful wonderful woman I’ve ever met, friend to great friends. I have a great life. What is the apathy about? Why am I sitting around not feeling as great as I should? For crying out loud, I have my health, I am not disabled, there are so many people who would kill to have my physical abilities, why do I waste them?
I remember one of the posts from a while back on From Thick to Thin – an article about mental weight loss. What I took away from it was this ATTITUDE = OUTCOME. Isn’t that the entire point of “The Secret”. It seems so f*&king simple. Why is it really so hard to actually DO? Live? Achieve?
Question(s):
What keeps you motivated?
Or in the alternative, what is standing in your way of achieving?
What stops us from taking control of the things we can control?
Pedometer recommendation: Omron Pocket Pedometer HJ-720. I bought it a while ago, and I love it! I don’t like clipping things to my waist, and this one can be slipped into a pocket. You can track your steps with an included CD and USB cable, set goals, etc. It’s better than any of the other ones I’ve ever used. I don’t even have to mess with it!
The main thing that keeps me motivated is my kids. I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 27. The first things that pop into your head when you are diagnosed with a chronical illness is wether or not you are going to die from it. In my own experiences with diabetes I had lost 4 people in the past 2 years prior to diabetes. I even cared for my uncle who died of kidney failure. So when I got my diagnosis I jumped right on the healthy bandwagon and fell off and now I am back on again, The whole reason why I try so hard is because I don’t want to die. I want to be the one to raise my kids and be a grandmother. I have no Idea why I fell off the banwagon before. The only thing I can think of is that depression spurts in and out of my life. Anyway that’s my 2 cents.