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Monday October 23, 2017 - Countdown to 65 = 43 days
Today I embark on a journey 15 years in the making. I am going to lose weight. I started gaining weight in my 40's and before I knew it I was up to 250#. That was 10 years ago. I've lost 20 since then but have a long way to go. The doctor has given me a clean bill of health and I am getting tests done on pretty much everything to verify this.
So I joined Weight Watchers which was a surprise to me. My Mom started with them when they were first around back in 1963. It was "the thing to do". All my life she went through varying stages of slim or hefty...never quite finding and maintaining a healthy weight. My older sister was the same way. I was lucky I was always just right...until I hit my 40's. I was happy with my husband and he loved me just the way I was so it didn't really matter. The more I gained the more unhappy I got and the happier he was. I think he was insecure in my love for him and keeping me overweight made me less attractive to other men. He sadly died almost five years ago and I entered into a long grieving period which I am just crawling out of.
I have had a tremendous support group through my many friends who I love being with and communicating with on social media. I don't know how I would have gotten through the last five years without them.
SO...here I am and I'm doing this for myself...to make me healthier and put all I know about eating better into action. Today I went to the grocery store and stocked up for the week. Mostly fruit and greens because I have a freezer full of frozen veggies. I went home, poured myself a glass of wine and set about meal prep for the week. Rice cakes, little pretzels, cuke, carrots, celery, lettuce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, and the like went into snack and sandwich bags. In the morning all I need to do is grab one of each and 4 pieces of fruit. Easy peazy. I nibbled on all of it as I fixed it so was able to use my points on the wine!
I can do this...
Today I embark on a journey 15 years in the making. I am going to lose weight. I started gaining weight in my 40's and before I knew it I was up to 250#. That was 10 years ago. I've lost 20 since then but have a long way to go. The doctor has given me a clean bill of health and I am getting tests done on pretty much everything to verify this.
So I joined Weight Watchers which was a surprise to me. My Mom started with them when they were first around back in 1963. It was "the thing to do". All my life she went through varying stages of slim or hefty...never quite finding and maintaining a healthy weight. My older sister was the same way. I was lucky I was always just right...until I hit my 40's. I was happy with my husband and he loved me just the way I was so it didn't really matter. The more I gained the more unhappy I got and the happier he was. I think he was insecure in my love for him and keeping me overweight made me less attractive to other men. He sadly died almost five years ago and I entered into a long grieving period which I am just crawling out of.
I have had a tremendous support group through my many friends who I love being with and communicating with on social media. I don't know how I would have gotten through the last five years without them.
SO...here I am and I'm doing this for myself...to make me healthier and put all I know about eating better into action. Today I went to the grocery store and stocked up for the week. Mostly fruit and greens because I have a freezer full of frozen veggies. I went home, poured myself a glass of wine and set about meal prep for the week. Rice cakes, little pretzels, cuke, carrots, celery, lettuce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, and the like went into snack and sandwich bags. In the morning all I need to do is grab one of each and 4 pieces of fruit. Easy peazy. I nibbled on all of it as I fixed it so was able to use my points on the wine!
I can do this...
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