2009: Lose 20 pounds

Yesterday at the gym, I decided to try some running. It went well, so today I did some more.

I haven’t run in a long time. Years ago, I stopped because of bad plantar fasciitis in both feet. It took a long time to recover from that, and then I hurt my knee.

I really didn’t think my knee could take running, but so far, so good. I’m looking forward to running some more.

Go me!

Whew! Finally! Thank you, Mr. Wren, for cooking all those healthy suppers!

that I’ve made no progress on this goal. I’ve been stuffing down anxiety with a lot of comfort sugar ever since Sadie’s emergency surgery.

Time to start paying attention to the goal again.

17.6 more to go! Had a WW meeting today. Second one. I was quite nervous to be weighed, but I am down 2.4 lbs. I am quite happy I didn’t gain any this week, but I am thinking that I might weigh less because I didn’t wear my big, bulky white hooded sweatshirt that I did on the first weigh-in. Oh well, I’ll take credit for it. But, more importantly, I am so much more aware of what I am putting in my body. I have taken a multi vitamin every day this week, and written down just about everything I eat and drink. I am determined to stick with this and see more results. I’ll be happy when I hit the ten lb. mark because then it will be a bit harder to blame on any heavy clothing.

of the Weight Watchers plan. I’m doing incredibly well… as I have never stuck to a “diet” for longer than a day. But, my larger goal is to change my relationship to food and get closer to my ideal type of eating (for the rest of my life). And, I don’t completley agree with WW (like they count soda as one of the 6 cups of ‘fluid’ per day?), but I think it is a good starting point. I’ve had a few mistakes this week…. (like a super-higher-pointer of a grilled cheese sandwich), but overall I am on the sixth day of eating consistently better than I have in a long time. Wed is my week one weigh in, and although I don’t really believe that weight loss really exists before I can notice it in my clothes, I am going to take their word for it if I am smaller than last Wed.

• Not drank any soda
• no fast food
• no fried food and minimal overtly fattening things (ie mayo or dressing)
• kept a food journal on everything that I consume
• Drank huge amounts of water with fresh lemon juice and water with real cranberry juice (sugar free for it’s cleansing effects)

On the down side, I have been really grumpy and sulking that I can’t just have whatever I want to eat. Yet I haven’t given up on this plan. One more day in this week before the next meeting, and I am going to work on planning more meals and snacks with larger variety so that I don’t let myself get frustratingly hungry.

Going to four mtgs (and maybe a fifth) before England trip. Wanting to lose 10 bs before then. I’ve never consciously lost weight before…. so this will be very interesting. Got all my little food journal and hunger tracker and silly little snack items with point values all prepared, as well as lots of meals planned and fresh fruits and veg in the fridge.

convinced me to try out weight watchers with her. I know about the program… and I am resistant to anything where I can’t do whatever I want whenever I want to do it. Seeing as this isn’t going to ever be a reality of life… I might as well hop on the self discipline wagon. I have never lost weight due to consistent self discipline. So I am going to a meeting tomorrow morning, and trying out the weight watchers program. It sounds pretty doable- everything is a certain number of points, and you are allotted a certain number per day. I like that it makes you more aware of everything you eat…as you have to write it all down, and track it, and measure it. I asked my mom if the meeting was going to all be overweight housewives whining over how badly they just wanted that one chocolate chip cookie… She said, “well, they aren’t exactly people we would chose to hang out with.” But, I want to go for the accountability factor- someone random is going to weigh me weekly, and hearing what is working for other people. I really hate that I am one of those people that needs to drop some pounds… I used to be skinny without trying, and now I need to put some effort into it.

• Exercise 3x per week.
• Eat at least 2 pieces of fruit/ day
• no fried food
• Drink 2 L of water/ day

1st baby step of goal:

Get under 150lbs. (about 4.5lbs to lose)

I’ve never been on a diet longer than a day… so we shall see how long this first hurdle takes!