Okay, looks like I’m back on track! My bloated water-logged legs seemed to have drained themselves and even though the weather and low spirits took it’s toll on my routine I’m still right where I would have wanted to be without troubles.
I guess good karma is more powerful then bad!
Well, yesterday I had my quarterly visit with my doctor as part of my diabetic treatment plan, he confirmed my weight loss and was pleased. Though in the past when it came to weight gain I’ve jokingly said it was muscle mass, but the doc told me not to discount that as going from a very sedentary lifestyle to intentionally active may cause a temporary rise i weight.
Overall he agreed with my simple “Move more, eat less” philosophy. He pointed out there’s a number plan that would make me lose a quck 20-pounds, but in the long haul my method is one of the best for sustained weight loss, which is my goal.
The karmic streams have let loose upon me yet again to thwart my dieting efforts. The past few weeks have been riddled with activities and weather that simply got in the way of putting my full efforts into my daily routine. For the most part, other then grocery shopping I haven’t done much walking at all. But I haven’t stopped completely, I have been doing resistance exercises with those rubber bands that clamp to your doors which actually does give me more of a “burn” then my usual aerobics.
Which brings me to today, which I had already twittered about.. Thinking I’ve been doing well on the diet side of the equation, I treated myself to a McDonald’s breakfast of a Bacon Egg & Cheese Biscuit. Of course no sooner do I finish that, our office baker comes on by with a warm tray of coffee cake!! Well.. it would have been rude to say no.. so
Ironically, I seemed to have lost the weight that I gained while I was actively dieting and exercising hard. Go figure!
On Wednesday February 20th, 2008 we had a full lunar eclipse. Believe it or not this is the firsrt time I actually remembered to look for it and saw it live. The above sequence begins at about 8:30 pm (EST) and concludes at about 10:00 pm (EST) when the technical limitations of my camera were beginning to show.
Very cool experience, very fortunate to have a clear night and was fun to post it’s progress on my Utterz channel.
Ugh… Free Food, Cold New England Weather, Eating with old friends… all the makings of a bad diet week again… funny how all these where outlined in a LiveHealthyAmerica.org newsletter just this week.. thinking they’re psychic or somthing
Still not discouraged. A few members on our team have made some very obvious progress and as if that wasn’t encouragement enough, Troy W. Vincent the Director of Live Healthy America payed a visit and commented by blog. Thank you ! :-)
I actually do *feel* like I’m making progress, and if I peek at my weight mid-week I see losses. I can walk farther and faster then when I first started. Just seems for some reason on my Friday morning weigh-in it just doesn’t show.
Okay, I can take the hint.. actually it’s more like a jab on the side with a stick. I certainly have had a few non-diet days this week, sometimes it’s just very difficult to resist.. no I take that back.. it’s very easy to resist, the trouble is REMEMBERING to resist!
So less then perfect eating habits this week combined with a little less outdoor activity due to weather and here I sit with yet another pound on me. The good news is not all was lost and I’m still 3 pounds lighter from the day I started and as my mentor Daisaku Ikeda has said so often, “We begin each day a new!”
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