So....What a month it has been. I have been to tea parties, Christmas parties, family dinners, restaurant dinners, and trips to the beach. Not to mention all the baking I did and all the baking I was a recipient of!!! YUMMY! I have eaten well......honestly probably a bit too well! My favorite holiday treat had to be the meringues at Emma's tea....followed closely by the scones with homemade whipped cream. I also enjoyed mashed potatoes, apple pie, cookies, broccoli casserole, green bean casserole, hush puppies, barbecue......OK I better stop now! I don't want you to get the wrong idea, I did not eat mindlessly through the holidays....but I did eat. I had promised myself at the beginning of the season....whatever happened....I was in this for the long haul. I was going to write down EVERYTHING I ate.....the good, the bad, the ugly! I did it! I was nervous because I ate a LOT!
However, not all my food indulgences ended up being bad. I discovered two wonderful treats this month that I am incorporating in my life: brussel sprouts and tea! I had obviously had both before, but now I want them to be a part of my life. Tea is now a daily indulgence for me. It is calorie free....I add a packet of Splenda and it is warm, sweet deliciousness! Chocolate Strawberry is still my favorite but it is followed closely by Sugar Plum Spice and Sugar Cookie. I decided there is absolutely no reason for me to wait a whole year to enjoy the beauty of tea! It has become a highlight of my morning and afternoon. Brussel sprouts were never on my list of favorite foods. I pretty much disliked them. Then my sister, Stacy, cooked them for me. FRESH, on the oven, in a bit of butter= WONDERFUL! Seriously, they are now one of my new favorite foods! We had them over Christmas and then I asked her to make them for Dad's birthday. I gobbled up two big helpings both times!!!
Now the saving grace of my weight loss endeavors this month was exercise. I worked out a lot. With all I was eating I had to! I worked out almost every single day. I did take Christmas off and a few other days that I was super sore from running BUT I also did a few EXTRA HARD workouts. I blew my former 410 calorie workout out of the water with a killer 640 calorie half elliptical and half running workout. Randy is really close to 1,000 calorie workout. AMAZING!
My exercise highlight of the month without a doubt has been running. I started on the beach but I have continued at home. I LOVE it. It is a bit rough on my left side joints....especially my hip and ankle.....so I don't do it everyday.....but I want to everyday.....which is crazy....because I thought I hated exercising!
I was nervous about seeing the results-because last Tuesday Weight Watchers was closed so I couldn't weigh in. So my monthly weight loss total was........ only 3.2 pounds. Not great. But I will take it. I only averaged .8 pounds a week this month. Which is way under my overall 1.9 per week total. But during the meeting last night I learned the average American weight gain in December is 5-7 pounds....so I left feeling much better. I certainly didn't gain weight! So the scale is still creeping in the right direction! My total weight loss is 56.2 pounds in just over 6 months! Praise the Lord! His word brought conviction and that has brought change. It's not a diet. It's learning to treat God's temple the way I should have treated it all along. I have been lazy and I have been over-indulgent and that is not God honoring. It is still a daily struggle to put to death the sin of gluttony and the sin of laziness. I tend toward the path of least resistance. I am weak, but HE is strong!
Now for a funny. I was filling out some forms for a child of mine and one of the questions was asking if either parent had ever been diagnosed with a learning disability (I know it is PC to say difference and I am trying to learn but when I was coming along we called them disabilities....so bear with me its part of my story) I wasn't sure so I called my mom. I asked her if I had ever been diagnosed with a learning disability. She paused, seemed puzzled, and said, "No I don't think so." Then she said, "I've never heard of that." I was like seriously? You've never heard of a learning disability. She said, "You always hated running, even when you were on the track team...but I don't think you were diagnosed with a running disability." I LAUGHED SO HARD!!!! After I clarified what I had said she had a good laugh too!
All laughing aside...this girl who has hated running and exercising is changing. It has taken 6 months of going through the motions....but I am actually starting to want to run. I still hate the elliptical. But running disability or not......this girl likes to run. I am slow, have terrible technique, and so far to go....but at least I have something to work towards!
Still plugging away!
Kim
PS Randy is doing really well still too, but he's at work and I don't have his stats available. He's also been bitten by the running bug. He got jealous when I ran on the beach and had to start too :) I'm really impressed with him! He ROCKS!!!
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