I have been trying to lose weight. I lost a pound this week!
It all goes downhill from here.
My family has been awesome and I told them I would pick up fast food dinner for them as a treat. What the heck was I thinking? I drove the half hour home with fast food smell surrounding my senses. It was like my own personal Lost smoke monster. I stood strong though. I came home, threw the bags on the table, and got to cooking some chicken and veggies. I scowled at them the whole time. By them I mean both the family and the chicken/veggies. At that moment in time those humans and food were trying to ruin me. When, actually, it was my own fault; apparently I am a master at deflecting fault.
I have been having pretty bad gas pains every morning when I get to work. I work in an office and having gas is the equivalent of being caught picking your nose on a jumbotron at a sports event. It's kind of hard to hide. I knew it had to be something I was eating and wanted to think it was the yogurt. Turns out it is my morning fiber extravaganza. Hrmph. I eat my Fiber One chewy bar every morning for breakfast. I have come to really enjoy and rely on that chewy bar to get me through the morning. It is sweet and I don't get many sweets these days. Well, apparently, fiber is healthy for me but causes gas like a champ. I now have a dilemma; do I give up my morning chewy bar or continue eating it? I got them on sale and have a huge inventory in my pantry!! So now I suppose I'll have to start taking some beano before I have them. Double hrmph.
Month two my goal is upping my exercise routine. A friend of mine sends me a treadmill exercise plan that she says burns calories and increases stamina. Sounds great since my only treadmill exercise has been walking. Up until I got her routine I had been getting on my treadmill daily and I happily beepity boppity walk to the tune of "Lose My Breath" by Destiny's Child. I get in my zone and I actually believe that I should have people pay me to lead them through the "power of the walk". So, of course, I think I am up for the "running" of the treadmill exercise plan. I thought about explaining what happened next but I think it is much more understandable in crudely drawn pictures. (FYI. I am not a ten year old girl as these drawings would suggest).
Here I am in the first five seconds of "the run"!
And here I am just minutes later....
As you can see my first experience into incorporating running into my treadmill routine didn't go as I had hoped. :(
I remain hopeful, but cautious. Learning is an important part of a lifestyle change and I have learned I have my strengths and weaknesses. My strength is willpower with eating; my weakness, obviously, is running. Well, maybe it isn't running, but being able to keep my lung from escaping my body at the first sign of increased physical exertion.
(Please note: The other lung, not on the floor, in picture #2 is still hidden in my chest cavity laughing and pointing at her sister for being inferior.)










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