This week I said goodbye to the 160's (pounds, that is)...
with little fanfare, but great JOY!
with little fanfare, but great JOY!
Ten more to go
and then I believe I will be satisfied to "maintain".
Eating Out
While visiting my infant grandson who is hospitalized in Chicago,
I took our daughter and my sister who had driven with me
out to lunch. One of them wanted Chinese.
So this is where we went.
It served both Chinese and Japanese cuisine.
I didn't officially find out what "maki" and "uni" were.
My dauighter thought a kind of tuna???
I didn't officially find out what "maki" and "uni" were.
My dauighter thought a kind of tuna???
I had steamed white rice with a chicken/vegetable combination
and could only eat about half of it.
So I successfully ate within my "window".
This plan is so flexible.
It served me well on Mother's Day also when I
carried in meatloaf, refrigerated mash potatoes, and hummingbird cake
to my parents' home.
My sister brought the rolls and a wonderful spinach/strawberry salad.
Treats
You've gotta love those D.Q. mini Blizzards!
Not the price so much
as the serving size.
I like Georgia Mud Fudge
made with chocolate ice cream.
When eaten occasionally within my 5 hour window
(per the Fast-5 eating plan),
I have continued to lose weight steadily.
Do YOU have a favorite treat?
Up the Down Escalator
A friend of a facebook friend of mine
posted these two sentences from her reading (no attribution included):
"Recovery from emotional and compulsive eating is like trying to go up
the down escalator.
If we stand still and don't take daily steps to grow
spiritually we can slowly slip backwards."
How TRUE that is!
I would add that (for me, at least)
it isn't always a SLOW slip backwards.
Sometimes it's a very violent fall.
I believe the mental image of trying to go up a down escalator
will be helpful to me to stay deliberate in my "daily steps"
toward health and wellness today.
Holding Patterns
At least SOME of our iris are blooming
while others appear to be in a "holding pattern...
Weight-wise, I feel like the latter.
It's hard not to be impatient.
I forget that I can't register a loss on the scale EVERYday!
Fortunately, here are other measures of health to "weigh".
That's what I'm doing today--
and counting my blessings.
The Difference
"So... I told my body it had to move today
(I listen to it when it cannot move...
not so much when it does not want to move)."
Today is the "Another Day"
Yesterday I told myself, "Tomorrow is another day".
Well, today is that another day.
Today is all I have.
(Actually, this second is all I have!)
I won't make an excuse for yesterday
but I HAVE tried to understand it so as not to repeat its mistakes.
Ten weeks on the Fast-5 method of eating
has resulted in a 20 pound loss.
I never thought an average of 2 pounds a week loss
would happen for me at this age, but it has.
I am in this "game" for life,
but more immediately for about another 15 pounds
before establishing a healthy maintenance plan.
I appreciate the company of so MANY of you on this journey.
Let's make today count!
Later in the Day -- Rain
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| NOT this bed yet, though.... |
Later in the day came a sweet, gentle and much-needed rain.
I couldn't help but think that the hard work of weight loss and fitness is frequently followed by a satisfying "rain" of desired results. Refreshing blessings. Or at least that has been my experience in the past...and now as once again I journey to a "better place" physically.
We are still on vacation. Leisurely yard work CAN be very restorative. (As is/was an excursion to My Favorite Thrift Store and The Factory - a wonderful restaurant featuring a healthy salmon-topped salad special on Fridays.)
A Drop
I was hoping for "a drop" on the scale when I returned home. After nine days away on vacation, I returned to my scale. Ours is a simple one - doesn't accurately measure halves and quarters, etc., but I think it's safe to say I lost about a pound and a half. I'll take it!
We continue to be "on vacation" while at home through Sunday. I'm determined to keep up the walking and healthy eating I have been enjoying the past couple of months. Weeding the flower beds should keep me active!
Re-Entry...
I want to continue the exercise pattern of vacation
in daily life when I return home....
We had SUCH beautiful scenery to make the walking more enjoyable!
Food and Footwork
After strolling around the incredible Carl Sandburg home in Flat Rock, N.C.
we found the perfect place to eat. I ordered the second salmon meal of my vacation -
this one smoked and served over Asian slaw. Notice the asparagus! Yum.
Between healthy eating and hiking,
I'm hoping for a drop on the scale when I step on it at home.
Vacationing
So far vacationing has meant casual strolls on wildflower-bordered
trails and up and down streets of quaint shops and restaurants.
Getting in and out of the car to check out
thrift shops is also part of it...
as is healthy eating. Last night, salmon!
The day before, a wonderful Thai dish at Thai Spice in Franklin, N.C.
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| Pepper garlic chicken with steamed rice and vegetables. |
Spills
A spill at the coffeemaker this morning reminded me (as if I needed a reminder) of the spill I took on the bicycle a few days ago...
I was riding with my grandson on the sidewalk that runs in front of our house. We had stopped for a car coming out of a driveway. When I remounted, I didn't get up to speed enough to make the small hill. I toppled over, skinning a knee on one leg, ankle on another, severely bruising a thigh and who-knows-what to my right rib cage.
I was riding with my grandson on the sidewalk that runs in front of our house. We had stopped for a car coming out of a driveway. When I remounted, I didn't get up to speed enough to make the small hill. I toppled over, skinning a knee on one leg, ankle on another, severely bruising a thigh and who-knows-what to my right rib cage.
I'm currently getting by on over-the-counter pain pills.
I'm bummed that my enthusiasm for exercise has been dampened by my "spill".
It has NOT affected my healthy eating habits though.
My determination is strong.
I expect another drop on the scale any day now!
Yesterday
Yesterday was a delightful one!
Since I don't have food on my mind 24/7
(thanks to the 5 hour "window" concept),
I am finding so much more to think about,
so many more people to enjoy,
and so much more to do that FILL my days with delight
and spill over into TODAY!
It's ALL good.
He Said it So Well
“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I
then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?
Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes
one body with her? For, as it is written, ‘The two will become one
flesh.’ But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
Flee from sexual immorality.” I Corinthians 6:15-18.
"Your body matters. Your body belongs to Christ. Not to you, to
follow your impulses, but to Christ, to exalt His glory. Not just your
soul, but also your body. It is the humblest part of you, but Christ
says it matters to Him.
Epictetus taught that the mind and soul of man had divinity, but
man’s body was something in common with the animals below. Paul taught
that both soul and body belong to Christ above. He is present as our
Lord and Savior in the whole of what we are, including our sexuality."
...so wrote Ray Ortlund in a recent post. I found the last paragraph especially interesting. I, along with many other Christians, would not dispute its truth. If we "stumble" at it, I think it's because we limit its implications to sexuality.
There certainly are other ways to abuse one's body. For me, one area was in overeating, eating food that had no nutritional value, and eating food that was downright harmful to my body and its various systems!
Clearly there are distinctive and unique physical ramifications of sexual immorality or else God wouldn't have been so specific about it. But the principle of our bodies belonging to Jesus applies to my food choices and eating habits (and many OTHER issues related to my physical body).
He (Ray Ortlund) said it SO well.
"(My) body belongs to Christ.
Not to (me), to follow (my) impulses,
but to Christ, to exalt His glory."
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