Losing weight in spite of myself.

I began this blog in February 2011 as a way to help me not quit trying to lose weight, and to learn a few things. It's been an interesting and powerful experience. It certainly confirms what I've long suspected--that although I am a genuinely happy cheery person in the main, I am NOT a happy cheery dieter. I DETEST losing weight. I resent being overweight in the first place and I am a virtuoso in the art of self-sabotage. And YET--I'm doing it! I'm fighting and kicking and EATING all the way down, but the weight is finally going down. The plan I was following in February was a half-baked one largely based on wishful thinking. I gained a little weight and decided to get real. I knew I couldn't just join weightwatchers or count calories or do any one plan and expect to be successful. I decided if I was going to bother to make the effort to lose weight I was going to throw everything I could think of at the problem. And so I do. My real "Day One" for this blog is April 1, 2011. I joined weight watchers, I joined caloriecount.com (awesome website), I read the blog losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com religiously, I keep this blog faithfully, I joined the health programs sponsored by my insurance, I use the principles from overeater's anonymous, I use my church's 12 step program as well, I subscribe--and use--Healthy Cooking Magazine.



The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.

The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.

There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.

Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!







Tuesday, March 15, 2011

immune

Felt tired as though I were coming down with something--not surprising.  A nasty bug is going around work, Catherine was sick all last week with a stomach virus and Dave is flirting with the respiratory crud.  I've been resting tonight and am going to bed early.  What I was going to say here though is that I'm surprised how long I've held out.  I'm sure all the fruits and veggies are doing something good to support the immune system.  Also, I really loved my dinner tonight.  I've always been a fan of appetizers and having lots of little things to choose from. Making a point to add fruits and veggies makes my meals much more like that.  Tonight we had sloppy joes--on thin hamburger buns (love those).  I added onion, peppers and celery to the meat--that helped on the nutrition.  We had a side of apples slices and oranges, also a side of celery and red peppers and a dip made with fat free sour cream (the dip was a mix I got from a Christmas festival thing).  I seem to be acquiring a taste for olives---weird! I've never liked them, but I wanted some Kalamati olives last week for a rosemary olive bread.  It just sounded good.  It IS good.  I also had a few olives as a side. So, lots of little things to pick and choose from.
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