What am I talking about? I am talking about saying that it’s time to stop wallowing in pain and start working on this weight loss thing again.
Yes, I’m still on pain But yesterday I could feel that I turned some sort of corner. The pain dropped in intensity. Well maybe not intensity.... but, the pain dropped from constant intensity to bursts of intensity. The ache is constant still. I also dressed myself without anyone’s assistance and I did it without crying or gasping in pain! Go me!
Over this last week, I didn’t go hog wild with my eating. In terms of weight watcher points, I ate my daily points and all of my weekly points. In calorie counting terms, I ate around 1600 calories. By the book, that should be enough for a wee tiny loss! But for me that is a maybe maintain (if I’m lucky) but most likely a gain. Yes, I ate my pain! I’m a food addict. I eat every emotion and ever feeling. I’m not proud of it, but that is unfortunately who I am.
But if this really is a broken rib (ribs) the healing is going to take weeks...6-8 weeks. I can’t eat my myself silly for that long! I also can’t go that long without some kind of formal exercise. And....I started a challenge in the month of May that I am shamelessly copying from Another blog I follow I started off gung ho...and on day two I fell apart when I had that accident!
Sooo....a week late but here I am, presenting myself for the challenge. You see. I may have messed up and/or missed the first week of the challenge but there are still three more weeks where I can have success! If I throw in the towel and say ‘next month’ I lose three weeks of opportunity! That would be a travesty!
So here I am....ready to rock out the next three weeks of this challenge.
So what are the parameters of the challenge?
Here are the goals that were set over at
Lessofme108days- Stick to between 1,200 and 1,400 calories a day
- A minimum of 7,000 steps per day
- Lose 10 pounds by May 31
- Post progress on my blog
So how are my goals different?
1. My calories will be the same....low because that’s where I lose.
2 So I knew that the 7k steps were going to be rough. I am aiming for 5k OR a bike ride. (Yes, I plan of still riding).
3 lose weight...7 pounds is my goal Since I have ‘lost a week’ I would say that I’m ‘hoping’ for 10 pounds but that may not be realistic.
4. Share my progress...of course! :-)
So here we go. It’s not going to be easy because the pain does persist, but I can’t lay down and let the weight come back! I want to win the war against this weight...that means that I need to fight the battles...even when I don’t feel at my best!
7 comments:
https://tobetterhealthintx.blogspot.com/ new blog and wishing you the best of luck with the challenge
I'm glad you are starting to feel better!
You can do it. I reset my weight lost goal, to be at 200 by end of the month.
Coffee is on
I have said enough is enough too. I have gained weight in April and this week added another 1.2 pounds. I never thought of my eating as an addiction. But maybe it is. I am so ashamed to admit it, but I binged last weekend and that is probably the reason for yet another gain. Enough is enough. This week I am going to calorie count. No mindless/stressful eating. I am going to work on drinking water before any food. Maybe that will help. I just wish losing weight wasn’t so damn hard.
Paula C
You probably can't do it now with your injury but I've found weightlifting really helps. It doesn't burn a ton of calories but the added muscle does, or something. You know, science. I love cardio but that alone doesn't seem to do it unless you have hours to play with. And who does?
Best of luck with the challenge! No shame in copying from another blogger. We're all here to share!
Glad to be on this journey with you. I've found that blogging has made me accountable this month and definitely helped. I'm sorry you are struggling with an injury, it makes it even more difficult, but I know you can do it.
Ann
https://lessofme108days.blogspot.com/
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