Usually when I start to "lose weight" the first few weeks are very slow and then around week 3 or 4, there's a sudden drop in weight of 3-4 lbs that cannot be explained as I've been doing the same thing for 3-4 weeks. I've been waiting for that whoosh! This feels excruciatingly slow but there's no choice but to continue to plod along!
I seem to have broken the mood of defeat and feel much more optimistic and energized about weight loss, exercise and life in general.
My (adult) sons are fighting and not speaking to each other for the last month. This is so stressful for me as since their father passed away, and my sister has moved away - we really only have each other here. I am practicing my mantra - not my circus not my monkeys - although they really are MY monkeys!! Hopefully they will sort it out soon. It is heartbreaking to see them so angry at each other.
My jaw is still a problem but I've either raised my tolerance levels or it is starting to bother me less. The MRI I had was inconclusive so we are just waiting now. My doctor suggested steroids to reduce the inflammation but that makes me nervous because of the weight gain and the effect it will have on my blood sugar. So...I'm going to give it another month and see if time really does heal all things!
I still weigh in every day although I only count my Friday or Saturday weigh in as my "official" weekly weigh in. I use an app called "Happy Scale" which lets you enter daily weights then does a running seven day average so it's easier to see losses over time despite the daily fluctuations.
The friend I do road races with (we walk) has moved to night shifts and works most weekends so I won't be doing as many this year, I hope to get in a few though.
I have a new hiking / walking partner though. One of my co-workers (Lorna) lives quite close to me and grew up in the city we live in so she knows all the trails much better than I do and she has a large dog that needs long walks so we had started last Fall to go out 2-3 nights a week for about 2 hours. We started that up again last week and last night even did 7km in the drizzly, cold rain.
Lorna and I are also planning a road trip to Alexandria, VA in May so we can do all the touristy things in D.C. Then I'll be off to PA sometime in July and then, hopefully, to England in October to visit my sister and nephews.
I like plans :)
Some photos from our walk the last two nights. In a few weeks all this dreary grey and brown will be lush green! Stay tuned :)
You have a beautiful walking trail.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have a walking buddy. Most of my walking is on the treadmill because my anxiety goes sky-high at the thought of walking outside alone.
Hope your boys get things settled soon.