The next step in loving myself included a hair dye, highlights and cut. I always feel so much better stepping out of the salon. Next came purchasing a new outfit - one I know can do me a few sizes. The top is quite loose fitting, allowing me to purchase a medium. I can no longer wear the majority of my medium tops, but by mid-Spring I will be able to! The outfit makes me feel like a fashionista and with the price I paid, it should! I will have to wait for warmer weather to arrive to don it, but that day is coming soon!
I am beginning to think about how to implement exercise back into my life. It was the last thing to go as I held on to running for quite some time. I can't imagine retraining my body to run 5k again, never mind the 12K I was enjoying weekly! It's amazing how fast one can get out of shape. I am hoping to start my walking DVD's again, the ones I lost the majority of my weight exercising to. My first 80 pounds came off with Lesley Sansone and her walking DVD's. I really like the DVD that does cardio/weights circuits. I have no "time" excuse for Fri - Sun, but it is hard to fit in Mon-Thurs. I am going to approach this in small steps and only add time that I know I can maintain and commit to in the long term.
Oh my goodness, eating completely gluten free is hard, hard work. My daughter has no temptation to touch a bread product because her debilitating symptoms have disappeared in a matter of two weeks. It's truly amazing. I had some wheat products this weekend, albeit healthy ones, and I felt no different for having consumed them. I do not think I have an intolerance, but if I eat a diet rich in flour products, I feel heavy and a I crave carbs more and more. I think the issue will be balance for me. Less wheat products, but perhaps not a complete elimination of healthy ones.
My goal remains reaching the next decade, 190's, by March 1st. I think I will get there. If I reach the 180's by my birthday, I will be 10 pounds more than my birthday weight the last two years. That seems manageable to me in terms of reaching goal by summer...but don't let me focus on results, I want to focus on change!
My new mantra - If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change you will results.
Eating less, moving more,
Dawne
After 30 years of struggling with losing weight and gaining it back, I am ready to live the journey to health and wellness. I have discovered, thousands of dollars later, that dieting is not the secret. The changes required go far deeper than calories in and calories burned. My plan is to reach a healthy weight without counting calories, diet drinks or bars, but simply by eating less and moving more. It's my time.
Getting There!
8 comments:
Love the new mantra! You are strong. You will do this.
It's so wonderful to see your posts popping up on my blog roll regularly. It's even better to see you're doing so well.
I love you mantra!!!
I think the fact that, Lord willing, you will be in a medium by mid-spring, is a WIN, Dawne.
I've always admired your whole approach, and I wish I had the fortitude to see if taking out gluten would benefit my health. But I'm glad for how it's helped your daughter! And you. =)
One thing I always remembered about your posts when they were so helpful to me during my first months of blogging was how calm, cool and calculated they seemed to be. That hasn't changed and I'm grateful. This new determination reflects that same spirit of "git er done," yet always in measured steps with very attainable mini-steps. You go, girl!!
Hi Dawne- I dont know if this is something that will help you out or not but it has done wonders for me once it clicked. The other day I realized (the click) that EVERY choice I make DOES matter. So i am taking it choice by choice, decision by decision instead of looking at the end weight and goal I want to be. That way it feels more doable. Does that make sense? I know you can do this Dawne. As I know I can. I also wrote a post the other day about how I feel kind of blessed because although I have put this weight back on, I know (bc I have been there) that I am capable of so much more.
WE WILL DO THIS DAWNE.
JEnnifer
Having new clothes to look forward to wearing is great motivation! Being nice to yourself is also a good step!
That mantra is awesome.
I am like you that the more carby things I eat the more I want them - even if they are the healthy ones.
Have a great weekend!
When I feel like I don't have time for a full workout - I'll fit in ten minutes. You can still get the same results doing ten minutes, three times a day as you can doing one 30 minute session. Once I got my head wrapped around the fact that every workout I did didn't have to be the "go big or go home" kind, it made it easier for me. Way to go on your hard work and progress!
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