Here I sit blogging about nothing in particular except, oh yeah, I forgot...I've lost 10% of my starting weight! I've lost 20.5 pounds! I'm really excited to report this, except that my "mathy" friends will be able to figure out my starting weight. Oh well, I said at the beginning, fail or succeed, blogging will show this all publicly.
10% is a really big landmark in weight loss. That is the loss at which you are supposed to be able to see real changes, AND you body starts to experience measurable health improvements as well. I will concur. The constant pain in my feet has lessened considerably, my sugar highs and lows are much better (no, I wasn't diabetic, or pre-diabetic, but I was always a bit hypoglycemic, so when I was hungry, I felt I HAD to eat), all of my clothes are loose, we've all tried new foods and liked many of them...it's just been a successful experience all the way around so far.
The other landmark is that, for me, this is half of the weight I think I'd like to lose. I may change my mind as I approach the end of the next 20, but halfway to goal is an awesome feeling. I do believe that the weight loss will likely slow down from here on in, but hopefully it doesn't grind to a halt! I've started to add a little exercise at a time and yesterday, as a family, we walked...a lot. Start the morning with a 1 mile walk/run at the zoo event Claire's running club was in, then walked at the Farmer's Market (as well as buying a tomato plant and some other yummies), then went home for a couple of hours of housecleaning/yardwork, then BACK to the zoo for 2.5 more hours and many miles more of walking. We got home and prepared some of the yummy fresh beets and their greens (who knew we'd like those?-except for Claire) and a perfectly grilled burger...ahhhh. Life truly is good.
Well, I've finished meal planning for the week (a busy one, so quick meals), and I've blogged, so it's off to finish laundry, food shop, then go to work at Hallmark this evening.
Less later,
Laurie
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