That’s right, I lost one pound today.
At least that’s what the scale told me when I looked at it this morning. Maybe my vision was blurry first thing in the morning. I have no illusions that tomorrow I will have lost more weight. Rather, I’ll be happy if my weight stays exactly where it is right now.
Nor will I be disappointed if I weigh a pound more tomorrow. I’m focusing on the fact that I am in this for the long haul – the rest of my life. Heck, it is very possible that the scale is out of whack. It’s an analog scale.
What I am excited about is that for the last five – count em – five days I have followed through on what I said I would not do. I have not had the afternoon candy bar. I really haven’t missed it to be honest. This afternoon I did have a very small cup of old fashion oatmeal with a few raisins. And second, I haven’t had any after dinner snacks. This has been a little bit tougher though. I have done a few “walk bys” to see what was in the pantry. You know, just to make sure the food was still there; wink, wink. Now on the other hand, I have gobbled down a number of carrots.
I must say that writing down my intentions, like I am doing here, is what keeps me focused on my goal of reducing my weight by 23 pounds by the end of 2007. A couple of pounds a month for the next thirteen months and I should be at 167 lbs.
Over the winter months, my wife and I make an effort to take an evening walk. This year we have a puppy, a nine month old yellow lab, that shares the walks with us. It is on the cold side now, 29F, and this will make for a brisk walk with the dog. One of the great thing about a walk like this, besides getting exercise, is the time we get to talk. In case you are wondering, we have two wonderful sons, ages 9 and 11. They do take a lot of time and attention – and rightly so. Getting a chance to unwind together in a peaceful evening walk gives us a chance to reconnect.
I’m bouncing around this evening with my thoughts. Getting back to the losing weight idea, not allowing myself the after dinner snacks gets me to appreciate the evening dinner even more. I noticed this evening that I took a longer time to eat my meal than usual. I wanted to savor every last bite. I can still taste the lightly salted pesto pasta and the burnt garlic bread that is a signature of my wife. Seems that in her family, everyone who has every used the broiler to toast bread ends up scorching the bread so the edges are charcoal black. I prefer the slightly soggy, but highly garlic, toasted bread. But that’s just me.
It’s time to get outside and get that evening walk under our belts.
[tags]weight, exercise, diet[/tags]
