Hi all,
I've just joined! I'm 42 years old and weigh 165
pounds on a 5' 3.5" frame; I reckon I'm at least 30
pounds overweight.
Last week I had a wakeup call that my current health is extremely non-optimal...and I made myself a promise not to go on a
diet, but instead try a lifestyle change in my eating habits. While I do adore the toast with butter and the chocolate dipped macadamia nuts and the (fill in the blanks) joys of yumness, I realize that it's not a question of "should I get healthy" but "it's time to get healthy...now."
I try not to view this as
dieting. Instead, I'm drinking close to a gallon of water a day, making lots of chicken/beef soups (I adore soup, preferably with chili peppers), and making sure I get an apple or a banana in once a day.
I'm also walking 2.4 miles every day on a route that includes hills and valleys (okay, 3 hills and 2 valleys), as well as getting back into doing bodyweight
exercises.
I've lost 3
pounds so far. I think my bodyweight workouts put on muscle but so long as I'm burning up
fat, I'm okay with that. :-)
I don't have a set time frame; as I'm trying to make this a lifestyle change, I figure I'll just take it one day at a time. I mentally view myself as fire; I can burn up what I want to (fat
fat fat!) and yet control my eating when I choose.
So we'll see how it goes!
Nice to find this community,
Barb
