LaTigresse
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Ohhhhhhhh Feline, I feel for you!! My adult daughter has fought obesity since she was in her early teens. It has been an emotional roller coaster for her. Then at age 35 my body decided it was going to revolt for all of the food abuse over the years and start packing on the pounds for the first time in my life. When I last weighed myself I was 25# over the 9 months pregnant weight with my first child. Granted I was 17 at that time and I was 44 when I last weighed myself but still. My problem is two fold, I love love LOVE food!! I always have. I love to cook it, I love to share it, I love to eat it. AND I hate, detest ABHOR exercise for the sake of exercise. Add in the fact that I spend most of my day Monday through Friday at this desk and don't get home until 7......it doesn't assist in the problem. After that shock this spring I just knew I had to get my butt back to it's J-Lolabella fineness and started changing what I ate, not so much how much. Mostly fresh stuff, fruits and veggies. Less of the ose's.......fruitose, lactose, etc. Less refined and processed foods. Instead of shoving chips or whatever I could find when I got home at 7 and was starved, into my mouth I try to grab a piece of fruit before heading outside to do my farm chores. And I am making it a point to fit exercise into my day whenever I can, even if it is just a 5 minute walk. 5 minutes here and there add up just like 50 calories here and there do. I even scare the neighbours as they drive by, by doing walking lunges out in the orchard while I am running the dogs. It doesn't matter what you do or how much at a time you do, just keep doing it and doing a little more all the time. Hell, I suck at dancing but I am even considering taking a salsa class or something just so I can keep moving and scaring people this winter. I have zero dancing finesse but at least it will be fun laughing at myself with everyone else there.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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