Fitness Update
Nov. 29th, 2004 07:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabrinamariWell, I lost over a pound this last week. I wasn't trying; this is a side effect of not being able to eat easily. My brother pointed out that what might be happening is that having "taken in" something toxic, my body/mind may be just shutting down and saying no to many things from the outside world. I think he's onto something there.
I went shopping with him and Christy, his wife, on Saturday and we had a great time. It was so much fun! However, I couldn't get myself to buy anything except "The Four Agreements", a book recommended to me as useful for this time. I watched that total internal resistence to buying myself anything else---even a tiny pair of earrings---and asked why this was such a strong feeling. Here's the answer I gave myself: 1.) I don't know who I'm buying things for yet, since I'm changing so fast, and I'd like to wait until I know who I am again to do so. 2.) see my brother's explanation above. Oh, and 3.) I need to be much more consciuosly frugal now that I will be moving out and supporting myself on my salary alone.
So I'm at 132 lbs. and still dropping without any effort, and little exercise, at all. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer today, and it was all I could do to drag myself on and off of it.
I think I might join seedmoon's cutting challenge in order to give me a consciously healthier focus for proceeding into the next few months. This approach is no good. Plus, if you're using weights, you've gotta eat. No way around it. That should help.
I went shopping with him and Christy, his wife, on Saturday and we had a great time. It was so much fun! However, I couldn't get myself to buy anything except "The Four Agreements", a book recommended to me as useful for this time. I watched that total internal resistence to buying myself anything else---even a tiny pair of earrings---and asked why this was such a strong feeling. Here's the answer I gave myself: 1.) I don't know who I'm buying things for yet, since I'm changing so fast, and I'd like to wait until I know who I am again to do so. 2.) see my brother's explanation above. Oh, and 3.) I need to be much more consciuosly frugal now that I will be moving out and supporting myself on my salary alone.
So I'm at 132 lbs. and still dropping without any effort, and little exercise, at all. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer today, and it was all I could do to drag myself on and off of it.
I think I might join seedmoon's cutting challenge in order to give me a consciously healthier focus for proceeding into the next few months. This approach is no good. Plus, if you're using weights, you've gotta eat. No way around it. That should help.
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Date: 2004-11-29 01:47 pm (UTC)They seem very simple - but we get so caught up in our personal whirlwinds that we sometimes lose sight of one or two of them.
I wish you the best - so, when are you going to visit us in Boston, eh?
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Date: 2004-11-29 04:34 pm (UTC)The "Divorce Diet" is second only to the "cocaine habit diet" for unfortunate but effective ways to drop pounds.
Something about that kind of life change tends to wreak havok on the appetite. (except for those people for whom is has the opposite effect and they binge eat)
I know when I went through a breakup I lost a good deal of weight and I was already skinny at the time.
I know you have a lot of things to concern yourself with right now but try to keep eating well and protect your health. Its precious.