Time for another day of being healthy. Uch.
Breakfast
This morning I had 1.5 handfuls of dry sugar-free Branflakes. That was followed by a cup of coffee with milk.Weight gained: 46 grams.
Then, my son failed to finish his cornflakes so I had to eat them rather than throw them out. Luckily it was only 15-20 flakes.
To take to work, I put some bagged salad in a plastic container with a blob of Cottage and some pepper on it.
Thus, a bag of salad that cost 10.90 NIS lasted only two meals. Clearly not sustainable.
Exercise
Yesterday I went to the doctor and he said that I should exercise (big surprise). This is an argument we have often. He told me, "Stop thinking of exercise as a Jane Fonda workout video or something that requires putting on shorts and sneakers, and think baby steps - just adding a little activity to your day for starters."
Interesting.
Then my evil step mother (just kidding, she's not evil) (or is she? trying to get me to exercise...) forwarded me some articles with similar advice, and pointed out that when I say that I don't have time to exercise, it's just an excuse. And while it's true that I don't have 10 free minutes a day, I guess if my life depended on it I could find the time, and taking that logic a step further - my life does depend on it. Besides, I am writing this blog post, aren't I? That's time I could have spent exercising.
So I hereby resolve בלי נדר to start with the following baby steps, weather and time permitting:
- To park at the far end of the parking lot at work; and
- To take a more "scenic" route from the cafeteria back to my office. Maybe take a brisk stroll around the tarmac for a couple of minutes and look at some airplanes while I'm at it.
משנכס אדר מרבין בשמחה!
Chodesh Tov! The Simcha of Adar, Purim, and Pesach (don't talk to me about Pesach!!) mostly revolves around food. That is in fact one of the things that always ruins my attempts at weight loss: Holidays. I can spend months putting in tremendous effort to lose weight and then gain it all back over one day of Yom Tov.
Any ideas how to experience שמחת יום טוב without בשר, יין, ואזני המן? Let me know in your comments below.
Your perspective and attitude is good. and this for week or two may be inspiring, but it wont be the hard part. The hard part will be in 2-3 weeks or more when you feel you havent made enough progress and you are stressed and you lose the mood. So i say this: keep at it, but don't push too hard. I think you should have a more rounded lunch like you are used to. Branflakes and salad all day will cause you to crash before the end of the week.
ReplyDelete1. I'm already stressed and have lost the mood, anticipating the inevitable failure a few weeks down the line. Been there, done that. Fact. I know exactly how this is going to play out, and it probably ends with diabetes. Let's not kid ourselves. I'm counting on you, dear readers, to kick my butt into gear when we reach that breaking point. (Until when, forever??? This is a project doomed from the start).
DeleteThe dietitian said that I can have a real meal for lunch once or twice a week. I'm actually OK with lunch which is free from work. My problem is more dinner - I have neither the money nor time to have a wholesome meal every day, and just two eggs on a plate without numerous slices of bread leaves me hungry.
Food = Poison
Eh, screw it, I think I'll give up now. But I'll continue to blog so we can document my failure. After I die of Obesity you can analyze the blog posts like black box recorders.
מקובל?
Wow, the breaking point devolved very quickly there from 2-3 weeks from now, to right now.
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