Weight loss is hard. Very hard. Going at it alone is even harder. We all need support, encouragement and every now and then, a good swift kick in the ass.
I joined www.sparkpeople.com a while back and that is an excellent website for people trying to lose weight. I met some really nice, wonderful ladies on that site. I learned a lot from those ladies. I watched them lose pound after pound after pound, while I gained pounds and lost focus. I got a little wrapped up in being, I don't know, I guess I just got wrapped up in the social aspect of it. Watching my new friends go so far while I went backwards frustrated me so I stopped visiting the site.
Recently one of my friends from Spark texted me up and we've been chatting. She had some of the same problems I did and stopped visiting the site as well. We've now made a pact that we will help and support each other. A lot less likely to get wrapped up in the wrong thing when it's one on one.
As part of our new program. This week we're watching portions. If it's too much food for a 10 year old, it's too much for us as well. We're adding some strength training, slowly. This week we're doing 50 wall push ups per day. That's it, just 50. But 50 is a lot when you haven't been doing anything at all. And finally, we're blogging. We both need a way to address our feelings without feeding them.
These things were my idea, and yesterday I flaked. I ate a thing of ice cream before bed last night. Not sure why I wanted it, I think I just wanted something sweet. Should have went for the apple in the kitchen instead. I forgot all about doing wall push ups and didn't blog.
I'd like to say I'll double up on things today, and yeah I'll try, but most likely it won't happen. So I'm blogging early today to make sure I get that done. I AM going to do some wallies before I get ready for work this morning. We'll see where the day takes me after that. I will get in my 50 for the day, and I will try for 100, but realistically, I doubt I'll make that.
Toodles.
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