Yesterday I stayed the course. It only takes a day to put yourself back on track and the reward is worth it.
Ah...to see the scale scaling back to where I was 5 days ago. So fine! I drank vinegar 3 times during the day to help curb my appetite. For me and even for you, it works like a diet pill.
Today I will start my day with blueberries and an apple. About an hour later I will have my double fiber toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a half slice of banana. So delicious.
Like yesterday, for lunch I will have a big salad with cherry tomatoes, big green olives, slivered almonds, feta cheese and a sliced hard boiled egg with a low fat dressing ...vinegar would be better.
And my walk...I keep on walking because I need the exercise. I love the fresh air; the wind in my face. It is my time to pray, give thanks, reflect and make plans for the day.
My dieting isn't just about losing weight. It is about discipline, attitude and better health. Looking and feeling better is the benefit I receive but quality of life make each day worth the effort. If you don't believe me, just ask someone who is suffering the consequences of a bad diet.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Who has a flat belly?
Welcome to 'My Favorite Read'!
Let me begin by telling you how my favorite read became my favorite read. I have more than one, but this is the one that first spiked my interest.
Several months ago while waiting in line at my favorite Super Walmart, a magazine cover caught my eye. It read "flat belly" foods. Wow...would I ever love to have a flatter belly. I bought the magazine and took it home to read. It introduced me to a new concept in dieting and diet.
Before I bought this magazine, I remember seeing a book at Costco titled 'Flat Belly Diet'. I thought it was a joke...a spoof book about something or other, but certainly not about getting a flat belly. Who has a flat belly? No one I know. I may have had a flat belly once, but that was a long time ago when I was younger and I worked out and watched what I ate. I haven't had a flat belly in 25 years or more!
Nevertheless, this little magazine by Prevention has changed my life, my diet, my weight and my health.
I have high (not to high) blood pressure and high (not to high) cholesterol. What a blow to my sense of well being. I didn't take kindly to the doctor when he suggested I take blood pressure pills and something to reduce my cholesterol. Surely he couldn't be talking to me! Surely the 30 pounds extra I was carrying around didn't have a negative effect on my health.
Like many of you, I have spent my life on a diet, but not one to lose weight. I have been on ice cream and doughnut diets; hamburger and french fries diets; eat everything you see diets and fast food diets. They always added weight.
I have gone on diets to lose weight but most of the time I didn't lose weight because I wan not committed. I wanted to lose weight but not enough to actually watch what I was eating or count the calories. However, there does come a time when you get motivated to lose weight. I have taken dieting seriously three time in my life. It has always been when a family member made a comment to me about my "fuller figure". To be exact, the comments came from the three most important men in my life; my father, my husband, and my son (in that order but years apart).
When I was 30 years old, my Dad and I traveled to a family reunion taking my 2 year old son to meet his cousins. While at the family picnic, Daddy commented I was getting a little "plump". He confirmed what I already knew. I came home and began to diet. I lost the extra pounds and kept them off for several years.
When I was thirty seven years old, and again plump, my husband made an unkind statement about my weight. It really hurt my feelings and made me mad. I joined Weight Watchers and lost the weight and kept it off for years.
I am now 63 and the pounds have once more attached themselves to me. My 36 year old son noticed how big my belly is and suggested I go on a diet and get some exercise. The truth hurts!
Remembering my sons comment about my belly caused me to take notice and take seriously the article I saw in Prevention magazine about a flat belly. No...my belly is not yet flat ( like a model ) but I have lost 25 pounds and I am excited.
I walk two miles three days a week and sometimes more. It only takes me 30 minutes and it gives me time to pray, think and plan my day. I feel better and I know my health is better.
It is not to late to reclaim your health and your figure.
I am and you can too!
Thanks for visiting My Favorite Read.
Let me begin by telling you how my favorite read became my favorite read. I have more than one, but this is the one that first spiked my interest.
Several months ago while waiting in line at my favorite Super Walmart, a magazine cover caught my eye. It read "flat belly" foods. Wow...would I ever love to have a flatter belly. I bought the magazine and took it home to read. It introduced me to a new concept in dieting and diet.
Before I bought this magazine, I remember seeing a book at Costco titled 'Flat Belly Diet'. I thought it was a joke...a spoof book about something or other, but certainly not about getting a flat belly. Who has a flat belly? No one I know. I may have had a flat belly once, but that was a long time ago when I was younger and I worked out and watched what I ate. I haven't had a flat belly in 25 years or more!
Nevertheless, this little magazine by Prevention has changed my life, my diet, my weight and my health.
I have high (not to high) blood pressure and high (not to high) cholesterol. What a blow to my sense of well being. I didn't take kindly to the doctor when he suggested I take blood pressure pills and something to reduce my cholesterol. Surely he couldn't be talking to me! Surely the 30 pounds extra I was carrying around didn't have a negative effect on my health.
Like many of you, I have spent my life on a diet, but not one to lose weight. I have been on ice cream and doughnut diets; hamburger and french fries diets; eat everything you see diets and fast food diets. They always added weight.
I have gone on diets to lose weight but most of the time I didn't lose weight because I wan not committed. I wanted to lose weight but not enough to actually watch what I was eating or count the calories. However, there does come a time when you get motivated to lose weight. I have taken dieting seriously three time in my life. It has always been when a family member made a comment to me about my "fuller figure". To be exact, the comments came from the three most important men in my life; my father, my husband, and my son (in that order but years apart).
When I was 30 years old, my Dad and I traveled to a family reunion taking my 2 year old son to meet his cousins. While at the family picnic, Daddy commented I was getting a little "plump". He confirmed what I already knew. I came home and began to diet. I lost the extra pounds and kept them off for several years.
When I was thirty seven years old, and again plump, my husband made an unkind statement about my weight. It really hurt my feelings and made me mad. I joined Weight Watchers and lost the weight and kept it off for years.
I am now 63 and the pounds have once more attached themselves to me. My 36 year old son noticed how big my belly is and suggested I go on a diet and get some exercise. The truth hurts!
Remembering my sons comment about my belly caused me to take notice and take seriously the article I saw in Prevention magazine about a flat belly. No...my belly is not yet flat ( like a model ) but I have lost 25 pounds and I am excited.
I walk two miles three days a week and sometimes more. It only takes me 30 minutes and it gives me time to pray, think and plan my day. I feel better and I know my health is better.
It is not to late to reclaim your health and your figure.
I am and you can too!
Thanks for visiting My Favorite Read.
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