Gym is Open (Mourning Monday) 7/28
I originally decided to call this "Mourning Monday" because I have my WLS support group meeting tonight and I'm ashamed to go because my weight is up since my last group meeting. When I typed in the date, I realized that my late mother would have been 80 years old today. She passed away 10 years ago.
Anyway, I will go to my WLS support group tonight and take whatever lumps I have coming. My tool is not broken, I just need to quit feeding it carbs. I eat carbs, and then all sorts of frightening cravings hit me and I eat nonstop.
Not only is my weight up a bit, we took the dogs to the vet for their wellness exam on Saturday and the doxie has gained 1.2 lbs since his last wellness exam. While the dogs have not had WLS, they can benefit from the exercise component of the post-WLS lifestyle.
I will turn "Mourning Monday" into "Mindful Monday" by going back to the lessons all WLS folks know. Protein, water, exercise, and journaling food. I found a nicely bound food journal from Amazon.com that I'll start using. I tried journaling online and that didn't work. My Palm committed suicide so I can't use it to journal food. I'm hoping this new journal will do the trick. It looks promising, and I can use the online journal as an adjunct.
The gym is open. I will exercise today, taking the dogs for a early AM walk around the block (the vet said to start them on one block's walk for a week and then increase incrementally so their foot pads will have time to adjust to outdoor walking). I will go to the rec center and walk on the treadmill and do strength training. I will not do water aerobics this week unless my knees build up some stamina from treadmill work.
What did you do to move your body today?
Kix
Anyway, I will go to my WLS support group tonight and take whatever lumps I have coming. My tool is not broken, I just need to quit feeding it carbs. I eat carbs, and then all sorts of frightening cravings hit me and I eat nonstop.
Not only is my weight up a bit, we took the dogs to the vet for their wellness exam on Saturday and the doxie has gained 1.2 lbs since his last wellness exam. While the dogs have not had WLS, they can benefit from the exercise component of the post-WLS lifestyle.
I will turn "Mourning Monday" into "Mindful Monday" by going back to the lessons all WLS folks know. Protein, water, exercise, and journaling food. I found a nicely bound food journal from Amazon.com that I'll start using. I tried journaling online and that didn't work. My Palm committed suicide so I can't use it to journal food. I'm hoping this new journal will do the trick. It looks promising, and I can use the online journal as an adjunct.
The gym is open. I will exercise today, taking the dogs for a early AM walk around the block (the vet said to start them on one block's walk for a week and then increase incrementally so their foot pads will have time to adjust to outdoor walking). I will go to the rec center and walk on the treadmill and do strength training. I will not do water aerobics this week unless my knees build up some stamina from treadmill work.
What did you do to move your body today?
Kix
I was back in the gym this morning and boy did it feel good!
30 mins on the elliptical had my heart pumping and the sweat a dripping!
30 mins on the elliptical had my heart pumping and the sweat a dripping!
Life is tough, but my God is TOUGHER
"There is more to life than increasing its speed.? Gandhi
The Greatest Pleasure In Life Is Doing What People Say You Cannot Do....
377/331/198/175 Highest/WLS/Current/Goal
30 minutes on the elliptical is awesome. While at the gym today, there was a dude on the elliptical that I was sure I'd have to call 911 to revive. He was hauling azz like there was no tomorrow and his face was beet red. Amazingly, he did not drop dead.
Good work on the exercise, and keep that heart pumping. If I exercised as early as you do, my heart would refuse to pump.
Kix
Good work on the exercise, and keep that heart pumping. If I exercised as early as you do, my heart would refuse to pump.
Kix
Good morning, Kix, and welcome to Monday.
In my opinion, you don't have any lumps coming. We all struggle to find a balance that we're comfortable maintaining. And I can totally relate to the issue with carbs. If I eat them, I just want more, more, MORE, MORE. I also believe that's an instinctual, physiological reaction based on how we evolved as humans; carbs = energy = eat as many as you can get because you don't know when you'll get more. That was fine when carbs were not readily available, but in today's society, it's become a maladaptive response. So in the battle against carbs, I feel like I struggle against my very nature....
You've got a good plan by focusing on being more mindful about your eating. For me, it was about learning to interrupt my old food-based behaviors and replacing them with new, healthy behaviors. You've taken the first and often hardest step, which is identifying the behavior you want to change. Mindfulness is an excellent tool in your arsenal when it comes to changing any behavior, and I think it will serve you well in these cir****tances. Have you tried doing any mindfulness meditations? I find them helpful when I've got a lot of change going on, like now, or when there's something I'm working to change. It's helps me find my center, identify what's important, why it's important, and to help me maintain a healthy focus...
Okay, climbing down off my soap box now, and getting back to the purpose of this post - today's exercise. I'm going to the gym at lunch for strength training - can't remember if today is upper body or lower body, but I'll do whatever's next on the agenda. I have an appointment w/ the optometrist at 6:15 p.m., so can't go to the gym after work. But if I get home early enough, I may go for a walk -
Kellie
In my opinion, you don't have any lumps coming. We all struggle to find a balance that we're comfortable maintaining. And I can totally relate to the issue with carbs. If I eat them, I just want more, more, MORE, MORE. I also believe that's an instinctual, physiological reaction based on how we evolved as humans; carbs = energy = eat as many as you can get because you don't know when you'll get more. That was fine when carbs were not readily available, but in today's society, it's become a maladaptive response. So in the battle against carbs, I feel like I struggle against my very nature....
You've got a good plan by focusing on being more mindful about your eating. For me, it was about learning to interrupt my old food-based behaviors and replacing them with new, healthy behaviors. You've taken the first and often hardest step, which is identifying the behavior you want to change. Mindfulness is an excellent tool in your arsenal when it comes to changing any behavior, and I think it will serve you well in these cir****tances. Have you tried doing any mindfulness meditations? I find them helpful when I've got a lot of change going on, like now, or when there's something I'm working to change. It's helps me find my center, identify what's important, why it's important, and to help me maintain a healthy focus...
Okay, climbing down off my soap box now, and getting back to the purpose of this post - today's exercise. I'm going to the gym at lunch for strength training - can't remember if today is upper body or lower body, but I'll do whatever's next on the agenda. I have an appointment w/ the optometrist at 6:15 p.m., so can't go to the gym after work. But if I get home early enough, I may go for a walk -
Kellie
Thanks for the pep talk! I ate proteins exclusively (well, practically) and I am not having any food cravings today.
I hate going to the optometrist because I always have trouble with, "Which is better, 1 or 2?" They always look the same to me (unless it's obviously blurred). Luckily, I have an excellent optometrist who does not get cross when I ask her to show me the charts again and again.
Did you make it home in time to walk?
Kix
I hate going to the optometrist because I always have trouble with, "Which is better, 1 or 2?" They always look the same to me (unless it's obviously blurred). Luckily, I have an excellent optometrist who does not get cross when I ask her to show me the charts again and again.
Did you make it home in time to walk?
Kix
Just being mindful of what you are doing wrong is probably the best thing. If we continue to do that without making the necessary changes...need I say more. Don't worry about it; that's what a support group is supposed to be about--support.
As for me, I know I'm going to be mourning tomorrow as I can already feel my muscles and the fatigue that I put them through today. I didn't lose much strength, but I started back on the upper body easy today. Also did 20 minutes on the elliptical.
As for me, I know I'm going to be mourning tomorrow as I can already feel my muscles and the fatigue that I put them through today. I didn't lose much strength, but I started back on the upper body easy today. Also did 20 minutes on the elliptical.
kathsum
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on 7/28/08 2:42 am - San Antonio, TX
on 7/28/08 2:42 am - San Antonio, TX
I had a lot of carbs yesterday too, and the more I had the more I wanted. It was a disturbingly strong urge, to where I couldn't fall asleep last night because all I could think about was potato chips. What the hell? I don't remember it being THIS bad before when I ate carbs, but maybe it was.
I haven't been to the gym since my ear started hurting but I am going today. I'll probably just walk, but it doesn't really matter what I do as long as I do something. I seem to be very sad today, very down, and I can't quite put my finger on why. I think my cats sensed it though, because the one who never loves on me climbed in my lap this morning and purred. He's 9, and I think I can count on one hand the number of times he's done that for me in his life.
I haven't been to the gym since my ear started hurting but I am going today. I'll probably just walk, but it doesn't really matter what I do as long as I do something. I seem to be very sad today, very down, and I can't quite put my finger on why. I think my cats sensed it though, because the one who never loves on me climbed in my lap this morning and purred. He's 9, and I think I can count on one hand the number of times he's done that for me in his life.
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