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Resolving to Keep a Resolution
The weird thing is that I spent the first 30 years of my life trying to gain weight. Remember Olive Oyl, Popeye's girl? She had nothing on me. I wasn't fashionably thin. I was skinny to a fault. And then I got cancer. I went through menopause before my mom. I gained 27 pounds in two months during treatment. I had boobs!
But suddenly my metabolism screeched to a roaring halt and calories counted...and counted.
All the thoughts that I had ever had about "anyone should be able to lose weight" came back and bit me in the rear. Literally.
Seventeen wonderful healthy years have passed and keeping my weight under control has been part of that. But three years ago a pound here, and a pound there crept on.
And then in the past several months my full-time writing job (where I exude tons of weight-burning fat exercise sitting in my home office writing) slammed home.
My clothes were tight. My professional photo kind of looked like me, but not really. The day I realized I was down to three shirts that actually hid the growing tummy, I trekked to the store. And that, my friends, is when I realized the truth. The whole truth and nothing but.
It was time to make real resolutions. Yeah, I ate healthy most of the time. It's almost freakish, but I really love healthy foods over fatty, greasy, sugar-loaded foods. Not sure how it happened; it's just always been that way. So, the problem wasn't food. It's movement. Yeah, I love to walk and hike and swim. But when I was honest with myself I admitted I was more talk than action. I need to exercise regularly.
Same as brushing my teeth. Same as watching Survivor every Thursday night when it's on CBS. It has to be a part of my life--from now on.
I've stuck with the plan. Today something great happened. It was the first day that I actually enjoyed rolling out of a bed to an alarm and driving four miles to the gym.
I haven't seen significant results because it's too early. But significant results can't be my goal.
Long-term, I want to be healthy. Long-term, I want my clothes to fit. Long-term, I want to be a snappy old lady one day that still hikes and swims and walks and gets on the floor and plays with her grandchildren.
So, did you make a resolution? And how do you resolve to keep it?
Tags: fitness, health, losing-weight, resolutions
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Comment by Sally Kays on January 7, 2009 at 4:23pm - peyton and i started weight watchers last night - all prayers are needed. i want to help her not have to face up to some of the things i did going thru life overweight, and i want to feel good enough to play with my kids and one day my grandbabies. we had a good day today - both of us - even took the dogs for a walk. hope to see you soon!! luv ya! sk
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Comment by Tonya on January 7, 2009 at 1:14pm - I did make that dreaded new years resolution to lose weight. I truly hope I can stick with the plan but as a temporary single parent of 3 children (my husband is on a year long deployment) and one of those children being homeschooled I'm finding it really tough to exercise. I've been reasonably good though with my eating habits so far. I haven't eaten chocolate or candy in 3 days and no desserts either. I've cooked dinner every night and made healthy breakfasts. Now to sneak in some exercise while the kids aren't looking ....
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Comment by Julie Albin on January 7, 2009 at 9:35am -
Suzanne, I can relate to your comment about being down to three shirts that hid your tummy. I was on a vacation in California when a professional photographer snapped a family photo of us at Universal Studios. All I noticed when I looked at that photo (which my husband talked me into buying) is how my stomach pushed through my shirt. That was two years ago. In that two years, exercise has become such a way of life for me that I need it like some people need coffee to start their day.
It took six months to start to lose weight (until then I was replacing muscle with fat so my weight actually increased). Six months after that, I was buying new jeans because the old ones were too big.
Now that the exercise piece is firmly in place, this year's resolution is to conquer my bad eating habits. It's not fair to make my body do all the work. Willpower needs to do its share as well. I wrote about getting fit from the inside out in this month's edition of my e-newsletter. To read it, visit: http://www.diggingouttogether.com/newsletter/archives/newsletter200901.htm.
Whether you're just starting your journey to get fit or midway through it, never forget that with God all things are possible ... even thinner thighs.
Julie Albin
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Comment by Hera on January 7, 2009 at 8:39am - Oh I couldn't agree more! Love this blog. It's time to make a change - I'm totally there with ya!!! My biggest obstacle ahead of me is that it is now officially tax season and my husband is an accountant so during tax season I become practically a single mother. I'm going to have to make the effort right downstairs in my own basement. Seems so convenient but it's tough to make it down there! Thanks for sharing!
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