French Fried Update: Holiday Edition?!

I have a lot of serious stuff happening lately. Why do family problems seem to permeate adult life at every turn? I have yet to figure that out….but I will be praying and sharing more later. Right now, I still feel like ignoring half the time and slowly processing the other half.

So instead, I will say this, I have not shared a lot about my weight loss in a while. I have settled in between 148 and 152 pounds for a while now, which is nice. I just still have a lot of fat around my middle, which I know is NOT good for women. The holidays really had me on an emotional see saw. Some of the time I ate well over what I should have, not caring about the consequences, the other half of the time I cried about my size and tried to eat what I think I should. While I think this is normal for women I am sad to say that I have totally gotten out of the habit of regular gym workouts. I have been doing some stretching and mini yoga/pilates sessions at home, but the cardio I was getting is quickly falling to wayside. I just cannot seem to get there! And walking by myself has lost its appeal now that the weather is either rainy and warm or sunny and cold.

I think that I am not writing this to say anything new, I am really writing this to say: I wish that I could eat chocolate for the rest of my life without feeling bad about it! I wish that I could be motivated to work out everyday because it really does make me feel better, and I wish that organic produce was cheaper! On an end note, for the people that say buying bigger sizes for people makes them feel better when they try it on, they are wrong, if I received one more sweater that was drowning on me for Christmas I was going to scream. Apparently wearing (mostly) older clothes does continue to make me look fat. There was one particular person who bought me a large from a store that I wear a small in, I am not mad at them, but I really wish that I felt all my hard work was apparent. Perhaps not humanly possible? :)

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French Fried Update 4

I have lost zero. Nope. Nothing. I have hit a holding pattern or something. It sucks! But, I am going to keep on going. In the great words of Journey “Don’t stop believin!!” They probably didn’t know they were talking about my fight for weight loss, but yeah, I am pretty sure they were.

AND- I have not even eaten any fries!! Maybe I will today just to see if that jump starts me again. Hmmm….

By the way, I am so excited about the rest of what God is doing here, especially joining the Compassion bloggers, that I am sure that he is just willing the fat to fall off my body! ;)

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French Fried Goodness

 

I am discovering that part of being peaceful is my body image. I am definitely working towards this goal. I have lost about 4 lbs. so far but I know I have gained some muscle and am feeling more energetic. This has been going on right at a month. But I have a problem…it’s called french fries. I know they are bad for you, I know they are full of fat, juicy greasiness that leads to cellulite on my buthighs (the area where some women’s butt and thighs merge together) and possible heart attacks caused by congestive-I-ate-too- much-grease in my lifetime failure. But, I can’t stop. Everywhere you go sells them for the cheap price of $1. Or it comes with your uber healthy no butter on the wheat bun no mayo please grilled chicken sandwich. What are you supposed to do when they know you by name and call out to you from the shiny happy menu??

I do not know. So I continue to work it out, I am doing a solid 30 minutes of cardio a few times a week with some strength training on the side. But, I am afraid that my addiction to these salty potato gems will keep me from reaching my goal. So, I know that I cannot do without. My goal: to eat French fries only once a week. The week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. So, there will be only one day in this period that I can savor in the salty goodness. Please, feel free to ask me about my progress. Remind me, in a shrill sergeant voice, if you see me put a fry in my mouth. Slap my hand if you see me reaching for one on your plate. Hopefully, by November I will have waned the demon inside and lost my goal of 20 lbs. I will let you know how this tactic works. Please pray that I stay motivated and strong. I am sure you are waiting on the edge of your seat!

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