Elegance
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On the road to Elegance.
It has been a long time since I posted on this board, and last time it was short lived. But, I hope that you will be seeing me more often. What brings me back? I'm glad you asked
...The story begins on a dark night!::::
Okay, about a month ago my brother in law was diagnosed with lymphomic cancer. I have known this guy my whole life, and my whole life he has been like this super human. He is always working out, eating healthy, and just a really cool person who you love to hang out with, and you feel privilaged if he is your friend. A lot of people's natural reaction to him being diagnosed with cancer is "how could mitch of all people get cancer!?" But, as many of us know these things don't always have a definate reason for happening.
When we found out he had cancer you could feel everybody brace themselves for the inevitable. We all knew Mitch would slow down, stop working out, and maybe stay in bed a lot.
But, we were all in for a big surprise!
Mitch didn't slow down one bit. He is still excersising, and just bought a bike to start training for some kind of marathon. He eats healthy (if I found out I had cancer i'd be eating so much crap )
So, I'm talking to my husband about how great Mitch is doing, about how healthy his lifestyle still is, etc... and it occurs to me. A man who has cancer, who has chemo treatments every other week, who has lost all his hair, who is constantly going to the restroom to throw up is living a healthier life than me.
I guess it is bad that the normal good reasons (living longer for my family, being happier, being healthier) aren't good enough for me to justify getting up when i'm tired and excersising, or eating sherbert instead of ice cream. No, I have to see that there is a man with a huge wall in front of him, and he is still climbing, while I only have a mole hill in front of me and I refuse to take a few steps. Does this make since? He is battling cancer and still working out every day, and I can't even take the stairs up to the third floor instead of the elevator? Wow. I am so ashamed of myself. Nothing else has done the trick, maybe blatent shame will motivate me to loose weight.
Today, 9/25/2006:
Approximate Weight: 250lbs. (Will update as soon as I have a scale)
Short term goal: loose between 30-40lbs by Christmas.
Long term goal: loose between 90-100lbs by 9/2007
Current Pant Size: 20
Short Term Goal: 16 by Christmas
Long term goal: 12 by 9/2007
Today:
Breakfast:
Homemade Egg McMuffin
1 Egg
1 Slice Cheese
1 1/2 strips low fat bacon
1 english muffin
1 glass grapefruit juice
Snack:
Yogurt
Plum
Lunch:
Turkey Sandwich
on Potato bread
and one slice of cheese
Snack:
Bowl of oatmeal
Dinner:
One serving of chicken and dumplings
So far today I have used the stairs both times I have gone up stairs at work. At the beginning of lunch I took a walk. It was short, probably 20 minutes, but it was really nice. Beautiful day in Galveston, Texas. Tonight I am going to go walk on the tredmill for an hour.
Have a great day everybody.
It has been a long time since I posted on this board, and last time it was short lived. But, I hope that you will be seeing me more often. What brings me back? I'm glad you asked
...The story begins on a dark night!::::Okay, about a month ago my brother in law was diagnosed with lymphomic cancer. I have known this guy my whole life, and my whole life he has been like this super human. He is always working out, eating healthy, and just a really cool person who you love to hang out with, and you feel privilaged if he is your friend. A lot of people's natural reaction to him being diagnosed with cancer is "how could mitch of all people get cancer!?" But, as many of us know these things don't always have a definate reason for happening.
When we found out he had cancer you could feel everybody brace themselves for the inevitable. We all knew Mitch would slow down, stop working out, and maybe stay in bed a lot.
But, we were all in for a big surprise!
Mitch didn't slow down one bit. He is still excersising, and just bought a bike to start training for some kind of marathon. He eats healthy (if I found out I had cancer i'd be eating so much crap
)So, I'm talking to my husband about how great Mitch is doing, about how healthy his lifestyle still is, etc... and it occurs to me. A man who has cancer, who has chemo treatments every other week, who has lost all his hair, who is constantly going to the restroom to throw up is living a healthier life than me.
I guess it is bad that the normal good reasons (living longer for my family, being happier, being healthier) aren't good enough for me to justify getting up when i'm tired and excersising, or eating sherbert instead of ice cream. No, I have to see that there is a man with a huge wall in front of him, and he is still climbing, while I only have a mole hill in front of me and I refuse to take a few steps. Does this make since? He is battling cancer and still working out every day, and I can't even take the stairs up to the third floor instead of the elevator? Wow. I am so ashamed of myself. Nothing else has done the trick, maybe blatent shame will motivate me to loose weight.
Today, 9/25/2006:
Approximate Weight: 250lbs. (Will update as soon as I have a scale)
Short term goal: loose between 30-40lbs by Christmas.
Long term goal: loose between 90-100lbs by 9/2007
Current Pant Size: 20
Short Term Goal: 16 by Christmas
Long term goal: 12 by 9/2007
Today:
Breakfast:
Homemade Egg McMuffin
1 Egg
1 Slice Cheese
1 1/2 strips low fat bacon
1 english muffin
1 glass grapefruit juice
Snack:
Yogurt
Plum
Lunch:
Turkey Sandwich
on Potato bread
and one slice of cheese
Snack:
Bowl of oatmeal
Dinner:
One serving of chicken and dumplings
So far today I have used the stairs both times I have gone up stairs at work. At the beginning of lunch I took a walk. It was short, probably 20 minutes, but it was really nice. Beautiful day in Galveston, Texas. Tonight I am going to go walk on the tredmill for an hour.
Have a great day everybody.
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