tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980015.post1482721248713479244..comments2023-08-11T10:32:22.795-04:00Comments on Reading Is My Super Power: ChangeCrystal Lainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284296811544392777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980015.post-78803168890064209402008-04-11T12:35:00.000-04:002008-04-11T12:35:00.000-04:00I'm proud of you, deciding you wanted to make a ch...I'm proud of you, deciding you wanted to make a change and then doing it! <BR/><BR/>I told myself that I was through with "diets" and wasn't going to go on another one. I was just going to try to eat better and be more active. Now I find out that it may be in my best interests (for reasons other than my weight, which it would help also) to go on a certain diet. <BR/><BR/>But to do this diet or not comes back to answering those questions you put at the end of this post. I have an issue. Do I wish to change it? How am I going to tackle it? Will I ignore it or come up with a plan? <BR/><BR/>~sigh~ I hate diets.Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230074814043297240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980015.post-70172021513702052402008-04-09T09:47:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:47:00.000-04:00Welcome to my world! The more years post 50 I expe...Welcome to my world! The more years post 50 I experience, the more I realize just about everything that was fast and easy when I was younger now takes eons longer. <BR/><BR/>I'm eating 6 small meals a day, and try not to eat after 8 at night. I'm drinking more water, eating less fat and more fruits and veggies. And no, I am not on a diet. I refuse to be on a diet. I'm exercising an average of 3.5 days a week ... treadmill and weight training. I'm still heavier than I thought I'd be after more than a year of this! <BR/><BR/>However, I have more energy and stamina. I have more lean mass (still covered with too much padding, but there are muscles in there and I can see them!) I've decided this is my new lifestyle. I can eat anything I really, really want. It's a choice. There's nothing I can't have. It's my choice. I'm here to tell you, if I could I'd choose Mrs. Johnson's fresh, hot cake donuts and apple fritters, but with my glacially slow metabolism I'd soon be a story on Nightline: "750 lb. woman cannot leave her house." I don't want to go there. <BR/><BR/>So, I press on . . . choosing to make healthy choices regarding the food I eat, choosing to get my saggy self to the gym even when I don't feel like it (I rarely feel like it!). This from a foodie supreme . . . food is my favorite thing to talk about, look at, prepare, EAT! Sigh. I'm gonna hit each year God allows for me kicking and screaming, fighting to be healthy and mobile. Sanity is optional.<BR/><BR/>Hugs!<BR/><BR/>CarrieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com