Less Wobbly

Well, today was better.

Over the weekend, I went to my grandmother's house, where I had to perform hard manual farm labor for a number of hours on Sunday. I'm counting this as a workout, even though I ultimately gained a couple of pounds while I was there due to the massive amounts of meat consumed. Couldn't help it.

Today started out a little bit off...Slim in 6 seemed REALLY hard today...but then my walk was super easy. I had a smoothie and some hard boiled eggs for dinner...I think that, in the future, I should avoid eating eggs both for breakfast and for dinner, no matter how yummy it is. I do not need to have a heart attack tomorrow.

When the colder weather gets here, I think I'll go back to eating cheerios and oatmeal for a while. That's way better than an egg and cheese bagel, which is what I'm having every day right now. Maybe I'll switch to a cream cheese bagel...that's got to be better than egg and cheese, right?

I got a new book, called "If I am so smart, then why can't I lose weight?" It says a lot of good things, and it's made me feel good today. The author apparently used to be heavier, and worked out for 6 weeks without seeing a single pound of difference. She kept at it, though, and in 6 months she had lost 70 pounds! That both depresses and excites me...6 weeks with no change sounds AWFUL, but then to have such a huge change after 6 months...that would be wonderful, if only I can stick with it. She also says that her minimum is 3 days a week, and that you need to set an absolute baseline, or the minimum per week you're allowed to do. My minimum, I think, is either the Slim in 6 or my walk, for a minimum of 45 minutes, at least 4 days a week.

My determination hasn't let up, and that's good. The book says to think of exercise as a reward for my body, and I'm really trying to do that...it doesn't quite feel like it, though. It really feels more like torture.

Ok, I'm falling asleep. I definitely find myself getting tired earlier at night, but I'm not sure how much I like that. Ha.

Later!