Saturday, April 30, 2016

New disappointment, and new motivation.

We went out for our "long" walk this morning. It was a beautiful day and we were so excited to be able to go 1.5 miles instead of the mile we do weekdays due to time constrictions. After the walk, we were so excited, feeling really good, so we decided to do our monthly weigh-in. Good feelings gone.

It was so disappointing. Lee and I both went up in weight by another pound. Ok, so it's just a pound, but we were so sure that the muscle we've been developing would have started helping us to lose weight, not put it on.

I should say, however, that the exercising and eating better must be doing something for our attitudes and mental health. We didn't stay disappointed for long. Within minutes we turned it around and started to discuss how to use it as motivation. We also started discussing how to get past this plateau and step it up a notch.

This is one of my motivators. I'm a little nervous about sharing it, but it's real. I hope it helps others, as well as us.

Tomorrow we do our measurements. Crossing fingers, hope it will show better results.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Hooray for Lee! Twice a day!

March 28, 2016
March 20, 2016
There isn't a whole lot to talk about today, but I do want to say how extremely proud I am of Lee. In the last 3 and a half weeks, Lee has been out walking nearly every day, twice a day! Lee started walking in the mornings while I was at work as a way to deal with his depression and restlessness. Then, in the evenings, he would go walking again with me. He has gotten up to walking 2.5 miles every day, 1.25 miles each time!!
April 6, 2016

April 14, 2016
March 20, 2016
March 28, 2016
We went in last weekend to get weighed and were disappointed that our weight had gone up. We were really hoping it meant that we had developed muscle. The next morning we did our measurements and found that in some of the lower body both of us were smaller by about 1/2 to one inch, while the rest of our measurements were pretty much the same. I'm no expert, but if we had gained fat weight, wouldn't our measurements have also gone up? Still hoping the weight gain is muscle.
April 6, 2016

That's pretty much everything today. Here are pics from the last 3 weeks!
April 14, 2016