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| May 25, 2016 |
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| May 25, 2016 |
I've been getting very frustrated that I haven't been able to lose weight or any inches. I had some inspiration the other day that we've been making efforts to work on.
First, I have a very hard time drinking water. I believe I've mentioned it before, but I really don't like drinking water. However, the thought came to me the other day that that could be a lot of why I'm not losing any weight: I don't drink enough, of anything. I paid attention to how I drink during the day, and realized that I probably drink a total of 16 - 20 oz of any liquid on an average day! I just don't think about it. Now, there are days that I might get about 40 - 50 oz, but my water intake usually stays around 20 oz. The daily recommendation is at least 64! That has to change.
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When I'm at work, I have a lot harder time on certain days. On the days we do exams (I'm working in an optical store and the Optometrist is only in twice a week), I'm usually so busy that I don't sit down at my desk for more than a minute or two at a time; and sometimes it's so hectic that it's at least 30 minutes before I can even take a breather. On those days, I often can't even stop for lunch, just snack when I get a chance to take a bite or two. I think I'll just have to be more diligent before and after work, and on the days that we aren't really busy.
The second idea that came to me is that we eat too many processed foods. We eat a lot of frozen foods, boxed foods, and instant foods. A lot of this is for convenience, and time restrictions, but the biggest reason is because it's cheaper. We want to cut back on pre-made foods, as well as starting to limit our carb intake. We won't be going fully paleo, but cutting back. The difficulty that we're going to run into now is that our food stamps (Yes, we're on food stamps. I'm not going to get into it so don't start. We don't make enough to pay our bills and buy food so we get help with food so we can pay our bills. Enough said.) have been cut by about 1/3 of what we were getting. Now we have to try to pay for fresh foods, which can be so much more expensive. I know that it's going to be worth it for our health, but it's not going to be easy.
Speaking of not easy, we started calisthenics this week. Can I just say a big fat "OUCH!!!" Just 20 minutes of calisthenics left us sweating, out of breath, and feeling more worn out than either walking or aerobics! The after-effects didn't just leave us sore, I was in literal pain! We are going to keep it up, but I can now say that I must be a glutton for punishment . . . or just very determined to lose weight.
Ok, enough of that. Now I want to tell you a story about our walk today. We went out for our 1.5-mile walk, and almost half-way through we found a female mallard duck making a lot of noise on the side of the road, but staying right by the corner. If you haven't guessed already, her babies were trapped down a storm drain!
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| Not picture from today. |
We couldn't just ignore her, so we called the city dispatch so that they could send out Animal Control. They weren't on duty yet, so we had to just walk on and hope that they would help her when they could. I'm still hoping they were able to help her and her babies! Sadly, it's such a common occurrence that you can find a lot of pictures about rescues like this all over the internet. Maybe I'll take a moment after I finish this to make sure they're not still there.
Finally, for the best news of all: we took our measurements this weekend and compared them to a year ago when we started charting it. The results: Lee has lost a total of 4.5 inches in his waist! He is looking so good, and everyone is commenting on how they can see the results. Unfortunately, Lee can't see it, himself, but we usually are the last to see things like that on ourselves. I am so proud of him! Weigh-in is next weekend; we're crossing our fingers.
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