Breathing Space

Well I am home at my parents place for two weeks, there is so much food here! On the upside it is healthy, good food, mostly. Today I have been staying OP, I have had 17 points and 8 remaining. For dinner I will have a chicken salad with some fruit and cottage cheese on the side. I am dedicated to losing 25 lbs and being 125 lbs. My mom has done weight watchers in the past and she understands how it works and is supportive of me. BUT, my parents are always trying to tell me I look fine the way I am and shouldn’t worry about my weight. It’s very kind of them, but they will offer me sweets and say “oh, just forget about the diet for now, you look great!”. I know I am not obese, hardly overweight even…. but at this point it is a personal decision, I want to look in the mirror and smile, not just be “ok” looking.
My boyfriend Ryan was called out of province for work for a 1-2 month period. I haven’t seen him in almost 2 weeks, I miss him terribly. Since he is also trying to live healthy and lose weight we made a deal: no weighing ourselves until he is back home from work. At that point we will weigh each other. Knowing that he will see my weight at the same time I do, and not knowing how much I have lost until then will keep me on track. Often I fall into the trap of thinking ‘great, I lost 2 lbs, lets celebrate with some chocolate cake, and chips, and popcorn, etc.’ then before you know it that 2 lbs (or more) is back. It’s a bad cycle. This way I will hopefully have lost a significant amount of weight and I wont gain it back as quit. Hard to explain, but it makes sense to me.
The difficult part about being home is finding ways to exercise. Although my parents live in a nice neighborhood, the city in general has alot of crime and shady characters wondering around. I do not feel safe going for runs here, especially without my dog. There is no treadmill, or exercise equipment of any variety. My parents place is also a one-level home, so there are no stairs to climb. This basically boils down to me needing to be very creative with my workouts. On the plus side… there is a pool. This morning I swam 25 laps, but the chlorine was burning my eyes so I stopped. I bought a pair of goggles today, I will try them out tonight. I have a feeling all of my cardio will be done in the pool while I am home. There are gyms in town, but I do not want to pay the drop in fee of $10-15 every time… that adds up!
That is basically it for now… any exercise suggestions would be great! Also, what do you think of not weighing myself for 1-2 months?
Good luck to everyone else out there on the weight loss journey, it’s not easy… but worth it!

Posted on August 16th, 2008 by breathingspace
Filed under: Ramblings