Don't Eat That

So, I know I’m late with this post, and probably had I been here to bear bad news, I would have just forgot about it entirely.  However, the good news is kind of an odd bit though. 

When we last saw “the scales”, I was up 7 pounds.  Yesterday, down 9 pounds.  Now obviously at this rate, I should start to slim down albeit extremely slowly if I am going to gain 7 and lose 9, gain 7 and lose 9.  However, this does put me below where I’ve been in about 3 years.

I’m not sure if you guys realize that when you eat like I do (as I shove another chocolate covered cashew in my mouth because I am a nervous wreck about an event tomorrow), losing weight is no easy task.  And, regardless, exercise is the answer.  However, I have yet to be released from the Ortho and so I am stuck…..doing static exercises and trying to build up the strength in my foot.

And really, static exercises rank right up there with watching glue dry – worse than even watching paint dry…

Hopefully, soon, and I do mean soon, I can say that I am ready to kick the EASports ladies butt.  That chick, she just mocks me and my static exercises.  I have tried the volleyball and boxing again from my chair which I know sounds ridiculous but I try to bend and reach to my sides as much as possible when I do this.

The down side to that is I tend to put my legs in a constant state of contraction and I end up with an aching leg (from the break and subsequent surgery) for a day or two.  But, it’s better than watching glue dry. 

Check this out on Dr. Andy Baldwin and his ride across Pennsylvania. 

Yes, indeed, I give you 7 pounds…or more like someone gave me 7 pounds.  Sound impossible?  It does to me as well.  But, as hoped aboard the scales this morning, my eyes bulged from my head right before big tears of hate poured onto the floor.  How is this possible?

Yes, my foot still has me in physical therapy mode but I’ve cheated some and did a few odds and ends to up my activity level just to see how my foot would fair.  And, I only had one major breakdown last week when my husband brought home a milkshake and I simply couldn’t leave it to melt.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

So, up 7 pounds, I don’t know, I”m pretty disgusted and hope that very soon I can move into the EASports with a big bang instead of these little therapy sessions which apparently are strengthening my leg and ankle but doggone it, I need to give YOU 7 pounds, not the other way around.

As you all know I was given an opportunity back in the spring to join the EASports –30 Day Challenge but I was also wearing a cast for a broken bone through July.  My doctor has cleared me to do static exercises, strengthening physical therapy and has suggested that each time I see him that maybe in 2 weeks I can be released. 

In the meantime, I want to share the greatness that is my son’s school when it comes to physical education.  Ask me how I know?  I’ve been there, done that.  There are tons of p.e. classes all over that have been completely done away with but luckily that’s not happening here.  Many people here are upset because the children do not get a “free play” recess time but the fact is, their structured physical education classes incorporates freedom so the children can learn to socialize. 

So, for now, I sit back and do my physical therapy which I am using my EASports to do by the way and hopefully soon the whole broken leg thing will be completely healed.  In the meantime, let’s see how you work it!

Brick is our newest author on Blogalogues.  He finished up his first 2 weeks with 2 of the top five blogs in the project.  So, give a round of applause for Encourage Health and Tech Gadget.   Thanks to everyone for such a pleasant welcome to Brick.

As you all know, I’m over-weight.  I grew up eating whatever and whenever I wanted and was able to do so because I was active in sports and kept myself busy.  My father and I lived within five minutes of the local fast food joints and that’s what we had for dinner every night.  And breakfast?  I usually stopped at a convenience store on my way to school and got a candy bar or donut and a soda.  So, obviously, I didn’t have a very good start.

Once I was no longer participating in sports, after college and even quit playing sports recreationally, the weight started to creep on me.  Since that time, I’ve never managed to curb my desire for fast food and large sodas.  So, even now, when I choose the whopper junior instead of the whopper, I think I’ve done something amazing. 

With that, I want to tell you that I do have a degree in physical education and it is quite amazing to may people that I am not a big exercise fanatic.  But, the thing is, I was never big on individual exercise, I did what I had to do to maintain my spot on a team and that was the extent of it.

Now that I have children, I am making an honest effort to see that my children have it better than me.  At the age or 39 I was diagnosed with diabetes and at the age or 40, thyroid disease hit me.  I do not want that for my kids.  So, I fight the fight to keep the candy and cookies to a minimum and also keep them active because they want to be active.  I think seeing their parents being active would be much more beneficial than anything. 

But, as I watch state after state remove physical education from the curriculum, I start to worry how this will affect my children.  And as I do more and more volunteer work at school, the more students I see who fit the bill of being obese.

With that, I want to introduce you to a website and a person who is making strides to fight childhood obesity.  Dr. Andy Baldwin and the website www.healthride.org can provide you with lots of excellent information.  Here’s an introduction straight from the site and Dr. Baldwin himself.

Andy Baldwin’s Pennsylvania Health Ride and Kids Fitness Days 2009

"The nation’s epidemic of childhood obesity weighs heavy on the future of our youth – and on my heart personally. As committed citizens and neighbors, we can and must serve as important role models to our children and teach them the power of healthy habits. Step up and join my effort to help the kids of Pennsylvania get and stay healthy!" – Navy Lt. Commander Dr. Andy Baldwin

 

So, go to the site, check out the information provided and see what you can do to help.

Ok, as you know, I lasted indicated to you that I was down 2 or 3 pounds as I began my journey.  And, as I weighted this morning, I was tempted to cry.  I am back to that 215 mark and not happy about it.  Here’s what’s been happeing though, just for the record…

• I ran out of thyroid medication on Friday and forgot to get it filled and since my husband and I both are battling the flu, I didn’t get it today.  That alone could cause an increase in 2 pounds just because my face is severely swollen as are my hands and feet. 
• My foot still hurts quite a bit so I am still using the exercises on my EASports Active that are static.  I’m dying to try my hand at volleyball but my one session about mid-week last week left me with a really achy foot.  So, I vowed to go back to the actual physical therapy and static exercises to build strength
• I have found that habits are easily formed and not easily broken.  Basically, I have always been a midnight snacker, and luckily for me I have become addicted to carrots and Light Ranch Dressing as opposed to chocolate covered donuts. 
• I actually managed to return to drinking more soda than water last week as I was out and about at my son’s school and it was easier to just grab a soda.  And, with this little flu bug bothering us, we ran out of the kind of water we prefer (I know, we could drink the water from the faucet but it is really disgusting and chlorinated heavily). 

So, I attempt to keep doing the physical therapy on my foot doing the static exercises and return to drinking water more than soda.

That’s it in a nutshell…