October 20, 2005
Well, I just came back from seeing both my primary dr. and my ob-gyn, and guess what they both said? I need to exercise!
Sorry, to laugh, but that's about as profound a statement as "I need to lose weight." Tell me something I DIDN'T know, ladies!
Seriously, I love my primary and she's noticed my increased poundage, so it really was the nicest way she could point it out to me. To be exact, her question was "do you exercise?" And I said, "Six months ago I was walking 20-25 miles a week, but I'm not doing that now." Her reply, "Yeah, I noticed you've gained some weight here," as she tactfully pondered the chart. The OB-GYN said that exercising the week before my period, the time when I start to feel like a dishrag, will help me a lot--that instead of a dishrag I'd feel "like a nice fluffy towel."
See why I like these women?
And I know that I've got to do this exercise thing. I don't want to. I want to just stroll slowly around the park with Mickey. But, I know I have to, so. . .
I'm signing up for a marathon.
No, just kidding. What I'm going to do is follow a program in a book called "Your Perfect Weight" published by Prevention magazine. It has a year-long program to fitness that starts with walking 10 minutes a day. I know that I can get on the treadie and do that.
Over the course of 52 weeks you slowly and steadily work back into a healthy level of fitness--nothing dramatic, just 3 miles a day 6-7 days a week. That should be manageable for a former Jock Athlete Half Marathoner Princess like myself, right?
I know that with God's help I can do anything, so I'm going to try to follow my no sugar, less caffeine program and incorporate the exercise. Pretty boring--no flashy diet plan or anything--but one I can manage day to day.
Here's how it's looking for today:
1. Devotions--I'm on Day #12 of the Purpose Driven Life. For the remainder of the program (28 more days), I'll post the thoughts for the day.
2. Vitamins--forgot them yesterday. I've got to fill those little pill boxes; that's the only way I remember.
3. Water--have to get started. Did a good job with it yesterday.
4. Exercise--I'm going to stroll around with Mickey since it's
. I've already showered and done myself up for the day, but tomorrow I'm hitting the treadie. Early.
5. Food--breakfast was peanut butter on wheat toast. Dinner will be a tuna sandwich, some veggies, and an apple. Lunch will be something with protein.
P.M. snack will be my english muffin
6. Scale--can you believe I had to get on the drs. scale TWICE today? I closed my eyes for the first one, so I don't know what that said. The second--after breakfast, fully clothed, and with a full bladder--didn't count.
Tomorrow I'll find out the real number.
7. Caffeine--had a cup of decaf at the cafe in the wellness center (where my primary is). No caffeine this afternoon. Come on, Paula, we can do it!
That's it for today!
Erin