This past year has been disastrous regarding my weight. Not only have I not lost or maintained my already unhealthy weight but I have gained an extra 9 kilos (about 20 lbs). And now I’m at my heaviest ever!! Of course I have neglected to watch what I eat, and I have become very sedentary. I have observed, though, that this weight fluctuation has been around my parents. I have caught myself eating to their order —at my age!: “Come on, have dessert”, “Only two tacos? But I brought you 4.” And then I have observed their eating habits, and no wonder why I find myself how I am right now. I can’t blame them now for the choices that ultimately I am making, but it helps to understand my own background to divert from it consciously.
I took on a goal to lose 43 pounds a couple years ago. I lost about 15 pounds, but then gained them back and some more. Obviously, I gave up on the goal when I was going in the wrong direction. I’m retaking it with a time frame in mind: one pound a week, slowly. Certainly, my final goal is to lose weight, but more than that is to gain health and to gain healthier habits.
In my lifetime, I have read several books about diets and about eating habits. I will do an experiment of doing one thing a week towards attaining the goal. Some of those things will be just for the week being called for, some only for a few weeks, and some are to be incorporated for the rest of my days. I already made my list of 43 things to do in 43 weeks which will certainly have to benefit my body, mind, and spirit in some way. Even if I don’t lose the whole 43 pounds, I’m sure that in 43 weeks I’ll be in a better condition than if I don’t. I already started this past week with this, but I just made room for this goal in my Life List.
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