I was SUPER nervous about my weigh in this week as we went to the movies last night and I caved into the SALTY popcorn and hot dog. I have been working SUPER hard all week (exercising 6x per week - even started jogging my halls now instead of walking - lasted 30 mins the other night (I NEVER thought I’d ever jog! The whole time I could see my 95 year old Grandpa boxing in the Livingroom like he would do when we were over and it motivated me to keep going!), it's amazing what some Luke Bryan and Tenors music can do to you!). I was excited to see I am down 2lbs! Not gonna lie, after all the work I did all week, I was hoping for a little more, BUT the WW group helped me realize that the HEALTHY way to do this is slow and steady to keep it a lifestyle change rather than quick and not being able to eat the foods I love. We all talked about how we'd love to see quicker results, but our FABULOUS leader helped us to see if we want to keep these changes, we have to take this slow and steady and realize this WILL BE a LIFE LONG thing, not just a "quick fix" (which not gonna lie still scares me at times). My goal keeps me motivated and focused.
I also visited my Naturopath this week as I have been battling MANY health issues again, and they seemed to be getting worse. I am so glad I went back to her after a couple years off, as I KNEW my body was "out of whack" but the Doctors tests kept telling me everything was ok. Another reason we must "listen to our body". For years I’ve felt my thyroid was not right but every year when I asked my family Doctor (who I STILL LOVE!) to do the test, it came back in the normal range. I also knew from reading up about thyroid issues, that even though on a medical test you can come in the "normal range" yet for your body it may not be normal. When I saw my Naturopath I was super amazed at how EVERY thing that showed up on her tests as being "off", I also felt in my Reflexology session (painful/tender when my Reflexologist was doing it). It turns out that my Pituitary, Hypothalamus, Adrenals, Thyroid and Sugars WERE off – Gee I wasn’t going crazy when I said all the symptoms I was having. The BIG one that stood out for me the most was my panic/anxiety came back “out of the blue” (and I don’t mean my odd one that I get if you put me into a situation that makes me nervous) - I haven’t had these attacks in YEARS so I knew something was going on. Well when I came home and googled all those systems in our body I was shocked at how many symptoms I had. I am hoping these natural medications will get my body restored and feeling 100% again soon (and help to lose weight a little faster – not huge but 3 lbs. a week would be nice if I’ve been working as hard as I was the last two weeks!).
Today at our meeting we chatted about WHY we want to lose our weight, what motivates us. I honestly can say that one of my motivators has always been that one day when I am in a nursing home, I want to be able to still look after myself for as long as I can and I fear needing four people to move me or bath me. My Grandma was in her late 90’s and would DANCE down the halls of the nursing home with a smile on her face and cheekiness in her steps – everyone was amazed. THIS is the picture I want to create for me when I am 90! I also want to show my boys how important it is to take care of yourself as you do not want to deal with all the health issues I have over the years and I want to be with them for as long as I possibly can as they are the two loves of my life.
It’s not always about the scale either. While my scale isn’t going down as fast as I had hoped, I see HUGE improvements physically. I went from no exercise to walking daily and now jogging and adding in weight lifting. My clothes fit a LOT loser (and I even had to go buy some smaller sizes) and the biggest one for me was seeing my Resting Heart Rate DROP 10 pts from when I started weight watchers a little over a month ago. THESE are changes no scale could ever show!.
What is your motivation?
I also visited my Naturopath this week as I have been battling MANY health issues again, and they seemed to be getting worse. I am so glad I went back to her after a couple years off, as I KNEW my body was "out of whack" but the Doctors tests kept telling me everything was ok. Another reason we must "listen to our body". For years I’ve felt my thyroid was not right but every year when I asked my family Doctor (who I STILL LOVE!) to do the test, it came back in the normal range. I also knew from reading up about thyroid issues, that even though on a medical test you can come in the "normal range" yet for your body it may not be normal. When I saw my Naturopath I was super amazed at how EVERY thing that showed up on her tests as being "off", I also felt in my Reflexology session (painful/tender when my Reflexologist was doing it). It turns out that my Pituitary, Hypothalamus, Adrenals, Thyroid and Sugars WERE off – Gee I wasn’t going crazy when I said all the symptoms I was having. The BIG one that stood out for me the most was my panic/anxiety came back “out of the blue” (and I don’t mean my odd one that I get if you put me into a situation that makes me nervous) - I haven’t had these attacks in YEARS so I knew something was going on. Well when I came home and googled all those systems in our body I was shocked at how many symptoms I had. I am hoping these natural medications will get my body restored and feeling 100% again soon (and help to lose weight a little faster – not huge but 3 lbs. a week would be nice if I’ve been working as hard as I was the last two weeks!).
Today at our meeting we chatted about WHY we want to lose our weight, what motivates us. I honestly can say that one of my motivators has always been that one day when I am in a nursing home, I want to be able to still look after myself for as long as I can and I fear needing four people to move me or bath me. My Grandma was in her late 90’s and would DANCE down the halls of the nursing home with a smile on her face and cheekiness in her steps – everyone was amazed. THIS is the picture I want to create for me when I am 90! I also want to show my boys how important it is to take care of yourself as you do not want to deal with all the health issues I have over the years and I want to be with them for as long as I possibly can as they are the two loves of my life.
It’s not always about the scale either. While my scale isn’t going down as fast as I had hoped, I see HUGE improvements physically. I went from no exercise to walking daily and now jogging and adding in weight lifting. My clothes fit a LOT loser (and I even had to go buy some smaller sizes) and the biggest one for me was seeing my Resting Heart Rate DROP 10 pts from when I started weight watchers a little over a month ago. THESE are changes no scale could ever show!.
What is your motivation?