Day 100

It's hard to believe I started on December 14th.  My weight has literally yo-yo-ed.  Since my last blog in January, I;

  -got mad that I wasn't loosing weight fast enough and hurt my knee on the eliptical trainer, 

-was laid up for a week healing,

- had a chiropractor x-ray me and found out my hips are twisted,

- he wanted to have me come in 3-4x's a week for 6 months to straighten it but that was not in my budget, 

-we compromised on once a week for three months, 

-I have also gone to Fleet Feet and was fitted and bought new sneakers (I was wearing a 10.5, they said I'm an 11), 

-taken glucosomine, 

-been stretching, 

-icing my knee daily, 

**my knee feels great!

My weight escalated to 244lbs, with gusts up to 247!  On February 13th something pivotal happened:  I told a friend I wanted to really expand my business.  He told me not too because, he knows me, I will just self-sabotage and loose everything I gain.  I haven't hung around that person since then.  Also, I started to wonder why do I sometimes take one step forward, one step back?   I downloaded some positive thinking tapes: Dennis Waitley, Zig Ziglar, etc.  Also, I started reading more.  I read, "The Answer", and am now reading, "The Secret".  I think it is all about my thoughts and the neurological paths in my brain that I have used and strengthened over the decades of my life.  I need to consciously  change my thinking, creating new neurological pathways.

I keep pictures of the "skinny" me on my wall.  I think and visualize myself as skinny.  When I saw some recent pictures of myself, I was surprised I was still fat!  I'm not discouraged, because I am making progress, and I trust the process.  Consistency.

I am also taking a long term perspective.  This process will take at least a year to change all of my habits.  Habits can be changed after 25-30 repetitions, however the life long paths are still stronger and unless I consciously re-train my brain and body to use the new habit, I may fall back.  

I set goals.  Lift weights three times a week, full body.  Cardio 6 times per week.  And I keep track of it, it is written down in a book I have.  I also have a monthly planner on a dry erase board on my wall.  I put a red "X" on everyday I have exercised.  Dieting is important, but consistent exercise will change my body chemistry.

At the beginning of March I weighed 244, now I weight 237.  I rode my bike 25 miles yesterday, 10 miles the day before, and 20 miles before that.  It is consistency that will keep me making progress.