I must report that I am feeling much better right now than I was when I woke up this morning.
All day yesterday, I kept losing my voice. I didn't have a sore throat but I was a bit tired and I felt like I may have a cold coming on. Last night, I slept like the dead and could not believe it when 5 a.m. rolled around this morning and I had to drag myself out of bed. I was moving so slow that I managed to squeeze in only a half-assed workout before heading to work.
Once I arrived at work, I perked up a bit (which is good cuz I have a lot of stuff on my plate right now after taking a long weekend). After I had my lunch, I decided to take a walk. Not far mind you, but at least I'd get outside, stretch my legs and get some fresh air. I work in the middle of a large block and took a walk around it. I'm so glad that I did. I was only gone for about 20 minutes or so but I really enjoyed it. I must remember to bring some sneakers to work though because my heel spur started bothering me a bit as I was coming in the door. I think that my little sojourn outside has helped, my voice sounds a bit stronger and I have more energy. A little sunshine will go a long way on days like this!
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
It's Wednesday again and here's this week's topic for the Wednesday Weigh-In:
Enjoying the Change
What have you started enjoying in your quest to lose weight or get in shape?
I love many things about it. I love how I have more energy, more flexibility, more strength overall. I love how it's getting easier for me to fit my huge ass into chairs. On the weekend, while we were away, I actually sat on a stool, at a counter, in a deli. Something that would have been almost impossible for me to do a few months ago. I love how my clothes are fitting better and how I'm able to get into things that I had "grown out of."
I like the way I feel after I've exercised too. I make little challenges for myself, set small fitness goals and enjoy the struggle as I try to reach them. I can't think of anything bad that has come out of my quest for improved fitness!
Enjoying the Change
What have you started enjoying in your quest to lose weight or get in shape?
I love many things about it. I love how I have more energy, more flexibility, more strength overall. I love how it's getting easier for me to fit my huge ass into chairs. On the weekend, while we were away, I actually sat on a stool, at a counter, in a deli. Something that would have been almost impossible for me to do a few months ago. I love how my clothes are fitting better and how I'm able to get into things that I had "grown out of."
I like the way I feel after I've exercised too. I make little challenges for myself, set small fitness goals and enjoy the struggle as I try to reach them. I can't think of anything bad that has come out of my quest for improved fitness!
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
I'm back to work today and have returned to my ordinary week-day routine. I was up with the birds this morning and had finished working out before 6 a.m. I had started having my breakfast before my shower rather than after and I'm finding that to be working for me. When I do this, I find that I'm really hungry for my apple at 10 a.m. or so and that's a good break before my lunch (which I usually have at 12:30 or so).
Food was good yesterday. I bought a few different TGTBT frozen meals at Loblaws and had one for lunch yesterday. They are quite tasty, low in fat, and under 300 calories. I find that they are quite satisfying too. I also treated myself to some fat-free jello pudding and I liked it a lot. I got caramel vanilla. It's a nice treat but I wouldn't want to get into eating them all the time.
I've noticed today that my voice is a little hoarse. I think it's just from all the talking we did on the weekend, I hope I'm not getting sick. I'll keep my fingers crossed and grab some echinacea when I get home tonight.
Food was good yesterday. I bought a few different TGTBT frozen meals at Loblaws and had one for lunch yesterday. They are quite tasty, low in fat, and under 300 calories. I find that they are quite satisfying too. I also treated myself to some fat-free jello pudding and I liked it a lot. I got caramel vanilla. It's a nice treat but I wouldn't want to get into eating them all the time.
I've noticed today that my voice is a little hoarse. I think it's just from all the talking we did on the weekend, I hope I'm not getting sick. I'll keep my fingers crossed and grab some echinacea when I get home tonight.
Monday, April 28, 2003
I had my first workout in four days this afternoon. It went pretty good although I was moving sort of slow. It felt good but I know that I was working a bit harder than I normally would. I also felt a little draggy all morning. I think it was a mild food hangover from the weekend.
This week's Progress Prompt is sort of interesting:
What comments have you gotten from romantic partners/spouses about your body size? How did you respond? And how did their attitude affect your relationship?
I've only ever had positive comments from past lovers about my body size. Obviously, they knew when they met me what I looked like and it has never been an issue with anyone I've been in a relationship with. If they hadn't had a positive attitude about my body size, we wouldn't have been together.
My partner and I are both large sized folks and we were that way when we met. For the first three years of our relationship, we just ate and drank and were merry. The end result of this was that we both gained a significant amount of weight and started on this fitness / health program together in January. At the moment, we're both about the same size we were when we met and we're still losing / shrinking. We're both very supportive of one another and love each other's bodies regardless of how large or how small they may be. We both have very healthy attitudes toward our bodies. As you know, if you read my blog regularly, we're losing weight and getting fit to improve our health. The focus is not on clothes sizes (although is is nicer to be fitting into stuff that is smaller and smaller) but on longevity and improved overall health.
This week's Progress Prompt is sort of interesting:
What comments have you gotten from romantic partners/spouses about your body size? How did you respond? And how did their attitude affect your relationship?
I've only ever had positive comments from past lovers about my body size. Obviously, they knew when they met me what I looked like and it has never been an issue with anyone I've been in a relationship with. If they hadn't had a positive attitude about my body size, we wouldn't have been together.
My partner and I are both large sized folks and we were that way when we met. For the first three years of our relationship, we just ate and drank and were merry. The end result of this was that we both gained a significant amount of weight and started on this fitness / health program together in January. At the moment, we're both about the same size we were when we met and we're still losing / shrinking. We're both very supportive of one another and love each other's bodies regardless of how large or how small they may be. We both have very healthy attitudes toward our bodies. As you know, if you read my blog regularly, we're losing weight and getting fit to improve our health. The focus is not on clothes sizes (although is is nicer to be fitting into stuff that is smaller and smaller) but on longevity and improved overall health.
I hope that you all had a lovely weekend, we sure did!
We're back from Toronto and we didn't get SARS. Cool huh? The whole WHO warning thing is a little off the map if you ask me. I mean, I wouldn't suggest that folks go hang out at Scarborough Grace hospital and start randomly french kissing people but we were in two different Chinatowns on the weekend and are no worse for the wear.
Thursday to Sunday was completely off plan. We definitely ate more than we normally would but it was good food for the most part. On Thursday night, we had planned to go this cool Chinese place that we love but it turns out that it is now closed (they have 2 locations and they both seem to out of business now) but ended up at Frankie Tomatto's. We used to go there with the little old guy when he was still living in Toronto and it had definitely improved in quality since our last visit. We had really yummy Italian food but not an overly huge amount. I also had a lot of salad and veggies and was pretty impressed with myself. I think it helps that I'm not big on gooey cheeses anymore, there is just no appeal in something covered in mozzarella anymore.
We checked in to our hotel after dinner and visited the gym and pool area just to see how busy it was. It turned out that the hotel was less than 50% occupied because of the SARS warning so it wasn't busy at all. As it turned out though, we never did get into the gym during our visit. We did get a nice swim in though, which was very nice. We did a lot of walking while we were away and I quite enjoyed it. A few months ago, it would have been a big struggle for me to have done the walking we did. The wedding was on Friday night and we had some errands to do during the day so we wandered around a fair bit around in Kensington Market. The wedding itself was in Edwards Gardens. The ceremony was outside and the meal was being served in the Civic Hall of the Gardens. There was a lot of vegan / vegetarian friendly food there so again, the food choices were pretty good.
The two things we did indulge ourselves in while were away were breakfast and lunch. We had bagels, lox & cream cheese all three mornings we were away, in three different really good bagel places in North York and we had buns from Chinese bakeries for lunch on Friday and Sunday. They were amazing and I really enjoyed them but I've had my fill of bread for a good long while I think. The walking and the swimming we did was okay but I have missed my regular workouts. I'm off work today and I plan to get back into it right away. Ditto for the eating. We knew that we would be taking a break from our program while we were out of town but we're both getting right back into it today. It was nice but now it's over and I don't think that I would want to take that long of a break again because my body just didn't need the extra starch. All in all though it was a great weekend, saw lots of our friends and really enjoyed ourselves!
We're back from Toronto and we didn't get SARS. Cool huh? The whole WHO warning thing is a little off the map if you ask me. I mean, I wouldn't suggest that folks go hang out at Scarborough Grace hospital and start randomly french kissing people but we were in two different Chinatowns on the weekend and are no worse for the wear.
Thursday to Sunday was completely off plan. We definitely ate more than we normally would but it was good food for the most part. On Thursday night, we had planned to go this cool Chinese place that we love but it turns out that it is now closed (they have 2 locations and they both seem to out of business now) but ended up at Frankie Tomatto's. We used to go there with the little old guy when he was still living in Toronto and it had definitely improved in quality since our last visit. We had really yummy Italian food but not an overly huge amount. I also had a lot of salad and veggies and was pretty impressed with myself. I think it helps that I'm not big on gooey cheeses anymore, there is just no appeal in something covered in mozzarella anymore.
We checked in to our hotel after dinner and visited the gym and pool area just to see how busy it was. It turned out that the hotel was less than 50% occupied because of the SARS warning so it wasn't busy at all. As it turned out though, we never did get into the gym during our visit. We did get a nice swim in though, which was very nice. We did a lot of walking while we were away and I quite enjoyed it. A few months ago, it would have been a big struggle for me to have done the walking we did. The wedding was on Friday night and we had some errands to do during the day so we wandered around a fair bit around in Kensington Market. The wedding itself was in Edwards Gardens. The ceremony was outside and the meal was being served in the Civic Hall of the Gardens. There was a lot of vegan / vegetarian friendly food there so again, the food choices were pretty good.
The two things we did indulge ourselves in while were away were breakfast and lunch. We had bagels, lox & cream cheese all three mornings we were away, in three different really good bagel places in North York and we had buns from Chinese bakeries for lunch on Friday and Sunday. They were amazing and I really enjoyed them but I've had my fill of bread for a good long while I think. The walking and the swimming we did was okay but I have missed my regular workouts. I'm off work today and I plan to get back into it right away. Ditto for the eating. We knew that we would be taking a break from our program while we were out of town but we're both getting right back into it today. It was nice but now it's over and I don't think that I would want to take that long of a break again because my body just didn't need the extra starch. All in all though it was a great weekend, saw lots of our friends and really enjoyed ourselves!
Thursday, April 24, 2003
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Wow, Wednesday Weigh-In again, this week's topic is "Rock Bottom"
When did you realize you had to do something about your weight/health?
2 things happened, almost at the same time, first, my partner was diagnosed as having high cholesterol and was given a prescription for Zocor. The second thing that happened was very sad. Within a period of month, we heard about the passing of 3 men who were close to my hunny in age who dropped dead, suddenly, of a heart attack. One of them was a man who's name I won't mention who he had worked for years ago (I won't mention his name because the guy was an asshole and I don't want to disrespect some dead guy in a public forum). In early December, we were both devastated to hear of the sudden passing of Zal Yanovsky. Most folks know Zal from his days with the Lovin' Spoonful but here in our town, he was a fixture in the downtown core and a charismatic businessman (he and his partner Rose Richardson own/ed Chez Piggy and Pan Chancho). Finally, when I heard about Joe Strummer, on the eve of Christmas Eve, the shit was good and properly scared out of me. I sat in front of the computer and sobbed, for hours. First Zal, then Joe Strummer. Joe Strummer! How could one of my childhood idols be dead, at 50 no less. It made me feel numb and sick and typing this and remembering that day, the tears have started pouring down my face again.
We had talked about getting fit before this point. We even bought the recumbent bike in May and had started to make changes to our diet but it wasn't something we were too serious about. There is a reason why people say "serious as a heart attack." I knew that we were heading down a bad path, that unless we made some dramatic, permanent changes to our lifestyle, it would be us who would be having heart attacks. I didn't want that, I decided that I wanted to live to be really good and old. Disgustingly old and be disgustingly healthy. I wanted to be one of those little old ladies in pink track pants and those flowery Northern Reflections wind breakers who power walk around the block while we're all heading off to work. We gave ourselves the Christmas Holidays to digest the whole thing but I knew that on January 6, that was it. The change was going to begin...and it did, on January 6, 2003. Four months later, we're still sticking to it and doing really well. My hunny's cholesterol is at a healthy level and there's talk that he may be able to get off the Zocor eventually. We want to grow old together and this is the only shot we've got at making that happen. I'm not going to fuck it up.
When did you realize you had to do something about your weight/health?
2 things happened, almost at the same time, first, my partner was diagnosed as having high cholesterol and was given a prescription for Zocor. The second thing that happened was very sad. Within a period of month, we heard about the passing of 3 men who were close to my hunny in age who dropped dead, suddenly, of a heart attack. One of them was a man who's name I won't mention who he had worked for years ago (I won't mention his name because the guy was an asshole and I don't want to disrespect some dead guy in a public forum). In early December, we were both devastated to hear of the sudden passing of Zal Yanovsky. Most folks know Zal from his days with the Lovin' Spoonful but here in our town, he was a fixture in the downtown core and a charismatic businessman (he and his partner Rose Richardson own/ed Chez Piggy and Pan Chancho). Finally, when I heard about Joe Strummer, on the eve of Christmas Eve, the shit was good and properly scared out of me. I sat in front of the computer and sobbed, for hours. First Zal, then Joe Strummer. Joe Strummer! How could one of my childhood idols be dead, at 50 no less. It made me feel numb and sick and typing this and remembering that day, the tears have started pouring down my face again.
We had talked about getting fit before this point. We even bought the recumbent bike in May and had started to make changes to our diet but it wasn't something we were too serious about. There is a reason why people say "serious as a heart attack." I knew that we were heading down a bad path, that unless we made some dramatic, permanent changes to our lifestyle, it would be us who would be having heart attacks. I didn't want that, I decided that I wanted to live to be really good and old. Disgustingly old and be disgustingly healthy. I wanted to be one of those little old ladies in pink track pants and those flowery Northern Reflections wind breakers who power walk around the block while we're all heading off to work. We gave ourselves the Christmas Holidays to digest the whole thing but I knew that on January 6, that was it. The change was going to begin...and it did, on January 6, 2003. Four months later, we're still sticking to it and doing really well. My hunny's cholesterol is at a healthy level and there's talk that he may be able to get off the Zocor eventually. We want to grow old together and this is the only shot we've got at making that happen. I'm not going to fuck it up.
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