Diet, Exercise and Goals

Do you cringe at the word 'diet'? I do. It seems different when you think of it as what you eat and not a strict regiment of eating foods you don't like.

I've lost somewhere between 10 and 13 pounds the last few months. What helped me lose these pounds was to eat 4 or 5 small meals a day. Believe me I don't get hungry. I'm down to 4 meals because I can't hold 5.

My weight doesn't seem to want to go down lately.

Probably because of my diet... right? I'm eating too many calories. I need more will-power and more patience. Those are my two faults.

Or maybe it is lack of exercise? I exercise don't I?

I can walk 30 minutes or more at a time. I haven't done that much in a while. What are my excuses? The weather was so muggy, but now it is nice and better walking weather. I need someone to walk with. My walking companion passed away more than 2 years ago... has it been that long... Annabelle, our dog, was a wonderful walking companion and I still miss her. Sometimes Frank, my dear husband, is up to walking with me. We don't seem to be able to keep it up though.

I was going to try to ride my bicycle. Um.... last week just up the street a man was beaten and robbed. So I don't want to be out in the neighborhood riding my bicycle or walking without someone with me.

Our neighborhood is nice. The homes are older. Apartments have been built amongst the homes in recent years. With the economy so bad people are doing more bad things.

I found a few illustrations of exercises I do for my knees and shoulder..... it seems physical therapy is never over.

When doing this exercise I sometimes put a ball behind my back... small cheap playball from the discount store. I just roll or slide down the wall until I'm almost sitting.

This is close as I could come to one of the exercises for my shoulder. I basically walk my fingers up the wall as far as I can. I sometimes roll the playball up and down the wall.

This one loosens the muscles in the legs.

This week I got lots of exercise. Frank and I ran lots of errands that required a lot of walking. Then there was putting away the products which required stretching and bending. There was regular household chores of the laundry, dusting, vacuuming and mopping. I also weeded one of the flower beds. I potted some mums and cleaned up the rest of the garden pot flowers. I have muscles that are feeling the extra exercise.

Goals for me now are to eat less calories and exercise more. Now tell me how I get the will-power and patience :-D