And I'm walking there!!! Figuratively anyway. See, my family and I have decided that we are going to do this together. We are gonna get it together. We are going to be our own Biggest Losers. So we are walking. The "trip" to Cancun was something that I had done in Weight Watchers, except we went to Ireland. This is how it goes. You pick a a destination. (In our case Cancun) You find out the distance between your starting point (my moms) and your destination (Cancun) 3092 miles. Now You pick your beginning date. (May 23, 2011) and an end date (Sept, 16 2011). Here's where it gets interesting. You wear a pedometer and you track how much you walk, jog or run a day. If you ride your bike you can use a bike odometer or you can go online and track where you rode your bike. If you swam you can count laps. But in the end you tally them up and write them down. I collect all the numbers and keep track of them. The point is collectively for all of us to walk to Cancun by Sept 16th. If we do that than we will be having a Fiesta.
Date: Sept 16th
Place: Cancun
Celebration of Weight Independence Fiesta!!! Journey of 3092 miles and many calories, cravings, sweat and tears.
It is always so great to do things as a family. I have never been stronger than when I have my family and my faith by my side. I come from a family of strong women, and I am blessed to know that with them I am a better person. We have all made our goals. I know that if I flub or I am feeling weak all I have to do is call or text them and they will be there to give me a kick in the pants.
So lets see about this past week and then be on our way. I was a bad bad girl. But I know why and as soon as I realized what I was doing I stopped. I did it without knowing why I was doing it at first, but I ate all the fast comforting food my wallet would allow. I ate lots of hot greasy food followed by ice cream. Til I stopped and realized that there was nothing the neurologist could tell me that could be scary enough to make me want to get fatter. If nothing else everything a neurologist would say would make me want to lose weight.
I have been having a lot of different issues for a while, but my doctor heard me out and decided that there were to many things going on that needed to be addressed so he is sending me to a neurologist. I know that part of it is neuropathy. But there is other stuff going on and he wants to start with an EMG. Seeing as he used a lot of BIG medical words that I cant remember to even try to pronounce or look up I cant help here. So it makes me nervous. But after two days of salt, grease and ice cream, my bloated, uncomfortable body told me I needed to stop. And I did. But my fingers felt like over stuffed sausages and my body felt like day old raccoon carcass on the side of an old country road in the middle of July. It was not pretty!!! But I got myself together. I got my water in my hand and I walked it out and drank it down and told myself I cant let it get to me. I can learn from it, I can go on, but I cant let it beat me. So I didn't.
I saw that this blog was read twice in Germany and once in Canada!!!!!!! That is so incredibly awesome!!! I love to share this. If you think that this is something that could help someone, if you think that this is something that someone else can relate to or anything along the lines, well share the wealth. Pass it along. I love to hear from everyone. The more people read the more I feel like I am not in this alone.
Lets take a little minute to say a prayer.
Dear God, Thank you for today! Thank you for the wonderful people who are here with me on this journey. I know we have a destination, but I am looking forward to what I learn along the way. I am so blessed to have witnessed the confirmation for Andrew, Andrew, Daniel and Nicole today. It is a beautiful thing to see young people take you as their Lord and Savior. Please God help them in their journey as you have helped me in mine. Please God continue to be with me and many others as we suffer from mental illness. Please be with the family of Brett Bukowinski an old class mate of mine who was killed this weekend in an accident. God, Please be with me as I schedule these appointment with the neurologist. Help me not to jump to the worst case scenarios and not to put the cart before the horse. In your name we pray. Amen.
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