Taking stock

[gurdymonkey]

I see by the by the calendar that it has been a year and two weeks since I decided to set down my fork and step away from the table.

I took off thirty pounds last summer.  I've kept all of it off, although efforts to move off that plateau and shave off a bit more ballast have not yet been successful.

I have continued to walk two miles a day five days a week whether I feel like it or not. I mostly feel like it.

I eat what I like, I just don't eat stupidly any more.

If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, the donor card I signed might actually furnish someone in desperate need with a viable heart instead of a useless hunk of meat. Or kidneys, or whatever.

If I last longer than that, I have a decent shot at not following the family tradition of getting diabetes. Or stroke. Or heart problems.

I will not be driving all the way to Quincy this weekend, I am saving the gas money for my Pennsic fund. Instead, I will say goodbye to The Fat Clothes and clean out my closet.

Comments

[danabren.livejournal.com]

*siren call*

cheeeesecaaaaaaaaaaaaake

:)

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? It's bing cherry season! And strawberries. We don' NEED no steenkin' cheesecake.

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

I had French toast drizzled with fresh berries (rasp. and black.) for breakfast yesterday. Honestly, I could have left the toast and just had the berries!

We've been walking morning and night most days, probably averaging five days a week. Some days we walk a long path, some days shorter, some days we hustle, some days we just stroll. But we've noticed more energy although not any weight loss yet. Thanks for the encouragement in this!

Go you!

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Remember, when your scale seems to ignore all your asceticism and exercise, that means you may actually be converting fat to muscle mass. You may not see numbers changing on the scale, but you may notice that your jeans are looser. The needle on my scale has been stuck at the same number since last August, but I'm wearing size 12 jeans. OK, we know clothing manufacturers lie and the size 12 I wore when I was in college and the size 12 I'm in now cannot possibly be the same, but still....

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Cherries and strawberries ON THE CHEESECAKE!!!

FTW!

♥

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

You and Fujimaki are my two favorite bad influences. When he comes out for visits, he meets me at a BART station, we go into the city, adopt an individual cheesecake apiece at Just Desserts in the Metreon Center for dinner. Dessert is usually pizza several hours later in Berkeley. Of course, the rat bastard only weighs 150 pounds on a good day....