09/25/2010 02:32
Survived the week
It has been a very busy week at work and my body has been against me all week. On Wednesday I had an allergic reaction to somthing and my eye swelled up. I looked a little like Will Smith in "Hitch". Ok not quite that bad, but bad enough I spend the afternoon in the office with sunglasses on. I have been on benadryl since. The eyes are still puffy, but alot better. Anyone who has had a bad allergy attack knows how much energy it can take out of you. I have felt like I'm moving through molasses but have to keep up a sprint pace to get all my work done. Whew. Surely next week will be better.
I'm having trouble weening off medifast food. I'm doing 2-3 regular meals a day and 3-4 medifast meals a day. So far I'm still hovering around 160. I was 159.4 this morning. I'm starting to run again (thank you knee for cooperating). It feels good to be more active. I need to gradually add more back into my diet, but I'm afraid of rebound gain. So far I'm into my 4th week of maintenance and need to trust the process a little more. If the weight loss part worked, why shouldn't maintenance?
On an upside, I work for VW in finance. We had a learn and drive for the new 2011 Jetta launch. We had the chance to drive pre-production jetta's. We ran them through an obstacle course along with a direct competitor Toyota and Mazda 3. For all being at the same price point, our overall quality and handling was a night and day difference. I loved the Jetta. I'm still a bigger Golf fan though. Anyway, the new Jetta is roomier than past Jetta's and has some wonderful handling and comfort built in. The safety with our laser welding instead of spot welding (imagine a button up short vs a zipper for seams in the car) and solid single piece doors, the car is pretty awesome. Also it now has a crash safety feature that if a crash occurs that deploys the airbags, it automatically unlocks the doors, turns on the interior lights, turns on the hazard lights, and turns off the fuel pump. This is on all models, not an extra feature you have to pay for. How cool is that? It's nice to know my company backs something i can be proud of.
I saw a great quote that I won't get 100% right, but it says something like, "when things get too hard, I look at the stone cutter. He hits the stone 100 times with seemingly no result. On the 101'st hit the stone cracks not from the single blow, but from all the blows before." - unknown-
Anyway, it dawned on me that my weight loss journey has been much like the stone cutter. There were so many incremental changes that seemed to have no immediate impact on my weigh over night. However baby stepping and keeping on taking that walk at lunch until I was able to run, keeping on making healthier food choices, and keeping on choosing a positive outlook has gotten me to that unattainable goal weight. I'm still afraid of the maintenance, but I need to approach it with the same persistence instead of an all or nothing attitude.
Happy losing!