An American in Greece

it's all greek to me

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  • Name: helona
  • City: Athens
  • Region: Attiki
  • Country: Greece

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08/19/2008 10:31

Goals...

I haven't really focused on this yet... which is weird for me, cos that's normally my motivation to get started. Writing them down, breaking them down into shorter term goals, how to get there, etc. This time - I just started. I landed in Greece and that was it. Diet On. All I knew is something must be done. And so far so good.

The ultimate goal right now is to lose weight ..to get pregnant (ha, won't that be fun! ;p) And I haven't settled on a number at which I'll be comfortable. 150-155 maybe? Basically right now my body just hurts under the pressure of the weight I've gained. ..and I want the hurting to stop before I decide to put on baby weight. My lower back inparticular. . . I've also got this nagging feeling that actually getting pregnant isn't going to be a cakewalk, so I feel like the more I do to help myself the better off I'll be. Hopefully.

I took my measurements today.. labeled them 'OH, THE HORROR!' :P And I admit to taking a peak at the scale. . . the water weight is thankfully coming off in leaps and bounds -- but I'll wait to record on Friday. I knew it would be since my feet were SO swollen and completely unrecognizable. Should be a good chunk of the vacay weight tho. :)

Thanks guys for the welcome back. It feels good to be back on track... :)

In non-diet news... For anyone who is interested I have started a photo blog - a photo a day for 365 days... you can find it here.. It gets me out of the house and walking on most days to take a picture of something altho I can't promise it will be a picture of something interesting :P

 

Posted By: helona
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08/19/2008 11:10

photo blog

I like your photo blog. 

Good luck with your goals.  I'm just imagining all the delicious healthy Greek food that you'll enjoy.  Never been to Greece, but some of my best healthy meals have been Greek salads.

Posted By: Summer Tri Gal
08/20/2008 06:09

Ooh!

Your photo blog is wonderful!  I know what you mean about goals.  I like to always have a to-do list with my soon-to-be accomplishments set out in front of me.  Life doesn't always work like that, but it sure feels better when it does . . .

Posted By: Jenny*in*London
08/20/2008 11:01

Goals

Hey, you know what you need to do. I like to have my concrete goals, but you don't have to have them set out at this point.  It's all so overwhelming sometimes.  You know where you want to be. 

Great photo blog.  Thanks for sharing!

Posted By: TatumsMom



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