afufle | 165, she said quietly (Reply)

I woke up at about 2:30 this morning, waking up between 2 & 4 AM about standard for the last 4 or so months. I did give myself a deltoid rub, which put me back to sleep quickly. That's the muscle between the neck and shoulder. Then it was 8:30, not bad, but I had to sleep longer. I guess it could be because I ate a bit of sugar last night, mini-eclairs (good idea for a party snack, bad idea for small size pants, hehee). I had a pimple on my chin when I woke up. Ah, life.

It's beautiful but cold out since sunday. Saw Shaun of the Dead on friday, it was bloody but funny. It was a bit gross, aimed at 18-35 males, I'm guessing. Some yucky yucks, so to speak.

I was at Michelle's last night, that was where the eclairs were, not to mention pizza and mini-franks, etc. Nice fun, and when I got home...I weighed myself. I have been meaning to do that for ages, just one of those simple things. But I was putting all this pressure to do it often, at least once a week. But I remembered weight loss doesn't work that way, it's slow but sure, and I have to start with very little and not worry about the fact that it doesn't seem like much. At some point I remember I had to push ahead, but gradually. Probably about once or twice a month is going to be okay, for weighing myself. I know that is one thing people who are successful at weight loss do, is get on the scale regularly, and if they see the poundage creeping toward their top allowable weight, they take measures to eat a bit less &/or exercise more.

Another tip is eating something you like about once a week, for me it used to be chocolate biscuits I made myself, low in fat, and I could just reduce the number I made, size of the batch. That and a reasonable amount of walking, concetrating on lowfat healthy foods did a whole lot for me, that's how I lost fifty and kept it off--like ten years ago or so. They are still gone, those pounds. Then I hit a bump, in the form of a guy I dated, and I just spun off the road. A whole lot of changes took place and I could lose weight after that, but other than that first fifty, I kept gaining it back. Which is a bit scary. But I just think if I take it calmly it'll be okay. I really would like to feel and behealthier and fit into those old clothes, or maybe some new ones.

Enjoy your day!

[PS: I have an MP3 player, happy day! I just have to figure out how to get it to work on my really old computer. Then again, the library is getting more sophisticated, so I may be able to get stuff off then 'net. O happy day!]