Well goodness. It definitely has been a while, huh? You all probably thought I had forgotten all about this and had given up on it, right? Nope, I haven't. Now admittedly, I haven't been exercising or dieting, but I am about to change that......again. I could give all kinds of excuses as to why I haven't been, but I suppose the main truth would be laziness on my part. I admit it. And I am going to fix that. However, partly it is I have felt like I have been in such a rut in my life, and not motivated to do anything, and that also meant getting on the treadmill.. But then I decided I needed to get out of it and start doing things I wouldn't normally do, and so I'm trying. I have discussed this with a couple of you so you know what I am talking about. I have even made a list of things I want to do, and while they won't all get done at once, or maybe even some of them at all, it was still a good jumping off point for me. So we'll see. It would be really great if I lived closer to at least one of you so I would have someone to do things with, but seeing as that isn't an option, I'm on my own to get it done.
However, on the nice side of all this is I have only gained 2 lbs since summer, which, while gaining weight isn't a good thing, at least I haven't gained it all back. And to prevent that means I do need to get back on that bandwagon and stop being so lazy about it. And exercising, as much as I hate doing it, does make me feel great afterwards. Too bad I couldn't find an exercise I love...
So, here I am. The one thing I am going to do differently (I hope) is not to be so hard on my left ankle. The reason why it was swelling up so much is because the tendon that goes up the side of the ankle is split in two (when it should only be one piece), and if it doesn't get any better in 6 months, then the doctor wants to go in and repair it. I'd rather not have surgery, so I want to try and take care of it and not make it worse. The funny thing is, my ankle hasn't bothered me at all for well over a month now, it hasn't been swelling up or hurting, but then again maybe it's because I haven't been doing anything exerting that causes it to get like that.
At any rate, we shall see. And I really want to do this. I liked it when I lost those 13 (now 11) pounds, and I would love to see more come off. So wish me luck (again) and I'm off. (I hope) (No, I know. Yeah...I know...)
Sounds like you've made yourself a life list. Carolyn has one of those that she is checking off as she does the things she wants to do. I wish we lived closer so that we could do more things together more of the time. I wish you luck with your weight loss, I'm sure you'll do it if you put your mind to it. I wonder if I should tell her that I was eating a big, homemade cinnamon roll while I was reading this... hmmm...maybe not.
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