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Off to a great start!

Today, so far I have walked 2 1/2 miles, read my daily meditation, called my sponsor and made cranberry walnut oatmeal for breakfast and planned out my food for the day.(SERF) It is 79 degrees now, so I wanted to get my exercise in before it was too hot for me. I do hope to get a little housework done today.(We'll see!!) Yesterday was a pretty good day also, I walked 3.3 miles, went to Barnes and Nobles with hubby and went to my OA meeting. At night we watched two movies - "Get Out Your Handkerchief" and "Burn After Reading". The first was a French film which has totally different sensibilities -- although it did make me laugh. The second was a rather dark comedy - I am always on the fence about that type of comedy.

Family Reunion

Yesterday we visited with long-lost stepdaughters. It was so great to see them and hope to keep in touch now. It is so wonderful to see them all grown and doing well after seeing them during some tough teenage years. We ate out which can be challenging, but I ordered grilled fish, rice and veggies and brought half of it home for supper. They grilled the fish without oil or butter and it was good. I did keep my calories under 1200, but will try to stay under 1000 today. I also walked 2 miles yesterday and 2 miles so far today. The weather has been beautiful for walking and I am taking full advantage of it.

Another Step

I walked 3 miles so far today and I took another big step. I called a personal trainer that I know. I used to be in a boot camp class that she ran that was great. That class is no longer available to me, so I finally contacted her. She will set up something for me next week.  I know that strength training is very important and my inconsistent attempts are not helping enough. She is very good at motivating me and understands my limitations (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis). Just making the phone call helps my motivation. I'm hoping by bumping up my activity and strength training that my weight will move a down a little more. Of course it also means that I can't overeat to compensate for extra activity!!!   Yesterday I really wanted to make some monkey bread, but I resisted the urge. The calories must be unbelievable! I know this is boring - but it's not like thousands of people are hanging on my every word - my food for today: Scrambled eggs ( 3

Advice not wanted

I am spending the morning somewhat frustrated. I read a question at ObesityHelp where the person was wondering why they were not losing weight faster. They had read about another person who was exercising excessively and eating about 400 calories per day which seemed to be dangerous. This person was walking every day. These questions don't seem to be any different than those I ask myself. I used to weight 280 lbs. When I first went on a lower calories/ healthier diet I lost about 50 lbs pretty quickly. Since then I have been slowly losing, with some bumps of regaining a little weight. The problem with people following other people is that the information just isn't accurate enough. We don't take into consideration age, activity level, medications, height, body type, etc. I know that I bristle every time someone tells me that I am eating more than I think I do, because I am pretty fastidious about weighing, measuring and keeping track of what I eat, but I am still not

Great Weather!

The sun has been shining for 3 days now. I have been out walking every day. It feels great. I have walked 2 1/2 miles and hope to walk another mile or so later. Nothing much else happening.

Back to the Rain!

Well, Tuesday I returned to cool and rainy Massachusetts from hot and sunny Florida. It was tough to leave Fl -- not because of the weather -- I don't like it over 85 degrees, but because I miss my daughter. I hate the fact that I have to travel 1200 miles to see her. It was also tough to only see my son and his wife for 2 days and know that I will have to travel to California to see them. Now that I am old and decrepit traveling by plane isn't fun. I have too much stuff to carry and although the security checks are pretty quick now, it is still a pain. In fact, one security person chided me because I didn't realize that I hadn't pushed my bag fully on to the conveyor belt. Gimme a break! I also got a little confused when I picked up my rental car. I had to stop and talk to an attendant after getting in the car and I couldn't find the button to open the window. I looked at the door and everywhere on the dash -- but no button. Then I saw this funny looking b