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January 28 This is Tough!I'm into week two in Wisconsin and frustrated that I can't weigh in and work out the way I want to. It's been a stressful week with surgery for my husband one week ago today. But I think I'm doing OK. What I can check is my blood sugar and what I eat directly relfects in my sugar levels. Well, they are going down. That means I'm eating right - at least for the sugar. But that also means that I'm not eating a lot of simple sugars, which will ultimately affect my weight. So, even though my trusty scale is in Maryland and I won't see it until Sunday night, I think I'm doing good. Exercising is still tough with the living conditions and add 2 feet of snow on top of that. I went walking at the mall yesterday and put my snow boots on the day before and walked to the mailbox in the snow! May not sound like much, but my mailbox is a hike from my house, especially in the snow. So, let's keep moving. Onward and rather than Upward - it's downward. At least for the scale. January 21 On the Frozen TundraI'm home again on the frozen tundra of northeast Wisconsin. It's a challenge to stick to program here. We're still living in the basement while work goes on around us to complete the rebuild of our home. Exercising in a cold basement with a dirty concrete floor is difficult at best. I have gotten very creative in configuring exercises that don't require me to lie down. As I worked out in the dark this morning so as not to awaken my sleeping husband who undergoes surgery today I felt overwhelmed. But, I persisted. Cooking here is a challenge as well, but my hubby has said to cook what I need to eat and he will eat it as well. That's why I love him! I will continue the best I can underthe circumstances so that I will be around for a long time to continue to share my life with him.
There will be no weigh in for me this week as I have no scale here. We have minimal living conditions. But, again, I will persist and persevere. Feeling sorry for myself is what got me to this point! Can't allow that to be my way of life! Weigh in for me will be when I return to Maryland on Feb 3.
Onward and upward! January 16 More StressOK, 2008 is starting off as stressful as the past few years. My hubby has been ill since Thanksgiving with a serious infection. But after 1 round of antibiotics and 11 days into the second round, he still wasn't feeling well. I insisted he go back to the doc and guess what????? He has a hernia on top of everything. Can't let that deter me from my goal. I fly back to Wisconsin Friday nite and he will probably have surgery that next week. It will impact exercise, but I'll keep my eating in line. Writing helps me to keep my goals in sight. January 12 Back in MarylandI've been back in Maryland for 6 days and it's easier to stick to an exercise and weight program when I'm here. Back in Wisconsin, it's difficult. I'm living in the basement with concrete floors, limited spaceand a tiny refrigerator. I cook what my husband loves so I can freeze meals for him for when I'm back here. I feel this is the best time for me to focus on my goals. But, good news, I talked to Sheldon about it and he said that I should cook what I need for me and he will eat it too. Says he can afford to get healthy right along with me. YEAH! That's good news. I'll weigh in on Tuesday and see what's happened. It looks promising though! January 05 Some Background InfoI want to explain a bit about what makes me tick and how I got to where I am now! Rather chaotic episode in an otherwise "normal" life. That is, to my way of thinking. Others may disagree. I've been told that if I were to write my biography, it would never sell because people wouldn't believe it! That being said, let's go on.
The latest chapter in my life actually began in the summer of 2005 when my husband and I decided to take a small trip to celebrate our anniversary. Our place of choice - New Orleans. A place I had never been, nor do I ever want to see again. Yup, you guessed it. We were there during Katrina and were stuck in a hotel for 8 days before we were rescued. My claim to fame is a phone call I made from the hotel (luckily I found a line that worked) to Wolf Blitzer of CNN. Ater my interview with him, we began to see some activity toward rescue. Once we left New Orleans and headed back to Maryland, Sheldon and I felt blessed to not have suffered as badly and so very many others did. We had a home to come back to (in Wisconsin), a job and food in our pantry. But that good fortune was not to last for long. Four short months later while we were back in Maryland (where my corporate headquarters is), we received a phone call on December 26th from the gals who were watching our home. The opening line was "Phyllis, it's bad". In a complete panic I tried to calmly ask "What's Bad". I was so afraid of the answer and my fears were soon realized. A pipe from the 2nd floor bathroom had broken and flooded several rooms on the first floor and leaked through to the basement. Estimates were that the water had been running for 36 hours leaving an astounding 4-1/2 feet of ice cold water in our basement. Everyting was destroyed. Now I knew first hand the feeling of complete defeat that residents of New Orleans suffered.
For the past two years I have had to live in Maryland while my husband Sheldon has stayed in Wisconsin trying to rebuild our home with little to no help. The insurance company was none too kind and when you combine that with the fact that our 100 year old home needed major remodeling to begin with it becomes a daunting task. Our house had to be gutted right down to the block walls and rebuilt. I must say it's an interesting sight to stand in your basement and peer upward to the rafters of your roof three stories above you.
I have been able to travel back to Wiconsin one week each month to spend time with my honey and work remotely. This chaotic and stressful time has added to my increasing waistline. Combine that with a severly comprised metabolic system caused by a complete hormonal imbalance and you have a recipe for obesity!
We are now on the road to completion of our home, and discussions are under way to allow me to spend more time in Wiconsin and work remotely and it only makes sense that I work in earnest to get my body back to some semblance of normality. Until the house is completed, working on the weight and health issues will be difficult while I am in Wisconsin. We are living in one little room in the basement with no true bathroom facilities and a small compact fridge. Not real conducive to optimum weight loss! But I will not allow this to be an excuse (as I have for the last 2 years) and continue onward and upward. My health issues will make losing more difficult, but not impossible!
Follow me on my journey to good health and a gorgeous body (for a 58 year old). "Soon to be skinny Kimmy", we can do it baby girl and when we finish we will dress up and paint the town together! |
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