Originally Posted by Leota
Oh.... This morning I was wondering what to wear to church...I have a black button up skirt that is size 14.... I haven't worn it in 10 years and even then it was tight....
Today....it buttoned without holding in my stomach...infact..is comfortable loose.... AND I had to take my belt in another notch :D Scale still says I haven't lost...I lost inches! :D doing the happy dance.
:D D: (cartwheels)
This is soooo important to remember...
muscle weighs more than fat...so scales can even go up, and that be a positive thing...
BECAUSE Muscle movement burns calories and so helps us loose weight by burning back the fat ...
that is why most successful diets have exercise as an equal partner to food quality, and calorie, fat and carb limitations.
That is what inspires me to exercise even when it hurts. Besides that I fantasize that someday I can ride my Morgan horse, Juliette while my DH rides her dh Romeo...I heard that they are making adaptive saddles for the disabled...question is how to get me up in the saddle and down when my spine needs a break...I could get up from a deck or using a step stool, but if I need to dismount along the way...then what?
My spine is gravely injured and weight loss is never going to make that better. It is a permanent and degenerative condition. I do not want to discuss it further. Everyone pm's me with Q & A's thinking it will not bother me to discuss what happened and whys, but it does. So please be a true friend and respect that I just don't want to have to keep going over the past...I want to focus on the future.
I do need positive remarks, support and prayers.
Tonight I have to make a real choice.
Company here from Arizona...and I live in Florida.
I can take my heavy duty, addictive in nature pain meds, be out of pain and just sleep and allow my body to relax...
Or I can be in pain with spine hurting and muscles spasmodic adding to the pain by exponents...and eat a lovely salid with the rest of the famiy that is enjoying a big BBQ...watch my grandchildren play in the yard...listen as my family chats happily about the day's big accomplishments...my sewing room ...and wait for my horses to come over for some loving...we do not feed them people food...but after dinner, we will open the gate and allow them in the part of the yard where we are...
honestly they are like a part of the family and as gentle as huge dogs...they lower their heads for the grands to kiss their muzzles, and beg for the grands to ride them...get jealous if they are not chosen to saddle and ride. We do not own enough saddles for all the horses to be ridden at one time...
Blood sugar has been really good and low this day...
am bs reading was 74, and at 6 pm was 97