MOLLYJ's CalorieKing Blog
1200 is hard
Wednesday, August 12th 2009
Well, I came back from vacation and went onto 1200 calories. Twelve hundred is hard. It just doesn't take much to reach it. I know I will get used to it. I always do, but right now, I'm just feeling it. And it's starting to get dark earlier; harder to get outdoor exercise in before the sun sets. That brings up anxiety about how hard it will be to exercise when the school year gets rolling. (School started today; first day with kids was today.)All that worry and no solutions. Take i...
Back from vacation
Friday, August 7th 2009
Well we went to Colorado for a short vacation, did a day hike and spent time putzing around in Denver. As all Coloradoans know, the state is beautiful. And you have great restaurants in Denver.So our hike up to Hartenstein Lake left me pretty sore. An afternoon thunder rumble while my son was forging ahead made me very nervous but all was well and down was certainly easier than up.
And then there was the food. I took my breakfast cereal a long and really tried to snack healthy but...
Losing weight can be its own reward
Saturday, July 25th 2009
Well, I am down about 30 pounds and the extremely vain part of me cannot wait to go back to school so I can hear people ask me if I lost weight over summer!!!
Oh, yes, just a little! Yeah right. anyhow, I'm excited but at the same time being back at school will make it much more challenging to exercise.Today DS wanted to go to IHOP for heaven's sake. But he's a teenager so we went. He's eaten a lot of funky diet food so it was time for a little reciprocity. IHOP is one of those resta...
Getting sucked into stupid discussions and thoughts on behavior change
Thursday, July 23rd 2009
Well I got a little sucked in to the forum topic on whether or not the Surgeon General should be overweight.And from a lot of folks who are struggling to lose weight right now, some rather mean and judgemental things were said about whether a fat person would/should be fit to be surgeon general. A general concensus seemed to be that to be fat was a choice and someone who made those choices shouldn't be in a visible policy position. A POLICY position. She's not running for Miss America. ...
swimming
Tuesday, July 14th 2009
Well, I am working on two new ways of exercising, yoga and swimming. I love the water but have never been much of a lap swimmer. So I'm doing some laps and some water walking. Today was so hot outside and to go to the pool was a good idea. First day I went it was 6 laps (25 yard pool). Today, I made 8. Not bad. I got a yoga video. I am not good at prescribed movement. I tried aerobics once and felt like an idiot. So my idea is to get a little familiar with some of the poses and of the ...