Great Weekend

alexp74

This was a really good weekend, well 3 days including my days off.

Went to a wedding on Saturday ate well, had 2 beers, still came in under goal for the day even without recording exercise calories.

I take the approach of eating what I want in moderation and staying under the recommended numbers and doing a lot of walking and moving, it works for me.

My second NSV is probably my biggest. My mother-in-law and my wife are really close to the remaining Shakers (the religious group) and we went to a 75 anniversary party for the Eldress. Ate prime rib, lobster and I prepared for it by doing a lot of yard work and gardening and still came out ahead for the day.

There was a concert held at the meetinghouse that is original to the village. It was built in the 1800s when people were well, a lot smaller. I set on a wooden bench with a divider in front in the room a couple of years ago when I was 330+ pounds and barely fit. I sat in the same bench on Sunday, down about 35 pounds from that last experience and I fit just fine, had plenty of room and was not uncomfortable at all.

My last one was the dress shoes I wore for 6+ hours on Saturday and 4+ on Sunday used to really hurt my feet after a couple of hours of wearing them, this weekend, no pain at all.

Slowly and steadily changes are coming and I feel great!

kNEWBrenda

That is so awesome. It is those NSV that encourage us when the scales abandon us.

AverageAngel

Congratulations! It is really nice to hear when others take a healthy approach to a balanced day. Keep posting, and have a great week!

onevierka

That's awesome! Your doing good and thinking ahead with exercise. Thanks for sharing your story!

alexp74

That's awesome! Your doing good and thinking ahead with exercise. Thanks for sharing your story!

I have been overweight since birth really, my mother was diabetic and if I went to term I would have been 13 pounds, so it's been a lifelong battle.

I have been fighting this for so long, in college I skipped meals and lost a ton of weight but I skipped meals. I get that, at 35 years old the doctor started talking about being pre-diabetic, I did the whole attempt at healthy eating and watching what I ate but that didn't work because I wasn't recording it or checking my weight.

Since last fall I really started taking it seriously by recording everything I did for exercise and then moved onto food. Once I looked at the food numbers and realized what I could eat in a smaller quantity or by making better choices along the way instead of restricting myself I realized how much easier it is.

When I go to the grocery store, I walk all the aisles even the ones I don't need, just to keep moving. The yard work needs to be done anyway, there's a good way to get a good workout in.