Really recommend the Weight Loss Resources website for calorie counting and suggestion for recipes and general support. I've only lost 4 lbs in 3 weeks but at least I know when I've binged or, incredibly, eaten too little. Stepped up aquaerobics too. BUT I have collapsing hip - damaged it bounding up some big stairs with a turn in them way back in March and every so often it goes again - shooting pain down the femoral nerve. Any advice??
Seems like your doctor might have the best advice there, Clary? Sorry about the injury.
I just made a new chart a couple of days ago. Basically, I made the initial chart, it went great, and I planned to take things up a notch when that was finished and made a new chart with four days a week instead of three, and for a longer duration. While I was making that new chart I got sick but didn't think much of it. That got somewhat serious and dragged on way too long and I TOTALLY got out of the habit, as the empty chart sat there mocking me (I have it taped to the wall behind the computer). Made a new one last weekend, the first day of it is today. Back to three times a week since I'm essentially starting over (sigh).
Rebirth!
Renaissance!
These are good things.
I've been holding at or below 170.
Going to the gym with Clive has really helped.
I'm doing my best, but this is going to be a long and tedious winter.
At least the sun is shining today.
Isn't it awful trying to eat less in cold weather? Big, satisfying meals appeal so much more now. I had roast lamb and 2 roast potatoes and lots of veg for lunch yesterday, which I hoped would mean I only wanted a light snack in the evening. I was starving by 6
soup soup soup
I find that the old trick of a soup before a meal, or instead of a meal, is helping me keep my total calorie intake down.
and it's a great time of year for soup!
Right now I'm on the trail of a potato-apple soup to make. Seems like it would be perfect with smoked sausage, grilled chicken breasts, smoked fish, pork roast - those kinds of fall meats.
Crock pot winters ....
Love it.
I need to go find one for us now.
Any suggestions?
Today I started the third week of Physical Therapy. My balance is better, I have more strength in my bad leg--although my knee on the bad side is starting to object--and my jeans are looser around the waist.
I checked the scales this morning and I seem to have lost 3 pounds.
Don't look for 'em too hard!
That's good news Mistress Noddy. mrs hamburger is waiting for a fitting for a knee brace right now. Hopefully she'll be able to get around more easily and feel healthier again.
I've just started the next session of Beginner 2 - working on the choreography for the December recital (which I will NOT be part of). I never realized turning in a circle could be so painful
Wow, Noddy, that's great! Sounds like your dominion has shrunk a little.
So Beth - what, are you circling on your knees? Or while doing a backbend?
EhBeth--
I hope Mrs. H's knee can take the Canadian winter. I'm sure part of my aching is due to autumnal rains.
No recital? I'm glad you have some limits to your chutzpah.
Mac--
Shewolf was asking about you on the missing members thread.
Thanks for the kind words--you're an expert in peeling the pounds and know what you're talking about.
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Smile.
ha!
(I think it's the corkscrew turns that we did 3 10-minute sets of that did me in tonight.)
Of course, in June I didn't know what a Maya, a basic Egyptian, a reverse undulation, a sharky walk or a hip crescent was. So it's all good.
Right?
Noddy - this whole series of classes is leading up to a birthday present to myself for next year. I wanna wanna wanna be in a bellydance class recital the year I turn 50. Being in the December recital would sort of spoil that.
So, I'm rehearsing the routines with everyone - and reminding the instructor each week that NO I am not going to be in the December recital. She keeps trying to position me in the line
EhBeth--
I'm awed.
At one point when I was Single Again I was a cook at a Middle Eastern Restaurant with bevys of belly dancers who used the kitchen as a combination of green room and stage wings.
I learned that some dancers were better than others--and the better the dancer, the less forced the smile.
The men weren't particularly good dancers but they were brazen about soliciting tips.
Edit: Obviously our fingers were undulating at the same time.
Noddy, congrats on your better balance, improved strength, and missing pounds. Good things come in threes.
The smile is key - and I'll be smiling next April when I'm in that shimmy shimmy bump line
Ok, it all sounds painful!
I've lost three more pounds--I'm now 125.
New (to me) dieting theory: First thing in the morning, if I'm hungry for breakfast I'm doing something right.
Mr. Noddy and I went to a restaurant buffet for Thanksgiving dinner. I had difficulty explaining to the chef/server that I wanted just-a-taste portions instead of generous helpings. Right was on my side and I prevailed.
