You don't have to be a math wizard to figure out that if you take in more calories than you burn in a day, well....the calories will just accumulate day after day after day. I have become very lazy doing my same ol', same ol' routine, mindlessly, every single day. And as we all know well....our days become weeks, become months, become years, very quickly. And....here I am.
For those of you who know me well, you know that the years of excess weight have added to the stress on my knees; I now have osteoarthritis. It makes it much more difficult for me to exercise these days. Time, weight and simple use, make my knee joints feel much more painful to do even the easiest of things...riding a bike, spending time in my garden, just standing around, even walking....those common simple things are to me, like climing Mt. Everest. But as someone once told me and this has stuck in my head, "People climb Mt. Everest every day." I will never forget those words. They have become my new motto. I made a sticker with those words and they look at me every day from my monitor at work......and they will encourage me on my weight loss journey ahead. (thank you, Angel.)
A friend of mine has lost over 100 pounds in the past year. I asked her how she was doing it. She recommended the book, "Fat Smash Diet" by Ian K. Smith, M.D. I picked up a copy at Barnes and Noble this past Tuesday and began it the very next day. I read through it within about an hour and a half. It is very easy....very sensible....very good. Donato & I are through with day one and are in the midst of day two. You're not going to believe me when I say this, but just changing my diet and adding exercise (another major change), the scale reads that I am 6 pounds lighter today. I know that much of the weight in the beginning is going to be water weight loss.....but I am amazed how just changing a few things can make such a big difference. I am ready to do this, and though I whine whenever I am "craving" something (not hungry for something), I have to pray and ask God to help me through the craving, and realize that I'm not really hungry....I just crave certain foods. 
The diet is great in that you get to eat 4 smaller meals throughout the day, along with 2 snacks. It's really going to be easy to follow. This week is the hardest and next week will be a little easier....after that things shift and get nicer, as far as a few more things we can add to our diet. I highly recommend the diet, along with exercise. I bought Jane Fonda's "Prime Time" workout DVD's (don't laugh, it's been a while for me), and I'm off and climbing! :o)
I will try to update everyone here in my blog on a weekly basis to record how my diet and exercising are going. I am already receiving lots of encouraging emails, messages and texts. I can't tell you how wonderful that is! I need all the encouragement I can get....thank you! :o)
I'm glad in God, far happier than you would ever guess—happy that you're again showing such strong concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just had no chance to show it. Actually, I don't have a sense of needing anything personally. I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am. I don't mean that your help didn't mean a lot to me—it did. It was a beautiful thing that you came alongside me in my troubles. -Philippians 4:13 (The Message)
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