Friday, February 21, 2014

the call came yesterday afternoon:

"Hello...Elizabeth?"
"yesssssssssssssss"
"Hi Elizabeth!  This is Amanda!"
slowly & grumpily responding:  "yes Amanda" ....as I settle in my mind this is definitely another telemarketing call.  hang up?  or give enough time to say, once again, take my name off the list!!!?  grrrrr!!!
fortunately I waited long enough to hear:  "I'm calling you back to work next week...."
"OH!  That Amanda!!  Hi Amanda!!!  I thought you were a telemarketing call!  Yay! I'm so glad it's you!"
So it is.......next week back to work for the tax season.  A few things to ponder and settle:
  1. Since September I have had the freedom of spending 2 hours at the gym.  5 days a week.  morning or afternoon.  a luxury.  not only a good workout but the steam room as my reward!  Now it will require a discipline to get myself there outside of work hours.  Especially since I have activities 3 nights a week.  Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday nights cannot be changed.  Neither can a commitment of going to the gym. Message to myself:  make it work beth!!
  2. O  the 5:00 a.m. mornings begin again!!  the older I get, the more I struggle with that early a.m. call!  Message to myself: you can do it beth!
  3. A sedentary job.  that means get up from that computer and move throughout the day.  walk on breaks.  volunteer for jobs that require movement.  Message to myself:  nothing can prevent me from continuing on this journey of weight loss and good health!
  4. Reminder to me:  You do well on a schedule.  Plan your day!  Plan your meals/snacks.  Plan your GB3 time.  Write it out.  Then live it!  And do it with joy!

"Be joyful always; pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 
1 Corinthians 5:16-18





6 comments:

  1. I've been working 9 hour days weekdays, and all Saturdays this month (and one stretch of 12 strait days.) Only getting to the gym 2 times a week instead of my normal 3. I eat more carefully when I know I'm deficient on exercise. It's very hard to get to the gym on Wednesdays after work, but I make myself do it or my back will go to hell and I will be in a world of hurt.

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    1. wow! long days! I know I need to keep going to gym and am still working out ways - that do not include going before work in the morning! not a good early a.m. person! I am so careful in my eating as I am still in what is considered transition to real food. gone from 960 calories a day to about 1100-1200. still more weight to lose. take care of that back!!! miss you and think of you often dear brother!!!

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    2. 62 lbs as of last Wednesday. can't give up on the workout now!

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  2. That's incredible. Can't believe you carried those pounds and never got diabetes. I have my first diabetes complication which is a very sore shoulder (adhesive capsulitis). I had PT on it this am and now all these exercises to try and get more range of movement back in my arm. Too many excersises!

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  3. So glad you dropped those lbs, I think it could be that you are saving your own life. The work that 65 lbs puts on the heart, well, that's scary to even think about.

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