Monday, February 05, 2007
after the weekend
spent the weekend with an old friend, and subsisted mainly on cake, beer, and pizza. give or take some wine and cheese.
so, it was fun, but not, shall we say, restrained.
anyway.
weekend ending 2.4.07
weight= goal + 11.5
not surprising, this time.
ok, so i am feeling determined today. i really do want to lose weight. but why, you ask, why??
which brings me to my next point. theoretically it is helpful to list the reasons why you want to lose weight. so that later, when you are faced with the inevitable baked good, you can have reinforcements at the ready.
so. i want to lose weight:
for my health. i want to live a long time and i want to be healthy for as long as possible. not diabetes or heart disease or knee-replacement surgery any of those obesity-related irritations for me. also, i have quite high cholesterol. being thinner and making better food choices (no meat - check, no full-fat dairy... oops) will help with that. i'd like to avoid going on a statin for as long as possible.
to look good. i can't deny it. i want to have a hot body. i want people to think i am attractive. i want to have enviable calves. i want to look good in a bikini. and i want to keep looking good in it for a long time.
for my clothes. i want my clothes to hang nicely off of me instead of clinging to me all co-dependently. i want these particular trousers to fit loosely, not snugly.
for my career. thin people get promoted faster and make more money than fat people. i'm not making this up.
for my (eventual) children. i want to be a good role model of healthy eating, active lifestyle, etc. i don't want them to learn sloth or gluttony or non-self-control from me.
is that enough reasons? that's all i can think of for now.
anyway i'm off to have my morning big coffee. followed by a delicious delicious glass of water.
so, it was fun, but not, shall we say, restrained.
anyway.
weekend ending 2.4.07
weight= goal + 11.5
not surprising, this time.
ok, so i am feeling determined today. i really do want to lose weight. but why, you ask, why??
which brings me to my next point. theoretically it is helpful to list the reasons why you want to lose weight. so that later, when you are faced with the inevitable baked good, you can have reinforcements at the ready.
so. i want to lose weight:
for my health. i want to live a long time and i want to be healthy for as long as possible. not diabetes or heart disease or knee-replacement surgery any of those obesity-related irritations for me. also, i have quite high cholesterol. being thinner and making better food choices (no meat - check, no full-fat dairy... oops) will help with that. i'd like to avoid going on a statin for as long as possible.
to look good. i can't deny it. i want to have a hot body. i want people to think i am attractive. i want to have enviable calves. i want to look good in a bikini. and i want to keep looking good in it for a long time.
for my clothes. i want my clothes to hang nicely off of me instead of clinging to me all co-dependently. i want these particular trousers to fit loosely, not snugly.
for my career. thin people get promoted faster and make more money than fat people. i'm not making this up.
for my (eventual) children. i want to be a good role model of healthy eating, active lifestyle, etc. i don't want them to learn sloth or gluttony or non-self-control from me.
is that enough reasons? that's all i can think of for now.
anyway i'm off to have my morning big coffee. followed by a delicious delicious glass of water.
# posted by saara @ 7:07 AM 
