10 Pounds. I know how much better I feel when I lose 10 pounds. My pants are no longer trying to kill me by strangulation. My blouses are no longer trying to get my arrested from exposure due to gaping spaces between buttons. 10 pounds weight loss feels good. Very good.
I have a good 30 to 40 pounds to lose. But that’s just too much for me to do, again. I’ve done it before. And I’ve gained most of it back. I also spent the entire time, while losing it, feeling like I was in some sort of Pretend World. No longer able to participate in too many things. Making a fussy fool out of myself when attending parties. “Oh, no thanks. I’m not eating food right now. Well, do you have any cucumbers? Or a carrot? I could use a carrot before I pass out. Thanks.” “Thanks for taking me out for my birthday! I was thinking that I would love to go out and have a salad with no dressing. And ice for dessert.”
I don’t want to live like that anymore. I want to enjoy life. I want to enjoy food. I just want to enjoy less of it. I want to think about what I’m about to eat and if it’s worth strangulation by pants!
This blog is for everyone who has been way too overwhelmed to face the task of weight loss ahead of them. I plan to do it 10 pounds at a time. Lose 10 pounds by no special diet, just the good old Eat Less/Exercise More method. Or Eat Less/Exercise A Little Bit More Than Laying on the Couch method. You know, like parking farther back in the Target parking lot. Taking a walk around the block after dinner.
I don’t care to spend hours at the gym. And don’t you be telling me that I only need to work out for like 30 minutes a day. That’s lying. You little liar, you! Unless you live your life in workout clothing and you don’t have to drive anywhere to work out. And you don’t have to shower afterwards. Or schedule it between family stuff. Or force yourself to get off the couch, yet again. Weren’t you just off the couch a minute ago? Or spend more money that you don’t have for gym membership and accessories.
Nay, my focus is going to be on healthy eating. And when I’m not eating healthy, it better be something really good and really worthy of slower ease on the pants strangulation.
I am not alone in this. As I start this blog, there are a Baker’s Dozen of us. 12, plus me, who are joining together and united by a motivational bracelet that we’ll all be wearing. Whenever we need to remind ourselves that we are not alone or to walk away from the Twinkie.
Hopefully you’ll join in with us in our adventure to lose 10 pounds. And maintain that 10 pound weight loss until we are ready to move on. Six months or a year (more or less) later.
