Week 12

Down 1.4 (25.4 lbs total)

This was a short week as I went to a Thursday night meeting instead of my usual Saturday morning one. I got my fifth gold star and my 25lb. washer (yay) and then I went away for the weekend and ate! Oh, and drank! I had a lot of great food and wine and rapidly consumed more than twice my weekly points allowance; I'm at -42 points as of this morning. I obviously have issues around control when I'm on vacation and all of the food is delicious and abundant, plus there is also the "alcohol effect" where my normal WW food inhibitions get dropped. (I remember when I was young and it was a different form of inhibition that weakened, sigh!)

I also went to a Yoga class with my friends while I was away but any of the virtue I accumulated was spent when my back went out again. I now have pain down the inside of my left thigh, the disc is tender and my left hip joint is in spasm. I can't even walk very well this morning. I'm not sure what to do about this because I need to exercise to continue losing weight and I really thought Yoga was the answer because I love it, unlike most other forms of exercise. I guess I'll have to lose more weight before I resume the practice. Walking slowly will have to be the only exercise I do until I am thinner and able to work my core muscles enough to support my back.

Walking is strange. I often imagine myself striding strongly along the seawall at the end of my street (a block away) or through the beautiful park across from my front door. And I know I feel better when my heart is pumping and the wind has pinked my cheeks. And I know it is the easiest, cheapest, and healthiest form of exercise I could do. But I never go. I walk out of necessity because I don't drive, but that's it. I'm not sure why.