Day 21

Today was supposed to be Kenpo, but I can barely make it through the Kenpo warm up because of my hips. They've always been very stiff and I'm not very flexible in that area, so I decided to go with Legs and Back since I missed that yesterday. I really enjoy working out my legs, they've always been very strong.

I went with mom to her gastric bypass support group last night and feel like I'd be able to learn a lot from going more frequently. They meet once a month and discuss nutrition, exercise, and how each particular person is doing. They start the meeting by introducing themselves, tell which type of surgery they had, then tell how much weight they've lost. I couldn't believe some of the numbers!!! One man had lost 150 pounds! That's an entire person! I was so amazed! I can't wait to see how wonderful mom looks and feels this time next year. I'm so proud of her.

Because of the support group last night, I have decided to start journaling a bit more detailed. I had been keeping a record of the foods I eat, but not showing what times I ate them, not keeping myself to a schedule, and not including the exercise and number of repetitions I had been doing. Starting today I'm changing that. One of the ladies last night brought her journal and let me look at it, which gave me the idea for changing my own.

Another idea they gave was to remember your goals, to think about them daily as soon as you wake up and as soon as you lay down to go to sleep. To write your goals using positive language and have a firm date attached. Instead of saying "I will lose weight this year" say "I will be 20 pounds healthier by June." My goal is to run a marathon on December 4th, 2011. In the meantime, I am setting daily goals to work-out for one hour every day. For this week, I am setting a weekly goal to wake up each day at 5:30 am so that I can exercise, shower, and eat breakfast by 7:30 am. This will help me prepare for starting my new job in two weeks.