March 9, 2009 Turning It All Around

2 months certainly makes a difference.
2 months ago (well, a little more, actually), I was following my food plan faithfully. I was working out 6 days a week. I was succeeding! I actually got to the point where I was ONE pound from my goal of 175.
Then it all started to unravel. First, I had an abcessed tooth. I couldn't chew anything, so I was living on pudding, ice cream, and other mushy foods (kinda hard to do high protein when you can't chew!) Still, I managed to lose, probably since I was not eating much at all. I also wasn't exercising, since I felt so horrible, and was spending lots of time at the dentist. I was probably losing muscle, not fat, but at least the scale was going down.
I got over that hurdle and it was time for my knee replacement...but wait, there's MORE! The day before my scheduled surgery, I came down with a wicked case of bronchitis. Surgery was cancelled. Too sick to exercise, too tired to do much of anything, and my eating caught up with me as I gained 5 pounds.
Surgery was rescheduled for February 18, and was a great success. Rehab went well. I came home a week and a half ago. But although I am faithfully doing my knee exercises twice a day (which is really strength training, not cardio, but at least it's exercise!), my food has only gotten worse! I've tried several times to eat my "normal" healthy breakfast, but somehow my tummy doesn't seem to like it.
Well, I'm sick and tired of feeling sick and tired again! I've been avoiding the scale, but I know it's up, since my undies are fitting a bit tight. It's time to do something about it. I can't go back to the gym yet, but I CAN fix the food!

Will it be easy? Nope, not nearly as easy as it was to fall back into old bad habits. But I know I CAN do it, and so I WILL do it.
Turning it all over to God, since I know I am useless at this stuff. He is the one who got me this far, so He will get me to the finish line.
Stay tuned.