2010 Rap Up
{cross posted on both blogs}
Like just about everyone, I thought I would jot down a few thoughts as a new year is upon us. I can hardly believe it's 2011 already. Wasn't that Y2K thing just like yesterday?
Without a doubt the biggest success for me is maintaining my weight loss. I've seen some NSV's so I must be recomposing a bit despite not much movement on the scale. When I return from vacation I do plan to give this another push. But for someone who was never the same weight (except when ~300 lbs) for an entire month my entire adult life, I cannot express how monumental this is. As I pack for warmer climates, I don't have to stress over finding out of season clothes b/c the summer stuff doesn't fit. Wardrobe security is a wonderful thing!
The best part is that this year maintaining was relatively easy and I've been able to eat more "normally" on a daily basis with a carb count ~75g avg. I do find myself defaulting down to VLC some days and that's OK too. Mindful eating and making sure I get my protein in is working.
Although I didn't accomplish much in the way of formal exercise, I went from being able to do like 8 "girlie" pushups to making the 100 and then onto real pushups I got up to quite a few. I do need to revisit those, just being lazy. But 2010 was a year of great physical accomplishments. I don't feel my age, I feel younger than I did 10 years ago and I'm able to do so much w/o feeling overexerted or getting swollen ankles and such. My wood pile workouts have been empowering. I would love to try for something like a sprint tri (it would be 10 yrs since the last one), but not sure running is ever going to be for this post-obesity bod of mine. We'll see. I've got some thinking to do on that while I'm away.
So, how 'bout that low carb? I consider myself semi-Paleo, semi-LC, semi-Perfect Health these days. What I'm doing is working and I feel great. I may tinker with things a bit, perhaps do IF for a stint to see if I can't lose some more weight. Again, we'll see. I'm in that strange place where there's weight to lose but no urgency to lose it.
EDIT!! WOW, I can't believe I left out starting my blogs! I thank all of you for reading and contributing to some great discussions here. I know I've learned a lot and it's gratifying to have you great folks reading my work and making me think even more. Even though there are far more popular blogs out there, never did I dream I would have so many readers so soon. It's really nice not to just be talking to myself over here ;-)
Looking forward to a great 2011!
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Thanks for creating your blogs. I look forward to your 2011 posts. And if you do IF, I'm very interested in reading about your experience. I love IF.
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