Hard, Ain't it Hard

Well, my feet are sore. They hurt from walking everyday. The problem is I am sort of addicted to the walking each day. I HAVE to do it, regardless of when I get the chance to. Sometimes I walk early. Sometimes at lunch. I have even gotten that last mile or two in at around 10PM. But the walking is good. I am up to a brisk two miles each day. In another few weeks, I will add another half mile. I am even seriously considering entering a 5K (of course I would be walking) that is coming up in town.

Woody Guthrie (another famous Okie, not that I am famous...) wrote the song that this post is titled for. It is hard to keep at it. To constantly be counting calories and making sure I am walking. But it pays off. Sometimes the weight loss surprises you. Today was my sixth weigh in. Twice out of the weigh ins I have been disappointed. The first one which revealed once and for all just how big I was and the fourth one where I lost a scant three pounds. The good news was at least I was losing each week, even if it wasn't at the pace I was desiring.

People ask me if I am on weight watchers a lot. When I tell them I am counting calories, they assume it is close to the same diet. But I do think that my approach is much better for me. With weight watchers, as you lose weight you are forced to eat less food, as you lose overall points. The goal is to eventually get you down to where you are not eating so much, I am sure. But my diet allows me to eat more as I go along. By cutting WAAAAYYY back on calories early on, I afforded myself the opportunity to systematically add calories, thus adding food, to my daily diet. Eventually I will be able to eat about three times what I am eating now because my regular activities and my work out will allow it. How many chumps on weight watchers can say THAT?

So this week: Good quiet times in Luke, by the way. I haven't really mentioned much on here in the way of the God stuff because I journal that and it has been very personal lately between me and God. So I save that for me. But I wanted you to know that prayer and meditation have really unlocked a new way of life. You should think on it.

I lost another 6 pounds this past week. That brings the grand total up to 44. And puts me at dropping 32 since I started the new approach to changing my life. Today is a good day.