Monday, August 3, 2009
Slowing Down
I have been out of school for 2 weeks. I am having trouble slowing down. I have gone back to Weight Watchers to take care of the 15 lb I gained during grad school in the last year and a half. I am a repeat offender and have gone back several times. I usually am mad at myself or feel guilty for some dumb reason. I told them this time I didn't feel bad because I know it is a change in life style. I am doing a lot more sitting and a lot more drive through. They gave us a calendar for August with thoughts for each day. I posted it on the fridge. As I'm standing in front of the fridge eating my lunch I read. "Do not stand while eating. Sit down and enjoy your food" Ooooops. I have been working on this sense and discovered it is a big problem for me. I cannot sit down unless I am doing something else like the computer. Guess I wound up a little tight over the last year and a half!! This is my goal for the coming week, to sit down when I eat. Ugh. In that 2 weeks of "vacation" I have scraped off all the wallpaper in the kitchen and am reading my second book. I'm thinking slowing down may be good for the mental health! Ya think.
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I am a mom of a RAD child...and a repeat Weight Watcher's attender myself. I am starting again this week on Wednesday. Why is it we know what we need to do...and we know it works, but we have to do it over and over? Good luck, Brenda. I read your blog all the time. Your life really closely mirrors ours and I appreciate every time you post! :)
Thanks Jody. I think it is almost spooky sometimes how much our lives are all similar. I guess when our kids act out the easiest thing to do is eat! One thing they talked about at WW once was replacing one bad habit with another. So I know when I eat for stress I need to look for healthier things to replace it. For me it is go for a walk and pray. I need to get back to that!
That does bring up an interesting point however, how do you get out to walk? If I cannot leave my child alone then do you walk alone, at night when your husband is home?
Also, I finally looked into attachment therapist for my area, I did look about a year ago and the woman closest to me (over an hour away) was going on maternity leave, accepting no new patients and couldn't recommend anyone. But this is the second day in a row again, that my daughter has hurt the dog, I don't think I can put this off any longer. But does it really help? Or is it a long drive to another state for a complete waste of time?
Oh and I meant to say I've gained 40 pounds in the last five years since our daughter has joined our family. Stress related eating, do you think? :)
I gave up chocolate and refined sugar on August 1, I'll let you know how it goes if you're interested.
For us a good attachment therapist made a big difference. You might check and see if there are any more since the last time you checked. I can't remember how old your daughter is but I work out at our YMCA. We have a family membership. Since our youngest is 14 the boys could go into the work out room with me. They sometimes go into the gym which has windows opening into the work out room so I can see. They also go to the pool where there is a lifeguard. If I walk at home it is in the evening when my husband is home. Sometimes the boys walk with me. When they were younger I often did exercise tapes (before DVDS) and the boys would sometimes do them too.
I gave up sugar long ago. I still eat chocolate if it is a 100 calorie pack or Weight Watchers ice cream.
For exercise, I do a variety of things. "Life" really needs to be within eye sight, so we go to the YMCA and swim laps together. She swims one lap, plays on the diving board, swims another lap, plays, etc. This gives me enough time to swim a good distance, plus she needs to develop a lifestyle of exercise too. On some days we go to our high schools work out facility - it is kid friendly. It has an indoor track - 1/9th of a mile. I give her a quarter for each lap she completes (usually only 2 laps.) But that buys me some time to lift weights. Then she played on a exercise bike for a minute, the ellipitical for a minute, lifted a couple of 1 lbs weights for a minute, etc which bought me some time to work out myself. Some days she rides her bike while I walk (my least favorite as she stops too much!) but I get in a little exercise. And I have exercise bands and an elliptical to just work out at home. Between all of those, I can get in a few workouts a week - and so does she.
Life's Mom,
Sounds like a great arrangement. Our Y has a pool as well. We use it a ton. I have taken private lessons in the evening so I could start swimming laps myself and can now swim a mile. At first I could only swim down to the end and then had to rest. Some times I don't think we realize just how much we really can do.
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