BYOC Friday - a day late

Thank-you for your comments on my previous post. It's very easy to get caught up in the weight loss/rate of loss continuum. 

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BYOC

1. If a major newspaper wrote an article about you today, what would the headline be?

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  Managed to remain calm despite all the chaos around her. 

2. Name one thing you like about being an adult.

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    Being able to do whatever I want, whenever I want and not having to ask permission.

3. What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon when you were a kid?

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  I loved the Smurfs. My sister, brother and I would get up early on Saturday and get our cereal ready for an hour and a half of entertainment. I thought Papa Smurf was so kind, but I had a special fondness for Gargamel and his cat Azrael.

4. When is the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt about them?

• One of my closest friends. We haven't seen each other in a while, most of it my doing and I sent her a note to let her know how much I miss her. Distance is a factor, but we're making plans to get together soon.

5. Repeat question: Summarize your week in life and in blogland.

• I've been working on increasing my running speed and it's been tough, really tough. I'm sticking with it though because I know this body of mine can handle it.
• I tend to work long days so don't get much time to post or to visit blogs during the week, but I try to keep up on my mobile phone. Unfortunately,  I can't view many of your blogs or comment that way but know that I'm cheering you all on.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Ramblings

The fill I got last week is really doing its job and I am now down 70 pounds. I haven't been doing my daily workouts this week as I've been battling a summer cold (those are the worst), but I've been keeping track of my calories. 1,200 or so seems to be the magic number. I'll bump it up a bit once I start working out again but it seems to be doing the trick.

I need exercise and really miss it when I don't. I'm not nearly as congested as I was a few days ago and plan to start running again tomorrow. I've set a goal of running my first 10K in the fall, just need to sign up.

I have been searching through photos to find some of me at my heaviest and so far no luck. I was really good at avoiding the camera. In the age of digital photography I aslo made sure that I deleted any that had me in them. I did save a couple of pairs of trousers from my heaviest and try them on occasionally when I need to remind myself that I am making progress. I would highly recommend it as it seems to make it more real - at least it does for me.

A couple of days ago I found the negative self-talk slipping in - some of the chatter: I should have lost more weight by now, I still have over sixty pounds to lose, why can't I just stick to 800 calories and exercise 2 hours a day and get it done ... and on and on it went. Then the voice of reason chimed in and reminded me that I have lost a significant amount of weight. That I am exercising. That I am living my life, I'm happier, more at peace with  myself and all the while I continue to lose.  Sometimes we need to be our own cheerleaders.