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progress

Weight down to 210.

Walked at least 2 miles 5 nights last week.

Did 2 mile fun run on Sunday and jogged 9/10 mile.

Must watch Suns kick the Spurs' asses now!

Update

The rest of April was a wash. 60+ hours per week at work and lots of traveling.

However, last night I got back on the proverbial horse and was out there for 50 minutes. I don't know how far I went but it sure felt good! I jogged a little bit but mostly did brisk walking. I'm going out again tonight. I just need to get back in the habit.

As for diet, I've made some minor adjustments. I cut out alcohol completely and am monitoring my intake. I'm taking baby steps. I'll get back to where I was.

Thanks for all your advice. I read Fast Food Nation years ago. I'm afraid that my food issues have nothing to do with my intellectual capacities, because I pretty much know everything about nutrition. It's more of an emotional and psychological battle, I'm afraid. I wish more education on my part could solve it. I've been dealing with my food issues since I was 9 years old and weighed 100 lbs. I have lots of obesity and Type II diabetes in my family. Facing food every day without slipping into disordered eating (either overeating or strict dietary control) is very difficult for me.

As for my weight, I'm now down to 214.6! At 185, I was 24% body fat. The normal range for a woman is 19-24% depending on what chart wou look at. BMI says I should be between 150-175. I felt awesome at 185. I don't know if I could go any lower. Keep in mind that I am 5'10", guys. I think I would have to starve myself to get to 155.

So I will continue to take it one day at a time, and get out there regularly. If I am walking, jogging or whatever, who cares. I just need to keep moving and make healthy choices. One day at a time.

Cleared to run, yet mentally unclear

Dr. Joshua Appel of the CORE Institute cleared me to run about 2 weeks ago. I have exercised exactly once. I did a very slow jog for maybe a total of 8 minutes within a 45 minute, 3 mile brisk walk. I don't know if it is fear or laziness or what that is holding me back. All I want to do is sit around and eat. And eat and eat and eat. Taco Bell has its devil grip on me.

I think it is the fact that I feel like I am back to square one. I have to start over. 2 years ago I rocked. And now I suck. I guess I haven't accepted the fact that I have to live with my body's limitations.

I'm not really at square one, actually. When I started this journey over three years ago, I weighed 251 pounds. At my best, I was 185.6. I am now about 216-218. I have seriously got to rein it in or I will be right back where I started.

How do I break this cycle?

Second Opinion Appointment Set

I'm going to see a doctor on March 27 for a second opinion.

The doc I'm seeing is an orthopedic spine surgeon who has a sports medicine background. He's been the team physician for Brown University Lacrosse and football, and the Providence Bruins hockey team. He's also a runner and triathlete.

Hopefully he can give me a good rehab plan and I will be on the road again soon!

uncontrollable hiatus

I have been on an uncontrollable hiatus since early January when the neurologist I saw for my abnormal MRI told me I should never run again.

I have a severely herniated C5-6 disk in my neck and am healing and trying to be patient...I will be getting a second opinion on the never run again thing.

New Year's Resolutions

I fogot to add my resolutions! I don't make resolutions I know I can't keep, like "lose 20 lbs by March." I should be watching and maintaining my weight all the time. It's a continuous improvement thing.

Last year and the year before I made one resolution:

Record all books read for pleasure. I successfully did this and ended up with a nice list at librarything.com.

In 2005 I read 35 books
In 2006 I read 25 books

This year my resolution is:

Quit buying so much crap, evaluate every purchase (do I really need this?) and keep my home decluttered.