Feeling Good Getting Fit

Turning Point

I continue to diet using the Vemma Bod-e Diet program. Sort of half assed but I'm working on it. The thing is, even though I don't follow the diet exactly, I feel a ton better. I've reached a tipping point now where I might still have a bad day or two but for the most part I'm alive. I'm Alive!!

Seriously, a huge change from a short few weeks ago when I was laying in bed and couldn't move because I was so tired even though I was sleeping 15 hours a day and I asked Mike if he thought I was dying. Because I thought I was. Seriously.

Now I have hope that I am going to feel good, and I am going to get fit. And I am going to keep living.

I meant to add "Thank you, Bk Boreyko and the Vemma team, thank you very much."

Still working on the feeling good part of this so I can start getting fit. Today I took one of the non carbonated Bode burn drinks to work with me. I didn't realize it was non carbonated or concentrated. Took a big swallow and realized it right away.
After I mixed it in some ice water it was very good though. And I made it through my work day. Four days in a row, actually.
I have a cd and one of those big exercise balls and a book that has a core strengthening workout. I'm starting that next.

I'm still here, just MIA for a couple of days. I got my bad wisdom tooth pulled on Wed. My mom always said if you were smart enough you wouldn't get your wisdom teeth. I guess I wasn't quite smart enough.
I was off and on my diet during the last few days, eating soft stuff and trying to stay pain free, used a lot of essential oils.
I am back to work this morning and back on the diet program. Yesterday was a long day of mostly sleeping but I am feeling up and at 'em (another mom saying) and ready to go now.
Things will keep on getting better from here.
Carol

I'm getting my tooth pulled tomorrow. I know it will be a day or two of soft foods and liquids so I rationalized and ate cake and ice cream tonight. First time in a week. Not coincidentally my tooth hurts for the first time in a week. Interesting how bad sugar really is for us and how apparent that is when there is an immediate consequence from consuming it.

Someone asked me if I was pregnant today. It happens every now and then. In retrospect I think there was a little discussion about me first before someone got brave enough to ask. I was focused on what I was doing and not really paying attention to the conversation around me.
So I said, "Nope, just fat," like I always say.
Later I thought about it and thought, "hey, how old/young does she think I am, anyway? She can't have realized I'm in my 50s or she wouldn't have assumed I'm pregnant. I must look really young. Cool." And then decided to take it as a compliment that she asked.
My goal is to look young and skinny but until then I'll take young and fat over old and fat anyday.

Doing good, feeling better, sleeping less. No exercising yet but I will. Soon.

Back On Track (and what I relearned)

I went off my diet. Thank you BK for providing a restart button on the Vemma Bode page. I'm restarting. Today is my free day but I'm taking it easy with stuff because I've already managed to make myself very tired again.

When I restart tomorrow I am exercising, too. I didn't exercise the first week and a half that I was on the diet because I was still sleeping 12-15 hrs a day. 15+ when I started down to 12+ by the time I went off it. I believe that as I continue to work it that I will sleep less and feel better. And certainly I can start exercising now.

What I relearned is that I need the magnificent vitamins and minerals from Vemma and I need to stay on a reasonable no-junk food diet, not only to lose weight, but to also feel good and have energy. In a book I was reading (I think it was First Things First by Stephen Covey) he said something about having the energy and enthusiasm to make your dreams and goals come true.

I know from experience, and I keep teaching myself this same thing, that if I don't eat right and I don't take my vitamins and minerals that I won't have the energy and enthusiasm to be a success.

Carol

Just spent thirty minutes cleaning the bathtub and surrounding wall. Breathing heavy and tired now. Does that count as exercise?

How's It Going?

It's going great. I have gotten slightly off track with Katrina and Britney being here the last two weekends but have amazed and delighted myself by not succumbing to temptation and totally blowing it.

I have continued to feel incrementally better in between sleeping copious amounts of time. I have a ways to go to get where I want to be, not just with my weight, really, I'm doing a pretty complete overhaul on myself.

But I feel encouraged and inspired by the changes I can already see happening.

I was going to have Katrina take some more pictures but we are out of time. We never seem to have enough time together. Although, I think if we lived close it would feel the same way. That's the way it is with best friends, even when the best friend is a daughter.

I'm just going to upload the couple of pictures I have from when I started this a little over a week ago (as soon as I figure out how.) Then I'll have my Tabbycat take a couple of more today or tomorrow.

love

Carol

I will be putting up pictures in the next couple of days. One from a week ago before I started and one from this week.

Back on the diet tomorrow and really looking forward to it. Not feeling so great tonight.

My teeth hurt again. Going to the dentist this week, getting it pulled next week. That's the plan anyway.