After the two-days of walking 12 miles to and from work, I started avoiding anything related to what looks and feels like a workout. My feet were and still are recovering from the feat. I nearly lost my pinky toe nail on my left foot and I am STILL peeling from the sunburn... slight peeling of the backs of my hands and the magnifying mirror shows that my face is still red.
All this aside, I made a valiant effort yesterday to set this right. First of all, i am going to continue to walk. Walking is a great exercise and I am very proud of myself for being able to complete such a feat. What I plan to do, however is to leave my car at work, walk home, then walk back to work to pick up my car and drive home. Either that or choose a different starting and end point...
My job has been very stressful and I suspect this is the source of my problem. I sit more than I would like and I spend too many extra hours at work grading papers and what feels like spinning my wheels. I am no longer volunteering to work for free. I brought home tons of work this weekend to do and after I am done blogging, I intend to put a dent in it and then take my work back to work and leave it there.
I am having digestive problems and sleeping a lot. This is not good. So, I am off meat altogether for the next 27 days and I will not eat any bread, tortillas, dairy products such as cheese and once my Lactaid is finished, no more milk of any kind. My primary goal is to clear up my skin and to lose as much belly fat as humanly possible between now and the 1st of November when I plan to fly to Los Angeles to walk in a Walk A Thon.
Financially, this may not be such a good idea. But I set this goal for myself so that I will continue to lose weight at a steady pace. I know that I can do this. I just have to keep in mind that I am an athlete and I have the basic frame and that fortunately, for me, my heart is very strong and healthy and I have not allowed myself to get into a total state of disrepair....
Every day, I am becoming slimmer and closer to my goal weight of 118 pounds. I am physically and mentally in the best shape of my life and I will be a very fit and turning 47 tomorrow does not mean that my life can not be everything that I envisioned it to be. I can still find true love. I can still find my "soul mate". I can still enjoy life and live life to the fullest. =)
I am going to Los Angeles for me. Not for anyone else. I want to prove to myself that I can go back home and that I don't have to stay away because someone hurt me or someone broke my heart... I am a beautiful woman and I deserve the very best that life has to offer. I am going to go and have a good time.=)
