Ronnie's Notes
There are 12 reasons I may not be losing weight, according to an article I read at everydayhealth.com.
Instructions
#1 - not exercising enough. (I work out 3 times/week.
That has to be enough) #2 - not getting enough sleep (hmm, maybe) #3 - too much stress (everyone is stressed aren’t they?) #4 - skipping meals, which leads to food cravings (not me, I eat at least 3 meals/day) #5 - big portions (well, maybe we’re on to something.
I’m only allowed cheese the size of 2 dice? Are you kidding.
That’s just to see how it tastes!) #6 - drinking too many calories (NO.
I haven’t had a soda since 1983) #7 - being lax about exercise and calories.
In other words eating too much for the amount of exercise I eat.
But wait, isn’t that the same as: # 1, #5 and #6? (I think they are talking about hidden calories, like eating a salad but then loading it with high calorie dressing) #8 - slipping on the weekend, such as having an alcoholic beverage. (Ooops, here we go!) #9 - being impatient with weight gain. (got me here too.) #10 - having a “medical condition.” - (does that include getting old? Is age a medical condition?) #11 - I’ve reached a plateau - (how can that be if I haven’t lost more than one pound?) #12 - I am the right weight for my body - (WHAT??? Have they seen the photos??) As a girl and young woman I was always the right weight, never skinny but not overweight either.
Until I met my husband who was extremely encouraging of my interest in cooking.
That plus my new job, where everyone brought in a huge breakfast and so I added a blueberry muffin in addition to the usual yogurt.
The extra pounds just crept up little by little.
So, here I go again, trying to get those 8 pounds off.
Better throw out that piece of cheesecake sitting in my fridge (how did it get there anyway?)