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Subject: Glad to hear it!

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Dreemdanser

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Date Posted: 11:31:58 08/22/02 Thu
In reply to: SapphireMist 's message, "Re: The Honeymoon is over! (warning! long post!)" on 15:26:47 08/16/02 Fri

Well, the ups and downs continue. I am figuring that is going to be the way it is....both emotionally and scale-wize. I have lost 20 lbs. Then the next day even though I was good as gold the scale decides to be up a lb and stay there the last few days. (and no, no reason to be retaining water right now). So I figured I would try to ignore the scale which is really tough for me since it definitely gives me a high when I see the numbers dropping.

I don't know that i am so dedicated. Terrified would be more descriptive. I figure at 46, carrying around this much extra weight is inviting somekind of health crisis. I have been lucky. But I want more than just to avoid health disasters...i want to feel vital and thriving. I want to be able to enjoy what years of beauty I have left without letting them slip away while I hide behind the fat. You always think....oh I can always do it...I can loose the weight. But we have no guarantees on tomorrows.

The hardest thing is making myself do the excercise every day. I had originally thought I would do like 4 or 5 days a week. But my metabolisim is so sluggish that I am afraid to skip a day. It does seem that when I do it that it cuts my appetitie. It is much harder to do it if I go past midday. Once I am moving, however i am glad i am doing it. It is just getting started.

The neighbor next door actually said something about my having lost weight.

I am travelling the weekend after labor day and I am so worried i will not be able to stick to my regime. I just went and bought a smallish CD player to pack in my suitcase so I can dancercize in the hotel room.

hugs,
Dreemy

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