um...is it that time of year again???

oh no new year resolutions...i don't like them or maybe they just don't like me. i always break them so i figured maybe if i say the opposite it will work because i usually say my new year's resolution is going to be to lose weight and get healthy, blah...blah...blah, i somewhat stick to the get healthy part but i never lose weight, i gain - lose - gain about the same 5 or 8 pounds every year. so i figured if i say something like this year i want to gain weight maybe it will take the opposite affect and i will start losing weight instead. well one can hope, right? okay so with all kidding aside i do want to get serious with my health in the year 2010. how will i do this?? well i'm hoping to rejoin weight watchers, get back into my exercise routine, and maybe even start a running program. this weekend i'm buying a punching bag with some boxing gloves too. so i'm just going to try to keep myself active, not over do things but slowly and surely work the whole 2010 year trying to lose this stinkin weight!! and of course i will track my progress and hopefully success stories on my blog.

happy new year!!!
cwak

tuffin it out

so its this wonderful time of the year again...the holiday season where you are surrounded by family, friends, and food...lots and lots of food! i don't really do any cooking or baking so i normally don't participate in those cookie baking parties or holiday pot lucks at work. so what am i afraid of...well the leftovers of course. i think my office is the main grounds for leftovers. for the pass two weeks there has been some kind of dish or plate full of cookies left on the counter. my desk is in the back so i'm constantly walking by this. i have held in my temptation pretty good, only had about two cookies, small pieces of course just to have a taste. it's been working out pretty well. but that's not the worst part...once i have finished work this week, i have then to go to christmas parties, open houses, and of course football parties too which everything will have lots of food! this is why the average american gain 7 lbs over the holidays and just when you think you can't eat anymore along comes new years eve parties. i think i would feel better with all of this if i could just work out or do some kind of exercise. i tried to take a walk with my dog the other night just to enjoy the outdoors and the big snowfall we had. well with me getting over foot surgery and the wetness turned into ice at that time, wasn't such a good idea. next time i think i will leave rocky home. he literally pulled me around on the ice because i just couldn't walk fast enough for him. so maybe when i try to do my next walk i won't take the dog, just until i can get back to my normal pace again. so here it comes and the best i can do is just tuff it out and be simple and don't pig out. we see what the results are next week. woohoo can't wait to see that.

happy holidays and happy happy new year!
cwak

this really sucks after surgery

okay so remind me never again to schedule a foot surgery during the holidays. what was i thinking...not really sure. so yeah on november 25th the day before thanksgiving i had extensive foot surgery done. the good part for me or so i thought was well i won't want to eat anything so i should lose some weight which i didn't but i'll get to that later. thanksgiving lasted all of like 2 minutes...enough time for me to eat some food. that wasn't the worst part, i took vacation time for a week and a half to recover from surgery so i thought i would be able to do stuff around the house or do some art work to keep me busy or something. wrong!! i was in so much pain that week i didn't even want to get up to go to the bathroom, i was hating life. my back was aching from laying bed for like ever and ever. luckily i had my wonderful iphone to keep me busy and i had a book to read but i wanted to get myself out of bed so bad. i'm still in some pain but not as bad but by the end of the day i am ready to just lay down and go to sleep. i can't wait for the day i have no pain so i can get back to the swing of things and oh yeah so i can drive. that's another thing, i haven't been able to drive so i couldn't go shopping or anything so i'm really behind on my christmas shopping and other things. i go around the house thinking i need that and i need this but i can't just go...and it sucks!

so about the weight loss thing...yeah that idea didn't work. i probably ate all of 300 calories a day for about the first five or six days after surgery. plus crutching around, going up stairs which is quite a cardio workout by the way. so when i got my cast off i had nothing to show for it i weighed the same as i did before the surgery. i was a little angry at myself because i was hoping for some kind of lost but i got over it quickly and said well i just have to really watch what i eat for the next few weeks because i won't be able to exercise. looking forward to physical therapy...not! but its something and it will make my foot heal quicker. once i feel comfortable walking then i can start exercising and i'm hoping to start a running program in march. but right now i have to get through this last couple of weeks of the holidays and get my foot back to normal well 90% normal. it was never normal to begin with.

happy holidays everyone!!!
cwak