This Week

I talked about The Hungry in my last post.  Due to having The Hungry last week, this week is going to be hard.  I feel like I am starting over again; which, in a way, I am.  I don't have significant weight loss from week to week so anytime I go off track I either gain it back or if I'm lucky I will maintain.  I'm not going to weigh myself tomorrow.  I will wait until August to do it.  I am giving myself more time to lose weight and adjust to eating more healthy and less calories.  Earlier tonight I was pretty frustrated because if I was able to run I would have almost zero consequences for eating how I did this week.  Unfortunately I am still unable to run due to my knee condition.

 My knee has improved so I have hope that I will be able to run again, but waiting is awful!  I hate being injured!  However, improvement is improvement and I will take what I can get.  I was able to go for a walk tonight (almost 1 mile!) and my knee did not hurt  I wore a brace while I walked, but a few weeks ago I couldn't have any done that.  I have been pretty good about completing my knee exercises even if I blow everything else off.  So good job me!  I will celebrate what I can.

Me versus the hungry

I actually re-wrote a lot of this post because it had drifted into the negative: negative self talk and negative body image.  I want to focus more on the positive.  I think a lot about how I looked in my mid twenties, but who doesn't?!  I am a little older now and have had a lot more wear and tear on my body.  My body has done a lot of awesome things for me and has recovered from a fair amount of injuries  (broken leg, numerous sprained ankles, stitches above my eye, broken thumb, dog bite, herniated disc...just to name a few).  With the proper care and persistence I have no doubt that I can bounce back from this and improve myself too.