I am very happy that I am doing this at this time in my life. I've seen all these weights before. But this time the yo yo dieting does not have me frumpy and frustrated. I've been walking with my fitbit for almost 2 years. I had a serious malfunction of one of my fitbits last weekend. Because it said I walked 28,000 steps overnight I had to either take it off and always know the numbers were wrong, and put another fitbit on that account and accept the problem... OR, start a new account. Being a FREAK about wanting things to be RIGHT, I started a new account. The only downside is that I was 60 miles from my 5,000 mile badge. I have since walked those 60 miles. It's been a VERY BUSY WEEK! I am rocking 198.8.
The last week I have been binge watching The Biggest Loser. I love and hate that show and I love and hate those trainers. My thinking is really changing. I am still not ready to punish myself like they do. BUT, I'm taking real stock of my life. See I don't have some of the challenges others do. I work at home with kids. My first and primary job is to keep them safe. My 2nd is to keep them as happy as toddlers ever are. We all know Toddlers are sometimes hard to please and sometimes they are ALWAYS hard to please. But it's what I do. It's been 30 years. For those of you that are young... Do you REALIZE HOW LONG 30 YEARS IS?! I could just about do my job in my sleep. Oh wait....I do my job in my sleep. See I am open 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. Because of this, my house is a gym. I have a treadmill, trampoline, and elliptical, kettle bells and a BIG SCREEN projection tv that plays ROKU and PANDORA. I'm set. The kids and I even have disco lights set up in the house. We can pump up the music and lights and dance our hearts out.
Anyway, I'm HAPPY that I get to work out all day long and that means that I don't have to kill myself trying to get it all done in 2 hours. I could NEVER, ....okay, maybe....I don't want to and don't have to act like a maniac and workout until I puke. I did that once. But I don't want to do that ever again.
I have one piece of advice for the 20 and early 30 year olds learning how to work out. BE NICE TO YOUR KNEES. You need them. And that's all I'm saying about that.