Still trying to jump start my new athletic lifestyle. Not quite as easy as I had hoped it would be to carve out the pre-requisite time to take up a sport or just drop by the gym on a even a lame-o monthly basis.
And then Time magazine [I think it was Time] comes out with a cover story saying exercise really isn't pivotal to weight loss, especially long term weight loss. Ouch! That put a crimp in my plans. But it certainly explained a lot about some of the shapes and sizes of the amateur athletes I've known.
Still regular exercise is good for you. You simply have to think of it as having benefits that work from the inside, out, I guess. Regular exercise gives you energy, helps regulate blood pressure and blood sugar, boosts circulation, and helps you stave off the gloomies.
My faves are swimming and yoga, so for now that's what I will focus on. It should be easier now,too because I have been getting way more sleep lately. Way more.
For year we couldn't figure out what was up with our toddler. He rarely slept through the night and wasn't interested in talking. Turns out he had a milk allergy! He loves the stuff, but it doesn't love him. It didn't cause skin reactions, just insomnia, and crankiness. We cut out the milk and everything improved. His sleep. My husband's sleep. And now the little guy is seriously trying to talk. My ability to work at night uninterrupted has benefited as well. It's like night and day. Milk allergies are very common in toddlers but we had no idea. And I owe it all to his very astute, and observant pediatrician, Dr. Ruth Agwuna.
I have a food allergy myself - to sesame seeds - and I thought these things would always manifest as a skin reaction, or as anaphylaxis of some sort. I never thought it would turn up as sleeplessness.
Sleep: undisputably helps with weight loss.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Today Is My Birthday
I turned 45. Life still goes on. Luckily. I no longer have a yardstick or goal list for my professional life - it has taken too many twists and turns to necessarily keep that on track.
Big Picture: thirty years ago, I wanted to make my living as a writer. That's what I put down as my career goal on all of my college applications. And that's what I am. That's what's I've done to pay the bills for most of the last 23 years.
I just didn't realize at the time writing would get me into so many different fields: high tech, banking, finance, healthcare. Jobs I never thought would need a writer, like long term insurance agency auditor. Yep. Hard to believe, but true. I was in the accounting department at an insurance division of American Express, (I wasn't in their nice Manhattan office, I was in the Marin County, Calif. office. I loved the location; commuted over the Golden Gate bridge every morning from San Francisco where I lived, to an office just down the road from George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch - still one of the best/most beautiful work locations ever) and worked with accountants writing up audit reports. They actually hired me because of my English degree. This was 1990, and 5 yrs. out of school, I had never had a non-publisher, tell me they needed my writing services. I was there for 18 months. Not a fun job, but eye opening as to all of places I could go {humble nod to Dr. Seuss}.
Anyhoo, personally, eveything's cool. Husband, kids (I had my first at 38, so no one was more surprised than me, that I actually like this mommy stuff, and appear to be okay at it). Physically, that's what giving me pause. Each birthday I have sworn I'd be thinner. I tip the scale at 207 lbs. At 5'3" I am officailly a big girl. I've been that way for awhile, but 200 was always an inconceivable point for me, especially when I was in my 20s and my weight hit 125 and I couldn't get to a Weight Watchers meeting fast enough.
I long for 125. I long for those thighs and a waist that doesn't rest on my thighs when I sit down. I didn't really know how to cook much then and I certainly had no money to eat out when I was in my 20s and living in Edinburgh/NYC/Boston/Sacramento/San Francisco.
I was hoping to be thinner by 35/40/45. No go. But one unexpected thing about childbearing, it brings greater body-awareness, whether you want it or not. I'd like my old body back. Not the 38 year-old/pre-kid body, but the 25 year-old-pre-pre-kid body.
My question is, how? No time machine here. How do you become an athlete at 45? How does someone who hates athletics, sports, the gym go about changing? What do I have to do to stop over-eating or eating late at night (my personal faux pas)? Those are my questions and this is my quest. Becasue asking these same questions at 55 - not an option.
Stay tuned
Big Picture: thirty years ago, I wanted to make my living as a writer. That's what I put down as my career goal on all of my college applications. And that's what I am. That's what's I've done to pay the bills for most of the last 23 years.
I just didn't realize at the time writing would get me into so many different fields: high tech, banking, finance, healthcare. Jobs I never thought would need a writer, like long term insurance agency auditor. Yep. Hard to believe, but true. I was in the accounting department at an insurance division of American Express, (I wasn't in their nice Manhattan office, I was in the Marin County, Calif. office. I loved the location; commuted over the Golden Gate bridge every morning from San Francisco where I lived, to an office just down the road from George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch - still one of the best/most beautiful work locations ever) and worked with accountants writing up audit reports. They actually hired me because of my English degree. This was 1990, and 5 yrs. out of school, I had never had a non-publisher, tell me they needed my writing services. I was there for 18 months. Not a fun job, but eye opening as to all of places I could go {humble nod to Dr. Seuss}.
Anyhoo, personally, eveything's cool. Husband, kids (I had my first at 38, so no one was more surprised than me, that I actually like this mommy stuff, and appear to be okay at it). Physically, that's what giving me pause. Each birthday I have sworn I'd be thinner. I tip the scale at 207 lbs. At 5'3" I am officailly a big girl. I've been that way for awhile, but 200 was always an inconceivable point for me, especially when I was in my 20s and my weight hit 125 and I couldn't get to a Weight Watchers meeting fast enough.
I long for 125. I long for those thighs and a waist that doesn't rest on my thighs when I sit down. I didn't really know how to cook much then and I certainly had no money to eat out when I was in my 20s and living in Edinburgh/NYC/Boston/Sacramento/San Francisco.
I was hoping to be thinner by 35/40/45. No go. But one unexpected thing about childbearing, it brings greater body-awareness, whether you want it or not. I'd like my old body back. Not the 38 year-old/pre-kid body, but the 25 year-old-pre-pre-kid body.
My question is, how? No time machine here. How do you become an athlete at 45? How does someone who hates athletics, sports, the gym go about changing? What do I have to do to stop over-eating or eating late at night (my personal faux pas)? Those are my questions and this is my quest. Becasue asking these same questions at 55 - not an option.
Stay tuned
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