Now where did I leave that energy?

This time around really does seem harder than ever. As my doctor pointed out and in a tone that me think maybe she enjoyed it for some reason, I'm not as young as I was last time. I was about two years younger and found it a lot easier to lose the pounds. Doesn't seem like it would make that much of a difference, but it does.

I don't have to completely change my food around. Lean meats and lots of fruits and vegetables are a part of my daily diet already. Although I guess that I have been adding in to many fattening foods again. So I'm trying to get back keeping up with the portion control and certainly less sweets. Sweets are my weakness. They make me feel good when I'm stressed or in a bad mood. And being bipolar that happens a lot.

Then there's the exercise. It seems hard to make myself find the time for it. The husband and I walked the last two evenings, not very far, just about a mile. My thing is some exercise is better than none. Although I want to change that if I can. I need to make the effort to get enough daily to actually burn something off. The way I did before and not just maintain.

Today was not a good day for me. I ate right all day long, but there was no real exercise. In fact I felt so bad I didn't even get much house work done around here. Didn't even bother to get myself on the treadmill that sits in the dining room- turned home gym. And of course I have an excuse, I felt weak. Bad excuse? I think this was due to the fact that I had no sweets and it was a day of PMS. Those two things just shouldn't be mixed.

I read an article here online yesterday about myths of weight loss. The one about exercise reminded me of a past doctor who told me that the 60 minutes a day of exercise I was getting was to much. That I should be getting no more than thirty minutes a day and only up to five days a week. That would do nothing for my body. I know my body fairly well and I know it takes a lot for it to give up even a pound. The article said that of women studied it took at least sixty minutes a day for them to lose weight. And even more than that for some women.

Well tomorrow will be another day and hopefully a good one with a lot more energy.