May 30, 2010 Day 2 of Year long Journey

I am so fortunate to have mostly good health, two college educated children and living on their own. This morning I do not have the urge to overeat. I ate half of the size of the spinach frittata I had for lunch yesterday, only 250 calories. I am satisfied. I remember when I felt I could not live unless I had a giant sweet roll from Dunkin Donuts that had me hungry two to three hours later. Now my weight is based on my plan to live longer. I look forward to not carrying these extra seventy pounds on my body. I love mornings. To see the sunrise, I am inspired that I am alive and I can do anything.

When it gets dark, it is time to get in bed and watch scary TV, like Law and Order. I took my teenage nieces to see “Nightmare on Elm Street”. I asked the girls later, “Why don’t those kids move off of Elm street?” My answer is, “kids would have to invent their own horror drama.” The great think of being 50-something, Mary J. Blidge said it perfectly, “no more drama in my life”.

I did great sticking to my 1300 calories and working out yesterday. Today I will do a three or four hour walk with my iphone. Now is the perfect time for me. It is 7:30 a.m. and perfect weather. The best time of the day.

Good thing I have been doing is exercising even though I was not losing weight. My body fat is 49%. If I keep up my strength training I should not lose muscle but only fat.

Thank you, for your time in reading this.