Here I am… doing what I love more than just about anything (except for reading and crocheting). I spend most of my days cooking and cleaning the kitchen. This was taken last night at my Italian cooking class. It is hard to lose weight when you are eating Tiramisu!!! LOL
We are done with the class now, though. So, I weigh (since ya’ll are sharin’ and all) 160 pounds. Now, that would not be so bad if I were, like, 6 feet tall, but I am only 5′4″ tall. I am planning on losing 25 pounds. 135 is where I feel really good. The day I got married I weighed 117 pounds but anorexia is not the way to be healthy so I started eating again. Food used to be the enemy. It was a total control thing for me. I measured and counted every little thing that went into my mouth.
At this point in my life I feel out of control but not enough to starve anymore. Even Dan told me I was too little when we got married and has been accepting of me whereever I have been on the continuum. I have ranged in weight from about 130 to 170 during pregnancies and losing afterward. I have been a personal trainer and aerobics instructor. I know what to do but just have not been disciplined in doing it. Now, I am working on a culinary arts degree and will be getting some nutrition hours along the way. You can know all the right things and not do them. I am living proof of that!
The perimenopause is the hardest thing I have faced, though. It changes your body. I don’t care what anybody says, I cannot eat like I used to or lose weight the way I used to. I am learning to eat for my age and body needs now. It is not about the diet anymore for me. It is about becoming healthy and meeting my body’s needs. I will expound on my plan at some point.
You need to know I am leaving on vacation Saturday and will be away for a week so if the sidebar needs to be updated it will have to wait until I get back. We are going where there are no phones, televisions and computer access. It will be lovely!!!
You are so cute!
You know…if ya just teach me how to do it when you’re over here today, I can stay on top of the sidebar (sounds precarious, doesn’t it?)
Comment by blestwithsons — July 27, 2006 @ 12:07 pm
Leann,
I too am permenopausal. I wonder…. could that be a factor for me as well? This I must research.
Comment by lady laura — July 27, 2006 @ 12:12 pm
Hi Leann ((waving)) - looks like you were having some fun there girl!
What is all this menopausal talk?
I agree Leann, we need freedom in regard to our weight and food - this cannot come apart from God, no matter what we eat. Anyone can lose weight but not everyone finds satisfaction in it…this is where God comes in too.
Enjoy your trip - sounds lovely indeed!
Comment by Blair — July 27, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
You look wonderful! And tiramisu - you can make that? Wow! I love that dessert. I tell my husband that I want to go to Italy someday - for gelato and tiramisu.
You have a great goal - and enjoy your vacation!
Comment by Tracy — July 27, 2006 @ 1:13 pm
What a great picture! Have a wonderful, restful vacation.
Comment by Carrie — July 27, 2006 @ 1:58 pm