Category Archives: Weight

Most excellent WI today! My goal was to kick the .2# I gained last week to the curb, and maybe even lose an additional .2# — I managed to lose 3# – yay, me, even if I say so myself!!! However, part of that 3# is probably from all the hair I cut off yesterday. For the first time in 20+ years, my hair is soooo short it doesn’t touch the back of my neck!

There’s an organization in the city where I get my hair cut that makes hair pieces for little girls who have lost their hair due to horrible health issues. The minimum they’ll take is 6″. In order for me to be able to contribute I had to cut my hair a couple of inches shorter in the back than what I had planned on but I figured if I didn’t like it, MY hair would grow back, so I told her to wack it off. When she made the first scissor cut, I thought I was going to hurl! LOL I have to tell you though, except for the fact that it feels unbelievably weird to not have any hair back there, I love it. Kahuna’s comment…”I suppose I’ll get used to it.” He wasn’t excpecting it to be this short either.

I was in such a great mood after that, and the most excellent LSU football game, I went out and spent $400+ on shoes. Kahuna was with me and was even picking them out for me, but the kind he wants me to wear will have to wait until I’m a bit smaller since I was afraid I’d get a nosebleed from the height of the heels 🙂

This afternoon I’m headed to a Boney James concert on the beach. Melissa’s driving down to join us. Smoooth jazz, great friends, beautiful weather and new shoes. What more could a girl want?

Ode from my heel:

STOP IT! ..

and I’m going to have to listen 🙁 I ended up walking my route this morning. When I got back home I asked Kahuna to please explain to me what it says about my ability to run, when I can walk my route faster than I can run/walk. I was a little surprised by his reaction. I think he got a little po’d at me! Instead of answering me, he asked me another question…”how long has it been since you ran last?” Ummmm. “Forever” gives a better indication than “I can’t remember.” Point taken. I’m so glad I have him to keep me grounded. He’s refusing to let me beat myself down.

In the past I would have given up and turned off the alarm. Now there is no past, only the future and I don’t want my future to find me as an fat old woman who can’t pick herself up off the floor if she happens to fall. I want to feel strong and I have just got to deal with the fact that it’s going to take me a long time to get there. I tried to find a positive in our discussion and focused on the fact that I cut 4 minutes off the time I first walked that route, oh about 4 weeks ago, and at the pace I walked this morning (1 minute less than I ran/walked it just 2 days ago), I know I’ll finish November’s 5k in under an hour.

So for now, I’m taking 2 weeks off from any attempt to run and see how my heel is feeling. Kahuna also gave me some inserts that he had to use awhile back for almost the same problem, so I’ll use those. Depending how tomorrow’s 2-mile walk goes on the beach, I may even increase my walking to 1.5 miles in the mornings for the next couple of weeks.

Oh, and I had to walk in gloves this morning! Brrrrrr! I cannot believe just 2 weeks ago we were sweltering here. And, my home scale shows me down 2# so I can’t wait to see what the WW scale shows on Sunday.

Up .2# today. I can live with that considering all the salty food I had to eat on Friday and Saturday.

Didn’t get as much accomplished this weekend and I wanted, but that’s mostly because I pulled a lazy. Laundry got done, groceries got bought and some errands were accomplished on Saturday. I really needed to go out today and hit a couple of stores, but just didn’t have the umph to do so.

I did, however, have a 2 mile walk on the beach yesterday morning. I’m planning on making this a new Saturday habit.

I’m still having problems with the bottom of my right heel hurting. If I don’t stand on it or walk on it for any length of time, when I do stand on it it’s very painful. I’ve decided to see how it feels by the end of this week, and if it’s not any better, I’ll head to the doctor.

 And I almost forgot to say, that I submitted my resume to that little company I was talking about…..Qualcomm!