My Diet, week 9-The Big Picture

I lost 10 pounds. Nothing gained back in a whole week. Yow! I easily fit into my slim black skirt, my belly was no longer bulgy, I saw some bone definition in my face, I felt energetic. Double yow!

Now what? Until this week, my focus was on losing excess weight. Cutting out certain foods, exercising at the gym, walking everywhere. I did all this to burn calories---any health benefits were incidental.

Choice time:

A. Continue losing weight, as a cushion against gaining back.
B. Declare my weight-loss diet over and start adding some foods back in.
C. Celebrate wildly and show everybody what I did. Ta da!
D. Look beyond the pounds and start working on my general health.

Of course, I did all of them a little. But finally I chose D, and A. Why not continue and go a little farther? The thrill of looking at my slimmer body wore off as this new (actually old) weight started to feel normal. Time to notice how the rest of me felt and what I wanted to work on for my general health.

Now that my weight was on a good path, I wanted to look at my strengths and weaknesses associated with the following:

• Posture
  back health; bone density; abs strength; sitting habits
• Nutrition
  food labels; organic produce; vitamins; cooking; digestion
• Doctor stuff
  checkups (eyes, teeth, heart, feet, bones, and so on); medications; allergies; hereditary issues
• Mental health
  serenity; sharpness; social activities; rest and relaxation; relationships with family, friends, god, money, work, home

And some new clothes. A fresh haircut. A pedicure.
Go team!