Summer's Coming

Today is the first day of the rest of my life...and my fellow losers.  And, boy does it feel like it.  The sun is SHINING in Maryland, the birds are singing and everything is BLOOMING like crazy (even azaleas which bloom in late May usually in MD)...  And summer is COMING!!

This is the first time that our group supporting each other has not taken a REAL break...meaning a week between games.  Yesterday, the world was closing in on me...and I took penalties and ate a few things I shouldn't have, and well, finished the last month off basically at the exact weight I was before.  Some folks might think it was a waste...it certainly wasn't a plateau...but it was my anniversary, our spring break, Easter, a death in our community that hit us all.  Tough month.  And so is life.

So, I didn't lose at least 4 pounds.  No biggie.  I have a feeling that this group, right now, those of us playing, supporting, teasing and really rooting for each other...we are going to have a big month--Summer's Coming and these teams of men and women feel it...HERE WE GO!! LET's PLAY!!

New neighborhood, new neighborhood, time to move!

The fifty or so men and women losing weight in the same group as me are all coming to different bends in their road...hurdles, some say, not plateaus as I wrote about before, but teetering on what we refer to as "a new neighborhood." 

Everyone's new neighborhood is different, and rarely does one hint at to which 'hood they are reaching for...just one with a smaller set of numbers...going from 250 to 249 lbs...160 to 159...180 to 179...many of my loser friends, me included, come close, oh so close, only to bump back up...and that number feels OH SO DIFFERENT...even if the number is only said to oneself.

This is not just about the weight...this is about how much better we feel by doing what many have said, scientists, trainers, Oprah...eat more often, but eat less.  Eat some carb, eat some protein, don't get rid of all fat...Move more, drink less alcohol.  Drink water, lots and lots of water.  Move more.  Sleep more.  Less processed foods, more whole foods.

It all works.  Packing it all up to move to the next neighbornood might be the goal.  Or getting off heart meds.  Or using less insulin.  In our group, all these things are happening...  My advice to my fellow losers is, start packing...we are all moving to the next 'hood.  It might not be as fast as we want it to be, but by moving more, drinking more water, sleeping more, watching the fuel we put in our bodies and reducing the bad stuff that goes in our body, we will all be moving together...small clothes, healthier bodies, more confidence.  Together.