Round IS a Shape

Weight 312.4

     "I'm just exercising to get back into shape."

     Exactly what shape do people want to be in I wonder. Look, honey, stick figure is NOT a shape. It is a like and I don't consider a line a shape, it's a line. About as precious are the body type shapes: pear, apple, hourglass, banana, papaya....okay, maybe not those last two. I'm just saying I am in shape...in A shape at least. Round. Round is a shape.

     I guess I should be thankful that even after my buffet experience last night I still managed to pull off a little bit of a weight loss. Look people something is better than nothing. Nothing is better than going backwards! It gets so frustrating when you step on the scale after you have starved all day and done 45 minutes of cardio and drank enough water to make your eyeballs feel like they were floating in your head and your bladder wonder what the crap was up with you; and see that you lost......

drumroll please......

NOTHING!

     How can this be? you wonder. We all have a sweet spot that some would claim is as elusive as Bigfoot or Nessie. What works for me may not work for you. I mean there are things that are good for everyone. Eat less, move more, drink more water, don't eat a whole pizza by yourself, ice cream is not a food group, things like that, but really it's about finding what works for YOU. Your body isn't the same as my body, your genetic make-up isn't like mine either. I suggest getting the book "Eat Right for your Blood Type" and giving it a read. You really only have to read about your blood type so the library would be a good place to look for it. Hey, it WORKS and it is real.

     My Dad used this method and he lost a lost of weight and I admit that I feel better when I eat the "highly beneficial" on my list and not the "stay away" foods. I'm a type O. I hold weight on my stomach, I'm the ancestral blood type. This means that my body hates carbs, dairy, and pretty much anything that isn't something that you can hunt or gather. You know what...it's for real. I've been trying even now to eat foods on my beneficial list. I also try to stay gluten free.

     But didn't you just say that you had pizza last night? I did. No one should have to live their life never having the things that they like. I don't like the word diet, I like eating better and sometimes you get to just eat what you like because you like it. Who cares if it is good for you, you know? Life isn't and shouldn't be about restrictions, it's about living and for me living involves eating and enjoying my eating.

     Then there are those times you get on the scale and you have done all of these things and you see that you have GAINED weight!

     Once you pick yourself up off of your bathroom floor and dry your tears because you are starving, think about this. 1- you shouldn't be starving. Sometimes you may need to eat 6 or 8 times a day-small mini-meals if you will (see the Body for Life diet); 2- are you a woman? Is it near that time of the month? have you been eating a lot of salt? 3- something MUST be wring with your scale!

     Don't let these days get to you. As I said before I am not a counter or even a food diary writer, but I do try to take note of what I eat or what I do so I can see on the scale if that is working for me.

     Round is a shape. It's great for rings, cookies, cakes, pies, wheels, but not so much for your body. No one is asking you to be a stick figure either. Your body shape can have a huge impact on your health and so you should be aware of it. Losing weight is about having a fuller life, a more enjoyable life, more lifey than when you were heavy. I'm tired of being round. I'm not that jolly like this for sure. Maybe you are tired of being round too. Great! Today is a great day to do something about it. The good thing about being round is that you are good for rolling and you can roll on down the road to something better...